River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-07-21

Legalzing publications and advertise
menfs by the state, city, village or town
relating to the prevention and treatment
Permitting the health officer, attending
physician, clergyman or nurse TO enter
and leave quaratined premises.
Outlining procedure for legally placard-
Amending the BARRIERS and embalmers'
licensing law..
Game Laws Enacted.
Many important changes in the fish
and game laws of the state have been
made by the 1921 legislature. The inn
portant changes are:
Open season for deer changed TO Now
ember 10 to p, with a limitation OF one
buck, not, less than one year ola, me
price of the deer tag has been lncreasCi
from 10 cents to Is cents.
Five-day open season on partridges ana
spruce hens, from October to ), except
in Calumet, Manitowoc and Wlnnepaso
counties. Bag limit five each or mixed
Five-day open season for prairie chick
en- and grouse for part of the state from
September 20 to "a. No open season IN
Grant, Lafayette. Green. R SS,s1 Wa, Nal
Waukesha, Jefferson, Dane, Iowa, Craw-
ford, Richland, Sank. Washington
Ozaukee, Vernon, La crosse M0 hn
Calumet Portage, Waupaca, oneida,
Lincoln POLK, Barron, and Dunn coun-
ties, Bag limit of five each or m,Sesl Dag
of five.
Black bass season opening changed
from July i to June Is all over the state
except in Big Green lake.
Muskies cannot be kept unless they
weigh In at 10 pounds or measure "a
inches. Minimum size increased from "A
inches.
Muskrat and mink season has been OPP
ened all over the state. With the excep-
ton of seven counties, the season is from
November l to March 81
Otter and beaver in the twelve north
ernmost counties may be trapped during
the months OF February al, and March our
Wild geese season has been extended
to December 81 and the bag limit has
been reduced from ten to eight.
Wild duck season has been extended
Open season for rabbits all over the
state with the exception of four coun-
ties. The season is from October IS to
January Is.
Under a new section. the closed season
for trout is made more severe by pro-
viding a penalty for anyone caught fish
ing out of season In trout stream
Hospital to BE Built.
The legislature has made provisions for
the erection of a $250000 hospital for the
care and treatment of shell-shocked sol,
diers A committee has been appointed
to make an investigation of proposed
sites and before the end of the year it
is planned to have the new building un,
der construction This institution will
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000 and
will care for upwards of 200 patients.
From the standpoint of soldiers this is
one of the most important pieces OF leg
islation enacted at this session.
Labor Bills Passed.
Governor Blaine has signed the Sacht-
jen bill, which increases compensation
sri1 n
creases the maximum weekly wage basis
from $3.50 to $26 per week The maxi
mum compensation payable is thereby
week. As the original bill was passed
it provided for an increase oil the maxi
mum weekly wage to $50 which would
increase the compensation to $l5-oO
week. This bill, however, was AMENDED
in the senate and the asseE7 bly, concur
red in the assembly amendments. AS the
bill comes to the governor, the maxi
mum weekly wage basis is $40 and 4, : the dt
maximum compensation will be $3.50.
Members of the Wisconsin industrial
commission claim that this is the most
important change made in the compensa-
mated that this bill will probably in
crease the cost of compensation from
to s per cent.
The legislature also passed the bill
which makes it compulsory for employ
ers to maintain reasonable panel of
physicians from which the employee may
select his doctor in case OF injury. Ihe
aim is to give the employees greater
treat them. This bill had the general
support of laboring men and also some
of the large insurance companies.
Upwards of a dozen proposed changes TO
the workmaa's compensation law were
defeated by the legislature
Several bills were introduced at this
session providing for the SUPERVISION OF
ests opposed these bills unless they pro-
yided that detectives were made to reg
lister with local authorities. The bill ia
yored by the laboring interests was killed
and then Governor Blaine vetoed the bill
favored by the employers of the state
which provided for the registration of de-
tectives with the secretary of state.
Three Pension Plans.
The legislature considered three differ
ent bills one for pension for old en-
ployees about the state capitol, one for
a pension for judges, ana the third
retirement pension law Tor teachers. Inc
first two measures were killed, but the
teachers law vas enacted and is PROB
ably one of the most important measures
which went through at this session OF
the legislature.
The teachers pension law adopted at
this session places the fund on SOUND
the bill revising the teachers retirement
fund law in the state. The law is
financed by a one-sixth increase on in
come taxes. his Trtl6 VIII ldioC opPiOAA-
mately a million dollars annually.
Teachers who were under the old re-
tirenent fund law have their claims prop
erly protected by the new measure. This
bill provides for contributions by teach
ers on a five per cent basis of their sal
ary The state also contributes to the
fund and the amount of annuity that a
teacher will receive upon retirement de-
ponds entirely upon the length of teach
ing service and the amount that she has
contributed.
At the present time the old teachers
retirement fund law had placed the fund
in a straitened financial condition. The
income tax rates will be sufficient to re-
store the fund to stable financial con-
dition.
The teachers retirement fund law
signed by Governor Blaine had the en-
dorsement OF practically all the teachers
in the state. This law applies to all
teachers outside of Milwaukee county.
Milwaukee has a separate retirement
fund law. Because the new measure is
financed by an income tax 1t was de-.
cided that % per cent of the revenues
collected should be turned into the Mil
waulxee retirement fund law and this
legislative action viii place both of the
teachers retirement funds on a sound
financial basis.
Election Laws Intact