Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-10


insured good service on the part
of telegraph companies the as
sembly voted to repeal the mental
anguish law" passed a few weeks
ago, by vote of 50 to 81.
Madison, June 2S.-The senate
! passed Senator Roehr's amendment
i to an assembly bill raising the salary
of Bank Examiner NJ G. Bergh from
SO 900 to $4,000. A new bill was in
, Iroduced increasing the salary of the
! commissioner of insurance to $4,000.
his deputy to $500 and the chief
clerk to 81, 400 The senate con-
CURED in the assembly bill exempting
from taxation The property OF Chau-
tauquas and camp meetings.
The assembly killed the referendum
proposition. The assembly killed the
bill TO create a bureau of inspection
of public offices and establish a uni
! form system of public accounting and
reporting.
! The Bird resolution to investigate
the water powers of the state and re
port to the next legislature means of
further developing and utilizing such
resources in the interest of industrial
advancement was concurred in by the
assembly.
The Husting joint resolution for a
constitutional amendment in favor of
levying tax on incomes was con-
Cured in by a vote of IL to /, AS
semblyman Norcross casting the only
negative vote. Another Husting joint
resolution. in favor of the popular
election of United States senators,
went through by vote of 69 to 8.
without discussion.
The assembly concurred in Senator
StondalPs resolution providing for
/ state aid in internal improvement,
which will promote the development
of waterpowers. by a unanimous
vote.
The senate bill to pension justices
of the supreme court after twenty
years of service and to put them on
half-salary basis, was concurred in
by a vote of A to %. 1t goes into
effect two years hence. The Vicks-
burg monument bill, carrying 100000
was concurred in. The assembly
: passed the bill appropriating 10000
/ to the geological and natural history
survey for experimentation in good
roads, but the measure died in the
, senate. The proposition to create a
1 board consisting of the governor, sec
rotary of state and attorney general,
with power to settle with the rail-
roads all claims of the state for IL
cense fees alleged 10 be imposed was
killed. The capitol bill came into
the assembly again with a report of
the committee on conference extend
, ing the limit of cost for each wing
: to 100000 from s750,000, as provided
in the assembly amendment and the
bill was finally concurred in. The
total cost of the building shall not
exceed S6000000 The Hardwood
bin to encourage manual training
particularly in the smaller high
schools, was concurred in by the as
sembly by a unanimous vote The
bill increases the total appropriation
from $4,000 to $4,000. The Devils
lake project went down to defeat by a
vote of 80 to 81. The senate bill
carried an appropriation of $4,000
annually for three years. Mr. Ingram
fought the project calling attention to
the large sums that have already been
appropriated. Messrs. Elver Cahoon
and lie Roy made strong pleas for
the preservation of the bluffs at
Devils lake which are now being
devastated by commercial enterprises
The bill regulating the collection of
inheritance taxes and vesting that
authority with the tax commission in.
stead of with the secretary of state
came upon the assembly with an
amendment reinstating the old law
and the assembly concurred in the
amendment, practically leaving the
old law as it is.
! Madison, June 29.-The senate laid
on the table bill providing for the
purchase of land surrounding the cap