Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-25

Madison, Feb. 1S.-Of the 43 bills
introduced in the senate the educa-
tional bills of Senator Stout were per-
haps the most important He pre-
scented one authorizing any county
superintendent to issue a third grade
certificate to any graduate of a coun-
try training school and also making
the same provisions regarding per-
sons who have completed the one
year course for teachers of the COM
mon school in any normal school.
Another of his bills authorizes cities
whose schools are not under the SUI
pervision Of county superintendent
to elect city superintendent who
shall not be a member of the board Of
education and who shall have all the
power usually bestowed upon county
superintendent. He had also an
other providing for a commission OF
5 members constituting a Wisconsin
state board of managers for the St.
Louis worlds fair. The COM
missioners are to be appointed by the
governor. The bill carries an APP
preparation of S25. OOO Other bills in
troduced were: BY Sentaor Gaveney
con request) charging all firms doing
mail order business in the state a
license fee of II per cent. on all bust
ness done; by Senator Roehr COM
polling solicitors of fire and casualty
| insurance to pay license; by Sena-
tor Mills, providing two clerks for the
railroad commissioners Office. one at
salary of $1,000 a year and another
at $1,000; also providing that bills
may be introduced between sessions
of the legislature by filing the same
with the secretary of state and pro-
viding that the legislature shall here
after adjourn on the first Thursday
Of February until after the first
Thursday in March; by Senator Willy
fixing the rate Of interest on tax
certificates at IL per cent; by Sena-
tor McGillivray, to authorize the or
ganization of districts for pleasure
drives in non-municipal territory, and
providing a wage of So and expenses
for each day the commissioners
work; also by Senator O'Neil. provid-
ing for the sale of timber on public
land which has been damaged by fire,
Upon the motion of Senator Kreutzer
the bill increasing the salaries of SUI
preme court justices to $1,000 was re-
ferred to the committee on claims.
That the season for the introduc
ton of bills in the legislature is
rapidly drawing to a close was evil
denced last night by the flood Of
measures that came into both houses,
II in the assembly and 43 in the SEN
ate. Among the important bills that
came in was one by Mr.. Cady declar-
ing marriages between white persons
and negroes or mulattoes illegal; one
by Mr.. Barker providing for the reg
istration Of voters by streets and
numbers instead of alphabetically,
and one by Mr., Stevens making
statutory the right of students to
vote where they attend school.
Other bills of interest were: By Mr..
Thomas, creating the Office Of county
supervisor of assessment to supervise
ana investigate the Work OF all super
visors; by Mr. Whitson, making IN
sanity for five years ground for
divorce; by Mr. Owen, to label prison
goods; by Mr.. Overlook, prohibiting
slot gambling machines; by Mr.. An
drews, for the licensing of bill posters
by common councils; by Mr.. Galway
prohibiting double-headed trains.