The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-06-10
$500. 900 for the state highway fund.

The Morgan bill amending the eu-
genics bill requiring that marriage
licences be issued on affidavits that
contracting parties are free from ven
ereal disease was passed by the SEN
ate.
The Hedding boxing bill was re-re-
ferred to the committee on state af-
fairs.
The Hambrecht bill requiring that
all candidates who successfully pass
examinations be certified to the civil
service board was killed; also the
Fairchild bill exempting dwellings u.s.
ed for charitable and school purposes
from taxation. The $4,000 appropria-
ton for the negro centennial celebra-
ton In Chicago was acted on favor
ably.
Concur in School Bill.
The senate concurred in the Rein
hart bill, authorizing school directors
of Milwaukee to buy $4,000 worth of
land ior school purposes each year
and enter into five year contracts for
the payment of such land The Cul-
bertson joint resolution providing for a
legislative investigationsof the wis
consin efficiency bureau" and the pub.
LEGATION of Everybody's Business was
adopted by the senate, Is to 8.
The Minkley bill, regulating recall.
Ginning and repapering of rooms,
was, by vote of Ia to II, ordered to
third reading in the senate. The Har-
rington bill, repeating the law provid-
ing for new normal school in the
northeastern part of the state, was
laid over.
Nonparty County Elections Killed.
There will be no nonpartisan cleo
tons of county officers in Milwaukee
county. The bill which had that OBJ
ject in view was killed in the assem-
bly, beyond hope of recall The bill as
finally presented applied to counties
with over 100000 population only.
This is the third time Milwaukee
county has attempted to get nonparti-
san county elections and failed.
There will be no law providing for
county committee on education APP
pointed by the county board passed
at this session. The motion to recon
slider the vote by which the Johnson
bill along that line was indefinitely
postponed, was voted down.
The bill by Senator Fairchild relat-
ing to dental examiners, was given a
new lease of life through the efforts
Of Assemblyman Hambrecht who man
aged to have it referred to the com
mittee on finance. The bill as
amended in the senate is improved
over what it was in its original form,
but there is apparently no demand for
any such a measure.
Absent Voting is Killed.
The bill by Senator Bray giving the
industrial commission power to say
when a medical and hospital bill is
reasonable in case of workmen's in
juries was sent to a third reading by
the assembly, as was the bill relating
to maternity hospitals and lying-in
hospitals. The bill by Senator Whit
man, which would reduce the ages at
which boys and girls are sent to the
industrial schools, was sent to a third
reading. An amendment was added
to the bill coming from the state board
of control which will make it possible
to have younger boys sent to Wauke
sha while older boys will be sent tc
the Green Bay reformatory.
The Helm bill for abseAt voting; the
MCGOWAN bill for a Wisconsin brand
of butter, and the bill appropriatine
money to the Wisconsin Buttermakers
association, were indefinitely postpon
ed by the assembly.
Plan "Clean Up" on Legislation.
The responsibility for action dur
ing the closing weeks of the legisla'
tive session rests with the senate
Through organization and a DISPOSE
ton to stick to hard days work
until the work was disposed of, the
assembly has practically cleaned
up" on the big measures recon-
mended for enactment by the pres
ent administration.
Two Big Bills Due.
During the week the house will
pass on the bill reorganizing the
state tax commission, and the meas
ure creating state board of educa
ton. The administration is strongl,
entrenched in the house, and these
bills will be passed unless, as mem
Der expressed it, the bottom drops
out of the legislative hack" WheI
this chapter is completed, PRACTICAL.
all important legislation not actet
upon, will rest upon the shoulders
of the senator's.
Bills creating the state board o
public welfare, state board of agri
culture, printing board, conservation
board and the measure consoldatinl
the fire marshal's department will
the state insurance department, al
ready have been sent to the senate
When the tax commission bill ant
the educational bill reach the uppe
: house, the assembly will hav
: cleaned it's slate so far as measure
: of major importance are concerned
and large number Of the assembly
men will leave for their homes.
, With Assemblyman +. A. Everett
acting as chairman of the steerin
committee, the administration ar
) pears to have struck its gait in tn
assembly. Philip men in the hous
are letting the opposition do mos
= Of the talking with a view of reach