Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-06-25
BOTH HOUSES READY TO TAKE
UP IMPORTANT ADMINlSTRA-
TON MEASURES.
CLOSE VOTE is PREDICTED
Motion to Reconsider Tax Commission
Change May Result in Reversing
the House Action on
the Bill.
Madison, June %, 1915.

important administration bills are
I'D for a hearing in both houses OF the
legislature. The assembly has the new
tax commission bill. The senate has
the new board of agriculture bill and
new conservation commission bill. In
addition that house has the new state
board of public welfare bill on the
calendar.
The tax commission bill will come
I'D in the assembly on motion to re-
consider the vote by which the bill
was indefinitely postponed. The adj
ministration men in the assembly felt
confident of reversing the house action
on the bill. If this is done the plan
is to amend the bill and pass it.
Unanimous Consent Required.
To amend the bill when on for final
passage requires unanimous consent
or a suspension of the rules. The last
requires a two-thirds vote. The assem-
bly, leaders, however, feel that they
will be able to control the situation,
whatever form it takes.
There will be hard fight in the
senate on three administration bills
there. It was felt that the senate will
send the agricultural and conservation
bills to third reading. 1t is admitted
that the fight on the bill providing
state board of public welfare will be
harder than on the two other bills, but
the administration men believe they
will be able to secure favorable con-
fiOp for fhic m "a C1Irp
Ask $4,000 State Aid.
The senate, after considerable dis
cussion, laid over the Fairchild bill
appropriating $4,000 to the city of
Milwaukee as state aid for coAinua-
ton schools.
The senate passed bill appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the maintenance and
equipment of the state camp for tuber-
cular patients at Tomahawk Lake. The
senate concurred in the assembly bills
providing that school districts shall be
entitled to participate in state aid for
common schools, Notwithstanding they
have failed to pay minimum wages to
teachers, as required by law, and the
Hager bill, appropriating to State In
surance Commissioner H. L. Extern
money as refund on an excessive
amount paid into the state treasury
as insurance license fee.
The senate committee on finance in
troduced new bill appropriating
100000 to the state board of control
for installation of automatic sprinkler
systems in the state hospitals for the
insane at Mendoza and Oshkosh and
for state institutions, as a protection
against fire.
Boxing Appropriation Wins.
The boxing commission bill, carry
ing an appropriation of $1,000, was or
dered engrossed by the assembly. AS
semblyman Prescott offered an amend
ment cutting the appropriation from
$1,000 to $4,000. He said the Secre-
tary's salary was too much. Assembly
man Spoor stood for the appropriation.
Assemblyman Hedding showed every
penny had been properly accounted
for. He said he had been giving the
commission office room and telephone
service for a very small amount, but
could not do it any more and the addi-
tional 500 above what had been ap-
propriated before was for office room
and other things of that kind. The as
sembly ordered the bill engrossed by
a good vote.
School Board Repeal Advanced.
The repeal of the county board of
education law went to engrossment in
the assembly. This bill had originally
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 $4,250 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
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School Census Shows Gain.