Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-18

resolution for a constitutional amend
ment authorizing state and aid for
good roads was re-referred to the
committee on roads and bridges.
Yesterday Assemblyman Hall adj
dressed the house earnestly on his
memorial to congress for the passage
of the Cullom interstate railway bill
and it was adopted unanimously. Len
roots, providing for the approval OF
| franchises by popular vote was passed
as was also the bill permitting coun-
| ties to establish and maintain travel
ing libraries; likewise Mr.. McGilps
bill creating the towns of North
Crandon, Waubena and Caswell out
of the towns of Crandon and Cavour
in Forest county. Mr.. Spratt's bill.
requiring water companies to furnish
free water to manufacturers for fire
purposes was killed, but his other, pro-
viding half pay pensions for police
men and firemen of IS years OF age
who have served Is years was adj
vanced to third reading. 1t applies
only to cities of the second class, but
it is generally regarded as an enter.
ing wedge for a general civil pension
list, to include other public employees
and school teachers. Other bills en-
crossed were: Requiring detectives to
pay license of 500 to the secretary
of state; granting the power to com
mon councils of cities and trustees
of villages to license bill posters, dis
tributors and outdoor advertisers; and
giving the right to fire and police com
missioners to discharge men without
reason when all the commissioners
made on the bill making it felony to
administer narcotics for the purpose
of committing a crime. Senator Har
ris' bill legalizing a contract be
tween the county board and the sheriff
of Walworth county awakened discus
sion It seems that after the Wal
worth sheriff was in office the county
board agreed to give him $4,000 salary
in lieu of fees. 1t came out that
Walworth taxpayer objected to the
transaction and was sustained by the
courts whereupon this appeal was
made to the legislature. The assembly
killed the bill because it sought to
1egalize an unconstitutional act.
Madison, March lin the as
sembly Mr.. Thomas bill to protect
i.;rds-nests and eggs was so amended
as to put blackbirds on the list of
those which were not under the pro-
lection of this act. The following
bills were ordered engrossed: Mr..
Getaways regulating the introduction
of electric wires in buildings; Mr..
Benson's, to protect farmers from
reckless use Of firearms and Mr..
Hollands, declaring it to be felony
to administer narcotics with felonious
intent.
Madison, March 1.-THE state will
continue to carry insurance on all
state buildings Senator Mosher's
bill to abolish this custom was killed
in the senate yesterday on a tie vote.
In speaking for his BILL Senator
AAOoLO1 lCcIu llS III % onOWlu6 LucC uuI-
ing the past seven years the citizens
of Wisconsin have paid about $31000,-
900 for fire insurance premiums, and
received about S15,5O0,OOO for losses
by fire. During the past twenty years
the state has lost $183,000 by fire, and
is now paying $500 year for in
surance premiums. Senator Stout's
joint resolution for a constitutional
amendment permitting women to vote
was killed by vote which lacked
only one Of being unanimous.
A bill over which there has been a
persistent struggle is that permitting
the admission to the Sparta state
schools of children under 8 years of
age 1t YVES ordered engrossed with
out dissent by the assembly with q
proviso that such children must not
be kept there more than so days
unless ILL., Another assembly bill
given a third reading was Benson's
making trustees of county asylums a.
board Of health. Mr. Barkers bill
prohibiting marriage within one year
after divorce was rereferred to the
judiciary committee.
Materialized Tradition.