Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-05-20
ASSEMBLY, is To
QUIT IN 4 WEEKS
Senate Acts Favoring Adjourn
ment Wednesday, June Is.
ONLY 200 BILLS PENDING
Very Few Remaining Measures Re-
garded Specially Important-chief
Matter to Receive Attention
Is Financial Program.


Madson.-Four more weeks of legis-
Iative session is the prediction of the
leaders of all factions of the Wisconsin
legislature.
The senate has passed the resolution
fayoring an adjournment on June 10.
The assembly has passed another res
olution which provides that all bills in
committee must be referred TO the cal
endar after May 81. These prelimi-
naries are but independent drives to
bring the session of the legislature to
close. There are only 200 bills still
pending in the legislature, and two OF
these are Of importance. The great
legislative program still to be written
is the financial program. The board
of control bill came out of joint finance
committee recently and carries up
ward of $7,000,000 in appropriations.
1t will be rushed through the house, as
there seems to be little opposition to
the measure.
The bill for strengthening the state
marketing department will be on the
calendar the latter part Of this week.
This bill has already been engrossed In
the house by close vote and there
is every indication that the measure
will now be passed with little opposi-
ton. This bill has the backing of the
farmer interests of the state.
1t is expected that a new bill will be
offered in the legislature this week, ex-
empting all positions in charitable and
penal institutions from the supervision
and control of the state civil service
commission. This legislation is recon-
mended by the special committee which
made an investigation Of these differ
ent institutions during the past four
months Members of the civil service
commission are opposed TO this legis-
Iation.
Home rule for cities was favored in
the assembly when the house con-
cured In the Arnold resolution by a
vote of 81 to IS. Assemblyman G. NJ.
Perry, Oshkosh, attacked the measure
as an attempt to break down constitu-
tional government. lie said II was too
drastic. AssembIyman Il. w. Sactjen,
Madison, favored the move and said
these powers belonged to the cities. He
pointed out that the legislature spends
too much time listening to Milwaukee
quarres The League for Munieipali-
ties is in favor Of the resolution, de-
clared Mr.. Sachtjen. This resolution
must go through the next legislature
before il Is submitted TO the people.
The senate gave final passage to the
highway committee bin which provides
for the division into three classes of
all highways in the state as to the
weight OF car that may be driven over
them. The limit on class A roads
would be II tons, seven for class h,
and three and one-half for class c.
This bin now goes TO the assembly for
concurrence.
Citizens of Wisconsin who leave the
state TO get married will not have such
marriages declared Illegal. the senate
killing the Weittenhiller bill for that
purpose. 1t also showed under the
Roethe substitute that would require
the couples TO file eugenics certificates
in the state within GO days from the
marriage or be fined or so to Jail for 80
days.
"Of all d-n fool bills" said Senator
Mulberger introduced ut this session
this substitute is the worst. lou would
have couples spending their honey.
moons in jail"
Concurrence was given the Vollman
bin empowering Milwaukee to furnish
the material for the resurfacing of ma
cadam roads. instead of letting con
tracts for that work.
The upper house reconsidered the
vote by which 1t killed the Czerwinski
bill to allow the expenses of recount
proceedings by the cities to their Off.
cials, where such recounts upheld the
officials, The bill was then laid over.
Passage was given the Mulberger
bin TO increase the tax exemption on
real property from l20 10 100 acres on
land under cultivation. Passage was
also given the Staudenmayer measure
providing that the conservat on com.
mission may lease portions of state
park lands using the revenue derived
fot the purchase of additional lands
and conservation.
A resolution TO change the cons ltu-
ton to provide for the initiative and
referendum was killed in the horse by
vote of 81 to 36, There was nv de-
bate on the resolution. Assemblym.,Y
Rufling, the author, said that - states
had already adopted the initiative and
referendum.
Will Report on Lakes Park.