Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-30

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! Impofta2t taxation measure +ba+ 80.
passed extends the right of the assasso,s
! ~ Increase the valuation of credits from
Inat stated by the owner, if they daom
auVisaDle. The owner must paw tbe tax
unless ne appears before the board of 70
view. An important change in tha local
boards Is made by putting the ward
supervisors on the city boards in MACE
oI aloermanlc members. This is for tbe
purpose OF giving them the same benefit
tnat the town supervisors enioy who are
members of the town boards in the
spring, thereby the better fitting them
selves to act when the county assess
ment and appropriations are decided
upon Legislation was begun LOOKING
toward amending the State constitutions
! so as 10 make an income tax possible.
Schools an Child Labor.
Inc laws affecting the schools relate
ldrsely 10 the school fund and the com
puisory education. The new compulsory
euucatloh law required the enrolment of
all children OF certain ages in the schools,
puDLc or private. In cities children be-
tween the ages of and II years must
attend schools at least eight months of
the year. Children between the ages of
ii and 16 years, who are not regularly
employed, must also attend school. In
the villages and towns children must
attend school five months of the year.
Certain exceptions are provided for
where schools are too far away, or where
the roads are bad during certain seasons
or where children are physically disa bled
Inns law Is expected to increase the
school attendance to an enormous degree
and the law is to be strictly enforced
The child labor law is consistent with
the compulsory education measure Chill
dren under IA years of age are not to be
allowed to work, the age limit being in
creased two years. Children between II
and 16 years must obtain permits. The
factory inspectors are to act as 'truant
officers Additional requirements are
made relative to the employment of child
labor to which the manufacturers must
conform. In this connection a law has
been placed upon the statute books which
provides against the employment of girls
in telephone and telegraph offices ard in
any places where the association is deem
ed inadvisable or detrimental
The seven-tenths of mill will yield
an income for the schools amounting to
nearly $1.1O0,O0O, so there will be an
ample fund for the extension of the
courses and the improvements in the
school work. Provision has been made
for the establishment of schools for deaf
in the cities outside of Milwaukee, the
schools to be organized along the line
of the Milwaukee school The parental
school law is distinctly Milwaukee
measure and does not pertain to any 9TH
er city.
SO far as the teaching force is concern
ed little change has been made in the
law aside from the city superintendent,
outside of Milwaukee. superintendent
in cities of the third and fourth class
must devote all of their time to school
supervision. They cannot engage in 9TH
er business at the same time. This will
affect twelve superintendent who will
either have to give up business or else
retire from the school work.. Strict quail
ifcations are required. The city super
intendents must possess qualifications
equal to those of a principal of a four
years high school.
Primary teachers, that is, teachers be-
low the fifth grade in schools containing
eight grades, who have taught five years
will not be required to undergo special
examinations, but are entitled to certi-
ficate. Provision is made for the issu-
ance of certificates by normal schools to
teachers of manual training and of do
nestle science. A law of importance di-
reefs the Attorney General to institute
suit in the United States Supreme Court
to determine the right of the State rela-
tive to the school lands contained with
in Indian reservations in the State. If
successful the suit will add a large fund
to the school fund.
Farming and Agriculture.
The Legislature has given a great deal
of attention to the agricultural interests.
The appropriations for the agricultural
college were the most liberal OF those
made for the big school because intended
for the benefit of the farmer boys. Pro
visions have been made for experiments
concerning the nature of soil and with
cereals, something never before attempt
ed. Steps have been taken toward the
resuscitation of the cranberry markets
and in the line of improving tobacco cul-
ture.
Laws have been enacted providing for
the collections of statistics relating to the
cheese and butter interests as we'll as
providing for the appointment of inspec-
tors TOR cheese ana butter ldClOlleS.
Health and Sanitation.
For the first time in some years the
Legislature failed to provide contingent
fund for the prevention of the spread of
contagious diseases. It resulted from
the dispute concerning smallpox. The
Assembly desired to have the fund avail
able for checking the spread of smallpox,
but the Senate declined to permit, on
the theory that the communities ought to
take care of that. A committee on con-
ference endeavored to reach an agree
ment but failed.
Because of the spread of disease
through milk the product secured from
COWS lodged in unsanitary barns, barns
that are foul smelling, lily cared for,
where proper attention is not given and
where cows are not properly fed is to be
declared unsanitary and subject to con-
fiscation. Inspectors have large powers
in correcting the conditions. Bake shops
must be scrupulously clean or the pro-
prietors will get into trouble, the laws
having been made more strict. No bak-