Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-20
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Madison, Wis.-The joint finance
committee of the legislature has
worked out reductions in appropria-
lions that will amount to saving to
the state of nearly a million dollars
without taking into consideration the
three major appropriations.
Figures showing the reductions
that have been made have been COM
piled by Assemblyman Clinton Price,
a member Of the committee. The
finance committee is now working on
the three big appropriations, the uni
Versity, normal schools and the state
board of control, and big cuts are eX-
pected in the alotments for these
purposes.
Seventeen appropriation bills show
In their totals saving of $762,560.
Five appropriations show increases.
At the last session the board Of voca-
tional education was given SOL, 100,
while it is now given $742,800; the
Hancock experiment station receives
$4,000 this year, while it received
nothing before; the free library gets
$4,000 compared with $165,000; the
law library gets an increase of $7,460
and the mining school an increase of
$3.50.
With the finance bills already con.
sldered there is a saving of $826,270
shown in the bills that have been cut.
Against this is $63,710 as an offset In
the bills increasing cost
The biggest single saving came in
the reduction of the state national
guard This amounts to 100000.
Last year the guard received $780,
900, while it is being allowed $4,000.
Where the legislature fails to save,
Indications are that Gov. Blaine will
take hand in cutting expenses.
Tax On Car Weight Approved
The senate engrossed, II to IA, the
highway committee weight tax bill
imposing a graduated fee upon auto
mobiles ranging from $40 to $26. This
measure would raise $6,000,000 an
nually from auto owners and is a
companion measure to the 2-cent gaso-
line tax bill recently advanced.
With favorable action on both
amended highway committee tax bills
In the senate, their sponsors are con-
fident that they can get the two meas
ures through the assembly without
any material change. If this is done,
the state will receive 100000 an
nually from autom obile owners for
the support Of its roads.
The weight tax bill would produce
$4,000 900 to go into a central fund
with the 100000 from the gasoline
tax. OF this total 100000, rs per
cent would go to the state for con
struction and maintenance Of a 10000
mile state trunk highway system while
25 per cent would be returned to the
counties to be used as the county
board directs.
Before engrossing this weight tax
ments intended to impose highway
privilege tax on automobiles to take
the place of the local personal prop
erty tax. Returns from this proposed
tax would have reverted to the cities.
Asks Probe of Public Offices
A searching probe of public offices,
both in elective and appointive, by a
senate committee to determine the
truth of malfeasance charges, is de-
manded in resolution prepared by
Senator H. J. Severson, of Waupaca
county, for introduction in the upper
house as a sequel to the disappearance
last week of Senator Barney Moran.
The resolution at the same time
asks for an investigation of Senator
Morans disappearance.
The Severson resolution empowers
the committee to engage all neces-
sary stenographers, clerks and as
sistants, and gives members of the
committee the power to administer
oaths to witnesses, issue subpoenas
for witnesses and bring into the COM
mittee all records, documents or other
information that may be necessary to
conduct al investigation, fully, fair
ly, thoroughly and impartially."
Milwaukee must continue to accept
high school students from suburbs or
surrounding towns, without taxing
the villages, as a result of Gov.
Blaine's veto of the Perry bill. The
measure would have allowed the Mil
waukee school board to charge against
the towns from which outside stu
dents come, the amount II costs MIL
waukee to teach them.
Daylight saving time was made IL
legal in Wisconsin when Governor
Blaine signed bill prohibiting local
governing bodies from adopting any
other than central time. Racine and
Kenosha now employ daylight saving
time. The new law effective at once
does not provide a penaItv nor for