Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-04

be cause for revoking license. BY
Senator Mosher, amending thu
statutes to provide that election re
turns may be sent from towns to the
county clerk by registered mail in
stead Of messenger, the officer mailing
them to receive so cents.
In the assembly Assemblyman Len
root of Superior introduced an anti
trust bill containing many sweeping
provisions. The measure has been
carefully drafted and embodies the
best points of antitrust legislation OF
those states which have been most
successful in dealing with great com
binations of capital.
The committee on railroads intro
duced a joint resolution for an amend
ment to the constitution forbidding
passes being issued to or received by
public officials. The resolution, as ex-
planned in the committees report, is
in accordance with the governors
recommendation. 1t went to the
Judiciary committee. The senate'S
swamp land indemnity resolution was
concurred in.
Mr.. Sarau's resolution cutting of
the introduction of bills, etc, after
Feb. 8, was adopted. Mr.. Frost
offered a joint resolution for an
amendment to the constitution per-
hitting the state to aid in road build
ing.
Mr. Keene withdrew his bill relat-
ing to biennial elections in cities and
presented substitute exempting fire
and police Gas we'll as school boards)
in those cities having police and fire
commissioners from the operations of
the act. The mayors salary is thus
fixed: In cities of Madison, La
Crosse, Superior class $500 to $1,000,
all smaller cities 800 to 5000.
Other bill introduced were by Mr.
Dow, exempting Lake Geneva from
the operation of the law which forbids
fishing in certain waters from Deem
Der l to May Is, and placing Delavan
lake within the provision of the act.
By Mr.. Stevens, by request, forbid
ding the hawking of drugs about the
streets or from house to house or for
any person to sell devices for the
treatment of injuries or diseases with
out he has first obtained a permit
from the state board of pharmacy;
also for the publication of legal mott
ces three consecutive weeks instead
of four. BY Mr.. Brunson, permitting
maximum loans of $4,000 to be made
to school districts from the trust
funds, the present limit being $4,000.
By Mr.. Dodge, exempting from exc
cution homestead to the value of
$4,000 instead of 40 acres of land, ETC.,
as the law now provides. By Mr.
Rasmussen, permitting county boards
to place registers of deeds on salaries.
My Mr.. Orion, changing the terms Of
court in the fifth judicial circuit as fol-
lows: Grant county third Monday in
lows: Grant county, third Monday in
OCTOBER Iowa, third Monday in March
and fourth Monday in September; La
fayette, first Monday in June, fourth
Monday in November; Richland, sec
ond Tuesday in April, second Tuesday
in September; Crawford, second Tues
day before the first Monday in June
and second Tuesday in November.
By Mr.. Norton, requiring assessors to
prepare list of all unmarried women
over 80 years Of age and obliging such
women to pay an annual tax Of $25.
Bachelors to be taxed $40.
A bill was killed providing that the
marriage license fee be soc. half of
which is to go to the county clerk.
Madison, Wis, Jan. 28.-In the
senate Senator Mills introduced a DILL
abolishing tuition in the university
and other state institutions for resi-
dents of Wisconsin. Other bills
were:-requiring large employees of
labor to pay wages to employees in
cash and providing that no corpora
ton shall pay its employers in store
orders, and also stating that payment
shall be made weekly; making the
state board of agriculture also the
state board of immigration and paying
the secretary 81 900 in addition to the
salary paid him now; fixing the
charges which may be made by sleep
ing car companies for berths, the rate
LUZ IUU u1IlCS VI IIdVCl u UO OU CSuLos
for 200 miles Is cents, for 800 miles
81, for 400 miles $125, for 500 miles
$1.50; creating free employment Of
fees in cities of the third class max
ing commissioner of labor and indus
trial statistics also tax statistician;
fixing the vessel tax at one cent per
net ton of the registered tonnage; re-
lating to the payment of license By
street railway and electric companies;
compelling holders of personal proper
ties to serve a complete statement Of
their property upon the assessors;
making it misdeameanor for an as
SCISSOR to knowingly fail to assess any
piece of taxable property or to fail to
assess it at less than it's market value.
The Dane county board memorial ask
ing that the district attorney be elect
ed by the county board instead of by
the people, was read. Judge Lyon
as a member of the board of control