Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-05-20
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

Madison, May J.-lQo dnIl-pdSS res
olution was concurred in the senate,
the vote being 81 to 8. Senator Nc
Donough strenuously opposed the
proposition. He thought it the height
of folly to pass a law forbidding the
issuing or use of franks and then
follow that up with constitutional
amendment so that law could never
be repealed. Governor La Toilette
sent to the senate a veto of the bill
fixing the salary Of the chiefs of the
Milwaukee police and fire depart
ments. He Withholds his approval on
the ground that the measure inter
feres with home government. The
senate killed three important bills
They were the Overlook ice bill i'm.
posing a tax of ten cents ton upon
all ice cut from the meandered lakes
of Wisconsin and shipped out of the
state, the Torrens land title bill and
the Galway measure preventing the
running of double-header trains An
unlocked for increase in the school
tax may be the result of the senate's
killing the bill to limit the amount Of
money to be raised under the one
mill tax to $S50,000. There is much
apprehension lest this action will
seriously embarrass the tax commits
sion in its work the next two years.
Making the state assessment at full
value as required by law will result
in an increase in school taxes of about
$1,730,O00 The tax commission
acting as the state board Of assess
ment would be unable to prevent such
increase and that amount is beyond all
school needs.
The assembly compulsory vaccina-
ton law came back from the senate
with an amendment providing that
one may escape vaccination if he ex-
press religious scruples about the
matter. By a vote of 46 to Is the as
sembly concurred in the amendment.
Senate bill 325, permitting the gov
ernor to pass upon bills incurred by
the state board of control, was amend
ed by Mr.. Orion SO as to apply the
measure to the university and normal
schools and also require all income
of those institutions to first go into the
state treasury. Senator Hatton's bin
increasing the annual teachers in
stitute fund from $4,000 to $4,000
was declared by Mr.. Sturdevant to
show much too great an increase, and
it was non-concurred in, 38 to "a, al
though IN assembly bill was passed
for a commission to pass the merits of
voting machines. A senate bill was
concurred in making the normal
school income $225,O0 instead Of
$190,000; also making the fiscal year
end June 80 instead of Sept. 30; re-
ducing the capitol force in accordance
with the governors recommendation.
placing the inspector of Illuminating
oils on 81, 800 salary and for an as
sistant bank examiner at 81, 800 year.
Senator Mills bill for a statistician at
$1,000 a year in the railroad COM
missioner's Office caused Mr.. Hall to
declare that the Office had nothing
to do and the commission had no
power and also that all the work of
the Office could be done in three
months by one man. The bill was
concurred in. Mr.. Spratt spoke
against Senator Martins bill for a
woman factory Inspector at $1,000 a
year, saying such work was unfit
for women-7that they might work in
millinery, dressmaking, drygoods
stores and cooking schools with
propriety but not inspect factories
properly. 1t was concurred in, 43 to
l28. The railroad committee reported
an original bill for an anti-pass con-
stitutional amendment and was
passed. The senate bill making the
recent increase in judicial salaries
apply to the judges elected this spring
was concurred in. The increase for
supreme court judges is $1,000 a year
and for circuit judges $500. Mr..
Orion spoke briefly against the Roe
bill requiring private bankers to keep
on hand assets to cover the deposits
of patrons and it was rejected, 81
to 21.
Madison, May 10.-Veto submitted
and sustained That was what ham