The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-21
Wisconsin n! = Legislature
A FORESTRY BOARD
The First Bill of the Session in Wis
consins Senate Provides
III for One,
Teachers of the State Will Have a
Short Working Month if
Rays Bill Passes.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Madison. Wis. an. 21.-The. first bill
introduced in the assembly, by ex-Speaker
Ray Of La Crosse, will be a good thing
for the teachers Of the state If it should
pass, which now appears doubtful. Mr..
Ray does not assume the parentage Of the
bill, but says it was handed to him. 1t
provides that twenty days shall constitute
"a, school month. in computing teachers
wages, and that holidays, except general
election days, shall be. counted in the
twenty. The time spent by teachers in
attending Institutes is also to be counted.
The first move to put policemen back
into politics, where they We're strong in
the old days, came to light in the assem-
bly, yesterday afternoon. Unlike the Osh-
kosh scheme, which is simply to repeal the
fire and police commission law, this plan
takes the more diplomatic form of an
amendment to that law, the amendment
being the addition of the mayor of each
city to the commission. AS the present
law provides that the commission shall
consist Of four members, two from each
leading political party, to be appointed by
the mayor the purpose of the plan is
readily seen. 1t came in in the form
Of q petition, introduced by Mr. Root, but
its real origin was among the democratic
city Of Appleton, and Mr.. Root merely in
troduced 1T as a matter of courtesy. The
petition was sent to the committee on
cities. and it is a safe prediction it win
stay there.
| State Forestry Commission
| The establishment of a state forestry
commission to consist of the secretary Of
state treasurer and attorney general, and
two members to be appointed by the gov
| ernor, is proposed in the first bill Of the
session Introduced in the senate. by Sen
z y, IN ~ IHo,,
provides for the appointment of state
warden, OF forestry at a salary of $500,
who is empowered to appoint one or more
| fire wardens for certain northern counties
These wardens are to look out for for
! est and marsh fires, and are given power
! to summon the aid Of villages in their
| extinguishmen If necessary. !.
! A further provision Of the bill is the
forbidding Of the sale of all state lands.
The state, forestry warden, however. is
Eauthorized to contract for the sale Of dead
and down timber. Money. realized from
the sale Of this timber on. the school lands
is to go to the school funds. while that
derived from the sale of timber Of other
lands goes into the general fund The
| lands Withdrawn from sale are to consti-
tute the state forest reserve. The fish
and game wardens are made fire wardens.
I Assembly Committees
AFTER, the recess Oh lile assembly yeSteT-
day afternoon Speaker Lenroot announced
| the committees, as follows:
cowiins. Dudgeon. wailrich, Smoker, carren.,
state Afairs-Root, Koch, Waterman, VII
1iams. Chandler. Fridd, Smith
Citics-Ray. Rankl: Douglas, Andrew, Root.
Dixor, Finnegan kei t s,;., Arneman nan.
| gan, Dixon. Slider, Crowley.
4 Assessment and Collection of Taxes-Smalley
| Dahl Whitson. Johnson. Disdae, Doolittle,
/ Terens.
/ Corporations -Rradford Hartung. Reynolds
i Wallrich Westphal Jr., 1amm, Cortland.
/ Finance Banks and 1nsurance-Lane, Lord
/ Norris Braddock, farrell Doolittle, Rarel. IS.
Observation-Disclosures, Bartlett. Chandler Don.
4 Md. Nhitson. Tritzke.
Town and County Organizat ion-IIodgns. Nor
1 gan. Morris. Gosgroye, Cady. {.
! p Railroads-G Gilman. Frear, Braddock Aims