Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-07-22
WISCONSIN SOLONS
END THEIR LABORs
Legislature Reaches Final ADJ
jOurnment of Its Sessions.
APPROPRIATION BILLS 0. KID
Blaine Signs University, Normal
School, Charitable and Penal,
Care of Blind and Teachers
Pension Bills.

ment of the Fifty-fifth session of the
Wisconsin state legislature was
reached the latter part of the past
week.
During the closing hours Governor
Blaine signed the university, normal
school, and charitable and penal insti-
tutions appropriation bills, carrying
approximately 100000 annually.
He signed the bill for the treatment
and care of the blind, the Milwaukee
teachers pension bill and the bin re-
organizing the county board of admin
istration at Milwaukee. He vetoed
three bills for the establishment of
park In Wisconsin at the Dells and
at Beloit. He vetoed a bin giving
boards of education power to raise
taxes for school purposes, and he an
nounced later that Farmell Point on
Lake Mendoza had bees selected by
himself and the legislative committee
as the site for the soldiers hospital
for the treatment of shell-shoeked sol
dlers.
Governor Blaine vetoed a bill which
changes the amount of interest that
may be paid on bonds issued for the
erection of new school buildings. This
bill permitted a maximum interest
rate OF 6h per cent, which the gov
ernor believed to be excessive. The
Hirst highway truck bill was signed.
1t a"taorizes the state highway COM
mission to divide all state trunk high
ways, the county highway commission
TO divide all county highways, and the
towns villages and cities, to divide
all local highways into two classes re-
garding the weight of trucks that may
be driven over them.
Other bills signed by the governor
were:
Providing that all cities of the sec
ond and third class must employ at
least two women on the police force
Establishing a small claims branch
of the civil court of Milwaukee county.
Creating the town of Harding in
Lincoln county.
Appropriating a small amount to
the Wisconsin Dairymen's association
for the purpose Of making an exhibit
at the National dairy show at st. Paul
this fall
Allowing war veterans a leave of
absence on Memorial day where such
veterans are employed n public serv-
Zee
Providing for the promotion and
rehabilitation of persons in industry
and their return TO civil employment
iona Gale, noted autaoress of Port
age, and Senator II. j. Severson, Wau-
paca county, were appointed by Gov
ernor Blaine as members of the state
library commission. This commission
IS expected to leave meeting within
a few days to select a successor to the
late DR.. Charles MacCarthy. There
are several applicants for the position.
Miss Gale was born at Portage. and
received her degree at the University
of Wisconsin in 1895. She was on the
stats of the Milwaukee papers until
1901, Wien she went to New York.
Since then she has written a score Of
novels and many books of short stcr-
les. She was recently awarded the
Pulitzer prize of 81 900 on Miss Lulu
Bett" IS the best novel written during
the y 81, Senator Stevenson was born
in Dane county and graduated from
the law department of the University
of Wisconsin. lie was admitted to the
bar In June, 1907, and has Seen dis
trict attorney Of Waupaca county. He
was elected TO the state senate in 1918.
Among the names that have been men,
toned as possibilities to succeed DR..
Charles MacCarthy are c. f. Wehle,
Washington, ID. c., and Ernest Brun-
kean, Milwaukee. The library COM
mission is composed of the president
of the university superintendent of
State Historical society, secretary Of
the free library commission and two
Rppointees by the governor.
Since January /, Al banks or near
ly s per cent of the banks Of the state
have increased their capital. The
total increase is 5000, 800. Banking
Commissioner Marshall Cousins in re-
porting this large development of BUSH
ness for the first six months OF the
year declares that the increases were
taken by the banks as a precaution.
Banks, in order to afford added pro-
lection to depositors, increased their
capital, which increased The liability
on the stock. In the report of the
commission is given a list of 1875 state
banks in Wisconsin with a surplus &C
count of 90 per cent or more of the
capital
League BIames Governor Blaine.
Amendments attached to the Blaine
dry enforcement bin by the Wiscon-
sin Anti-Saloon league changed it
FROM a bad measure to a law some
what better than the Mulberger act.
according to an official statement is
sued by r. r. Hutton superintendent
of the league cit falls far short OF
1he Matheson bin I'm effect veness," the
statement said. 1.-THE weight of Its
t.T,..-f1.,t.,s,..ess F.tf..a..