Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-17
Want Cities 70 License Buses


automobile buses to and for deteri
Grafton of pavements, is before the
lower house Of the legislature.
| Assemblyman o. G. Olsen, Milwau
kee socialist, introduced the bill
which was drawn up by Mayor DAME
| w. Hoan of Milwaukee.
The bill provides that mo motor
vehicles shall be operated upon the
public street or highways of any city
village or town, until local consen1
therefor is procured
Such local consent can be secured
subject to reasonable conditions
which may include compensation fol-
the repair and maintenance of pave
ments and bridges, and regulation OF
street traffic.
Another provision provides that any
municipality may own, manage or op
crate its own lines. Milwaukee is
said to be contemplating such a step
Favors Guard Heads Pay Cut
Removal Of the adjutant generals
office from Madison to the military
reservation at Camp Douglas was fav
ored by the assembly when it voted
43 to IL, to engross the Price bill. In
addition to changing the location OF
the adjutant generals office. the
measure reduces his salary from
$4,000 annually to $4,000 and provides
for consolidation of the subordinate
offices of the department. The salary
cut would affect the new appointee OF
the governor, Ralph Immell, as head
of the guard.
Assemblyman Clinton G.. Price. au
thor of the bill, declared he would
offer an amendment transferring all
historical records Of the adjutant gen
erals office to the state historical
library.
Mr.. Price defended his bill on the
ground that it would result in say.
ing to the state of more than $4,000
annually. There was no open opposi-
ton.
Three Road Tax Bills Doomed
The joint finance committee voted
to send to the senate, without recon-
mendation as to passage. the highway
committee bills TO raise highway rev
enues for the biennium. as well as
the Polakowski bill, framed for the
same purpose.
The committee will limit its state
ment on the bills to an expression of
the view that the measures will raise
the amounts for which they were de-
signed 1t will leave to the legisla-
ture the task of approving or reject
ing the policies underlying the meas
ures.
It is said the committee did not
wish to vote on the measures because
an informal discussion revealed that
only two or three of the IA members
favored the weight tax feature. This
feature was recommended by Gov.
Blaine as the basis for raising high
way revenues.
There is little prospect that with
this kind of report, either the high
way committee bills or the Polakowski
bill will pass the senate They are
expected to be killed within few
days.
That the committee will finally
turn to the Caldwell bill which has not
yet been referred to it for considers
ton, is predicted as a result of its
deliberations The Caldwell bill does
not include the weight tax. It raises
$5,272.500 through a registration tax,
under which autos pay a SO fee as
at present; $3,25O,OO0 by 2-cent
gasoline tax, and $4,409,000 through
a 2 per cent valuation tax, known as
a privilege tax, which takes the place
of the present personal property tax.
1t returns half of the receipts from
the privilege tax to the local units,
leaving to the state net receipts of
SIC, 900 to meet federal aid require
ments and carry forward the state
program.
Nearly 1900 Bills Introduced
With nearly 1900 bills now before
it for consideration, the legislature
has finally put stop to introduction
of new measures and will devote its
entire time to disposing Of pending
proposals. More than 700 bills have
been introduced in the assembly and
400 in the senate
A joint resolution has been adopted
making it impossible to introduce new
measures except by unanimous con-
sent of both houses. This makes adj
ditional bills almost impossible.
Now that tax legislation is tying up
important finance committee bills and
forcing the legislature to withhold ac-
ton on many subjects Of legislation,
the older members expect that at least
six weeks will be required to clean up
the business. This will bring sine die
adjournment not sooner than the mid
die of July. The number of bills in
troduced during the present session
is slightly larger than two years ago,
when the legislature adjourned sine
die July Is.
The assembly passed to third read
ing the Kuckuk senate bill designating
Lincoln's birthday as Citizens Memo
rial day, to be celebrated each year
in local communities in honor of per
sons who have donated money or prop
erty for the public good
The assembly passed, after ex,
tended debate. the Sachtjen bill legal.
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