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

to be known as the Wisconsin votiHs
machine commission 1t is to consist
of three members. Their term of
office is to be FIVE years. They are to
be appointed by the governor and
they are to examine all voting
machines whose owners ask an in
vestigation and cities. towns or
villages may adept such machines as
they recommend Each member is to
get 500 for every machine examined.
the machine owners paying the
charge.
The Owen bill permitting girls of
Is years to be admitted to the girls
industrial school was passed by the
assembly. The age is now 16. The
senate returned the assembly resolu.
ton for constitutional amendment
permitting state aid in road building,
the point of order being made that the
senate had already acted negatively
on the same proposition Mr.. Hall.s
rhi requiring poisons to be enclosed
In f3-cornered containers was passed
IS TO 40.
A more than ordinarily interesting
Dill is one creating county supervisors
OF assessment which the assembly
advanced to third reading. 1t pro.
vides that each county board at the
annual session in November. 1901. and
every third year thereafter shall elect
a county supervisor of assessment
who shall hold his office for three
years. If the bill becomes a law II
VIII create a good, fat office in every
county except Milwaukee and, as each
officer will of course get at least
Sl,2OO. $1,000 or $500 year, this
augurs in the 20 counties an extra
salary list of about 500, 900 a year for
the taxpayers, to raise; nor does this
include the salaries of the one or
more assistants who may be named in
each county or the expenses incurred
by the new officials. 1t is safe to
say that if the bill becomes a law it
Will call for gross expenditure OF at
least $150,000 by the counties. The
duties of these supervisors are to
watch and direct the assessors and 10
report to the state tax commission.
Madison, May S.-The congressional
apportionment bill will become a law
as soon as the governor affixes his
signature. 1t passed the senate with
out amendment by vote of 26 to 8.
On motion of Senator Green the as
sembly amendments to the Green fish
and game law were adopted. The bill
providing for central system of
public accounting upon motion of
Senator Mosher was passed. If the
assembly stands by the action of the
senate the state land office will be
resuscitated. The bill introduced
by the committee on state affairs was
passed. The bill amending the
caucus law was also passed. Its
principal provisions are to do away
with proxies and provide for an open
ballot and plurality nominations. Bills
concurred in were: Orton's, appropri-
ating $4,000 for monuments in Ma
tional park at Shiloh: Dahl's, appro-
priating $79,500 for repairs and i'm
provements at the state charitable.
penal and reformatory institutions:
Steiger's, appropriating $4,000 to pay
Indebtedness incurred in the enlarge
ment of the Wisconsin Veterans
home and Durrewaechter's, regulat-
ing artesian water supply.
In the assembly Senator Eaton's
bill for the inspection of boilers
brought forth a vigorous fight but it
was finally concurred in; but later re-
called and killed by a big majority.
Mr. Orion moved a reconsideration
of the vote by which the Rossman bill
"legalizing betting on horse races" as
he put it, was passed He thought
the members should pause before GO
ing on record in favor of such a meas
IRE. Mr.. Rossman defended the bill,
saying horse breeders wanted it, and
reconsideration was refused. Al to 40.
The senate, however, killed the bill
later. The bill relating to a uniform
system of bookkeeping in state af-
fairs came from the committee on
claims with an amendment authoriz-
ing he secretary of state to employ
any help needed as a consequence of
enforcing the new order. Mr.. Hall.
Mr.. Sturdevant, Mr.. Keene and Mr..
Rossman opposed the amendment,
while Mr.. Collins. Mr.. Barker and MI.
Hartung favored it, Mr. Hall said
the expense of the state government
was twice as great, he thought, as it
should be, and he deemed it duty of
this legislature to appoint a com
mittee to thoroughly investigate
every Office in the capitol. The
amendment was lost, 80 to 40; then
the bill was ordered engrossed. The
fight was between the governors
friends and the secretary of states
office. The former won. Assembly
bills passed were: To create the of
fee of county supervisor of assess
ment to watch the assessors; exempt
ing beet sugar factories from taxa
ton till 1907 and creating a live
stock sanitary board whose members
get So day. Supervisors of assess
ment are to be paid by county boards
and be subject to direction by the
tax commission. The Barker bill
requiring registration fol electors to
be in consecutive order by street num-
Der in cities of the LIST, I'd and Sd