River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-06-15
NEW AUTOMOBILE
BILL ADVANCED
This Gives Part of License Fee
For Good Roads.
DONALD MEASURE IS SAVED
Assembly Refuses, by Thirty-Nine to
Thirty-Six, to Reconsider the
Vote by Which Ii Passed
Last Week.

Last Week.
MISUNDERSTANDING No. "a to the
Bichler bill, licensing automobiles and
motorcycles, was adopted and the bill
was ordered engrossed in the assem-
bly,.
The revised measure provides for
an annual automobile state license of
IS year for automobiles and 81 a
year for motorcycles. Three-fourths
Of the license money goes to the
counties for the Improvement OF high
ways under the direction of the coun.
ty boards.
Under the provisions OF the meas
IRE the speed limit in cities is placed
at 15 miles an hour and at Is miles
an hour in the country. Instead of
one license number, two are required,
one on the front and the other on the
rear of the machine.
Two amendments, one by Assembly
man Frye, increasing the minimum
fine for speeding from $25 to $50, and
another by Assemblyman Bichler, au-
thorizing the secretary of state to en-
ploy an automobile clerk at salary
of 81 800 to assist In the work that
would follow the passage of the meas
ure, were rejected.
No. 851A, originally known as the
Ballard bill, relating to child labor,
was passed. The bill drafted by the
committee on national and interstate
commerce relating to the sales OF
goods and providing. laws uniform
with those Of other states also was
passed. The Gulickson bill, relating
to liquor licenses, was killed.
BY the surprisingly close vote of 80
to SO, the assembly stood pat on the
Donald good roads bill and refused to
reconsider the vote by which it was
passed last week. The bill came up
again on motion of Mr. Gettle of Rock
county for reconsideration. This men,
Der, who has opposed the bill from
the first against heavy majority, re-
neWed his attacks and spoke at great
length.
The surprise came when the roll
call was taken. All the Social Demo
Gratis voted for reconsideration. 1t
had been believed from the first that
they would stand by the bill and vote
against reconsideration. The good
roads bill, which originated in the
senate, now goes to the governor for
approval.
Efforts were made by Assemblyman
Hull to defeat a second Endorsement
of the Donald constitutional amend
ment permitting the state or cities to
acquire lands for park or boulevard
purposes. This proposed amendment
was adopted by the 1908 legislature,
and if the present legislature approves
it the question will go to the people
for ratification.
Exactly $1,873,6OO for charitable
and penal institutions for the BIZ
ennial period, 1911 and 1912, is
the sum recommended by the joint
committee on finance of the senate
and assembly and senate bill will
provide for the appropriation. The
report OF the committee was made
Following are the various items of the
budget:
State hospital at Mendota-For cur
rent expenses, new power house, new
laundry, land and cottages, $295,000.
Northern hospital at Winnebago-
For current expenses and for women
nurses dormitory, $4,000.
School for deaf at Delavan-For
current expenses and for water tank,
laundry, machinery, boiler house, etc.,
$4,000.
School for Blind at Janesville-For
current expenses for kitchen. dining
room, remodeling of barn, silo, ETC.,
$94,5OO.
Industrial school at Waukesha-For
current expenses and for new cot
tages, remodeling blacksmith and
metal working shop and two new silos
and new school house, $4,000.
State prison at Waupun-For cur
rent expenses, completion of new wall,
dining room and new cell wing, $685.
100
State public school at Sparta-Cur-
rent expenses furnishing new build
ings, lighting and pumping stations,
ETC., $12S,3O0
Home for feeble minded at Chippe-
wa Falls-For current expenses, new
contagious hospital, new cottages. etc,
$254,O0O.
Current expenses, completion of ad-
ministration building offices and
schools and for trade school equip
ment, $165,0OO.
tuberculosis sanitarium at Wales
Current expenses, equipping infirmary,
building two new shacks, assembly
hall, ETC., $177,S00.
State to Oppose Trust.