Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-07-14
FLOOD Of BILLS
BARSADJOURNNENT
Legislature win Have to Continue
Session Until the 18th
of July.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY WHlTTET
Speaker Declares Measures Are IN
Hands Of Printer and viii Re
qIire Ten Days Before They
Can Sc Given Governor.


Can Sc Given Governor.
MadlSon.-The discovery that up
wards of l0O bills are still En- the hands
of The state printer and THAT it will
require ten days time before these
measures can be presented to the gov
ernor 10 be passed upon, has sent a-
glimmering all hope of the final adj
journment Of the legislature at un
earlier day.
Il do not think it Will be possible to
have a sine die adjournment of the
legislature before July a." said
Speaker Whittet on Friday. "There
are upwards of 60 assembly bills
which have not yet been sent TO the
governor and including the senate
bills, there are probably 40 additional
measures 80 be passed on by him.
cannot see how it will be possible TO
have an adjournment before another
ten days"
Nevertheless both houses are hold
ing nominal daily sessions. ut which
the only business transacted is the
sending of bills to the governor
through the committees on enrolment.
The perfunctory sessions of each
house are attended by three or four
members
THE legislature Of 1917 was signal
lied by Ehe enactment of more con
structive highway legislation than has
IN
The joint highway committee OF the
two houses gave deep thought to high
way legislation and the three joint
committee bills which were enacted
mark a very distinct advance over pre-
vious legislation"
Highways Of the State.
This is the statement of A +. Hirst,
engineer for the state highway com
mission. in reviewing the highway
work of the legislature.
The most important enactment
was the state trunk highway bill DIN
444-S chapter 175). This law was
enacted 70 enable Wisconsin 10 take
advantage of the law providing for
! federal aid for roads, which federal
aid in the period from 1916 10 1920, in
elusive. totals nearly 100000 In
brief, this law provides that the state
/ highway commission shall lay out a
system Of 5000 miles Of min high
way, interConneCUng every county
seat and city of over 5000 in popula-
tion IN the state This system of roads
Is called the state trunk highway sys-
rem and on II must he expended all
construction funds (amounting TO
$4,000 600 available from the federal
government the state and the couu-
lies in 1918, 1919 and 1920.
The state and federal aid available
IS divided between the counties. one
third on the bneis of area. one-third on
the basis Of road mileage and one
third on the basis OF valuation Tia
maintenance of this system after May
/, 1918, is TO be performed by the
counties under the control of the state
/ highway commission the funds for
he maintenance being provided from
automobile license fees, which also
furnish the state's oue-third share of
the cost Of construction.
This law, providing as It does q
comprehensive and ~ell-laid out ~ys-
TEN Of trunk lines. for the couccut ra-
ton Of construction on This system
and for the adequate maintenance Of
unimproycd portions of Inc system
pending its final reconstruction, should
give Wisconsin p system of well main.
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