River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-05
Bill Ordered Engrosssd.

| By more than two to one vote the
assembly advanced the Whittet bill
changing the personnel of the state
board of education and making the
powers of the board to one of apprO-
priation estimates. An amendment by
| Assemblyman Nordman was adopted!
retaining the secretary of state on the
board until January 1, 1919.
The present board of education law
was passed at the last session Of the
legislature, and Is composed of the
| governor, the secretary of state, the
superintendent Of public instruction.
one representative each of the normal
and university regents. The Whittet
bill as amended provides for a board
of ten members composed of the gov
| ernOr, the state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, one representative each
Of the normal and university regents,
and five members to be appointed by
! the governor for terms of five years.
The first terms of the appointive off,
GERS shall be from one to five years
| and thereafter one term Of Office shall
expire each year. After 1919 the board
shall only be composed of nine men,
bers, as the secretary Of state will be
| dropped off.
There was a long debate over the
measure. Assemblyman Carl Hansen
moved the indefinite postponement Of
the bill, but this failed by a vote of
25 to 81. The measure was then emf
| crossed.
| Check on Bovine Tuberculosis.
An important bill introduced into
| the assembly by the committee on ag4
rfculture is measure providing for
an appropriation to the department of
agriculture for the control of tuber1
culosis. The purpose Of this, as has
been outlined by that department, is
| to make a survey Of certain sections
of the state with a view of finding out
the true conditions with regard to
bovine tuberculosis.
It is proposed to cooperate with the
people of the section undertaken, and
| to have all cattle examined in given
section of county with a view of seq
| regating all tubercular cattle.
Besides the value Of finding out the
true conditions, there will also be COM
siderable advantage to the section SO
tested out, because it will be evident
| that it will be desirable for the buyer
Of cattle to buy in section where he
| may be sure that all cattle for sale
! will be reasonably clean herds.
Would Not Destroy Infected Cattle.
The department is not contemplate
ing the condemnation and destruction
of the cattle as heretofore, except
| when insisted upon by the owner. 1t
is planned that with little co-opera-
ton on the part of owners Of the cat
tie that most of the re-acting animals
may be segregated, and by pasteur-
izing the products it will be possible
to make them useful to owners and
assist them in getting q clean herd to
be raised on the pasteurized products
By the same MEANS it will be made
possible for the owner to secure the
normal income from these animals
which is obtained from the regular
herd.
Plans for Capitol Dedication.
Plans for the dedication of the state
capitol this summer will be presented
before the legislature probably next
week, when it is expected that hear
ing will be given to the Burke bill on
the subject. Senator Timothy Burke
of Green Bay has offered, by request a
bill creating a dedicatory committee
composed of the governor, superintend-
ent of public property, superintendent
of the State Historical society, state
engineer, superintendent Of public I'M
structiOn and five members at large to-
be chosen by the governor, one OF them
to be a member Of the capitol building
commission.
For the past three months public7
spirited citizens Of the state have been
agitating the plan of having the new
100000 capitol building formally
dedicated in June or July, this year,
when the work on the building will be
practically completed. Should the Leg
islature favor the idea it is planned to
invite to the meeting all of the men
who have served in the legislature, the
governors who have served Wisconsin
members of the supreme court and
other public officials. Pageants repre-
senting the early history Of Wisconsin
are also being planned.
To Provide Funds.
Funds are to be derived from these!
productions for carrying forward the
idea. To provide for any possible det7
cit the bill calls for an appropriation OF
$4,000. This money is to come out OF
the unexpended funds Of the capitol
building commission.
Under the terms Of the bill, the mem
bers of the committee on the dedica-
ton of the capitol will receive only the
necessary travelling expenses. They
are to make plans for the collection of
the funds and for the making OF the
plans for the character OK the cere-
monies.
To Buy Old Capitol.
The first territorial capitol Of Wis
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