The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-05-16

pTdCtlCdlly lHe SdLle az uH'iel lhc OitOi
law.
The Frost mortgage bill is a plan to
equalize the tax between the mortgage
and mortgagor.
|. Election reforms also were expected
of the forty-fifth legislature Whether
or not anything Of merit has been ac-
complished is a matter over which
there is difference Of opinion between
the stalwarts and the administration
people
To be sure, the primary election bill
has ended in a farce, viewed from both
standpoints, the oldliners insisting that
| governor La Follette's veto Of the Hage
meister bill made it So and the reform
ers contending that the defeat Of the
! Stevens bill brought about this result
| In any event, the subject that occupied
more attention the last session than any
other ended in nothing. Along this line
| however, something has been accom-
plished inasmuch as the caucus laws
nave bcell 80 duItuuth dS W w away
with proxies, to provide for "A plurality
nomination, and roll call vote on all
questions which come before the con
ventiOn.
In line with the recommendations
contained in Gov La Follettes first
message to the legislature many bills
were passed affecting the various de
partments Of state. The Land Office
has been resuscitated and two reason
ably desirable positions recreated in the
chief and assistant clerkships at salaries
Of 81 500 and 81 600 respectively.
The position of State Oil Inspector on
fee basis has been abolished. and for il
has been substituted State Oh Inspect
orship at the salary of 81 800
The salaries Of the Justices Of the Su.
preme court have been increased from
$1,000 TO s., 900 a year, and the pay Of
Circuit Judges has been raised from
81, 600 30 - 900
The fiscal year for the state has been
made June 80 Heretofore every de
partment has had different time for
closing accounts
one Of the first measures introduced
was the bill creating the State Board of
| Osteopathy This was fought from
early in the session by the physicians
Of the state Hearing after hearing
was held before the various committees
TO which it had been referred and rere-
ferred all ending in compromise,
which might have been effected early in
! the session
The Dodge wage exemption bill re
| ducing the wage exemptions Of debtors
from 500 a month for three months to
so u month for two months died
A bill which finally passed, but which
met with much determined opposition
early in the session was that allowing
/ the state 10 receive babes under years
Of age into the state school ut Sparta
In the number Of bills killed also the
! fOrty-iifth seems TO have been mega
| t We legislature. GOV La Toilette We
! toed a considerable number among them
| the Hagemcister primary bill the bill
! taxing dogs, the measure giving street
railway employees police powers and
/ the bill increasing the salaries of Mil
waukee fire and police chiefs to $1,000
The Torrcns land title bill, iutroduc-
ed by Mr. Dahl, passed the assembly,
/ but waa defeated in the senate
The Overlook cigarct bill intended to
prohibit the sale or manufacture Of CT
garets, was killed in the senate
The BARRIERS license bill intended to
restrict the practice Of the tou-orial art
10 those adiudged competent 10y Il state
Board Of Examiners was killed
The Stout marriage bill which puts
some stringent regulations upon connu-
bal felicities, died
The bill permitting the selling Of pools
at horse racing meets was also killel
The freak bills, like the State Board of
Dancing Masters, the so per capita taz
on bachelors, and the bounty on chill.
dren, intended 30 encourage large flni-
lies, all We . killed