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

| - 0 IA AaiiAeSS 1t must be SAID
10 no attack was intended upon the
un4ohs' Inc laws relating to comfort of
ploSes III large factories have been
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Banks and Banking.
Inc longest bill enacted by the Legis-
ie,ure IS the new banking law. 1t pro-
Nioes Tor numerous changes relative to
Tue state banks, all made with a view of
| "horulnS greater security to the deposit
ofs. Ine powers conferred upon the
pahK examiner have been enlarged to the
extent that the State ought to be safe
from bank failure in private and State
banks IN the future. Aside from the
banking Dill the only measure affecting
tue oanks IS the taxation measure.
Legislation Affecting the Courts.
Concededly great advance has been
mace IN the matter of the selection of
grand jurors by taking it out of the
hands OF the county boards and lodging
It with the jury commissioners Under
the new law, after the names have been
selected, they are to be placed in box
ana the drawings made by a child under
the age OF 10 years, who is to be appoint
ed by the court for the purpose The
stipend of jurors has been increased from
u to 80 per day. There have been many
changes made relative to court pleadings
ana practice. A good deal of attention
has been given by the lawyer members
to the laws relating to probate matters,
but the changes mostly are such as APP
peal to lawyers only.
Ihe law relating to admission to prac-
tlce has been amended so as to provide
Tor three years course of study. Pro-
vision has been made for disbarment pro-
ceedlngs, even the lawyers themselves
admitting the necessity for legislation
which will tend to discourage improper
! conduct upon the part of lawyers through
fear of punishment.
Changes in Election Laws
After 1904 the county superintendent
| OF schools will be elected in the spring at
the same time as the judicial elections.
The purpose is to remove the office as
| far from politics as possible. The
| hrst election under the new system will
take place in the spring of 1905 and the
| county superintendent who were elected
| last fall will hold over until their sue
| cessors qualify. Changes have been made
| in the laws affecting registration by max
ing the registration days Monday and
| Tuesday. The primary election law will
| have to be submitted to a vote of the
people at the fall election in 1904 before
| it can become effective, and then only
upon a majority vote. In Milwaukee
| County the opening and closing of the
polls will be the same as in the city
| under a new law.
Appropriations.
The sum total of the appropriations
contained in the measures enacted is
$500, 331.SS in excess of the amount ap-
propriated two years ago, but the money
has been we'll placed The total is ST.
SIC, 594.9O, as against $1,755, 263.O2 in
1901. The joint committee on claims
was able to dispose of it's work without
any jangling because of an agreement
made at the suggestion of Chairman
Hagemeister that when the committee
disagreed the measures should be report
ed according to the will of the majority.
In this way there were no minority re-
ports. The biggest appropriation is
$995, 200 for the charitable and penal in
situations, and is to carry them through
the coming two years. The worlds fair
commission received $4,000, and $4,000
is set aside for installing the ad valorem
system of taxation. The home for the
feeble minded at Chippewa Falls re-
ceives $4,000 and the Veterans home at
Waupaca gets $4,000 for Improvements.
The university appropriations amount
to 1921, 900. The industrial school for
girls at Milwaukee receives $4,000;
county schools of agriculture $4,000 and
100000 goes into the common school
fund The National Guard received an
increase of $1,000; the university stock
farm $4,000, the geological survey S1O,-
600. Blue books will cost $5,OOO while
the stationery for the coming two years
will cost $4,000 The Platteville normal
school receives 49,, 900 for a new build
ing, being the only normal school to get
anything at all. The sum of 100000
was set aside for improvements on the
capitol.
Other General Legislation.
Cities have been authorized to enact
ordinances through the common council
to prohibit fights and to punish those who
engage in them; gypsies are prohibited
from camping on the roadside without
the consent of the owners of the ad-
Joining property; the building of high
fences with malicious intent is prohibited
and right of action for damages is
given to the person who suffers from
fence more than six feet high built for
the purpose of annoyance. Any person
is given the right to kill dog that makes
an assault upon him while he is walking
or driving, but the killing must be off the
owners property and before the dog re-
turns to his masters domain. County
boards are authorized to pay bounties
for the killing of rattesnakes and crows.
Railroad Legislation.
AS before indicated, the success of the
ad valorem measure is one of the impor-
tant achievements of the session and one
of the most important in the history OF
legislation Under the new system every
bit of railroad property is to be assessed
in the same way that other property is
assessed. The railroads claim that under
the system they will pay less than they
are paying now, but the opinion OF the
administration is that the taxes income
fund will be increased anywhere from
$4,000 to 100000. Considerable liti-
CATION is expected to result before the
railroads finally acquiesce, unless the
taxes fall below what they do under the