Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-02-26
BILL TO FIGHT
HOTEL BEDBUGS
Provides for Their determination
in Boarding Houses.
MANY REFORMS PRESCRIBED
Measure. Backed by Commercial Trav'
eIers, Asks $1,000 to Carry Out
Would
Close Saloons at Midnight.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES "Oniu
Close Saloons at Midnight.
Madison.-A sweeping piece OF legis-
lation affecting hotels, boarding houses
and restaurants has been presented in
the legislature by Assemblyman
Charles d. Rosa of Beloit. II the bill
passe $. bed bugs in ali hotels shall be
axterminated." The measure pre-
scribes the length of the sheets and
the quality of the cloth used In the ma
king of pillow slips, and requires that
thew shall be washed and Numbered
with regularity.
Governor Made Commissioned.
Under the terms of the bill the gov
ernor is made hotel commissioner. To
assist him in the discharge of his du-
ties he may appoint a deputy commits
sioner at a salary of $4,000 year and
travelling expenses. All hotels. room
ing houses and restaurants are re-
1uired, after January l, 1914, to take
out a license, for which the state SHAH
receive a fee of 81 per annum Ihe
hill nrescribes In detail the terms
boarding houses" and hotels and
gives the deputy hotel commissioner
mower to order any necessary improve
ments in the buildings for which IL
cense is sought The method OF plumb
ing TO be used and the character of the
light and ventilation are strictly pre-
scribed No room shall be used for a
sleeping room which does not open TO
the outside of the building or upon
light walls, air shafts or courts. wnlcn
are to open at the top, and all sleeping
rooms shall have at least one window
and one door with a transom.
To carry out the provisions OF the
act an appropriation Of $lS'ooo Is
asked 1t is understood the measure Is
backed by commercial travellers.
To Close Saloons at Midnight.
The closing of saloons at midnight
ia nroyided for in bill introduces by
Assemblyman A. E. Frederick OF MOL
roe county. The measure provides
that the saloon shall not reopen again
until six o'clock the following morn
ing. He has also introduced Dill pro-
hibiting drug stores from selling li1uor
on Sundays without an order from a
nhysician. Rev. Mr.. Frederick says
that in many cities and villages where
saloons are compelled to close on sun
days men purchase booze at the drug
stores. His measure is aimed 10 put
an end to this system.
A polite nudge to his fellow mem
bers to give more attention TO leglsla-
tive duties Is intended in the Grlhoe
hill. which provides that every candl-
date for senator or assemblyman be
compelled to sign a pledge that he VIII
devote all of his time to legislative du-
ties from the opening of the session
until the close. One of the reasons
that the legislature adiourns on Friday
noon is TO give the members a couple
Of DAYS a week to attend to their pri-
vate affairs. The Grinde bill Is aimed
to put an end to this.
Would Clarity Drainage Laws.
So many murders and hold-ups are
occurring in the city of Milwaukee
that Assemblyman William e. Walsh
has presented a measure strengthen
ing the penalties for carrying con-
cealed weapons. Senator Monk has
nearly dozen bills before the upper
house on the subject of drainage. The
drainage laws of this state are not
only complicated, but the methods I'M
der which results can be accomplished
are fraught with the possibilities OF so
much litigation that little use is made
of them. Senator Monks bills are In
tended to clarity the situation and
make the drainage laws OF the state
workable.
over 500 Bills In Day.
When the legislature convened
Wednesday morning the Legislators
awoke to the fact that over 300 bills
had been presented to both houses
Tuesday. The revision committees OF
the senate and assembly worked all
night attempting to get the bills back
to the houses so that they might be
referred to the committees and noted
for hearing. Assemblyman Mahon has
presented a Joint resolution for the
creation of a legislative committee
to study the subject of occupational
diseases. A Sunday labor law was in
troduced by one of the Socialist mem
bers which provides that all employees
must be granted at least twenty-four
consecutive hours leave OF absence
each week and that at least one OF
these periods of rest each six weeks
shall be on Sunday. Under another
bill proposed, judges of courts OF rec.
ord are to be allowed TO charge two
dollars for all special dispensations
which they issue permitting mar
riage ceremony within I'VE days of the
issuance of the marriage license.
New Wisconsin Patents.
Christian r. Becker, Jr, Green Bay
sectional feed roll for sanders and
other machines; August II. Beckman,
Madison, building element; Henry A.
Berquist. ST. Croix Falls, combined
railway tie and rail fastener; Edward
w. Brackenbury, Milwaukee, concrete
mixer; Rudolph A. Breitenfeld. Madi-
son. shade and curtain adjuster; Her
bert w. Cheney, Milwaukee, switch
operating mechanism; Grant F. Disch
err Milwaukee, bumper bracket; Fred.
erick ]. Gruhl, Milwaukee. window
Alosz J4oIznauer Jr. Milwaukee. lock