Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-06-23
GOVERNOR VETOES
PENSION MEASURE
ADMINISTRATION FEATURES OF
BILL UNNECESSARILY CUM
BERsoME AND EXPENSIVE.
OTHER FAULTS NOTED IN MES
sAeE-ouEsTioN OF coNsTI-
TuTIoNALlTY SERIOUS ONE.
Madison. June -.

Madison, June 10.
The most important veto of the ses
sion, because of it's statewide pro
visions, was reported to the senate
when the governor returned without
his approval the Stout bill, providing
for a teachers pension system to be
established in Wisconsin. The gov
ernor explained his veto in part, as
follows:
I'm my opinion, the board created
by this act is unnecessarily large
All the funds provided are paid into
the state treasury and there appears
to be no good reason why eight mem
bers should be paid travelling expens
es. and furnished with an Office at the
expense of the state, for the manage
ment of this fund, especially when
they do not have possession of any
part of it.
'The portion of the fund derived
from the teachers contributions is
to be deducted from the teachers
wages on every pay day, by the local
school officers, and to be paid by
them to the town, city or village
treasurer. 1t is provided that the
county treasurers shall pay such fund
to the state, but there is no provi-
sion by which the town, city and vii
lage treasurers shall pay the fund to
the county treasurers.
81 am also of the opinion that it
was a mistake to appropriate $4,000
per annum from the general fund.
The appropriation should be made
from the school fund.-.
"The question of the constitutions
ality of the act has been carefully
considered by the attorney general,
and he has given his opinion that
those features of the act which apply
to teachers not engaged in teaching
at the time it will take effect, are
unconstitutional and void, on the
ground that in such a case the an
nuity provided becomes a mere
gratuity, the giving of which is not
authorized by the constitution, since
the principle is uniformly recognized
that the power to tax must be for
public purpose only. The act then
can only apply to those who comply
with the act, who shall be engaged
at the time or after the act takes
effect, in teaching.
IF this act should be approved,
teachers would be compelled to con-
tribute to the fund, and it might be
wears before the constitutionality OF
the act would come in question ana
be finally determined by the courts.
If the act should be declared uncon-
stitutional, serious difficulties would
arise in the payment of such funds
to the contributors"
Vetoes Page Auto Bill.
In failing to approve 245s, the Page
automobile bill, the governor SAID IN
part:
''My objection to this act is based
upon two propositions, the first OF
which is that it permits automobiles
to be run at rate of speed not TO
exceed Is miles per hour within the
corporate limits of any city or VII
lage.
ssThe act of which this is amenda-
tory limits the speed to IL miles per
hour in cities and villages. Much
complaint was made throughout the
state in regard to such speed limit
in populous cities. The laws OF the
state lim;t the speed of railroad
trains running on a defined track on
schedule time to II miles per hour
A speed of 18 miles per hour means
that the vehicle may pass along our
nopulous streets 26 feet at every tick
of the watch"
The ozher proposition upon which
the veto is based, is that the bill re
fers to certain sections which do mol
exist in the previous act.
The other bills vetoed were: 592s
providing that the compensation OF
all state officers and employees be paid
out of the state treasury and that all
fees collected by them be paid te
this department; GAS, relating te
the surplus. reorganization or disso
luton of domestic insurance com,
panies. and SS9a, relating to rebates
and. commissions in writing lnsur
ance. All of these bills were re-
turned without approval because
their provisions were covered in pre-
vlous statutes and because of tech
meal errors and inconsistencies