Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-15
LEGISLATURE.

The senate Thursday afternoon
passed the Whiteside bill, 4s7 A, by a
vote of 10 to 10, providing for legis-
| lative committee of five assembly,
men, appointed by the speaker of the
assembly, and three senators, APP
pointed by the president Of the SEN
ate, to investigate forestry conditions
in the state, and prohibiting the pur-
chase of additional lands for forestry
purposes until July l, 1915. The bill
was passed by the assembly two
weeks ago.
Joint resolution 55S, to amend Ar
| tlcle TX of the constitution so that
the state would reserve mineral rights
| in the sale of lands, and Joint reSolu-
| tlon COS, by Senator Burke providing
| for the printing, indexing and bind
ing of the messages of the governor
from the organization of the territory
until the present time, were adopted.
The Huribut bill 194A, increasing
| the amount of special state and to
| high schools for the maintenance of
courses In manual training, domestic
economy or agriculture to $780, 900
year, was concurred in, as was the
| Walsh bill governing the sale of
| household goods on the installment
| plan.
A discussion of lobbying came up
In the senate this morning when the
| special insurance committees bills
555S, and 556S, were reached Sena-
tor Scott, who was sponsor for them,
mentioned the fact that lobbyists had
been at work trying to defeat the
measures.
The income tax question has pro-
crossed far enough before this legis-
! azure SO that it can be said the prin-
cipal change in the income tax law
which this legislature will make will
be an increase in the corporation tax.
The bill will go through the legisla-
ture in practically the form that it
has passed the senate.
The Rosa mother pension bill was
concurred in by the senate Thursday
night by vote of II to 4. The act
is to be administered by county Off
GERS. The amount of aid is limited
to $l2 per month for each child, one
half TO be paid by the county in
which the child resides and one-half
by the state.
Assembly bills concurred in includ-
|
ing of an attorney by the nearest Of
kin or the person or persons receiv-
ing the largest interest in an estate:
j. Dietrich, regulating the BARRIERS
trade; Rosa, regulating hotels and
restaurants; Peavey, providing foI
loans from the trust funds and from
funds of private origin and for the
appointment of superintendent OF
farm loans and assistants.
The senate on Thursday night
passed bills appropriating between
Sl4 100000 and SIS, 100000. The APP
preparations were principally fol
operation, repairs and permanent i'm,
provements of the educational anC
charitable and penal institutions OF
the state for the next two years.
A study of the question of vocation
al diseases and also of the insurance
of workingmen by sick benefits when
they are unable through illness tC
work, is assured.
The water power bills were, Thurs
day night, placed on the senate calen
dar for Wednesday and made a spec
ial order for O'Clock in the morning
The silent telephone is to be the
subject of inquiry and hearing before
the railroad commission sometime
this month upon motion of the com
mission itself in response to many
complaints.
The senate Friday morning with
but ten members in their seats passed
the bill authorizing loan agents tC
charge "A per cent interest on small
loans.