Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-11

buildings belonged, was to appropriate
the necessary money for the repairs.
II would save larger expenditures
later on.
Mr.. True said that one of the great
est needs was streets and walks about
the grounds After a rain the GROUNDS
were muddy and difficult to walk over.
The state, he thought, should bullc the
proper streets and walks before the
next fair. The board wanted, MI.
True said, to build residence fof the
of the grounds where
he could live and have the large
amount of property on the grounds
constantly under his eye. In the same
building, he thought, should be the OF
fees and quarters for the accommoda-
ton for the board, SO that a large
amount of time could be saved during
the time of the fair. This building
could be built for $4,000. Mr.. True
said that the city of Milwaukee mad
raised at different times $4,000 for
the state fair, and during the past
year if it had not been for the money
raised by the citizens of Milwaukee 1t
would have been impossible to nave
held one. The board had been COM
PEELED to spend between $1,000 and
$4,000 during the past year in I'M
provements which were absolutely
necessary.
Mr.. Wilcox said that it the state
fair was an educational institution,
and he was certin that it was, 1t ought
to be fostered. The members OF the
board served without pay and it was
unfair to hold them personally re-
sponsible for any loss which might re-
suit from bad weather. They had
been compelled to do this but the
state ought to create a reserve fund
to protect the members from individu-
al loss. Mr.. McKerrow said that the
public which attended the fair was
entitled to better accommodations
than it got. Better and more exhibits
could be secured, and larger crowds
would attend il the accommodations
for both exhibitors and visitors were
furnished.
Milwaukee Orphan Asylum.
The Milwaukee Orphan asylum bill
came up for a hearing before the as
sembly judiciary committee yesterday
afternoon A. L. Sanborn, Senator
Roehr and w. D. Van Dyck of Milwau-
kee appeared for the blll and A. b.
Bleekman of La Crosse argued
against it. Mr. Sanborn said that in
the revision of the law and the result
cation of the property which was to be
exempt from taxation the law under
which the asylum existed had been &C
ciuentally repealed. It was a clerical
error and manifestly not the intention
of the legislature to affect the status
of the asylum and therefore he urged
the passage of this bill which would
restore the old conditions. Senator
Roehr said that it was a charitable or
ganization doing a public good and
that it was only a matter of common
justice that the agror should be recti-
fed Attorney A, q. Bleekman argued
against the bill on the ground that it
was an appeal from the courts to the
legislature. He contended that the
legislature had committed no error in
repeating the law under which the
asylum existed, and that it was a de-
liberate act on the part of the COM
mittee which had fully considered the
repeating law.
Ice Bill Discussed.
The assembly judiciary committee
took up the bill imposing a tax on all
ice shipped out of the state, w. FL.
Card, attorney for the Knickerbocker
Ice company of Chicago appearing
against the measure, together with T.
S. Kearney of Racine while Assembly,
man Overlook spoke in favor of it's
passage Mr.. Card contended that the
proposed tax Of 10 cents per ton on
ice exported would be in contraven-
ton of the federal constitution and of
interstate commerce law. 1t would
amount, he said, to the taking Of
property without due process Of law.
Mr.. Overlook argued from the stand
point that such law would not differ
in principle from the law in this state
forbidding hunters to ship game out.
of the state, which has been held a
valid police regulation
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