Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-16
THE LEGISLATURE.

A bill will be introduced into the as
sembly Tuesday afternoon extending
the time in which town and city
treasurers can settle for the tax col
lections with county treasurers from
March l to April L. The bill is neces-
STATED by the extensions in the tax.
paying time granted in many places.
There seems, at present, to
be very firm, intention in both
houses not to extend the time for the
introduction of new business beyond
Feb. II, which is the time fixed by
the standing rule of the houses as a
limitation on new business. If the
rule is allowed to stand, allubills in
PRODUCED by members will have to be
presented to the legislature before
midnight next Wednesday.
Assemblyman John E. Ofstie of Eau
Claire, who made the fight to keep
the assembly in session last week
without taking such frequent adjourn
ments, seeks to penalize the delin-
quent members by making them re-
fund part of their $500 salary to the
state. He presented resolution,
which was referred to the committee
on revision but which will come up
for consideration about Thursday,
which provides for a refund of SIS a
day for any member to be absent from
thesession without leave of absence.
The assembly has advanced to third
reading the Edwards bill, which
provides for the repeal of the wide
gauge sleigh law, which was passed
by the last legislature. The assembly
received and spread on its records a
resolution submitted to the Wiscon-
sin legislature that was in session
fifty years ago, asking the legislature
to pass a constitutional amendment
abolishing slavery. This resolution
was sent to the legislature on Feb. Z,
1865, by Gov. John L. Lewis, and in
the form it was adopted became the
thirteenth amendment to the consti-
tuition of the United States.
A bill to regulate fire insurance
rates, requiring rates to be just, rea-
sonable and non-discriminatory, pro-
hibitiDg secret or unjust company
and providing for rate
making, has just been introduced by
Senator ]. Henry Bennett in the Wis
consin senate The bill has been pre-,
pared in the insurance department,
and follows the recommendations of
the national convention of insurance
commissioners, made at New York
last December. These recommends
tions were the result of an investiga-
tion of nearly year and half by a
special committee of insurance COM
miSsioners, of which Commissioner of
Insurance Herman L. Ekern was
chairman. This bill has been intro
duced in number of states, includ-
ing Michigan, Missouri, North Dako-
Ia and Oregon.
Four new bills were filed with Gov.
Philip for his approval on Tuesday.
He has six days in which to consider
them. One abolishes second choice
voting in judicial elections in Milwau-
kee, a second abolishes choice voting
for school directors in Milwaukee, a
third provides that . nonpartisan
judiciary or nonpartisan school
SUPPLEMENTARY designation shall not
be deemed political party principle,
and the fourth provides that the
chairman of county board may APP
point a successor TO a county clerk In
case of vacancy in such office, the
appointment to continue until reg
ular meeting of the county board.
Believing that larger vote would
be obtained if the primary election
were held earlier. Assemblyman Kay,
of Spring Valley, has presented a bill
in the assembly providing for the
holding of the primary on the second
Tuesday in June. He presented
another measure which prohibits the