Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-02-11
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE

SanbOrn INTRODUCED Dill IN the SEN
ate to create a new judicial circuit,
to be known as the nineteenth cir
cult Senator Sanborn intends to in
troduce a joint resolution for con-
stitutional amendment providing for
a Encouragement of the judicial cir
cults and permitting the legislature
to put more than one Judge in cir
cult. The new circuit is to include,
according to this bill, Florence, For
est, Oneida and Villas counties Sam
uel S. Miller is mentioned as the
man who will be made judge of the
new circuit. Senator Froemming in
troduced a bill delegating to common
councils the power to regulate gas
and telephone rates and Senator
Barker one prohibiting the sale of
adulterated or misbranded drugs and
liquors and providing a penalty of
500 fine for each offense. Senator
Paul A. Husting, democrat, introduced
a bill providing for two-cent fare
on all common carrier lines earning
$500 per year per mile on passenger
business. Senator Browne introduced
a bill to provide for spring shooting
from April 10 to April 25, but no NAL
lard, eal or wood duck are to be
killed. Swan are protected all the
time by this bill and limit of Is
ducks is prescribed to each hunter.
Another bill by Senator Browne pro-
poses to allow shooting of ducks from
an hour before sunrise to an hour
after sunset, instead of from sunrise
to sunset. The residence district
option bill so familiar to members of
the legislature of 1905, was intro
duced by Senator Browne. 1t al
ready has been introduced in the as
.sembly. It's purpose is to keep saloons
away from homes. Senator Owen
introduced a bill to tax mortgages
and to make the law self enforcing
by providing that no mortgage that
has escaped taxation for any reason
shall have standing in any court.
Three bills affecting the state uni
versity made their appearance in the
assembly. One, introduced by As
semblyman Cleary provides for gen
eral appropriations for the support
and improvement of the university;
another, of which Fred Smith is the
father, provides for a special appro-
priation of $4,000 for the sup
port of the university extension and
correspondence school work the
s~aXr AcSr. HI NV
Ledvina, aims to put the college OF
law on the same basis as the other
departments of the university by
abolishing the tuition feature of that
college. Assemblyman Cleary's bill
provides that the appropriation of
100000 for the maintenance and i'm
provement of the university, voted
for three years, be extended to six
years. A special appropriation of
$50, 600 is added for the construction
of woman's building. This appro-
priation is to continue four years.
The bill further provides that new
department shall be added to the
university in college of medicine.
An amendment to the statutes is sug
gested by Assemblyman Ledvina in
his bill providing for the abolition of
tuition in the law school Two bills
are aimed somewhat at government
by injunction" Mr. Grassie of Mil
waukee and Mr.. Thompson, social
democrat, are the sponsors, both OF
which contain practically the same
provisions, namely, that no injunction
shall be issued by court commits
Isioner in proceeding in which mu-
injunction be issued except by
county or circuit judge upon notice
whenever a municipality is a party;
nor shall any injunction be is
sued except by a county or circuit
judge upon notice whenever a mu-
nicipality is party. A radical
piece of legislation is proposed in the
interests OF strikers by Mr.. Aldridge,
socialist, relating to injury to bust
ness and restriction of will. That
part Of the statute which provides
that it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to Wllfully or ma
liciously injure any business, or rep
tation, is amended to read that such
an act of annoyance shall be unlaw-
full except in the case of striking
workmen In effect it tends to legal
ize an otherwise unlawful act for
the simple reason that it is being
performed by a member of a union.
The election contest for the seat of
Assemblyman Ties of Green county
was concluded before the committee
on elections. The contestant with
drew Mr.. Miller would call a state
convention to revise the constitution.
A resolution submitting the question
to the people was offered by him.
Madison, Feb. Senator Frozen
ming Of Milwaukee introduced bill