Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-08-06
SP00R MEASURE
SENT TO GOVERN
Several Others Are Messaged by
the Assembly.
0PT0METRY BILL IS VETOED
Mothers Pension Act is Expected to
Be One OF the Most Popular En-
acted at This Session of the
Legislature.


Madison Fourteen bills were mes
saged by the assembly to the govern
or. Some Of the more important was
the Mason bill, providing for a meth
cd OF fixing a minimum wage for fe-
males and minors: the Don c.. Hall
bill outlining method for the organi-
cation of cooperative associations; a
bin by hEei Johnson so that new par
ties may secure position upon the
primary election and general election
ballots and the Hull bill for the es-
enlistment of three county agricul-
turaI schools annually.
The governor also received the
Spoor bill. making the months of
N arch and April as a closed season
ear frogs. and the Manning home rule
bill
Claiming that the optOmetry bill
was defective in it's provisions, Gov.
McGovern sent his veto message to
the legislature He says that the bill
does not provide fair start-'a prop
er legal foundation upon which fu-
ture legislatures may build with
safety"
Since Gov McGoveTu has signed the
Rosa child welfare bill, popularity
known as the mothers pension act,
scores cf applications have been re-
ceived e. the office Of the state board
Of control and by Assemblyman Rosa
al Beloit. asking about the method for
indicates that the law will be one of
the most popular enacted at this ses-
sion of the Legislature and the board
of control DILL will Immediately take
up the proposition OF arranging for
complete reports made necessary I'M
der the provisions Of the law.
The bill provides that the county
superintendent of poor. chairman of
a1y town. or any relative or friend
OF any child under the age of four
teen who for any reason is dependent
upon the public for support or whose
PARENTS are unable without aid prop
eriy to maintain, to bring up or edu-
cate such child may apply by petit
ton TO the juvenile court in counties
having such court and in other coun-
ties TO county or municipal court for
aid 1t aims wherever possible to
prevent the disTupting OF homes and
GO grant aid in the homes in prefer
eHce to taking the child and sending
him to q public institution, It gives
to the Judge broad discretion in han
ding children keeping ever in mind
the best welfare OF the child. Aid is
limited to $12 per month for the first
child aud 81 per month for each sub
seQuent child It is q local option
proposition as no county Is compelled
to operate Under the law unless the
county board shall elect to appropri-
ate the money Az an incentive for
granting aid, the law provides that
the county shall be reimbursed fofI
oReihatf the amount SO expended.
The law provides for proper super
vision and reports by the state board
OF control aud also directs the board
ia make survey of the whole field
of outdoor relief Eighty thousand
dollars is appropriated to carry cut
the provisions Of the law
Gov IgcGovern has signed the
Whiteside bill providing for an in
vpstigation of the state forestry re-
serve. In the meantime no new pur-
Chases of forestry lands can be made
until after July I. 1915 A legisla-
tive committee composed of eight
members viii Investigate the entire
proposition OF the feasibility of ex-
tending the present area of state for
estry reserves. The bill was opposed
bY the forestry department. It de-
sired to continue purchases within an
area where there was no opposition
ia order to block out some of the
present holders
Tire marriage Jaws have been great |
by changed at this session Of the legis-
lshHe The Richards bill. which has
not yet been signed by the governor
provides that any man making APP
pGcation for a license to marry must
before he can get a license present a !
certificate OF 4 clean bill of health |
The Chinook marriage bill for
buds cousins marrying after January
Z 1914. mother measure approved |
by the governor requires the contract
ing parties to state their legal age;
that neither OF them has been di |
voUced by decree OF a Wisconsin court |
within one year prior 10 the date OF |
application. and that neither is idiotic
or epileptic Another law curtails
the ground upon which the Judge may
waive the ave days time required be- !
tween the granting of a license and |
the marriage ceremony.
Nan Awarded FOR Loss of Finger.
The Wisconsin state industrial COM |
mission ordered the Illinois Steel COM !
pany of milwaukee to pay Bronislaw |