The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-06-11
Lower House Kills Measure.

boys over 16 years of age to work in
stone quarries in the state was killed
in the assembly by vote of 80 to 40.
Preceding the vote on the subject, AS
semblyman Edwards offered an amend
ment which would limit the work OF
boys in the quarry to driving teams,
carrying water and other light employ
ment. Assemblyman Weber. for many
years head of the labor organizations OF
the state, said that the amendment was
deceptive. He declared that once the
boys were placed in the quarries, no
one could tell exactly what they would
be forced to do. Assemblyman Hart
of Oshkosh, head of the local labor
unions of that city, moved the indefl-
mite postponement of the bill. His
motion prevailed.
By a vote of 70 to 1 the assembly
refused to pass the Stemper bill over
the veto of Governor Philip. This
bill provided that city might grant
franchise by a majority vote to
street railway company to operate It's
lines on boulevards. The governors
objection to the bill was that when
street had been beautifed and boule-
varded, street cars should not be per-
mitted on it without practically unani-
nous consent of the property owners
along the street.
The attempt to reconsider the vote
by which the Mortensen bill abolish
fro +L1 OA Of incnnnfnr and
visor of Illuminating oils failed, and
the bill now comes up for passage.
A reconsideration of the vote by
which the assembly killed the Arnold
home rule for cities amendment to the
constitution has been deferred until
next Thursday.
The assembly sent to engrossment
the following bills:
Mountaineering from As to 70
the number of schools that may be
maintained in cities giving industrial
and continuation courses.
Laing-Increasing the number Of.
high schools that may give special
winter terms and receive state aid
from 10 to Is.
Committee on municipalities - Au-
thorizing the attorney general to de-
fend suits brought for alleged infringe
ments of patents covering processes
and highway construction.
There was a long debate on the
Johnson bill which would permit coun-
ties to purchase lands sold for taxes.
The measure was championed by AS
semblymen Crosby and Minkley. Mink
ley claimed that the tax title business
was now in the hands of the Gland
sharks" Assemblyman Hambrecht
claimed that the counties should not
spend money in purchasing tax titles.
County money was raised, he said, to
meet the actual expenses of county
government and should be used for
no other purpose. The bill was killed
by vote of 48 to 20. The assembly
laid over until next week the bill to
repeal the blue sky law passed at the
1913 session. 1t passed the Hambrecht
bill for a uniform partnership law,
and the Hager bill which makes the
county clerk sole auditor Of the cOun-
ty.
After three hours of debate, the as
sembly sent to engrOssment, by a vote
of 81 to 43, the bill abolishing the pres
sent tax commission of three members
and creating a tax department of one
member to be appointed by the gov
ernor. In the performance of his du-
! ties, this commissioner is to be assist
ed by the governor and state treasurer
who will act as ex-officio members.
| The bill creates the Office of supervi-
| sor of assessments in each county,
whose duty it is to collect the income
| tax and supervise real estate asses
sors. This official will be appointed
by the county board and paid salary
by the board. Assemblymen Minkley,
Dobie, Wells, Nordman and Ofstie op-
posed the bill. Dobie claimed that the
passage Of this measure spells the re-
peal of the present income tax law"
He said that wherever the collection
of the income tax had been tried by
local assessors it had been a failure.
By vote of SO to 10 the assembly
passed the bill abolishing the state
board of agriculture, the state board
of immigration, the state board of
veterinary examiners, state live stock
sanitary board, state veterinarian, and
state inspector of apiaries, and Great
ing an agricultural commission of
three members to assume the duties
of these different departments.