Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-05-25

! longed to them and gave them to out
siders. The message Is as follows.
For Supremacy of Towns.
This bill proposes an additional
lection to the statutes of 1888, pertain
ng to town highways. 1t permits any
| person resi- ling in an adjoining coun-
| t., to whom town highway may be
convenient, If he considers himself
aggrieved by an order Of the town su.
pcryisors, to appeal therefrom to the
circuit court of the county in which
the highway is located. and that the
commissioners appointed shall not re.
side in the county in which the high.
way is located, nor in the county or
counties adjoining the town in which
said highway is located. Town high.
ways are constructed and paid for by
the inhabitants of the town, and pri.
marily for the convenience Of its in.
Habitants. They are unier the super.
vision of the proper officers of the
town. To permit residents of towns
e. counties, other than that in which
the town road Is situated, to have any
voice In it's construction OF supervi.
sion, or to have any voice or take any
part in any proceeding in court, either
to establish or discontinue a highway,
IS wrong in principle, and against the
theory of all the laws upoE the sub.
iect Of town highways. There does
not appear to me to be any demand
for Legislation giving to no1-residents
a power to interfere or NEEDLE In
matters Of this kind, or any reason
why such law should be placed upon
the statute books of this state. The
lii Is therefore returned without ap
prevail"
Sherffs' Rides Knocked Out.
The governor also objected to 610a,
which provided that Milwaukee coun-
ty furnish its sheriff and undersheriff
with street car tickets. This, the
executive said, would add to the sal
cry of the sheriff. The question of
compensation should be left with the
county boards. While the item was
not Of importance, it was bad in prin-
eipe. The state at large was not
concerned and should have no voice
III this matter. He had expressed
the opinion before that the state could
not change the salaries of local off.
cials and strongly censured such at
tempted action. The governor used
tie following language:
Hands Off Local Affairs.
II herewith return, without approval,
bill No. COL A.. entitled, An act to
provide for the furnishing of street car
tickets or transportation to sherlffs,
nnder-shoriffs, and deputy sheriffs at
the expense of the county, in counties
having population OF 100000 or
over, paying the sheriff, under-sherift,
or deputy sheriff salaries in lieu oi
fees
This bill, If passed, would add to
the compensation of the sheriff OF Mil
wautee county. While the genera
language in which it is expressed. EN-
braces all counties having populatio,
OF 100000 or over, Milwaukee county
alone can be affected by it. The
sheriff Is county officer. The cues.
ton of his compensation should be left
to and determined by the county
board. The county board of Milwau,
kee county in the exercise of thai
power, has fixed the salary of the
sheriff of milwaukee, county 1t did
not Geem 1t just that the county
should, in addition to the salary, pay
the whole, or any part of the expenses
of the sheriff and his deputies while
travelling about upon the business con
nected with that office 1t may be as,
sumed that the board is, in fact, CD
posed to this expense being made
charge upon the county; otherwise,
extra compensation for the shcrirt
would have been provided by that
body to cover such expense. Although
the amount of this expense may. or
may not, be an item OF Importance, 1t
Is bad in principle. | cannot approve
OF any measure which takes away from
the local government the right to de-
termino those questions In which the
taxpayers of the county alone are IN
tereslcd. The state at large is In no
way concerned, bears no part of the
burden imposed, and should have no
voice In It's determination.
Il have expressed my opinion on
bills of this nature at each of the pre-
cedinG sessions of the legislature held
during my administration OF the office
of governor, | need not repeat what
have heretofore said on the subject
| do not think that the legislature
ought to interfere in fixing, increasing,
or diminishing the compensation or
any county or municipal officer and
for the above reasons the bill is re-
turned without approval"
Among the bills passed was 76Sa.