Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-06-09
HOUSE FAVORS new
EDUCATION LAW
Measure Recommended for Pas
sage in Lower Chamber.
APPROVE AxEL JOHNSON BILL
Wocld Create Committee of Count,
Board Which Would Be APP
pointed by the Chairman
Of Board.

Madison.-A new county board of
education has been recommended for
passage in the house. Following the
engrossment of the bill last week abol-
ishing the present law for county
board of education, composed of FIVE
elective members, the educational
committee favorably reported the
Axel Johnson bill to create a commit
tee Of the county board to be known
as the county board of education. Tne
members of this committee are to be
appointed by the chairman OF the
county board. They shall consider all
matters relating to joint school dis
tricts and exercise the powers per-
formed by the present elective county
board of education.
With one member dissenting the
committee on education has favorably
recommended the central board OF
education bill to replace the board of
regents of the university. normal
schools, Stout school and the mining
school at Platteville. The duties are
conferred upon a commission of Is
salaried. The bill does not make i'm
portant changes to the bill offered by
Assemblyman Van Gordon early in
the session. II is provided that the
board shall prepare the budgets of the
schools under it's control, including
the common schools, so that the e.
nances of all of the schools shall be
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given authority to order the discon-
tinuance Of courses upon its own mo-
ton. The old bill stated thai the COM
missioner OF education need not be
resident of this state. but the new
bin is silent in this regard. The por-
tiCns Of the bill relating to COM
missioner of education become effec-
tive on August l.
The assembly has voted to abolish
the state oil inspection department
and also all inspection of oils Under
the terms of the BILL If a person has
reason to believe that oils have been
adulterated. he may make complaint
to the dairy and food department,
which is given the power to prosecute
for adulteratson. The bill was cham
pioned by Assemblymen Mortensen
and Carl Hansen. 1t was opposed by
Assemblymen Donnelly and Ham,
brecht The vote on engrossment was
35 to 81.
Although the Crosby direct market
ing bill was on the calendar without
recommendation, the house advanced
the bill by vote of 30 tG 81 Assem-
blyman Crosby said thai one of the
most typical examples of direct mar
keting in this state was illustrated by
the sale of cheese. Although Wiscon-
sin was the leading state in producing
cheese. under the present inadequate
system of marketing one-half the
amount paid by the consumers for
cheese was dissipated among a long
line of middlemen.
The only complaint he had against
his own bill was that 1t lacked a suffi-
cient appropriation to more than give
the movement a start in this state.
Assemblyman Minkley opposed the
bill in its present form, saying the
only solution was in the state owner
snip OF warehouses.
The assembly killed the Bennett
senate bill which would have deferred
until July /, 1917. the provisions of a
law of two years ago requiring rural
school teachers to have six weeks
special training in the art OF teaching.
The house laid on the table the Nor
Jensen bill to abolish the office of
state claim agent and killed another
Mortensen bill to abolish the state
treasury agents Office. This latter
department has been consolidated with
the proposed public welfare commits
sion.
The five consolidation bills were re-
called from the finance committee that
they may be finally acted upon and
sent to the senate.
Concurrence was given to the Bag
ter bill reducing the license fee for
BARRIERS from 81 to 81, and the assem-
bly, passed the Gruenewald bill giving
the dairy and food commission bower
to inspect cold storage plants and
limiting the time food products may
be kept in cold storage to one year.
The house also passed the Ham,
brecht bill
The assembly advanced the Grell
bill giving towns, villages and cities
the right to do public work directly
without the intervention of formal
contract. but killed the Johnson bill
which would have given the county
power to purchase lands sold for
taxes.
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