Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-04
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

Madison, Feb 20.-In the senate a
bill was introduced which requires ap-
plicants for admission to the bar to
READ law in an office two instead of
three years
In the assembly Mr.. Rossman Of
fered an amendment to the bicycle
path bill requiring such paths to be at
least feet from the outside of the
highway and forbidding the fencing
in of the paths. Mr. Sturdevant OPP
| posed the amendment, saying it was
| evidently in the interest of the phone
men who wanted to set their poles
within the 4-foot limit. Mr.. Silkworth
explained that phone companies were
required. to set poles on the 4-foot
line and that they paid for the right.
| The amendment was adopted AZ to 81.
Mr.. E. A Miller then put in an amend
ment keeping the paths at least feet
away from the actual roadway and it
was adopted. Next an amendment was
proposed by Mr.. Young requiring
cyclists to obtain the right from abut-
ting property owners before cutting
limbs from trees and it, too, was
adopted. Then the bill was sent to
| the judiciary committee. The blll
though having many warm advocates,
has come up kerplunk against the
powerful telephone element and is in
! danger of having a serious time de-
/ spite it's merits. The calendar being
/ light the house was in humorous
| n
/ the Norton bill to tax unmarried wO
men over 80 years of age SIS. At last
on motion of Judge Orion, the bill was
made a special order for the last day
of the session. The bachelors $40
| license bill was killed without COM
junction, the unmarried men display
ing mock enthusiasm in the obsequies.
Another bill killed was Manuel's ex-
tempting all farm machinery from tax
alton.
Madison, Feb. 21.-The senate
passed a. bill providing for bicycle
side paths.
In the assembly committee reports
were received on many bills, some be-
ing of considerable Importance. A
soldiers memorial hall will undoubt-
eddy be established in the capitol, the
committee on military affairs having
made a favorable report to that end.
A similar report was likewise made
on the bill which provides that
franchises shall be submitted to popu
lar vote if a certain percentage of
4 oil nd nd oil on
bill which provides that towns may
vote whether wide-tired wagons only
shall be used. Favorable action was
reported by the dairy committee on
the bill authorizing the dairy and food
commissioner to appoint two ad-
ditional inspectors at $1,000 year
each. The committee on charitable
and penal institutions reported ia
vorably on the bill to permit deformed
children to be sent to the Sparta state
school but added an amendment that
they must be dependent. A favorable
report was made on the memorial tG
congress for the passage of the
Cullom interstate railway measure.
The state affairs committee made an
eagles in the list of birds that must
not be killed and on the bill requiring
Inherent drug peddlers to pay q 81
license and the bill giving prison
guards the right to kill escaping con-
victs was also reported for indefinite
postponement. The Orion bill giving
a widow an additional exemption of
hold goods (beyond all to which she
is now entitled) and also all fuel and
provisions on hand, was passed.
Judge Orion made moLIon for the
suspension of all rules and the pas
sage of Mr.. Lenroot's bill limiting the
time for the reassessment of special
void assessments to three years. The
bill is of Importance to various cities
which have passed under a law de-
clared void. Other assembly bills
passed were: raising the bounty on
wolf cubs to SO, on mature wolves
from So to SIS, and on lynx to So; in
Guiding midwives among those who
shall make reports of births and re-
ceive the Csc fee therefor permit
| CiuS C11dIIILISH VI COuuly UOdIaS HI
stead of the boards) to fill vacancies
when they occur among county super
intendents of the poor; permitting
county judges to hold courts in other
counties and to be paid his actual ex-
penses by such counties; forbidding
even the possession of any con-
| trivance useful in classifying weights
| or measures and making notices to
quit effective if only posted on the
premises. Unless the Legislature be-
comes more of a slaughter-house than
at present the Wisconsin statutes of
1898 will soon be so far out of date as
to render them in considerable de-
gree valueless unless one has at hand
also copy Of the laws of this session
Over 1000 bills were introduced and
of the la thus far reported to the as
sembly only 20 have been killed.