Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-19
FINANCE MEASURES
Hal TED IN HOUSE
appropriation Bills Delayed by
PhiIipp's Plan.
MUST BE SETTLED FIRST
Measures to Consolidate Different
Departments Must Be Acted Upon
Before Finance Bills Can Be
Passed by Legislature.

Madison.-So far none of the large
appropriations bills have been re-
ported to the house for action.
Ihese bills will come out in five main
sections with a score OF independent
appropriation bills. Under the budget
system, now in operation in this state,
there will be separate appropriation
bills for the university, normal SCHOOLS,
state departments, highway aid and
charitable and penal institutions. The
common school appropriations and
many of the others are continuing
The only large appropriation bill
passed thus far has been a measure
by Senator Plat Whitman to appro-
pirate s1,200,000 to complete the con-
struction, and finishing of the new
state capitol.
Delay in reporting the finance bills
is occasioned by the bills to consoli-
date different departments and to Gre
ate new board of education to manage
affairs. Until the states policy on
this matter is settled, the finance COM
mittee, in the opinion of Assembly
man Spoor, one of it's members, will
be in no position to determine on the
exact appropriations.
The bill which Senator Bichler's
committee will report will wipe out
the state highway commission en-
tirely. The issue will thus be
drawn between those who believe in
a state highway commission and those
who prefer having all of this work
done by counties at their own initia-
tive
The only state agency retained in the
Bichler bill is the engineering depart
ment, which can be consulted by the
various counties. Towns in order to
receive county aid must levy one-half
mill tax for highway purposes. Under
the Bichler bill, the county will then
appropriate a similar amount. At the
end of each year the county clerk will
certify the amount expended for high
ways to the state treasurer, and after
it is checked up by the states con-
sulting engineer, the state treasurer
will remit 10 the county one-third of
the amount spent This constitutes
the amount of state aid to be allowed
under the Bichler BILL
The jitney bus has become so COM
mon in many cities of the state that
it has been suggested by attorneys ap-
pearing before the corporations COM
mittee of the senate that some method
should be devised whereby these cars
can be properly regulated. 1t is
claimed that in Milwaukee alone 400
cars are operating. 1t is further sug-
gested by the street car companies
that they will soon make application
to the railroad commission for per-
mission to reduce the amount of serv-
Ice to be given, on account of de-
creased earnings on short haul bust
ness, which has been absorbed by the
iitney bus system. So far no bill has
come in or action taken by the COM
mittee on the subject.
Another woman's suffrage bill is to
be considered by the assembly Two
weeks ago the assembly by a vote
of AZ to 20 killed The bill to
permit a referendum on the SUBJ
iect by the voters of the state
at the November elections in 1916.
The house will consider the Johnson
bill which permits county option on
the woman's suffrage question. Should
this bill be approved the women would
be allowed to vote in town, city and
village elections in those counties that
decided to extend the franchise to
women. similar bill, fathered by
Senator Tomkins, is before the SEN
ate.