Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-02-12

committee on engrossed bills. 1t win
be in the hands of the senate this
week. Local reform or truant schools
Will be possibility if bill introduced
by James Johnsso of Waukesha in the
assembly becomes q law. 1t provides
that in any city having a school cen
sus CT 500 or more children the board
of education may establish truant un-
graded day schools for the purpose of
providing for the proper training of
children between the ages of and 10
for the care and instruction of this
class of children the board may main
tain a parental boarding school. Mr..
Doolittle introduced a bill requiring
that Camp Randall at Madison or any
other lands belonging to the state be
rented free to high school organiza-
tons. Mr.. Douglas of Monroe intro
duced five bills extending the author
ity of the state veterinarian in many
directions, increasing his salary from
$4,000 to $4,000 and requiring him to
devote all his attention to this office.
Other bills We're introduced as follows:
BY Mr.. Johnston, authorizing school
boards to contract with teachers or
principals or superintendent for
terms of two. three or five years; by
Mir. Lang permitting assessors to ex-
anime any person to ascertain the
value of anothers personal property
exclusive of money, mortgages, notes
and bonds; by Mr.. Karel. making an
annual appropriation of $1,000 to the
Wisconsin agricultural experiment
station for testing new varieties of
seeds. plants and fertilizers; by Mr.,
Dudgeon, permitting weekly news
papers to do the official advertising in
cities of the second and third classes;
by Mr.. lie Roy appropristing 81 900 to
the Wisconsin Fireman's association
for the years 1903-4; by Mr.. Terrell,
to limit the number of days for which
a county supervisor of assessments
may draw pay. The salary was fixed
by the last legislature at 81 day, but
the number of days of service was not
limited; by Mr. Waterman. removing
the limit Of $4,000 and the maximum
amount which can be recovered in &C
tons resulting in personal injuries
| causing death; also relating to the
examination of engineers and the liz
permitting councils to pay salaries to
spection OF boilers The Strong bill
providing for the salaries of
mayors was on the calendaE for en-
erossment but MIR. Strong explained
that the maximum salary provided
was, in enc case at least, less than
the mayor was already receiving and,
measure was referred to the commit
tee on cities. The session of the senate
was productive of a woman suffrage
bill. an anti-cigarette measure and a
one-half mill school tax bill Senator
| Bird introduced the cigarette bill. tpro-
vides that il shall be a misdemeanor
for any person, firm or corporation to
manufacture, sell, offer to sell or give
away, or to bring into this state for
the purpose of selling. giving away or
otherwise disposing of any cigarettes,
| cigarette paper or substitute for the
same" A fine Of not less than $50 or
more than 500 Is provided for the
| first offense, also Imprisonment of not
less than 10 days or more than three
months for second offense Senator
O'Nei's suffrage bill provides that
the elective franchise conferred by
article 3 of the constitution of Wiscon-
sin, is hereby extended to all women
who have the other qualifications Of
electors" but before the law is to be-
come operative IL is to be submitted
to vote of the people as constitutional
amendments are voted upon. Senator
Rogers Of Milwaukee introduced a bill
to increase the appropriation for st.
Louis fair exhibit from s25 900, as al
lowed by the Legislature of two years
ago. to S225.000 The bill also pro-
vides for an increase in the member
ship of the fair commission from to
Z, STIMULATING that two be women.
Senator North introduced bill to
amend the game laws so as to permit
spring shooting of aquatic fowl Other
bills were; BY Senator Gaveny. ap-
propriating 800 to the Wisconsin
Buttermakers' association; by Sena-
tor Sarau, providing for the repay
ment of moneys collected under the
inheritance law which was declared
by the supreme court to be unconsti.
tutional.