Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-13


secretary to be elected by the commits
sion, shall have a salary of $4,000. The
bill declares unlawful any rebates, re-
payments to shippers as favors, and
any '1iscJ limitations or departures
from the regularly published tariffs.
When any person is damaged by a
violation of the law, he shall have
the right to recover three times the
amount of the damages. The commits
sion has the power to revise or adjust
rates, but only after they shall have
been examined and proven upon test1-
mony as in a court trial to be con-
trary to the terms OF the law.
Senator Stondall introduced a joint
resolution for a constitutional amend
ment to allow the state to grant ala
for internal improvements in road
making. The measure would permit
the state to appropriate for public inn
provements up to one-third OF their
cost the other two-thirds to be paid
by the city. town or county desiring
the Improvement A number of i'm.
portant bills were introduced, among
them the McGillivray architectural
Commission measure and one by Sen
ator Hatten to increase the appropria-
ton for state aid to graded schools
from 100000 to $4,000 year. The
McGillivray bill provides that q com.
mission Of three experienced archi-
tects, of at least ten years standing
in Wisconsin, shall be appointed by
the governor to hold examinations and
otherwise regulate the profession OF
architecture. Several provisions are
made for salaries, but none of these
is to be paid by the state, all being
raised by fees from the architects
Senator Stondall introduced a bill to
prohibit the killing of any doe IN
Wisconsin for five years. Senator
Randolph introduced bill to require
life insurance companies to make an
annual accounting with their policy
holders.
Dairy and Food Commissioner
wants more help for his department.
Assemblyman Curtin has introduced
q measure which is intended to give
that department the assistance it
needs. The bill provides for a Sec
ond assistant dairy and food commits
sioner at a salary of $1,000 per year,
another chemist at a compensation
CT $1,000 yearly and Is inspectors or
agents who shall be paid $1,000 per
annum. Assemblyman Turner is hot
on the trail OF the giant firacxAcker.
He stood sponsor for a bill which
provides that no firecrackers shall be
sold in the state which are made of
dynamite, chlorate of potash or other
explosive, except gunpowder, COM
posed of saltpeter or charcoal. The
firecracker must be two inches in
length or less and not more than
three-eighths of an inch in diameter
Other bills were: By Mr.. Thayer,
providing for the payment of boun-
ty of So on all wolves, wildcats, lynx;
by Mr.. McGregor, providing for life
state teachers certificates on the
basis of Is years experience in public
school, work; by Mr.. Winch, relat-
ing to the compensation of the county
supervisor of assessment. In any
one year the amount he is to receive
is not to exceed $500, and not less
than So, nor more than 81 per day.
madison, Feb. 7.-Senator Stevens
Of Oshkosh introduced two bills re-
garding the removal of the capitol to
Oshkosh, one to establish the capitol
in that city after January, 1907, and
requiring the capitol building commits
sion to select site there Immediately,
and the other authorizing the city or
Oshkosh to grant and the state to &C.
tcept a site there known as North
park. The bill makes no reference
to the fact that the state constitution
provides that the state university
shall be "at the seat of government"
and that, therefore, the removal Of the
capitol would necessitate the removal
of the university. Memorial exercises
were held in honor Of the late Sena-
tors Frank McDonough of Eau Claire
and Christian Sarau of Oshkosh. SEN
ators Merton, McGillivray and White
head spoke of Senator McDonough and
Senator Stevens eulogized Senator
Sarau. Senator North introduced
bill to repeal the BARRIERS license law
enacted at the session of 1903, and
Senator Rummel one to provide for
the removal of elective city officers up
on petition of 25 per cent. of the
voters.
In the assembly bills were intro
duced to create the Office of county
road supervisor; forbidding liquor
selling within 400 feet of a school;
prohibiting 14-year-old children from
playing in bands; providing that farm
ers cannot be made to move fences
in July Or August; making the closed
fish season in DEVILS lake Dec. Is to
June Is, and permitting two hundred
and thirteen of jury to bring in
valid verdict in civil actions.
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