Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-03-14
Highway Bill Favored.


Practical agreement exists on the
| important features of the special high
way committee bill TO take advantage
/ Of the $2,000,O00 federal aid TO trunk
| lines. The measure is now being draft
l'ed by a subordinate committee. The
| committee has agreed upon the large
system of about 5000 miles TO reach
and connect every county seat. 1t has
been decided to leave the selection Of
routes and roads to the state highway
| commission, aided by three assembly
men and two senators. These will act
/ in case of an appeal by locality from
a decision.
Money TO support the plan viii be
raised by increasing the automobile
/ license, probably from s. to $40 a car.
/ which will yield about 100000 per
I year, or suficient TO meet the require
/ lnents of the federal aid to be granted.
/ The total of federal aid is distributed
{ over a period of five years. The point
1 on which the committee has not fully
! decided is the question Of road main
/ tenance. When the system of high
/ ways is adopted il must be put into
! good condition and kept So, or 1t can
not continue to receive the share of
aid granted by the federal government.
None of the present highway laws will
/ be affected by the federal trunk line
I scheme
! Gives Labor a Representative.
| A new bill TO change the personnel
of the board of regents of the Univer-
| sity of Wisconsin has been offered in
| the lower house by Assemblyman Met
/ calfe of Milwaukee. 1t provides that
| labor shall have a representation on
/ the board At the present time the
/ board of regents of the university con
| sists of one member from each congress
/ sional district and two from the state
4 at large and provides that two mem
/ bers of the board shall be women. The
/ Metcalfe bill provides that seven men,
/ bers shall be selected TO represent the
state at large and lat least five Of
whom shall be representatives of la
! Dor"
/ Assemblyman Metcalfe claims that
the university is becoming more and
s AuOAC HtDOA tuuA ~ AAlE itDOAAAA6 hAth
and that they should have a further
| representation on the board. The term
/ for which each member shall be ap-
pointed shall be six years, otherwise
/ the present provisions of the act organ
I izing the board of regents obtains.
/ Citizens Favor EViue Bill.
/ Citizens representing 10 cities of
! 10
/ bly, committee on excise and fees, ask
/ ing a favorable report on the Evjue
referendum bill by which the question
of statewide prohibition would be sub
mitted to vote OF the people. Among
/ those for the bill We're: Thomas Ma
{ hon, Milwaukee. attorney for the Wis
/ cOnsin Wholesale Dealers association !;
I AsSemblyman w. T. Evjue. author of
/ the bill Walter H. Bender, Mllwau-
kee; F. r. BloodgoOd, Whitewater !;
Father j. c. Hogan, Oshkosh; ]. J..
Macdonald, attorney for the Anti-Sa-
! loon league: Carl MaeSer, secretary OF
the Trades Council of Appleton; De
Witt c. Van Ostrand, Phillips; Fred
| erick Holmes. union laborer; c. NJ. &
st. z. shops. West Milwaukee; L. f.
Young. West Milwaukee; d. G. James,
Richland Center; John Baker, manu-
facturer, Evansville: f. J. Yea, manu-
4 facturer, Stoughton w. p. james,
manufacturer. Fort Atkinson; John
Strange, manufacturer. Neenah; Rev.
J. c. Cummings, JanesviIle; Rev. C. f..
Ewing. JanesvilIe; j. s. Lean. Milwau-
kee. and others.
Kill Church Taxation Bill.
In spite Of a determined fight made
by Assemblyman Hugo Jeske of Mil
waukee to secure the passage of his
bill for the taxation of church prop
erty. the measure was killed by almost
unanimous vote Assemblyman Jeske
claimed that churches are great
money-making institutions raising
money at Sunday collections and max
ing profits from bazaars.
The senate committee on education
and public welfare decided to recon-
mend for passage Senator Benfey's
bill relating to preference for veterans
In civil service.
Wide Sleigh Law.
An interesting contest is anticipated
over the SpOOr bill, which has Just
been recommended for passage, pro-
vIding for the use of wide Sleighs A
similar measure was passed by the
1913 legislature repealed by a close
vote in the 1915 legislature and now
there seems 10 be a demand for the
placing of the wide sleigh law on the
statute books
The abolition Of the police and fire
commission in every city of Milwaukee
is proposed in bill that has been Of
fered in the lower house by Assembly
man Charles F. Hart Oshkosh.
license for Real Estate Dealers.
Assemblyman " V. Miller SAYS he
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