Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-01


school board bill which was recon-
mended for concurrence, was turned
down. q to A. 1t provides that any
school beard which becomes mem
Der of a school board association may
appropriate funds out of the district
treasury. Mr.. Roycraft objected TO
placing such power in the hands of
the school board and the assembly
sustained him.
Assemblyman Domachowski's anti
cigaret bill came up from the senate
with an amendment and the assembly
cOncurred in the amendment. 1t
provides that the proprietor of an
amusement resort is not responsible
for boys lettering about his place for
the purpose of smoking cigars or
cigarettes when they are accompanied
by parents or guardians.
Madison, April pa protracted
discussion of the merits and efficacy
of vaccination as a preventive of
smallpox, and incidentally criticism of
the secretary of the state board of
health for an ultimatum that if the
legislature did not provide the laws
desired by the board no more efforts
would be made for the confinement
and eradication of smallpox. took
much of the time of the senate, and
the bill under discussion, that of T.
H. Miller for practical compulsory
vaccination. was laid over for amend
ment. Senator Marsh was opposed
to the bin for the reason, as he stated,
that the state ought not to compel
people to submit to a surgical opera
ton or specific treatment when they
had conscientious or other reasons
for opposing it. He said also that this
would keep children out of school I'M
necessarily, would interfere with the
enforcement of the compulsory educa-
ticn law and would result in the clos
ing of schools for long periods in
cities comprised in one school districr
even when thera~Eas no epidemic Of
smallpox, but only one case In the
city. Senators Noble and Frozen
ming favored the bill, demanding that
the few people who do not believe in
vaccination ought 70 be stopped from
interfering with the efforts of the
state board Of health in the eradica.
ton OF smallpox
Ten bills were on the senate calen-
Jar for advancement to engrossment
and third reading affecting the busi-
ness of life insurance, all results Of
the legislative investigation. They
were in the main uncontroyerted and
were reported by the banks and insur-
auce committee without difference of
opinion Senator Fairchild exhibited
a lack of full understanding as to the
bill to forbid one company from writ
ing participating and non participating
business often proved Improbable and
such policies were carried at the ex-
pense of the participating business.
The bill was ordered to engrossment.
Senator Fairchild offered a substitute
amendment to the bill to require life
ins trance companies to report to the
commissioner of insurance all con-
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He would prohibit such expenses alto
gether. The bill and substitute were
laid over. The bill to forbid dis
elimination was also laid over hut the
others were advanced
Engrossment was ordered on the
bill to appropriate $4,000 for a Wis
consin exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon
Pacific exposition, but an amendment
was adopted reducing the proposed APP
preparation to $4,000 Senator Owens
bill to relieve the secretary of state
from the burden of personally signing
the multitudinous warrants on the
state treasury was advanced. The
Brazeau bill to lay down an absolute
and drastic definition of what consti-
tutes the practice of medicine was adj
vanced to engrossment The memorial
to congress introduced in the assem-
bly, by John Scott, asking congress
to make the necessary appropriation
for a survey for a ship canal from
Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river
by the way of Portage, was concurred
in. The Ledvina bill to abolish the
collection of tuition fees in the law
school at the university was on the
calendar for concurrence, but on mo-
ton of Senator Brazeau vas laid over
for week, Opposition has developed
on the ground that the young lawyers
ought to be taxed trifie at least for
the large advantages they get. The
Tuner legal fence bill was con-
Cured in after an amendment by Sen
ator Smith. to allow the wires 10 be
four instead of three inches from the
ground and TO otherwise change the
bill in the interests of woven wire
fencing was adopted
The proposition 10 establish a bind
ing twine plant at the prison at Wau-
pun came up i'm the assembly but
the matter was laid over until today
on motion of Mr. Campbell, demo
orat The question will be the sub
stitute bill offer ed by the minority OF
the committee on charitable ana
penal institutions which reported the
measure for killing J. o. Thomas
stands sponsor for the substitute ana
made a brief argument in favor Of his