Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-14
the bicycle path bills. They went to
the judiciary committee.


the Judiciary committee.
Madison, March 4.-Primary cleo
tons had an inning in the senate,
there being seven petitions presented
praying for the passage of the bill.
After concurring in joint resolution
from the assembly extending con-
CALCULATIONS to President Mckinley,
the senate adjourned but not before
it had passed a bill requiring APP
plicants for admission to the bar to
read law in an Office three instead
two years.
Madison, March 6.-The senate
passed the bill increasing supreme
court judges salaries from $4,000 to
$4,000 year and circuit judges pay
from $500 to $4,000 Senators Burns
and Munson alone had the courage to
vote against the measure. Another
bill passed provides that election re-
turns from townships may be sent to
the county clerk by registered letter
instead of by messenger. Assembly
man McGills time check bill was
concurred in. The anti-cigarette bill
was reported by the committee on
public health and sanitation for in
definite postponement.
In the assembly yesterday morning
the Ranke bill which requires persons
selling building materials to duly mott.
fly the persons into whose houses they
go that they are not paid for. and are
subject to lien was discussed. It's OBJ
Ject is to protect the home builder to
some extent from losing his home
through the operation Of liens. The
bill was on the calendar for indefinite
postponement, but was finally sent
back to committee. Messrs. Smalley
and Dahl argued earnestly in favor
of the proposed constitutional amend
ment permitting the reelection of
sheriffs and the resolution was laid
over for the day. Mr.. Babb made
his maiden speech to his colleagues.
voicing opposition to the Cleophas bill
permitting electors of towns to vote
whether or not wide tires on wagons
shall prevail. He was in favor of road
Improvement. but not of this species
of local option. The territory of the
operation Of the measure was too
limited, he said. If his town, for in
stance, voted for wide tires, people of
adjacent towns could come on to it's
roads with narrow tires and cut them
all up. Mr.. Frost held that the
measure was educational,-that if one
town voted for wide tires neighboring
towns would soon follow. The bill
was ordered to third reading. The
Jones bill permitting children under
3 years OF age to Be admitted to the
Sparta state school was put over till
Tuesday. The Torrens land transfer
bill was put over till March 10, al.
though it was on the calendar with an
adverse recommendation regarding it.
As the result of discussion in the
assembly all the judicial districts in
the state may be reorganized. Upon
motion of Mr.. Frost, Mr.. Katz's bill
creating new eighteenth judicial
circuit was referred to the committee
on judiciary Mr.. Keene, suggested a
plan for the disposition of this bill
and all kindred measures that it
seems may be made. He said that no
new judicial circuits were needed, but
what the conditions really demanded
was redistricting of the state, an,
he favored the appointment of COM
mission to do this work. He explained
that while some circuit courts were
and never completed their
calendars, in other cicuits the judges
were not earning one-half of their