Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-25
STATE ASSEMBLY
ADJOURNS At LAST
Makes Final Get Away After
Passing 700 New
Laws.
FIFTY PER CENT DEFEATED
Session Has Been Shorter Than the
One TWO Years Ago, the War
Having a Tendency to
Shorten the Work.

Madison-The fifty-third session of
the Wisconsin legislature adjourned
sine die Monday evening. All had
been accomplished early in the day eX-
cept the prefunctory adoption of the
resolutions notifying the governor that
the work of the session had been COM
pleted and asking him if he had any
further information to submit.
Lieut.. Gov E. F. Dithmar pre-
sided over the closing session of the
senate and Speaker L. G. Whittet pre-
sided in the house. The conclusion of
the assembly today marked unique
record for Speaker Whittet. He has
not missed single daily session since
the opening of the legislature on Janu-
airy 10.
Over 700 laws have been enacted.
Fifty per cent Of the bills introduced
in the legislature were defeated. The
records of the senate today show that
there were III senate bills introduced
and 104 senate joint resolutions. In
the assembly there were 721 bills Of
fered and 1921 joint resolutions.
Signs Trust Regulation Bill.
The Whittet bill regulating combina-
tions, trusts and monopolies has been
signed by Governor Philip. The idea
of the bill is to help reduce the cost
of living. A hearing was given this
bill by the governor at which d. II.
Bottum asked the governor to veto
the measure. Discovery was then
made that the original bill as drawn
would only apply to an attempt OF
domestic corporation to unlawtully
boost prices.
Governor Philip suggested that
the bill be recalled and amended so as
to make the terms of the measure ap-
plicable to individuals and to foreign
and domestic corporations. Both
houses of the legislature have recalled
the bill. Incorporated the amendment
suggested by the governor and within
an hour after this legislative action
Governor Phillip gave the measure ms
approval. The measure is an impor-
tant one.
Checks Price Boosting.
This bill is designed to check unlaw-
full boosts in prices. 1t is said that 1t
may be used against manufacturers
who, it is charged, have recently IN
creased prices far beyond the cost OF
manufacture and reasonable pront.
The penalty section of the measure
allows a citizen to begin an action
against any price-boosting concern,
and if the facts of a conspiracy to IN
crease prices is established, then the
law permits q penalty recovery OF all
amounts paid for the goods; besides,
he is allowed to keep the goods free OF
cost. The bill is one of the most
sweeping antitrust acts enacted by
any legislature and will probably be
freely used during the coming year
against price-boosting combines In this
state.
The legislature has recalled from
the governor the bill which relates to
servants and which provides that no
girl under eighteen years of age could
be employed without having first OBJ
tanned a permit from the Industrial
commission. The governor declined to
sign the bill under those conditions,
pointing out that this would prohibit
| the employment of a girl in a farm
| kitchen and would work a hardship in
MANY cases. Under the provisions OF
the law as it was passed, II a woman
engaged the service of a girl under
eighteen to mind her baby for an hour
| while she went to a moving picture
| show she would have to get permit
from the industrial commission. rms
! 'proyision WIS stricken out and it is
| said that the governor will now sign
| the bill.
Vetoes DonneIly Bill.
Governor Philip vetoed the Don
nelly bill passed by the legislature, re-
| straining the alienation of personal
| property for a longer period than DUR
ING the time of the lives of two per-
sons in being and u years after their
death. The bill proposed to place the
same restraint on the change of own
ership of personal property as is now
on real property.
The measure would, if it became
| law tend to restrain the making OF
longtime trusts of personal property.
The governor in his veto message said
that he objected to the bill because
charitable institutions and associations
were not exempted from its provisions,
and because it would tend to create
such litigation to determine whether
| it was valid.
- c+a+a Reinsurance.
Under chapter 49, of the laws of
1917 the commissioner of insurance
NAV. with the governors approval,
purchase such reinsurance as may be
necessary to properly distribute the
risk provided no such reinsurance
shall be affected when the net FISK car
ried by the state insurance tund shail
NOT equal or exceed 100000, nor where
| tbe rate of assuming a proportional
amount of the risk shall exceed that
received bv the state insurance fund.
THO commissioner shall collect relnSur-