Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-06-29
Governor Makes Appointments.


appointment of former Congressman
Thomas Konop of Green Bay as a
i member of the state Industrial COM
j mission to succeed J. D. Beck. KO-
nop's term is for six years at n annual
! salary of $1,000. John I'll. Allen of
| Lake Geneva was appointed a member
/ of the state railroad commission to
signed. Thomas e. Lyons of Superior
was reappointe1 a member of the
state tax commission. #. w. Coon of
Edgert0n was appointed member of
the state civil service commission and
| Assemblyman A. Everett, Eagle River,
! as member of the state board of con-
troll. The appointments have been
sent to the state senate for confrma-
ton.
! The upper house of the Wisconsin
| legislature is opposed TO the idea OF
| giving minority power to call heads
| of boards, commissions and state de-
| partments before the legislature for
| discrimination regarding their acts.
| BY vote of 10 to IL the senate struck
such a provision out of the revised
| statutes bill.
The senate concurred In the Everett
| amendment to the Baxter coal tax bill
| leyying / u cents on soft coal and 2
| cents on hard coal passing over the
docks in this state.
| The assembly retraced it's steps and,
by vote of 81 to 8, reconsidered and
passed the bill appropriating $4,000
for the erection of an infirmary at the
| University of Wisconsin. The second
| bill to appropriate $4,000 for the pur-
chase of the so-called Raymer proper
ty, on which an infirmary is now To-
| Gated, was not reconSidered.
| The assembly sent to engrossment
resolution to change the constitution
SO that the county superintendent OF
| schools shall be elected for term, of
| four years instead of two years.
| Signs School Lunch Bill.
| Every board of education in the
| state is authorized to furnish lunches
for schoolchildren. The Bray bill on
| this subject has just been signed by
| the governor.
Approval has been given to the bill
| which makes it unlawful for any dis
| trict attorney to hold the Office of or
| act as city attorney of any city in the
| county of which he is district attorney.
| If any district attorney shall violate
| the provisions of the law, his office Of
| district attorney shall become vacant.
Approval has been given by the eX-
| ecutive to the so-called riot and bonn
| bardment insurance act. This measure
| provides that insurance corporations
| shall be permitted to organize and
| write insurance on earthquakes, bonn
| bardment, invasion, inSurrectiOn, riot,
| civil war, military or usurped power.
| The measure was occasiOned by the
| war with Germany. The bill was rec
commended by Insurance Commissioner
| M. J. Cleary.
Governor Philip has also signed the
bill which provides that the rate of tax
| levied for the purposes of the indus
| trial and continuation schools shall
not in any one year exceed three
| fourths mill for the maintenance OF all
| such schools. This is an increase in
| the mill tax allowed heretofore.
| Protects the Soldier.
Governor Philip has just approved
| the bill protecting persons in the mill
| tary service in the country from the
prosecution of civil actions A SINH
lar law was enacted during the Civil
war. The bill provides that all per-
sons residents of Wisconsin, now in
the military of the United States or
of this state, and all those who may
hereafter enlist or be drafted for the
purpose of the present war, shall, dur
ing such service. be exempt from all
civil process. The law further pro-
vides that in all civil cases now pend
Ing against such persons or such per-
son the proceedings shall be cont1n-
ued in the state until the discharge
Of such person, but that such exemp-
ton or stay of the proceedings shall in
no case extend or be extended for
more than three years from the time
of the mastering of such person into
service 1t is made the duty OF any
court or judges and Of any justice OF
the peace to dismiss suits brought
against persons in the nature OF civil
action, while such persons are en-
gagged in the service. The bill provides
that these persons shall furnish affi-
davit or information from the mus
ter roles in the state, showing that they