Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-12

spinal meningitis and yellow fever.
Bill to prevent the public exhibition
of any snake, reptile or any misshapen
human or animal form that might be
injurious to the public health ana
morals was rejected.
Measure, providing for the d1sin.
lection of library books, returned from
districts known to have an infectious
or contagious disease was Indefinitely
postponed.
nkeepers-Provides that no keep
er of a hotel shall knowingly and
wilfully entertain a person suffering
from a contagious disease unless such
person become so afflicted while re-
ceiving entertainment and COM
pulso1y removal would endanger life
or health.
Bill for the sanitary regulations OF
lumber and logging camps and giving
the state board of health certain
powers during the existence Of an
epidemic was reported by committee
on public health and soritation with
recommendation for passage but was
rejected Dy Cu0 I0S1SldIlII0.
Free librares-Removes the popula.
ton limitation in establishing free
libraries. Any city OF the second,
third and fourth class and any village
or town now may have library sup,
ported by annual levy.
Examination of school accounts
Provides for the appointment at the
annual district school meeting OF
three competent persons to examine
accounts, books, vouchers, moneys
and all property belonging to the
school. Specifies that the examina-
ton be made between June 80 and the
date of next annual meeting.
School aclities-Provides that up
on an enrolment of sixty-fve pupils
or more any one school term in a
school district with a one-room school
house, the district board shall make
provision for an additional room and
another teacher.
Bill to make the mayors Of cities
of the second, third and fourth
classes, members of the board Of edu
cation without a vote but with veto
powers was killed.
Measure, providing for life state
certificates for teachers based on ex
perience of not less than fifteen years.
was refused passage.
The senate refused to concur In
the assembly measure providing that
fines collected for misdemeanor OF
crime, minus the amount allowed by
law or ordinance, to the informant,
be paid into the school fund.
Free public lectures boards
of cities are empowered to employ
competent persons to deliver free
evening lectures, between October 1
and March 81 of each year, on natural
sciences, historical, literary or other
educational subjects. Authority also
is given to purchase the books,
stationery and other things necessary
for such lectures.
Commercial schooIs-Authority is
given to the state superintendent OF
public instruction to fix and prescribe
a. course of study for commercial
school or colleges.
scribes that superintendent shall an.
nually call at least one school board
convention for the purpose of con-
sultatiOn, advice and instruction upon
matters pertaining to the management
of the schools. Authorizes the pay
ment of So to each member in at
tendance and mileage of three cents
per mile each way.
Organization of new toWns-Pro-
vides that any territory having at
least fifty residents electors and an
assessed valuation of 100000 may be
organized into a town upon COM
pliance with certain specified condi-
tons.
Publication of tax notices Legalizes
payment of money by counties to
printers for publication of tax notices.
Insurance agents it a mis-
demeanor to write or solicit In
surance WITHOUT an agents certificate
from the state commissioner of in
surance.
Fire insurance policies-Provides
for attachment to policies, true copy
of application or representations OF
the assured. Failure to comply, pre-
cludes pleading that representations
were false.
The senate refused to concur in as
sembly bill, requiring that all fire in,
surance contracts shall be in writing
and to prevent discrimination in
premiums thereon.
Plate glass nsurance-Legalizes the
formation of mutual protective as
sociations of not less than 25 residents
of the state and owning collectively
plate glass valued at not less than
$4,000, for the purpose of insurine
plate glass against breakage by ac-
cident, tornadoes, cyclones or hur-
ricanCs.
The legislature rejected the bill
authorizing the organization Of mutual
insurance companies to insure country
stores, hotels, saloon, cheese factories.
creameries, town and society halls,
theaters and school houses. Also, the