The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-15
ASSEMBLY PASSES
ANT|.T|PP|NG BILL
MEASURE MAKES IT A MlSDE-
MEANOR TO SOLICIT OR
GIVE GRATUlTY
EMPLOYER is ALSO LIABLE
Act, II Signed by Gov. Philip, Will
Become a Law on Sept. 1,
1915-Create Printing
o.. Editor.
Madison, April 10, 1915.

MdulSOH, ApTH 10, ioio'
Assemblymen signalized their re-
turn from a ten days vacation by
passing the Bosshard anti-tipping
bill.
The bill as amended and passed
reads as follows
The people of the state Of Wiscon-
sin, represented in senate and assem-
bly,, do enact as follows:
Section /. There is added to the
statutes a new section to read:
Section 45751-1. Every employee
Of any hotel, restaurant, barber shop
or public place and every employe
of any person, firm or of any public
service corporation engaged in the
transportation of passengers or the
furnishing of food, lodging and other
accommodations to the public in this
state who shall receive or solicit any
gratuity or tip from any guest or
patron, and any owner of such hotel,
restaurant, barber shop, or public
place, who shall knowingly permit
any employe or servant to solicit it
or receive any such gratuity or tip,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Every person who shall give or offer
any gratuity or tip to any person or
employe prohibited from receiving or
soliciting the same by the provisions
of this section, shall also be guilty
OF misdemeanor.
May Jail vioIators.
%. Every hotel, restaurant, bar
Der shop, firm and public service cor
poration engaged in the transporta-
ton of passengers or in furnishing
food or lodging or other accommoda-
lions to the public, shall keep a copy
of this law posted in a conspicuous
place in such hotel, restaurant and
barber shop and in the dining and
sleeping cars of any firm or public
service corporation mentioned in this
section. Any person violating any
of the provisions Of this section shall
be guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined not less than
IS. nor more than $25. or by i'm
prisonment in the county Jail not to
exceed thirty days"
Section 2-This act shall take eff
feet on Sept. l, 1915.
Bill Creates Printing Editor.
The legislative investigation COM
mittee introducing a new bill Great
ing a new printing board and provid-
Ing that the board shall consist of
the governor, state superintendent of
public property and an editor of pub
lie printing to be appointed by the
governor. Under the present law the
state printing board consists of the
secretary of state, state treasurer and
attorney general. Under the new bill
the editor of public printing is to re-
ceive $4,000 year. The new board
is authorized to appoint such assist
ants as it may need and to fix their
salaries. The bill reduces the num-
Der of copies of reports issued by the
various state departments, commits
sions, boards and bureaus and will,
it is believed by the investigation
toIllIltlc', save the Stdle 9lUU,UUU
a year.
The assembly also passed the Rein
hardt bill, providing hotel rates must
be posted in each room and can not
be changed except on ten days no.
tice; also the Bosshard bill providing
for display of flags on school build
ings and Senator Martins bill relat-
ing to survival of actions.
1t was reported that the opponents
of the anti-tipping bill, which now
goes to Gov. PhNipp for approval,
were planning to urge him to veto it.
Proprietors and employees of many of
the leading hotels, restaurants and
other public places are opposed to the
bill. The measure will probably reach
the governor late this week, and he
will have six days in which to con-
slider 1t.
Work on New Bill.
All the administration combination
bills are In the legislature with the
exception of the new state board of
education bill. This the subcommit-
tee of the educational committee is
working on, having the assistance of
M. j. Cleary, the governors counsel
The main question there seems to be
whether there shall be paid or I'M
paid board and, this decided, what the
number shall be. At present the drift
seems to be in favor of board of at
least five members, whether paid or