Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12
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The legislative committees are not
getting together as well as might be
desired on the question Of state aid in
road building, and there is a dispo-
sition on the part of some members
to also let this subject go over until
the special session next winter when
an income tax, the guarantee of bank
deposits, workingmen's insurance and
water power franchises will be con-
sidered. There would seem TO be little
necessity for this. however, as the sub
ject has been so thoroughly threshed
out that but little of value could be
added by further delay.
The two principal bills before the
legislature are the Jones bill in the
assembly and the Browne bill in the
senate. Each is the result of much
thought, study and many hearings
Their general provisions are much the
same in many respects. The principal
point of disagreement is over the kind
of state commission. The Jones bill
provides for paid commission, while
the Browne bill has an unpaid COM
mission consisting of the president Of
the farmers institutes, the state geol-
ogist and the dean of the college of en-
cheering of the state university These
are TO select a state engineer, who viii
exercise more or less supervision over
the building of roads that receive state
aid.
The supporters Of the Browne bill
contend that paid commission would
brinS that body into politics, making
1t more or less ineffective, and might
lead to the building up of great po-
litical machine like that of the game
wardens This possibility should be
avoided, they declare.
New Fish and Game Bill.
Interesting to sportsmen throughout
the state is a new general fish and
game bill which will be reported in
the assembly today. Some idea of the
number of bills on this subject that
come in may be gathered from the
fact that features Of twenty-seven as
sembly and several senate bills have
been incorporated into this omnibus
measure, while twenty bills that con-
fiicted with some detail or other of 4
have already been killed.
The bill to be reported contains
many important changes in the exist
ing game laws, the aim of the measure
being to secure a general uniformity in
the statute. Not only will enforcement
be more marked. but it is the belief
of the fish and game committee, which
has spent three months in framing the
measure, that there will be less con-
fiict for possible litigation in the stat
utes.
Fishing Season June I.
Probably one of the most important
changes that is proposed in the omni-
bus measure is that the fishing season
shall open on June l in every section
of the state This not only does away
with the various open seasons in va
rious sections of the state, but ii does
not remove the ban on certain lakes
throughout the state. which are closed
to fishermen for a number of years.
Under the present statute the pike sea-
son opened May IS and the bass season
opened June TO- This resulted in many
an Illegal catch Of bass and a number
OF arrests. which will be obviated I'M
der the substitute measure.
The hunting season for all classes OF
game which can be hunted under ex-
listing laws will open ten days later
than for several years past, the new
date being September TO- Provisions
regarding deer IA +'ng, which were
scattered promis 4oIsly through the
old statutes, have been summarized in
one section of the substitute bill.
Deer Hunting License.
The most important feature of this
section is that the deer hunting license
will have but one coupon attached. in
stead of two as previously, thereby linn
ting the number of deer that can be
killed to one. This is a blow to the
pot" hunter who often comes here
from other states. The open season
for deer remains as formerly at twenty
days--from November 10 to so.
The bird shooting features of the
present laws have been clarified in one
specific section Y provides that
prairie chicken, crouch and partridge
may be shot after September 10 in all
counties of the state. The ban is re-
moved on Ashland Bayfield,, Douglas.
Outagamfe, Marinette. Brown La
Crosse and some other counties, where
prairie chicken shooting has been pro-
hibited A urther provision of the
bill is that thu chicken and grouse
season shall not close until October,
while partrldges may be hunted up to
December l.
Question Of Adjournment.
Assemhlyman NJ. J. Cleary, chairman
Of the assembly steering committee,
has renewed his campaign for closing
as carly as possible and Friday intro
dueed a Joint resolution limiting the
introduction of new bills by commit
tees to today, and also cutting of the
introduction of any resolutions de-
signed to amend the constitution This
move is Interpreted as an indication
that the end Of the session Of 1909
actually is in sight. Hardened veterans
uf the assembly and senate say that
adjournment will take place before
June 10 MIR Cleary says there is no
reason why the session should not end
hy the last Of this month
Believing Tat the entire system OF
education in tie state should be better
organized, Assemblyman Eiebahn. the