Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-09-17
FREE EDUCATION
BILL is PASSED.
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE VOTES
BIG AWARD TO SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS.
SPECIAL SESSION is ENDED
Expense of Education Bill is Estima-
ted at s15,0oo,Oo - Amendments
Adopted TO Make "8Iue Sky"
Law More Effective.

Madison-The Wisconsin legislature
closed its special session with the
passage of the Nye educational bill,
and provided for tax levy of $751;
900 to carry out the act. This sum
added to the s15.000.0OO soldiers
bonus approved by the people in the
referendum of Sept. is the biggest
reward for service men and women
voted by any state. and makes Wis
consin's war record unexcelled.
In the senate the vote was % to /.
Senator Bilgrien, Dodge county, op-
posing the measure. The house con-
CURED in the bill SO to %. There was
no debate in the senate, but a few
oratorical skyrockets were shot off in
the assembly after Assemblyman
Nolan and Bowman said the $4,000,
900 tax levy to carry out the bill was
too much of burden on the people
following the approval of the $15,000,-
900 soldiers bonus.
They commended that there was no
demand for the Nye bill and that only
small percentage of the soldiers
would share in its benefits.
100000 From Surfaces.
After considering the taxation fea-
ture of the measure for several hours
the joint committee on finance recon-
mended a plan for the raising of $751;
100000. Approximately $1000,000 a
year will be raised for period of FIVE
wears NV means of crr+av On noo,,oo,
beginning with 1915 incomes and the
remainder will be raised by direct
tax on property, which is along the
line of the plan by which millions will
be raised to carry out the soldiers
bonus act. The recommendation of
the finance committee met the APP
proval of both houses.
The surtax will fall on individual
and corporation incomes. In the case
of individual incomes the tax does not
become effective until the fourth ST.
900 of net income is reached, the tax
starting at seven-twentieths of l per
cent.
Above $4,000 the tax will be / 2-10
per cent. On corporations the tax on
the first $1,000 of income is fixed at a
four-tenths of l per cent and is l 2-1O
per cent on incomes in excess of 81,
900.
To Pay $50 to Men.
The Nye bill provides that wiscon.
sins henorably discharged soldiers,
sailors, marines and nurses may take
courses at the University of Wiscon-
sin, the normal schools and the other
Institutional institutions at cost to
the state of $50 a month. covering the
period of education up to four years.
1t has not been fully determined how
many service men and women will
take advantage of this unusual oppor-
tunity, but Gov. Philip estimated the
number will be about 10000.
There was never any doubt about
the passage of the bill at the special
session. the only surprise being the
number of votes cast against it in the
assembly. Yhose voting mo" were
Assemblymen p. M. Anderson, Bortin-
gale, Becker, Bowman. Defer, Grim.
stad, Hewitt, Larson. Lorfeld, Nc
Clone, Mcdowell, Mitchell. Nolan,
Olmsted, Olson, Ploetz, Porath, Ruka,
Scharpf, Vaughan, Williams and
Zarnke.
After the passage of the bill Senator
Nye said the measure would not cost
| sis, 100000 but that it was decided TO
place the amount that high in order
70 p,aa+ apv auparpancy
Both houses adopted amendments to
make more convenient the administra-
ton of the blue sky law. One amend
| ment will allow the taking OF subscrip-
| lions for securities for the sale OF
| Class A securities before the permit is
issued upon giving bond of $4,000 to
protect anybody signing the subscrip-
| lions for such securities. the sale not
| to be contaminated until the matter
has been passed upon by the railroad
commission. Another amendment re-
| duces the fee from 81 to so cents per
| thousand on stock authorized, the
| maximum charge not to exceed 5000,
| A third amendment allows the sales OF
| securities which have been in the
| hands of the pubic Tor one year prior
to Aug. l, 1919, after less formal in
vestigation than is required for new
| issues.
The Jennings bill. restoring soldiers
relief commissions which were abol'
ished l., an act passed at the regular
session of the legislature, went thru
without opposition.
BY a vote of 81 to SO. the assembly
killed a resolution by Metcalfe. calling
upon the state board of Cancellation TO
attempt to settle the Cudahy packers
strike. The senate refused to receive
a resolution by bennett Endorsing the
socalled Plumb plan" for the national
ization of railroads in the United
| States.