Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-13

adulterated or misbranded drugs and
liquors and providing a penalty Of
800 fine for each offense Senator
Paul A. Husting, democrat introduced
a bill providing for a two-cent fare
on all common carrier lines earning
$500 per year per mile on passenger
business. Senator Browne introduced
a OIL to provide for spring shooting
from April 10 to April %, but no NAL
lard, teal OF wood duck are to be
killed Swan are protected all the
time by this bill and a 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 bin so familiar to members Of
| the legislature Of 1905, was intro.
duced by Senator Browne II al
| ready has been introduced in the as
sembly. Its purpose is to keep saloons
away from homes. Senator Owen
introduced a bin 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
yersity made their appearance In the
assembly One, introduced by AS
lsemblyman 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
lport of the university extension and
correspondence school work the
third, introduced by Assemblyman
Ledyina, aims to put the college of
law on the same basis as the other
departments of the university by
labolishing the tuition feature of that
college Assemblyman Clearys bill
Iprovides that the appropriation CT
100000 for the maintenance and i'm
proyement of the university, voted
for three years, be extended to six
/ years. \ special appropriation OF
| $50 600 is added for the construction
of woman's building. This appro.
priation is to continue four years.
| The bin further provides that a new
department shall be added to the
university in a college of medicine
q amendment to the statutes is sug
: sted by Assemblyman Ledyina in
his bill providing for the abolition of
tuition in the law school. Two bills
Ii are aimed somewhat at government
by injunction. Mr.. Grassie of Nil.
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
siOner in a proceeding in which mu-
nicipality is a party, nor shall any
injunction be issued except by a
county or circuit Judge upon notice
whenever a municipality is party
nor shall any injunction be is
sued except by a county or circuit
Judge upon notice whenever a mu-
! AANNA panty - q POI -
piece of legislation is proposed in the
Interests of strikers by Mr.. Aldridge,
socialist, relating to injury to bust.
ness and restriction of viii That
part OF the statute which provi les
that it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to wilfully or ma
liciously injure any business, or rep
tation, is amended TO read that sucn
an act of annoyance shall be unlaw-
ful 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 Cor 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 tfs>> constitution.
| A resolution submitting the question
to the people was offered by him.
Such a convention would cost the
state probably quarter million dol
lars and would unsettle practically
lall the law established by supreme
leourt Interpretation in the half cen
fury past. Conservative sentiment
seems very strongly against the propo-
s.tion. We can amend the con
etitution as fast as it ought to be
amended in the old way" declared
a farmer member of the lower house
Just after the Miller resolution was
offered