Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-29

state officer or employe, and the
Fairchild bill, authorizing insurance
companies to give prizes to agents,
we're nonconcurred in by the assem-
bly,.
The assembly committee on agri-
culture recommended for passage the
Grell bill permitting cheese to be
made from SKINNED milk, which is
to be branded and sold as skinned
milk cheese.
The assembly committee on state
affairs recommended for indefinite
postponement bill providing for de-
taching the northern part of Eau
Claire county and attaching it to
Chippewa county.
School Board Repeal Advanced.
The repeal of the county board of
education law went to engrossment in
been in the house but was sent to the
finance committee for further consider
alton and was recommended for pas
sage by unanimous vote. The assem-
bly, sent to engrossment the Helm bill
for the payment of railroad and tele-
graph taxes. 1t engrossed the bill re-
ducing the appropriation for the COM
missioners of public lands from $4,000
to S4,250 annually. 1t killed the Bud
long bill providing that elevators on
leased lands shall be taxed as real
estate and concurred in the Fairchild
bill changing life insurance law in
minor particulars so that several COM
panies which retired from the state
number of years ago will be able to
return.
1t also passed the Stevens bill for
the granting of liquor licenses to hotels
and the Staudenmayer bill giving
towns authority to build town halls
containing moving picture shows.
Assemblyman Budlong of Marinette
moved a reconsideration of the vote
by which the assembly advanced the
banking bill which allows banks to pay
their taxes on an income tax basis
of 10 per cent. The joint committee on
finance has recommended for passage
the Nye bill for the state assessment
of elevators and railroad terminals, the
amount collected in taxes, however, to
be turned over to the locality.
Wants $4,000 for Hog Cholera.
A bill appropriating $4,000 to re-
gents of the university for erection of
a building for manufacture of hog
cholera serum for free distribution to
farmers was introduced in the senate
by Senator Bosshard of La Crosse. 1t
was referred to a committee.
The Van Gordon bill, creating a
state central board of education to
manage the state university, state
normal schools, Stout institute and
state mining school, was received
from the assembly, which passed it
last week and referred it to the COM
mittee on finance.
Amend Age of Consent Bill
On motion of Senator Monk his bill
to the age of consent of fe-
males was amended so as to correct
an error in the bill, making the age
of consent Is instead of IS years. The
law at present fixes the age of consent
at IA years.
Bill No. 578S, authorizing COM
mon councils of cities and trustees of
towns and villages to issue negotiable
mortgage certificates for improve
ments of municipal light, power and
water plants, was recalled by resolu-
ton from the governor for a slight
in phraseology.
The assembly passed the bill reIat-
ing to shipment of rabbits and con-
Cured in measure by Senator Whit
man, comforting civil and criminal
jurisdiction on the County court of
Iowa county; also the bill by Senator
Bennett, relating to the power of viii
lage boards in cases of emergency.
The assembly nonconcurred in
577S, relating to insanitary condi-
tiOns in the manufacture of dairy
products, and the bill by Senator Ev-
erett relating to board of park COM
in all cities except cities
of first class.