Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
LEGISLATURE ENDS
ITS ACTUAL WORK
BOTH HOUSES FINISH ALL ITS
BUSINESS IN RECORD
BREAKING SESSION.
EMERGENCY FUND WINS OUT
Plumbing Measure Is Killed, Leaving
Matter Stand as at Present.
Mothers Pension Fund Is
Reduced by Half.

Madison.-The Wisconsin legisla
ture of 1915, which broke all marks
for long sessions, finished it's actual
work shortly after noon, August IA.
A few members will hold daily ses.
sions until the governor has had time
to examine bills coming to him, and
unless he exercises the right of veto,
adjournment sine die will be taken the
latter part of the week. The emer-
houses with many votes to spare. In
the senate the vote was II to 7 and
in the assembly As to Is.
One of the last bills acted on was
the plumbing measure, which the SEN
ate killed, leaving the matter as at
present.
Senator Burke introduced in the
senate a bill to legalize all mill taxes.
He said there was grave doubt wheth-
er they were not illegal and his bill
legalized all these taxes and statutory
provisions so as to be sure that for
the years 1915 and 1916 these taxes
would not be disturbed
The bill was accepted by the senate
and passed by a vote of % to 1.
Mothers Pension Cut.
The mothers pension bill, as amend
ed by Senator Bosshard's amendment,
was concurred in by the senate. The
amendment cuts the state aid in half,
from $4,000 to $4,000, and makes the
system compulsory in all counties.
Senator Bennett moved nonconcur-
II to IA, and then the bill was con-
Cured in, as amended, by IA to II.
Assembly Passes Track Bill.
The assembly cOncurred in the SEN
ate amendment to the Martin spur
track depression bill. AS the bill
went to the legislature it provides that
the state railroad commission shall ap-
portion the cost of reconstructing
sidetracks disturbed by track depres-
sion or track elevation among the
municipality, the railroad companies
and owners of industry or factory
properly affected, but no assessment
is to be made against the municipality
unless the commission is convinced
that such municipality derive substan-
tial benefits.
The senate bill, placing the super
vision of registered nurses under con-
troll of the state board of medical ex-
aminers, finally went through both
houses of the legislature and now goes
to the governor for approval. Prac-
tical nurses may continue their work
without being registered.
The delegation of registered nurses
which came. to the capital to try to
have the bill amended to give the
state board of health instead of the
safe board of medical examiners SUI
pervision of the registered nurses,
failed in their mission.
Cut U. Fund Half Million
The senate by a vote of 16 to 9
adopted the Whitman substitute
amendemnt to the university appro-
priation bill This amendment cuts
the appropriation in the bill offered
by the finance committee $497,752.
This brought the appropriation down
to the amount expended by the uni
versity in the last two years and the
amount which Gov. Philip has in
sisted ought to be taken from the
appropriation for the university.
While the amount of the cut on
the substitute amendment was $497,-
1852, it was reduced by $4,000 sub
sequently by the senate, which al
lowed certain buildings at the uni
versity, including $4,000 for
grandstand in the athletic field,
$4,000 for a field house for women
students and $4,000 for barns, etc.,
which reduced the cut to $457,752. |
This, however, is a good reduction
which will be appreciated by the peo-
pie of the state when they receive |
their tax bills next winter.
The bill as amended carries a to-
tai appropriation of S5,22S,000.
Codfied Game Laws Accepted.
The assembly by vote of so to 1 |
amended and concurred in the So
which was prepared by the state re-
visor of the statutes and is a codifi- |
cation of all the laws of the state re-
lating to fish and game protection.
The most important amendments |
adopted by the assembly provide that
fishing in Green bay shall be permit
ted with such restrictions as the state
of Michigan imposes on fishing along
it's territory on Lake Michigan, that
all net fishing shall be done under
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Box Car Robber Sentenced.