Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-08-06
LAW PROHIBITING APPOINTMENT
OF RELATIVES GOES TOO
FAR, HE SAYS.
WOULD VIOLATE CONTRACTS
Duffy Bill confers Unreasonable
Power on Town Boards on
NavigabIe Streams,
He Thinks.
Madison, August 4, 1916.

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Gov. E. L. Philip returned to the
senate without his approval, the bill
by committee on state affairs, to Gre
ate a law prohibiting the appoint
ment by officials or employees of the
state, of relatives to any position ex-
cept persons who are certified by the
civil service commission.
Gov Philip says the purpose of
the bill is worthy insofar as it seeks
to prevent the employment of those
now in the service under contract
through the civil service commission
thereby invalidating such contracts
and being retroactive. 1t extends
the civil service law, he says, to- a
point never contemplated by the leg
islature.
Gov. Philip also returned to the
assembly without approval, the Duffy
bill, which conferred on town boards
situated on navigable waters the
powers and duties now imposed on
dock and harbor boards. He says
the bill is wrong in principle as it
gives to municipalities power to Gre
ate Indebtedness beyond all warrant.
He also says the bill is unccnstftu-
tional
Absentee Vote Law Signed.
The governor has signed the alb
sentee voting law. The statute has
fifteen sections and takes effect at
once. Anyone whose business calls
him from home on election day may
vote.
Voters expecting to be absent must
apply to the county, city or village
clerk from fifteen to three days be-
fore election, in person, and file a
special form of application for bal
lot, swearing to return it before or on
election day
The ballot is to be accompanied by
an oath of franchise and necessity
of absence, drawn before magis-
trate. The clerk keeps the marked
ballot in a special envelope, to be
opened at the election while the polls
are open. The ballot must be sent
to the election inspectors, with their
blank ballots, if received in time. The
inspectors are to open the envelOp,
announce the voters name, examine
the signature and deposit the ballot.
The reasons must be Endorsed in case
of rejection. The vote is subject to
challenge and like regulations as
other votes In case of the voters
death before election, the ballot is to
be classed as defective, but the cast
ing of a deceased voters ballot will
not invalidate the election.
To Change Jitney Bill.
When the jitney bill is recalled to
the senate an amendment will be Of
fered cutting in half the bond to be
required from operators of jitneys,
and eliminating the feature of the
original bill requiring that motor We
hicIes carrying passengers shall be
held to a schedule. The original bill
provided for the recovery of $4,000
by any person injured while riding
in a jitney and $4,000 in the case
of any number of persons injured.
Education Board Bill Signed.
Gov. Philip signed the Stauden-
mayer bill creating state central
board of education to have full con-
troll of financial and business affairs
of the state university and state nor
NAL schools.
The board is to consist of five
members. They are the governor,
secretary of state, state superintend-
ent of public instruction, one person
to be chosen by regents of university
and one by the regents of normal
schools. Regents retain power over
these institutions except as to finan-
cial affairs.
$7S5, 900 for Good Roads.
The Woodland bill 1884, carrying
an appropriation of 100000 for the
state highway fund, was disposed oil
by the assembly. The bill as it came
from the senate appropriated $685.
600 for state aid and $4,000 to the
highway commission for administra-
ton
Originally the appropriations were
100000 and $4,000 respectively,
but the senate added $4,000 to the
administration end and took it from
the state aid appropriation. The as
sembly concurred in both the senate
amendments and in that shape con-
Cured in the bill.
1t is becoming necessary for the
assembly to have a call of the house
to keep members in the chamber to
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