Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-05-16

ments. He withholds his approval on
the G. ound 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 AMI
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
5 1900 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 vote of 46 to Is the as.
sembly concurred in the amendment.
Senate bill 1926, 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 Hattons bill
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, SO to "a, al
though an assembly bill was passed
for commission to pass the merits of
voting machines. A senate bill was
| concurred in making the normal
| school income $225,00 instead OF
$4,000 also making the fiscal yeal
end June 30 instead of Sept 80; re-
| ducing the capitol force in accordance
with the governors recommendation
placing the inspector of illuminating
oils on a 81 500 salary and for an as
sistant bank examiner at $1,000 a year
Senator Mills bill for 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
year, saying such work was unfit
for women-that they might work in
millinery, dressmaking, drygoods
stores and cooking schools with
propriety but not inspect factories
properly 1t was concurred in, 43 to
2S. The railroad committee reported
an original bill for an anti-pass con
sttutional 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 81 900 a year
and for circuit judges $40O. 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 81.