The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-05-11
TUITION INCREASE
BILL PASSES HOUSE
HAMBRECHT MEASURE WOULD
TAX NONRESIDENT U. OF
w. STUDENTS $50.
PLAN HAD MANY HEARINGS
Measure Up Before Assembly Seven
teen Different Times-Senate Passes
Bill Extending Supervisors
Terms TO Two Years.
Madison, May z, 1915.

Madison, May z, 1915.
By vote of AZ to 20 the assembly
ordered to engrossment the Ham
brecht bill, increasing the tuition of
nonresident students from 800 to
$50 per year.
The bill has had checkered ca
reer. 1t was introduced Jan. II and
since that time has been before the
assembly upon seventeen different mo-
tions or recommendations on eleven
different dates.
The arguments for and against the
bill were the same as heretofore pre-
scented. On one side plea for the
redemption of party pledges, Repub-
lican and Democratic; on the other
side that the passage of the bill would
injure the university.
Carl Piper wanted to go on record
as opposed to the university on gen.
eral principles because Of "its waste
full extravaganza" The Socialists
were unanimously opposed to the bill.
Senate Passes MuIberger Bill.
The senate passed the Mulberger
bill, extending the terms of office of
county supervisors from one to two
years The Monk bill, providing I'M
paid water rentals shall be lien on
the property on which the water was
used, was also passed, and the com
mittee bill authorizing the owners Of
toll bridges to bring suit for damages
for fast driving on such structures.
The senate, after a long debate,
adopted the Arnold substitute to the
Stevens hotel liquor license bill and
then ordered it to engrossment and
third reading.
The Arnold bill provides common
councils may grant liquor licenses to
new hotels providing a licensed saloon
location authorized under the Baker
law is discontinued for each license
granted a hotel.
Rent Money to Lose Tax.
On motion of Senator Arnold, the
Baxter bill, exempting from income
taxation the retail value of residence
amended so as to exempt from taxa
ton money paid by a person for the
rent of residence property. The bill
as amended was held over until next
Wednesday.
Senator Hanson presented a substi-
tute bill for the Bennett measure, en-
powering the state insurance commits
sfoner to determine the reasonableness
of fire insurance rates The substitute
bill authorizes local boards of under
writers and associations of agents to
fix rates on property in their communi-
ties, and empowers the state insur-
ance commissioner to order discon-
tinued any discrimination in rates.
Uniform Bill is Favored.
The senate committee on state af-
fairs recommended for concurrence
the Hedding bill prohibiting private
persons from wearing uniforms,
badges or insignia, similar to those
worn by police officers. An amend
ment was recommended to the bill
providing that it shall not apply to
special police appointed under section
2, chapter 49, of the laws of 1891
The state affairs committee recon-
mended a substitute for the Baxter
bill relating to the state BARRIERS
board. The substitute provides the
state board of health shall appoint the
three members of the board of barber
examiners, who are to receive SIS day
for time spent in the discharge of
their duty.
The license fee for candidates for
examination is increased from 81 to
SIS and the annual fee for master bar
bers decreased from 81 to 81 per year.
The board is to hold four regular ex-
aminations each year and as many
special ones as may be necessary.
Jury Reform Bill Passed.
The assembly passed the linn bill
providing that juries shall be selected
from the poll list instead of from a list
submitted by jury commission.
The assembly, after a heated discus
sion of the state forestration policy
deferred action on a bill to appropriate
sufficient money to be spent upon the
approval of the governor, to fight
forest fires in Wisconsin. Objection
was raised because the bill failed to
name a specific amount
Assemblyman Newcomb Spoor de
clared that when the original bill
which carried definite appropriation
was before the finance committee, il
was stated that the proposition, if pass