Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-24

viding for the establishment of a
chair of race culture in the college
of medicine at the University of Wis
consin for the purpose of promoting
| the study of human degeneracy and
deterioration and for the dissemina-
ton of knowledge with respect there
to and providing remedies for the
same" An appropriation of $500 is
asked
Other house bills were: By Speak
er Bancroft requiring all sheriffs and
| keepers of jails to continuously keep
confined and shut up in jail any and
all persons sentenced thereto; by
Mr.. Ramsey, making the stealing of
steam power and larceny; also re-
lating to fraud in obtaining advertis-
ing by false claims in newspaper cir
culation and to forfeit any sums
agreed to be paid for advertising so
obtained: also defining legal news
paper; by Mr.. Roethe, permitting
residents to hunt on their own prem
Uses in the open season without pay
ment of license, and to permit veter-
ans of the civil war to hunt in the
open season without the payment of
license; by Mr.. Estabrook, relating to
limiting the purposes for which
money can be expended in elections
by Mr.. Jones, providing for a more
uniform system for the Improvement
of public highways throughout the
state by the cooperation of counties,
towns and state in providing means
for that purpose, and making an ap-
preparation; also, relating to sub
scriptions by municipalities to rail-
road stock; also to regulate wood
saving devices; by Mr.. Chapple, to
make an examination of all mich
cows for tuberculosis compulsory;
by Mr.. Kay authorizing municipal
corporations to dispose of all licenses
for the sale of intoxicating liquors to
private corporation upon vote of
majority of the electors thereof;
by Mr. Weber, providing that no
bakery employees shall be required to
work more than ten hours per day:
by Mr.. Stevens, providing or the 10
cation of a normal school at Rhine
lander; by Mr.. Hammill, permitting
immigration agents to obtain re-
duced rates On railways; by Mr.. In
gals, exempting from examination
teachers who have laugh in any
grade for twenty-five years; by
Mr.. Scott, prohibiting any gift or pay
ment to any officers or employees OF
the state by any trust or insurance
company in certain cases and pre-
scribing a penalty; also, two, relating
to provisions in policies of life insur-
ance; by Mr.. ComstoclA requiring
the assessor to publish prior to the
meeting of the board of review an
abstract of the assessment roll; by
Mr.. Leuch, relating to changing the
name of industrial schools to parent
al schools; by Mr.. Merlin Hull, pro-
hibiting unfair commercial discrimin-
alton between different sections, COM
munities or localities, or unfair COM
petition and providing penalties there
for; by Mr.. Ingram, providing for an
income tax.
Important senate bills were intro
duced as follows: BY Senator James,
changing the date for the meeting of
the board of review from the first
Monday in July to the last Monday of
March, by Senator Pearson, provid-
ing that the three supervisors in
towns shall at the annual meetings OF
1910 be elected one for one year, one
for two years and one for three; by
Senator Stout, providing that the at
torney in the Office of the fire mar
shall need not be one of the deputy
marshals, but may simply act as one
of the assistants, and that the taxes
on fire insurance companies for the
maintenance of the department be III
creased from one-fourth to one-half
of one per cent, on the gross pre-
MUM and assessment receipts; also
providing for a retiring fund for
teachers to consist of a tax of one
per cent of teachers salaries and ten
cents per child of school age on state
money; also providing for coeduca
ton in the university without re-
striction; by Senator Husting, pro-
viding a penalty of not more than
SIS. 900 or impris onment for a term OF
not more than five years or both for
circulating false statements concern
ing the financial standing of bank;
by Senator Marsh, providing that no
licenses be granted to saloons owned
by or mortgaged to people interested
in the manufacture of liquors; also
making it punishable by imprison-
ment of a fine of $500 to expose Sc
cret ceremonies of lodges; by Sen
ator Morris, for Sunday closing of
barber shops; by Senator Bishop, to
authorize the continuation Of the
work of the Wisconsin history com.
mission and to assist in such work.
Woodmen object decidedly to any
legislation which has to do with their
rates of insurance. They belong to
a powerful fraternal brotherhood, and
they believe their corporation is so
well managed that interference by
the state is not called for. Into the
legislature are beginning to pour Pc
titions from Woodmen camps asking