Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-05-28
HARRINGTON RESOLUTION IS
SENT TO ENDORSEMENT
BY THE HOUSE.
MANY BILLS ARE PASSED
Favorable Action Is Taken on Measure
Providing for Increase in Salary
Of Pension Secretary
Burke Bill Killed.
Madison. May 26. 1915.

Madison, May 26, 1915.
While the senate is juggling with
the question of whether they shall
or shall not repeal the elections
pamphlet law, the assembly is going
right ahead with the repeal. That
house sent to engrossment the Har-
rington bill which repeats the pri-
mary election pamphlet law.
The assembly engrossed and then
suspended the rules and passed the
following bills: 1884, relating to ac-
tions to quit titles; 651A, for the
Wasserman test at Mendoza hospita.
732A, relating to public accountants.
Bill STA, relating to loan compa-
mics, after being amended by Assem-
blyman linn, was passed by a sus-
pension of the rules.
Among the bills indefinitely post
poned was the Waldron feed dealers.
lien bill; the Schroeder bill relating
to appeals from the industrial COM
mission; the Stemper bill regarding
payment of salaries of city officials,
and the Nordman bill calling in
judges in the case of illness of county
judges.
Bills passed were the Hoffman bill,
relating to payment of taxes ir. labor.
and the Glenn bill, which permits
trustees of the teachers retirement
fund to increase the salary of the Sec
rotary not to exceed $500, and the
Scott bill, providing for publication
of state maps once in four years in
stead of once in two years.
Concur in DonneIIy Bill.
The senate concurred in the Dom
nelly bill, providing that the ballot
for the issuance of additional bonds
In the city of Milwaukee must con-
tain statement of the amount of
outstanding bonds. The senate also
concurred in the Hedding bill author
izing the Union Cemetery association
of Milwaukee to acquire and hold
240 acres of land for cemetery pur-
poses. The art commission bill was
concurred in, The senate also con-
Cured in the assembly municipality
committee bill authorizing the city
OF Milwaukee to enter into contract
for public improvements before mon
ey for bonds has been received; the
Waldren bill, providing for the adj
mission of persons to the Milwaukee
county almshouse who are able to
pay part or all of the cost of their
maintenance, and the Reinhardt bill,
relating to maintenance of evening
schools in Milwaukee
The senate passed bill introduced
by the special committee on high
ways providing state aid for the con-
struction of bridges across navigable
streams, the state to pay one-third of
the cost and the local communities
the balance
The Bray bill, authorizing the
summoning of state officers and state
employees before the legislature for
examination regarding conduct of
their departments on petition of thir-
ty-four members of the legislature,
was passed,
Senate Kills Burke Bill.
The senate killed the Burke bill,
authorizing physicians to testify in
will contest cases relating to mental
capacity of testators who were their
patients.
The senate ordered to engross-
ment the Fairchild bill, providing for
taxation under the income tax law of
life insurance and also for endow-
ment insurance.
The senate nonconcurred in the
Donnelly bill, providing that candi-
dates for certificates to practice law
shall be designated by number in
stead of by name by the examining
board.
Bill Gives Counties Auditor.
A bill introduced by Assemblyman
Hager, creating the office of auditor
for all counties of the state, has been
engrossed in the assembly and will
come up for final consideration. The
bill provides that the county clerk,
county treasurer and chairman of the
board of supervisors shall, subject
to the approval of the supervisors,
appoint the auditor for Milwaukee
county. In other counties the coun-
ty clerk is to serve as auditor. The
bill also provides that the auditor
shall serve as county purchasing
agent.
Take Stand Against Hazing.
The senate, sixteen to twelve, passed
the Culbertson bill, prohibiting hazing
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