Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-07-27
SPECIAL SESSION.
! MAY BE CALLED
War Conditions Likely to Require
\ Meeting of the Legislature
This Fall.
EMERGENCIES MUST BE MET
Such Extra Sessions Were Necessary
| During the Civil War--Governor
! Phillip viii Not Act Unless 1t
Is Absolutely Necessary.

Is Absolutely Necessary.
Madison.-The legislature of Wis
,consin will be called into extra session
to meet any emergencies arising out OF
the war.
Governor Philip said the lawmak'
ers will not be called back until abSO'
lutely necessary, yet the general opln'
ion is that with the war another session
within year is probable. During the
Civil war the state held annual, in
stead Of biennial, sessions Of the leg.
islature and yet two adjourned and
two or three extra sessions were neces'
sary to meet emergencies.
Game Bill to Come Up.
The big fish and game bill which
was signed by the governor will be
the subject of discussion when the
legislature is again called into extra
session. The protest Of lake shore fish
ermen against the provisions of the
bill prompted the governor to tell Sena;
tor Timothy Burke Of Green Bay that
I'm case of @ legislative call the fish bill
would be one of the measures which
he would include.
The governor did not feel that the
measure should be sent back to the
legislature during the closing days
but agreed that If there was a call for
81 special session fish laws would be
one Of the things that would be In
Guided.
Object to Perch Provision.
One Of the objections made against
the fish and game law is that the size
of perch caught commercially is In
creased from seven to eight inches.
Fishermen Of the vicinity Of Green
Bay have made such protest against
the bill, and the conservation commits
sion has agreed with much Of the pro-
test, that in case Of a special session
this feature Of the law will again be
considered.
While military matters will probably
necessitate the call of the legislature, a
number of other subjects may need
consideration. The effect Of the fed
eral food enactments may necessitate
changes in some of Wisconsin's laws.
To Investigate Coal Situation.
Indications are that Investigations
will be made into the coal situation,
the print-paper situation and other
staple articles of necessity. While no
application has yet been made to the
attorney general for beginning investi-
cations of this character, 1t Is evident
from the interest manifested in diff
ferent sections of the state in the
measure that such investigations
against the price-boosting monopolies
will be asked for at once.
Governor Philip has signed the
Baxter bill creating O state cement
purchasing commission. This law al
lows this commission to purchase
cement for the state and it is believed
that by this method many thousands
of dollars can be saved to the county
and to the state.
Governor Philip has vetoed the
Saugen bill to increase the rates Of
allowance to be paid by the state to
the county for the care of the chronic
insane cared for in county institutions.
He also vetoed the bill which provides
that appeals shall be made from pro-
bate courts to the supreme court with
out the intermediary of the circuit
court. Both vetOes have been sus-
tanned.
"This increase was made upon the
theory that 1t is justified by the In
creased cost of living" declared the
governor, in vetoing the Saugen bill.
eff the states interests had been prop
erly protected by this bill by giving it
the same increased allowance that is
given to the county the proposed law
would not have produced as great an
inequality and I would have given it
my approval"
Regulates Fairs.
Evidently the legislature was anxiouf
to pass law regulating the conduct OF
fairs, expOsitions and carnivals by So
clcLlGS anu dSSOClutlOilS Ic(CiNlDSo StulC
aid. Discovery was made at the ex-
ecutive office that two identical bills
on this subject, one from the senate
and one from the assembly, had passed
during the rush days of the session.
The assembly recalled one of these
bills so that it could be nopconcurred
In.
The bill provides that the secretary
of state is authorized, with the consent
Of the governor, to deputize any en-
ployee or inspector otherwise in the
employ Of the state to make inspection
Of any fair, exposition or exhibit OF
any association receiving state aid.
Building inspection.
A considerable number Of bills were
passed relating to building inspection,
fire prevention and housing. One bill
defines more clearly the power Of the
Industrial commission to supervise
building operations throughout the
state. Another bill transfers the work
Of fire prevention from the insurance
department to the industrial commits
sion. Still another act allows cities to
establish city plan commissions, with
authority to lay out residential and
business districts. and fourth bill al