Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-20
LEGISLATURE ENDS
ITS ACTUAL WORK
GOTH HOUSES FINISH ALL ITS
BUSINESS IN RECORD
BREAKING SESSION.
EMERGENCY FUND WINS OUT
Plumbing Measure Is Killed, Leaving
Matter Stand as at Present.
Mothers Pension Fund Is
Reduced by Half.
Madison, August 16, 1915.

Madison, August 16, 1915.
Madison-The Wisconsin legisla
+ure of 1915, which broke all marks
for long sessions, finished it's actual
work shortly after noon, August IA.
A few members will hold daily SEES
ai0ns until the governor has had time
to examine bills coming to him, and
unless he exercises the right of veto
adjournment sine die will be taken the
latter part of the week The emer
gency appropriation bill passed both
houses with many votes to spare. In
the senate the vote was II to z and
Ia the assembly 46 to Is.
One of the last bills acted on was
the plumbing measure, which the sen
ate killed, leaving the matter as al
present
Senator Burke introduced in the
senate a bill to legalize all mill taxes
He said there was grave doubt Wheth
er they were not illegal and his bill
Iegalized all these taxes and statutory
provisions SO as to be sure that for
the years 1915 and 1916 these taxes
would not be disturbed
The bill was accepted by the senate
and passed by vote of % to l.
Mothers Pension Cut.
The mothers pension bill, as amend
ed by Senator Bosshard's amendment
was concurred in by the senate. The
amendment cuts the state aid in half
from $4,000 to $4,000, and makes the
system compulsory in all counties.
Senator Bennett moved nonconcur
renee and this was lost by vote OF
IL to IA, and then the bill was con
Cured in, as amended, by IA to II.
Assembly Passes Track Bill.
The assembly concurred in the sen
ate amendment to the Martin spur
track depression bill. AS the bill
went to the legislature it provides that
the state railroad commission shall ap.
portion the cost of reconstructing
sidetracks disturbed by track depres
sion or track elevation among the
municipality, the railroad companies
and owners of industry or factory
properly affected, but no assessment
is to be made against the municipality
unless the commission is convinced
that such municipality derive substan-
tial benefits.
The senate bill placing the super
vision of registered nurses under con
troll of the state board Of medical ex,
aminers, finally went through both
houses of the legislature and now goes
to the governor for approval. Prac
teal nurses may continue their work
without being registered.
The delegation of registered nurses
which came to the capital to try to
have the bill amended to give the
state board of health instead of the
safe board of medical examiners SUI
Dervision Of the registered nurses,
failed i'll their mission.
Gut u. Fund Half Million
The senate by a vote of 16 to 3
adopted the Whitman substitute
amendemnt to the university appro-
priation bill This amendment cuts
the appropriation in the bill offered
by the finance committee S497,752
This brought the appropriation down
to the amount expended by the uni
versity in the last two years and the
amount which Gov. Philip has in
sisted ought to be taken from the
appropriation for the university.
While the amount of the cut on
the substitute amendment was $497,
1852, it was reduced by $4,000 sub
sequentIy by the senate, which al
lowed certain buildings at the uni
versity, including $4,000 for a
grandstand in the athletic field,
$1,000 for a field house for women
students and SIS, goo for barns, etc,
which reduced the cut to $457, 752.
This, however, is a good reduction
which will be appreciated by the peo-
pie Of the state when they receive
their tax bills next winter.
The bill as amended carries to-
tal appropriation Of $5,228,000.
Codified Game Laws Accepted
The assembly by a vote of 60 to l
amended and concurred in the So
called general fish and game bill
which was prepared by the state re-
visor of the statutes and is codid-
cation of all the laws of the state re-
lating to fish and game protection.
The most important amendments
adopted by the assembly provide that
fishing in Green bay shall be permit
ted with such restrictions as the state
OF Michigan imposes on fishing along
Hail Storm Does Damage.
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