Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-03-27
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE

the Evans bill passed last week
by assembly for the prevention of
the sale, gift or even Importation into
Wisconsin of cigarettes, cigarette pa.
pers or materials The final vote was
% to 8, as follows:
For the bill-Senators Beach, Bird,
Burns, Frear, Froemming, Hudnall,
Johnson, Kreutzer, Martin, McGilliv-
ray, Merton, Morris Munson, Noble,
Rogers, Rummel, Sanborn, Stevens,
Stondall, Stout, Wilcox, Wylie.-22
Opposed-Senators Hatten, North,
Roehr, Smith, Whitehead, Wipperman
Wolff, Wright-S.
Senator Bird led the debate in favor
OF the measure, assisted by Senator
Hudnall. They elaborated upon pass
age of similar laws in other states and
read records showing that they had
been sustained and approved fully by
state and United States supreme
courts, when contested by the So
called American Tobacco trust. Sena-
tor Whitehead explained that he voted
against the measure because he be-
lieved the proposed law as impractic-
able and would prove ineffective.
Senator Frear introduced a bill to
prevent the watering of railroad stocks
and bonds. 1t provides that the ag-
gregate of stocks and bonds shall not
exceed so per cent of the total assessed
valuation of the physical property of
the road, all stocks and bonds to be
certified to and countersignel by the
state tax commission. The measure
applies only to Wisconsin railroad
After an acrimonious debate the
assembly advanced the Andrew bill,
providing for the recall of any alder
man whose services have proved I'M
satisfactory to his constituents and
providing for the election of a sue
cessor. The vote stood So to so. 1t
passed the Crowley measure, making
it misdemeanor for any person to
the delinquency Of children, and for
such offense a fine OF $1,000 is to be
imposed or the guilty party may be
imprisoned for not more than one
year. Two senate pure food bills, one
forbidding the sale OF food products.
containing injurious preservatives, the
other, prohibiting the sale OF removal
ed butter, unless the same be clearly
marked, were advanced.
Madison, March 1S.-The assembly
passed the Ledvina bill, providing for
an appeal to circuit judges from the
actions of town supervisors in refusing
to alter, lay out or discontinue high
ways, also the bill to make clear the
powers Of courts of record in matters
of reference, the one by Mr.. Wehrwein,
the forestry commission to
make a survey of the waterpowers on
lands owned by the state, and two by
Mr.. Braddock, requiring railroads to
equip all freight cars with automatic
couplers, grabirons, continuous power
or air brakes and locomotives with
drive wheel brakes.
Madison, March 21.-The assembly
passed the LIE Roy bill, prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of adulter-
ated flavoring extract, the Curtiss
prohibiting the sale of buck
wheat -four containing foreign sub
stances unless the same be clearly
labeled as compound, the one by Mr..
authorizing cities, other
than those of the first class, to &C
quire heating plants and sell heat to
the inhabitants thereof, and the one
by the committee on cities fixing the
terms of supervisors for one year. ex-
cept for cities operating under special
charters. It advanced the bill by the
committee on railroads, providing
that license fee be paid as well as
the ad valorem tax be assessed. After
payment of the ad valorem tax the
amount of the license fee is to be de-
.1ucted. The bill was introduced to
protect the state in case the ad va
loren law be declared unconstitu-
tional.
The senate passed only one bill and
concurred in none. There was scarcely
a quorum present Congressman John
J. Esch was present, occupying a seat
at the desk of Senator Morris. 1t was
given out that he was In Madison to
assist in passing the bill to appropriate
$1,000 for a site for a. new normal
school at La Crosse. The one bill
passed was the Hagarty measure to
create the town OF Roosevelt in
Taylor county. 1t was on the calendar
for advancement to third reading, but
ON motion of Senator Sanborn it was
passed under suspension of the rules,
on account of the near approach Of
election.
Madison, March 22.-The assembly
passed the bill, which limits the fees
to be received by sheriffs in the sale
of property on execution IN any case
to $50; also the Dinsdale measure, to
provide for the collection of vital
statistics in all cities by the health