The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-03-18
What, the State
SoIo11s Are Doing

vent girls under seventeen years OF
age from attending dance where beer
or other intoxicants are sold, unless
accompanied by their fathers, mothers
or other legal guardians. The bill is
a stringent one and is aimed at the
dance hall evils of the larger cities OF
the state.
The assembly committee on charlta-
BILE and penal institutions reported
substitute for the Bletcher Dill cnang-
ing the method of governing the coun-
ty hospital, poor farm, aims house,
and poor office of Milwaukee county.
The bill will come up for oonsldera-
ton early next week.
The stout bill appropriating $4,000
to be used with the $4,000 remaining
from the ST. Louis fund for Wiscon-
sin exhibit at the LSwis and Clark
exposition at Portland was on the cal
endar for concurrence, and despite
strong opposition it was put through,
the vote being SIS to 36. Assembly
man Kinney Of Dunn, chairman of the
state affairs committee. which recon-
mended the bill for concurrence, SAID
that Wisconsin manufacturers have
large business on the coast, which
would be further promoted by good
state exhibit at the exposition. he
said about $4,000 remained from the
st. Louis appropriation.
Among the bills passed were: To
change the law relating to the COM
mitment of boys to the state Industrial
school. so as to provide that children
between the ages of s and 16 instead
Of 10 and Is may be committed there,
and to authorize the state sealer of
weights and measures to collect and
retain a fee of 10 cents for every
scale or measure he tests.
Among the bills killed were: To
provide that men engaged in public
work shall not work more than eight
hours a day; to prohibit employers in
brass foundries, tobacco factories and
bakeries from requiring their en-
ployes to work more than eight hours
a day; to provide for levying a tax Of
1 mill on 81 in Milwaukee for a per-
manent street improvement fund; to
provide that the common council of
Milwaukee shall consist Of one alder
man from each ward, and twelve Sc
lected from the city at large, and to
permit the construction Of tunnels I'M
der or bridges over streets on petition
Of majority Of the owners of abutting
property in the block affected.
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collection Of taxes favorably reported
the Gilman bill repeating the present
mortgage taxation law, and re-enact-
ing the old law, with the exception
that debts can be Offset against equi-
ties in mortgages.
The Jedee bill, providing for the
manufacture Of binding twine at the
state prison, was reported for indef-
mite postponement.
Both houses of the legislature adj
journed to o'clock Monday night.
The senate committee on education
made it's report on the normal school
bills Senator Rogers measure ap-
propriating $4,000 for Improvements
to the Milwaukee normal school, Sem
ator Burns bill carrying $115,000 for
the new school at Platteville, and
Senator Morris bill appropriating
$4,000 as preliminary to the new
normal school at La Crosse were all
reported favorably and sent to the
committee on printing. The claim is
made that these three bills stand an
excellent show of passing. The SEN
ate passed five bills, all of local in
terest, concerning dams. The Thayer
bill relating to the appointment of the
commissioner of labor was held over.
The official paper bill, on motion Of
Senator Morris, was put over until
next Wednesday for consideration.
Three pure food bills were passed
by the assembly Monday night, two
by Mr.. Leroy to prevent the adultera-
ton of maple sugar and syrup and
molasses, and one to prevent the adul-
iteration of honey. The first two meas
ures provide fines of not less than $25
nor more than 500 for violation, and
the third a fine of not less than S25
nor more than 800, or by imprison-
ment in jail for not less than thirty
days nor more than sixty days.
The Powell bill, to provide for equal
taxation. was killed. It sought to pro-
vide that no evidence be allowed in
court to recover for property which
has escaped taxation.
The Wehrwein bill, authorizing the
forestry commission to make-a survey
of the streams of state lands for the
purpose of obtaining data as to the
available water power, was advanced.
The Ties measure, which provides
for the repeal of the famous WiscOn-
sin mortgage taxation law, over which
the Stalwarts made much capital dur
inc the last pre-convention campaign,
was sent to the grave.
A bill by Mr. Jerde, which provides
for the establishment of manufac-
tory for binding Irvine at the Waupun
prison, met the same fate.
company locally. He charged that the
Standard was using unfair tactics to
push it's competitor here, the Dubuque
Oil COMPANY out of business by haV-