Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-05-16
ADVANCE SALARY
BILL IN HOUSE
Measure Increases Pay of School
Superintendent in Counties
of the State.
WOULD AMEND TAX MEASURE
TWO Bills Before Legislature Con-
template Rebuilding of National
Guard; One Approved; One
Recently Introduced.

Madison-The house has advanced
the Pullen Measure increasing the sal
aries of county superintendent of
schools in counties or county superin-
tendent districts having fewer than
100 teachers, $1,000; in counties or
county superintendent districts hay
ing more than 80 teachers increased
$1,400 in counties or county superin-
tendent districts having more than $50
teachers, $1,000. In counties where
fewer than go teachers are employed,
the county board of supervisors may
provide that the county superintend-
ent shall devote not less than 100
school days to the duty of his office,
for which not less than 5000 shall be
the compensation.
Senator Schultz rescued his bill
amendatory OF the corrupt practice act
after it had been severely attacked by
Senators Wilcox and Bird, and got it
back into the committee on education
and public welfare. This is the meas
ure which repeats a clause requiring
all individuals making campaign con-
trbutions in excess Of $50 to file a re-
port with their county clerk. Despite
a hot attack by Senator Bentley, the
senate advanced the Burhop milk de-
pot bill, % to 3 after rejecting a re-
strictive amendment proposed by Ben
fey to limit the authority of city u
ellis.
The indications are that the assem-
bly, taxation committee will recon-
mend for passage the Severson bill
partially removing the secrecy clause
of the state income tax law. Senator
Severson appeared before the commit
tee and urged the passage of his
measure. His bill would give the leg
islature and tax officials of counties,
cities, villages and towns the right to
inspect income tax returns when it
is. believed that a correct report has
no ben made. He cited the iniquities
of the present system, and said that
a man might make a false income tax
return but could not be tried for per-
jury because his income tax record
could not be introduced as evidence in
court. No one appeared in opposition
to the bill. Severson read letters from
a number of cities and m~anufactur-
ing establishments in favor Of his
measure.
Two bills are before the legislature
to rebuild the National Guard. The
Wilcox armory bill has been approved
by the finance committee, amended and
advanced IN the senate. The other
bill, carrying the National Guard APP
propriations, has just been introduced
by the committee on finance.
The Wilcox bill carries an amend
ment ~embodying the ideas of General
Holway for the creation of an armory
board, comprising the adjutant gener-
al. chief quartermaster and command
ing officer of each of the regiments
and separate battalfons. Subject to
the approval of the governor, the
board would pass upon armOry sites
and make contracts for the erection
of armories. This amendment is a
considerable departure from the orig
inal bill, whose board comprised the
governor, adiutant general and chief
qulrtermaster.
Building appropriations are provided
in the general finance committee bill,
which allows Is per cent of the annu-
al Appropriation to be used for arm
cries. On the basis of the present
100000 annual appropriation, this
amounts to $4,000 a year.
Owing to the necessities Of reorgan-
ization and the possible new interpre-
tations that may be placed on the fed
eral defense act of 1916, the finance
committee was unable to recommend
the fixed appropriation this year. In
order that all demands may be COM
piled with, the committee allowed the
usual 100000 appropriation and ''such
additional sums, not exceeding $780,
600 in each year, as may be neces-
sary upon the approval of the gov
ernor to maintain and train the full
number of National Guard troops re-
uuired by the United States to be
maintained and trained by the state
of Wisconsin"
This clause is believed to be f1exi-
BILE enough to enable the department
to reconstitute the guard as rapidly as
the troops return from Europe.
The Socialists were instrumental in
nonconcurring in the senate bill au-
thorizing the quartermaster to pur-
chase or hire animals or trucks, with
the governors approval, when neces-
sary for training of any military unit
at its home station or in field camp.
Agree on Eight-Hour Measure.
Chairman>J III. Jensen of the assem-
bly, committee IN labor announced that
his committee has agreed on an eight
hour measure which will apparently
be agreeable to all. Nine amendments
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