Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10
TWO BILLS VETOED
BY THE GOVERNOR
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 8, 1915.


Gov. E. L. Philip returned to the
senate without his approval, the bill
nv committee on state affairs, to ere
ate a law prohibiting the appoint
ment by officials or employees OF the
state. OF relatives to any position eX-
rent persons who are certified by the
civil service commission.
Gov Philip says the purpose OF
the bill is worthy insofar as 1t seeks
TO prevent the employment OF those
now in the service under contract
through the civil service commission
thereby invalida,ing such contracts
and being detro active. 1t extends
the civil service law, he says, to
noir- never contemplated by the leg
isla-ure.
Gov. Philip a1se returned to the
assembly without approval, the Duffy
bill. which conferred on town boards
situated on navigable waters the
movers and duties now imposed on
dock and harbor boards. He says
the bill is wrong in principle as it
gives 10 municipalities power to ere
a-a Indebtedness beyond all warrant.
He also says the bill is unccnstitu-
tonal.
Absentee Vote Law Signed.
Tie governor has signed the alb
e-n-ee voting law. The statute has
rsteen sections and takes effect at
once Anyone whose business calls
MIN from home on election day may
VOTE
Voters expecting to be absent must
aDDlv to the county, city or village
clerk from fifteen to three days be-
fore election, in person, and file a
sDecfal form of application for a 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 a 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. il received in time. The
inspectors are to open the envelop,
announce the voters name, examine
the s5gnatufe and deposit the ballot.
The reasons must be Endorsed in case
O.. rejection. The vote is subject to
challenge and like regulations as
other votes In case of the voter
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
+ered 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
had TO a schedule. The original bill
provided for the recovery of $4,000
by any person injured while riding
in a jicney and $4,000 in the case
of any number of persons injured.
Vote to Pay Fair Bills.
The senate believes the state fair
officials ought to wipe the slate and
pay up all old bills charged against
the state fair. To make this possible,
il passed a bill appropriating $4,000
TO ths state fair organization for the
specific purpose of paying up its bills.
Tie senate killed bills to repeal the
mil TAX for the state university and
the normal schools.
The house killed the Everett bill,
ella. increasing passenger rates on
railroads 20 212 cents, and the bill by
the judiciary committee, 654a, re-
curing motor driven vehicles used
for hire 10 carry liability insurance.
To Spread Fair Appropriation.
As a result of a conference be
tween nemb ers of the legislature and
Gov P-lpp, it is probable the Ever
e. b.M iroviding that the appropria-
zion Of 500. 900. made two years ago
ty- permanent improvements on the
stake AIR grounds, shall extend over
q period NJ five years, and the Whit
man bill. appropriating $4,000 to
wipe out a deficit contracted by the
old state board of agriculture, will be
passed Both bills have gone
through the senate and are now be-
tr-s he assembly. where they will be
acted on next week.
The Everett bill came up in the
assembly and Assemblyman Bradley
OF Chippewa county offered an