Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-07-07
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-FOUR CHANGES IN
|. STATE BONUS LAW
Important Amendments Made by
Badger Lawmakers.
ACTION ON WAGES AND HOURS
Compensation and Time for Women
and Minor Employees Is An
: nounced by the State Indus
trial Commission.

Madison.-Four important changes
to the Wisconsin educational bonus
law have been made by the present
session Of the general assembly. Pro
visions Of an amendment by Senator
LANCE of Eau Claire are that the
privileges of the bonus measure may
be extended to students who have
received the cash bonus irrespective
of the fact that the bonus may not
have been returned.
d. Under this law students are as
signed to the educational institutions
Immediately and their educational
bonus Is withheld until the amount
equals the amount they received for
the cash bonus.
An amendment introduced by Sena-
tors Czerwinski and Ridgway pro-
vided for the payment Of bonus to
students who attended educational in
stitutiOns subsequent to their dis
charge from military service and
prior to a formal application by the
state board of education. The pur
pose of this amendment was to allow
the educational bonus to students
who entered school prior to knowl-
edge of the educational bonus law.
Another amendment extends the
privileges OF the educational bonus
law to students who entered the mil
itary service between the dates
November ] and November IL, 1918.
This applies to a number of students
whose cases had been held in abey-
ance for long time and who were
suddenly called between those dates
prior to the signing Of the armistice.
Still another amendment authorizes
the state board of education to assign
disabled soldiers to private business
colleges In cooperation with the fed
eral board of vocational education.
A revision of minimum wage rates
for women and minor employees was
announced by the industrial commits
sion as its determination upon the
petition which 1t has had under con-
sideration for many months for an
increase in the minimum wage rates
and reduction in the hours of labor
of women and minors. The commits
sion's order will increase the min
lmum wage for experienced employees
over seventeen years of age to 20
cents per hour after August 1, 1921,
in cities with population of 5000
and over and in communities which
are part of the industrial area of
such cities. In other parts of the
state the present rate for experienced
employees Of % cents Is left I'M
changed.
The beginning rate during the first
three months of the learning period
is reduced from Is cents per hour TO
16 cents per hour No change Is made
In the present rate of 20 cents per
hour for the second three months of
employment in any industry, and
similarly no change is made in the
present provision of 4 six months
learning period. For minor employees
between fourteen and sixteen years
of age the new rate is 16 cents per
hour during the first year of employ
ment and 20 cents per hour during
the second year. instead of fiat Is
cents for all children up to sixteen.
Minors between sixteen and seventeen
may be paid 16 cents per hour during
the first six months in any industry
and must be paid 20 cents thereafter
The cost of the six-month session
of law making is 500. 400. or this
amount the printing of the bills, cal
endars bulletins, records and acts
has run up TO $54,184.22. Salaries for
members of the assembly count up TO
$50,500, while salaries of tho senate
run up to $1,000.
The other expenses are: Senate
clerical staff, Sla,a56; senate ser.
geant's staff, Sll,404; assembly cler-
ical staff S2l,496; assembly SER
geant's staff, Sl499S.50; postage and
supplies, $6,6TT.S2; assembly con.
tingent expenses, S264.32; senate
contingent expenses S66.42; Joint
committee on finance, $3,294. CD; joint
committee on reapportionment. 1851 as
legislative visiting COMMITTEES. S6S7. qS
and the cost of visiting the proposed
Northern Lakes park completes IN,
total with $214lS.
II is expensive business TO max,
laws nowadays.
That upwards of - armorles fol
the guards of the state may be erect
ed in the next two years as the resul
of financial legislation passed at thi
session of the legislature Is the state
ment Of Adjutant Gen. Orlando Hol
way. He issued an announcement ol
the subject.
Lawmakers Offered t,te4 Bills.
Eleven hundred and ninety.four bill
were introduced in the legislature thi
session. OF these COO came TO life 1
the assembly and 594 saw daylight 1
the senate. The lower house turne
on S45 of It's own measures and kille
them. The senate acted as execl
toner for 60. So that out Of Geo bin
introduced in the assembly 405 &
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