Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-01-28

- Il state OF SlZ, lOI
which they will
receive daily by
James a. Wright. mail during the
progress of the session printed copies
OF all bills introduced and other
legislative documents. Ii it is only
the new laws in which they are in
terested, they may secure these by
payment OF 81 This proposition
originated in a resolution by AS
semolyman Grassie of Milwaukee
and was shaped into the form OF
bill by the Joint committee on print
ing and passed yesterday in both
houses under suspension of the rules.
Inc sums named are just enough to
pay the cost OF the service, so that
the state will not incur additional
expense and the convenience may be
offered to citizens.
While IS bills were formally intro
duced in the senate in the morning,
more than half of them had been re-
ceIved before, but had not then been
through the committee on revision
rhe method now pursued Is for mem
bers to send their bills to the COM
mtttee on revision for such adjustment
as to dress and form as is required by
the rules, then the bills go back to
the members for Introduction in the
same manner as in former years.
Among the new bills were the fol-
lowing:
BY Senator ROehr-To allow Mil
waukee policemen to be eligible Tor
the pension fund participation after
service OF Y years, without loss OF
rights for continuance in the service
AFTER that length of time. This is SIM
liar to Senator Fairchild's bill relat-
ing to the firemen pension fund.
by Senator Brown-tOr the inspec-
ton of passenger boats on inland
waters, the inspection to be done and
license issued by the state bureau OF
labor and industrial statistics, and
violation to be punished by 800 fine
or 80 days in Jail
BY Senator HaZelwOod-To appro-
pirate SIS per year to rural school
districts providing transportation to
pupils for % weeks in the year in
cases of consolidation of school dis
tricts.
BY Senator Hudnall-to remove re-
strictions as to site for new high
schools in cities of the third class.
By Senator Hudnall-To add TO the
law which now gives cities power to
inspect and regulate steam engines
and boilers the power to examine
and license stationary engineers.
More Training Schools.
BY Senator Wright-To increase
from u to 20 the authorized number
of county training schools for teach
ers.
BY Senator Bird-To appropriate
not more than $4,000 for monu-
ments at the Vicksburg national
park.
By Senator Bird-To limit to $50
acres the amount of state land that
can be bought by one person, the
bin being designed to encourage set
telment and making of farms by bona
tide settlers by preventing the state
land from being taken up by specula-
tors.
immigration Bureau.
BY Senator Bird-To establish a
state bureau of immigration, not to
induce foreigners to come to this
country, according to the author OF
the bill, but to secure for Wisconsin
it's share of the new settlers which
come to this country, and TO ade-
quateiy advertise the opportunities
and resources of this state. The bill
would result in probably $4,000 a
year expense to the state.
Discussion on Rules.
The senate spent most of the af-
ternoon session discussing the new
rules, Senator's Whitehead and Hud-
nah explaining the changes and de-
claring that the revision would expe-
dite business and save time and ex.
pense Mr. Lockney had some diff
iculty with certain rules and was in
chned TO find some fault with the
work of the committee.
Senator Barker proposes that hotels
shall be kept clean and sanitary. He
introduced a bill providing that the
sheets on hotel beds shall be changed
with sufficient frequency to assure
cleanliness. and also providing for a
large number of details of the same
general purpose. The penalty for vio-
lation is SIS fine or 80 to 90 days in
Jail