Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-15
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Philips PLAN
Bodies Favor Consolidation of
Departments.
THREE OUT OF FOUR WIN
Bill Merging Board of Health, Board
OF Control and Others Recon-
mended by Committee on
State Affairs.

Madison.-Three out of four sec
tons of Governor Philips plan of
consolidation OF departmental offices
have now been recommended for pas
sage by various committees of the
assembly. The committee ON state at
fairs has just recommended the bill
consolidating the state board OF
health, the state board of control. the
state dairy and food commission, In
spector of Illuminating OILS, and treas
ury agent. under a commission of five
members. The only amendment sug
gested to this bill is that the oil in
spectors shall not be considered COM
petent to act as inspectors of cream
cries and cheese factories.
The committee on printing has rec
commended for passage thu bill con-
solidating the printing departments
under a special printing committee.
The bill consolidating the different
agricultural departments has already
passed the assembly and is now be-
fore the senate.
TIE joint committee on conservation
has recommended for passage a new
waterpower law which, in many re-
spects, overturns the principles CON
tanned in the present waterpower act.
The new bill declares that the ripar-
ian owner has the right of owner
ship In the energy of running water.
1t further provides that all the po-
lice powers of the Husting law be
retained and 1t permits private indi-
viduals and private corporations to
develop waterpowers. The Husting
law limited development to public
utilities. The right of municipalities
to condemn and retain the ownership
of waterpowers is declared. The same
control of the waterpowers as to safe
ty is given by the terms of the bill to
the railroad commission.
The assembly killed the Freehoff
bill for the repeal of the Dunn coupon
ballot law, and has referred back to
the committee for correction the Killa
bill, prohibiting wholesalers OF liquor
from selling direct to individuals un-
less they first obtain local liquor IL
cense The assembly has killed the
Nelson BILL, requiring the state to fur
nish copies of the revised statutes
and annotations free to justices of the
peace; the Frederick bill to increase
the bond of saloonkeepers; the Ever
EFT bill requiring that all evidence con-
| sidered by the railroad commission in
contested cases must be incorporated
in the record and be subject to rebuff
tai; the Harrington bill prohibiting
any state officer, agent or employee
Of the state from appointing any rela-
| tive to a position, even though certi-
fed as eligible by the civil service
| commission
| The assembly has engrossed the
| Whitcomb bill making a marriage that
| would be void If solemnized in this
| state also void if solemnized "a anoth-
er state, providing the person intended
TO return to Wisconsin to live and had
gone to another state to have the cere-
mony performed, merely to circum-
| vent the Wisconsin law. 1t advanced
! the Jansen bill, authorizing the city
| Of Depere to construct and maintain a
bridge across the Fox river, and laid
over to next Wednesday the Jensen
bill repeating the law paying local
newspapers for publishing session
laws.
The senate killed the following
| bills:
Monk-Providing penalties against
giving false or fictitious names in
court actions.
Monk-Requiring that saloons be H.
censed for lot and block number OF the
| premises used.
Among bills sent to engrossment
were:
Notwithstanding ninety days resi-
dence for deputy sheriffs, except those
employed by railroads.
Misunderstanding the age limit for
boys for commitment to the industrial
school to eighteen.
Bray-Empowering the industrial
commission to pass upon physicians
and hospital bills In workmen's com
pensation cases.
Scott-Authorizing counties to pro
vide district tuberculosis hospitals.
Cunningham-Appropriating $4,000
for site for a hospital for crippled
children
The senate concurred in the Klein.
steiber bill limiting deer hunters to
one buck during the hunting season,
and passed the Everett bill providing
that juries IN the Racine municipal
court may be drawn by Jury com
mission instead Of by the clerk