Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-28
HOUSE CONCURS IN
EDUCATION BILL
Staudenmayer Substitute Is
Passed b. Vote OF 81 to 5.
GOVERNOR WILL SIGN BILL
Measure Provides for Creation o,
Board Of Apportlonmen. of Five
Members With Power to Elk
anime Finances Of Schools.


Madison.-By nearly a unanimous
vote the house swung in line back of
the Staudenmayer substitute to the
central board of education bill and
concurred in the measure by a vote
OF 62 to 5. 1t is now believed that
Governor Philip will sign the bill. II
was his original intention to veto IL
because il was so dissimilar in its
features from the central board Of ed
ucation bill which he desired to pass.
In conference yesterday with newspa-
per Tnen he admitted he had changed
his mind regarding certain features of
the bill
AS the bill gees TO the governor, il
provides that there is created a board
of apportionlnent of five members,
composed of the governor, secretary
Of state. state superintendent. and one
member elected by the regents Of the
university and another by the regents
of the normal schools. This commits
sion will have power to examine the
finances or ali schools of the state
and submit a budget to the legisla-
ture.
A second consolidation bill has Just
become law. Governor Philip has
signed the Skogmo substitute to the
agricultural consolidation bill creating
an agricultural department of one
commissioner with separate auxiliary
boards to manage the state fair and
to perform the duties heretofore exer-
cised by the live stock sanitary board.
The first consolidation bill signed was
the conservation measure which be-
comes effective early in August
The skim-milk cheese bill is dead
for this session of the legislature so
far as the assembly is concerned In
Its stormy voyage this measure has
been killed, reconsidered. favorably
recommended by the finance commit
tee and rekilled When the measure
was reached on the calendar, Assem-
blyman O'Brien of Kewaunee county
moved it's indefinite postponement and
the motion prevailed by a vote of 80
to 20. Assemblyman Grell urged the
passage of the measure.
The assembly killed the bill apprc.
priating $3.50 for the Wisconsin Arch
geological society. 1t defeated a meas
ure to regulate the sale of canoes and
their construction. There was a sharp
debate over the Staudenmayer. bill to
permit the employment and payment
of secretaries of social center gather
ings in all school districts of the state.
The measure was indefinitely post
poned. The assembly also killed the
Martin bill to permit the investment
of trust funds in public utility bonds,
and the Fairchild bill for a referendum
on the subject of allowing the mayor
of Milwaukee to be elected for term
of four years with power to appoint
the city attorney, city treasurer and
comptroller. In moving indefinite post
ponement of the bill Assemblyman
Poole of Ozaukee county said he did
not believe in GEARS" for cities. Pas
sage was given to bill permitting
the abroad commission to lower the
level of lakes. The Hambrecht bill
to decrease the taxes from life insur-
ance companies was laid on the table.
After a prolonged debate the assem-
bly, concurred in the bill to regulate
jitneys, 81 to 20. This bill confers
power upon the railroad commission
to require jitney operators to take out
a bond of $4,000 each and to file
regular schedule to be followed.
All attempts to pass the Hanson
bill repeating vital parts of the cor
rupt practices act are now foreclosed,
the senate having refused to recon
slider the vote by which it recently
killed the bill. Lieutenant Governor
Dithmar broke the tie by which the
senate recorded it's stand on this i'm
stood Is to Is against reconsidera-
ton.
An important administration sue
cess was the engrossment by the SEN
ate of the Hanson bill merging the
various architectural and engineering
stats of boards and commissions into
one, as a means of preventing over
tapping of services 1t was advanced
by a vote of 10 to 8. The consolidated
stan by this bill is to be under the
control of the railroad commission.
At present the railroad, tax and high
way commissions and the board of
control have each a separate engineer
ing stan. Senator Hanson believes
there is too much overlapping. Present
employees who are under civil service
are retained under the amended bill.
Board Holds Last Meeting.
A meeting of the Wisconsin state
board of agriculture was held at Mil
waukee to audit bills preparatory to
turning over the affairs of the board
to a commission which viii be ap-
pointed by Governor Philip The
meeting was called by President A. II.
Wilkinson of Bayfield, Those present
were: Oliver E. Remey, secretary; DR..
G. A. Kletzsch. Thomas SAKE. Milwau-
kee: II. H. Peavey. Washburn; G. N.
Mihills. Fond du Lac: William r. Nc
Caul, Tomah, and James J. Nelson, am
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