Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-16
| BILLS BEFORE
!. The GOVERNOR
Six Days to Pass on Work
Of the Legislature.
SESSION IS DISAPPOINTING

Of the Measures Of Large import.
ance Were Put Over Until the Spe-
ciai Session--oVer 400 Bills Were
Passed, but Were Mostly of Minor
Importance.
Madison. Wis, June 15.-Leaving a
large grist of bills on the hands of the
governor for his final action thereup-
on a remnant of each house OF the leg.
islature is left in the city marking
time awaiting the disposition of the
| executive on the measures passed. The
| fact that the governor now has six
days in which to consider bills makes
1t necessary for the two houses to keep
up a form of session about a week
after the real work has been finally
| completed. Final and formal adjourn
ment of the legislature will tale place
Friday at least of this week o., before
/ If the governor acts on all bills be-
| fore that time. All bills which do not
| receive executive action within the
six day limit become laws without the
governors signature.
| y
disappointing one from the standpoint
OF large results achieved. In spite OF
| the fact that nearly six months were
! consumed most of the measures of
| large Importance were put ovct until
| the special session which, it is ex-
| pected, the governor will call for next
winter. These measures have to do
| tu{th - 90.
aid in road building, inspection and
examination of school systems, taxa
! tiOn of water power franchises, guar
anty of bank deposits, taxation OF in.
comes, industrial insurance and pri-
mary and election reforms as sug-
gested by the developments of the leg
isiative senatorial investigation. While
none of these propositions received
final legislative action many o. them
were given much individual and com
mi,tee study and were subjected to de-
bate so that the time spent on them
cannot be said TO have been wholly
wasted, as the light thus brought out
will be Of value in their final disposi,
! tion next winter.
Special Committees to SIT.
These subjects will be further
studied during the summer by special
committees appointed by the two
houses. which will report their find
| ings and conclusions at the opening OF
| the special session. Az the conclu
sion of last weeks session Speaker
Bancroft was not yet ready to an
| he Itf I,ar eyht In -
these committees. but Lieutenant Gov
eruor Strange announced the member
ship from the senate as follows:
Industrial insurance Senators San
born, Fairchild and Blaine. Banks
Owen. Wright and Martin. Income tax
Marsh, Kleczka and Hazelwood.
Roads Browne, Burke and Donald.
Water power Bird, Husting and
Krumrey. Education--Stout, Pearson
and Gaylord.
BY the action OF the assembly the
various election reform bills intro
duced by the senate investigating
committee and passed by the senate
were also referred to the special ses-
sion, so that the subject of ballot and
cred at that time. On top Of the in
vestigatons and hearings ON the bic
legislative questions by the special
committees the senate investigation of
the primary campaign and election OF
United States senator will be going
on during the summer, the senate hav-
ing granted the wish of the commit
Tor I,ssv hn nctn s.f iFpa
beyond the regular session Of the leg
isIature Furthermore there will be
an Investigation OF the state depart
ments by separate committees of both
houses. In the closing days the as
sembiy voted to have a special com.
mittee to make an investigation OF the
state departments, especially Of the in
surance and game warden depart
ments, and as a countelmove the sen
ate passed resolution extending the
power of the senatorial investigating
committee so as to give them the right
TO also investigate the state depart
ments.
In this connection here 1t can be said
that the fact that the results of the
SC9olpb "ClS ~ ioi btiy hObN'a'N w.
due to the jealous feeling between the
two houses caused by the Investigate N
OF the senatorial primary and cleo
tion. The assembly as a body was
friendly TO Senator Stephenson wbis
the senate majority was hostile
over 400 Bills Passed.
The measures Of general Importance
enacted by the legislature Of 1909
makes a shorter story than those thar
failed Of passage The present legs-
lature passed in all somewhat over
400 bills, of which possibly not over
dozen can be- classed as big" legis
lation. The session derives its sig
nlficance from the fact that not any
new or original ideas were enacted in
TO law. but that the statutes received
fair overhaulng and that many OF
the old laws we're revised and
strengthened Following are the most
important of the bills passed which are
classed as being of statewide interest
and which, in their confines, give the
statutes a new aspect:
The necessary appropriation bills
for the support OF the state institu-
tlons, the university. the normal
schools and the state charitable and
penal institutions; the general fish and
game bill, which draws the protecting
lines ,louar. tho hill for the commits