Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-29
HOUSE N FAVOR OF
RECALL IN CITIES
Also Votes for Initiative and Ref.
erendum.
COMMISSION FORM TO RULE
Bill Reduces the Salaries Of Commits
sioners, Which II is Expected
viii Make Plan Popular
in the State.

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Madison.-The house voted in favor
OF giving the cities of the state oper-
ating under a commission form of
government the right to adopt the
principle Of the initiative and refer
endum and the recall. Several such
cities want the right to initiating and
approving ordinances and recalling
commissioners who fail to make sc.d.
The author Of the pending bill is
Judge Julius Gilbertson of Eau Claire,
whose home city has adopted the com
mission form of government.
The bill also reduces the schedule
OF salaries for commissioners, which
ls expected to induce a larger number
of cities to adopt the commission
form. The assembly killed a bill en-
towering cities operating under com
mission form to resdopt the old char
ter form of government
The senate viii act on the Roycraft
resolution for an investigation of lob
byists Tuesday This resolution has
already gone through the house. Since
the resolution was introduced the ac-
tfvfty of the third house" has fallen
of appreciably.
Secretary of State James A.
Frear sent an official cammunica-
ton to the Wisconsin civil service
commission in which he notified that
body that he has accepted the opinion
OF Attorney General Bancroft as 70 the
constitutional doubt Of the commits
sion being a legally constituted body
OF the state. This matter comes up
in relation to the bills of the commits
sion and in effect means that the sec
Rotary OF state and state treasurer
will refuse to audit and pay off the
commission from this time on.
The matter will no doubt be tried
out in the courts. In his communica-
ton Secretary Frear invites the CO.
operation of the commission to arrive
at a decision.
The senate committee on education
decided to report out a bill which ex-
tends the time of the university re-
gents to a six-year term. This is oae'
of the measures of the special educa-
ton committee and is in part an adop-
ton of the plan submitted. The COM
mittee rejected the bill which removes
women members Of the board.
There was not a quorum present IN
either house at the morning session.
The past week has been easily the
most strenuous of the entire session,
especially as committee work was
piled up by reason of the invasion of
Madison by the suffragists. The SEN
ate is nearly cleared up with It's work,
but the assembly is still far from be-
ing Caught up"
Renewing the efforts Of two years
ago to obtain the passage of law for
certified public accountants with
state examining board. the organized
accountants of Milwaukee were repre-
scented before the assembly commit
tee on state and economic betterment
when the Mortenson bill came up. The
bill provides for an examining board
which shall issue certificates to &C
countants after examination. Herman
e. Georgi, former member of the as
sembly. spoke for the bill. There is
so little opposition to 1t this year that
the committee is expected to favor
the bill. The committee also took up
the Golf bill extending greater dis.
cretionary power to the state board OF
dental examiners. Theodore Kron-
shage, attorney for the board. and c.
z. ;'2tzer. ire special examiner, ap-
peared on the bill, as did DR.. w H
Hardy OF Milwaukee, member Of the
board.
DR. John B. Andrews bill for the re-
porting of occupational diseases TO
the labor commissioner will be recon-
mended for passage by the assembly
committee on public health and sani-
tation. There was no opposition to
the bill when it came up.
The bill requires physicians to re-
port to the labor commissioner all
cases coming to their notice Of lead.
phosphorus, arsenic or mercury poi
soning or compressed air Illness.
The object of the bill is to make it
possible to compile statistics on the
extent of these industrial diseases.
Senator Linley created a stir by his
observation that it seemed queer"
that the tax commission should stand
by the railroads This drew a rebuke
from Tax Commissioner George Cur
tbs, Jr., who declared that this was the
first time the motives of the tax COM
mission had been impugned.
The assembly committee on taxa
ton held a postponed hearing on the
bill TO permit the city of Superior TO
tax railroad terminals, which occupy
ore-third of the acreage of that city.
New CORPORATIONS.