Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
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.

10 the Wisconsin educational bonus
law have been made by the present
session of the general assembly. Pro
visions Of an amendment by Senator
Lange of Eau Claire are that the
/ privileges OF the bonus measure may
be extended TO students who have
received the gash bonus irrespective
q the fact tGat the bonus may not
have been returned.
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
situations 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 10 allow
the educational bonus to students
who entered school prior to a knowl-
edge Of the educational bonus law.
Another amendment extends the
+ privileges Of the educational bonus
la% 70 students who entered the mill
itary service between the dates
November I and November L. 1918
This applies to a number Of students
whose cases had been held in abey-
ance for a long time and who were
suddenly called between those dates
prior to the signing Of the armistice
SUN another amendment authorizes
the state board Of education TO assign
disable, soldiers TO private business
colleges in cooperation with the fed
eraI 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 it 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 viii increase the min
imum wage for experienced employees
over seventeen years of age to -
cents per hour after August /, 1921
IN cities with a population of 5000
and over and in communities which
are a part OF the industrial ares 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 a 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 a fiat IS
cents for all children up to sixteen.
Minors between sixteen ana seventeen
may be paid Is 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 S204, 400. OF this
amount the printing Of the bills, cal
eudars. bulletins, records and acts
has run up 70 4.16422 Salaries for
f members Of the assembly count up to
+ S50.500, while salaries of tho senate
run up to S165o0.
The other expenses are: Senate
clerical staff, Sl9.056; senate ser
geant's staff. Sl1 .404; assembly cler-
zeal STAFF, ST 1876; assembly ser
geant's staff $1499s.50; postage and
supplies, S6.677.32 assembly con
tingent expenses. S2d432; senate
contingent expenses SG6.42; joint
committee on finance. S3.29463: joint
committee on reappnrtionmant S3G1.53 !;
legislative visiting committee. SGS79S.
and the cost of visiting the proposed
Northern Lakes park completes the
total with S2141S.
AZ ~ tA i'|t+N4 , = OtAsHAAAN17 A'f AAAtAtN'
laws nowadays.
That upwards OF l. armorieS for
the guards If the state may be erect
ed in the next two years as the result
Of financial legislation passed at this
session of the legislature is the state
meut of Adjatant Gen Orlando Hol-
way He issued an announcement ON
the subject
Lawmakers offered 1,t94 Bills.
Eleven hundred ana uiDety-four bills
i we're introduced in the legislature this
session Of these 600 came 60 life IN
the assembly ana 194 Saw dnyIi-ht IN
the senate The lower house turned
cu $40 81 its own measures and KILLED
them The senate acted as execu-
tfoaer fer so. 50 that out ST coo bills
introduced i'm the assembly 4a5 Of
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