Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-07-11
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Dy close votes, permanently killed the
appropriation bills for the University
OF Wisconsin and nine state normal
schools.
While a few legislators, including
Speaker John L. Dahl and president
pro TEN, Henry A Huber, will be on
hand for several days, to receive bills
as they drift in from the governor,
Monday nights session virtually
wound UP the business of the session.
The normal school appropriation
bill was killed, IA to II, when the SEN
ate adopted the report of it's confer
ence committee which refused to re-
eede from its position that funds
Should be without the imposition Of a
surtaX on incomes.
A moment later, the report of the
senate conference committee which
also had refused to recede from it's
position against surtaxes, was adopt
ed, Is to u.
The action of the senate spelled the
death of the two appropriation meas
nres as the assembly conference com
mittee refused to recede from their
position in favor of surtaxes.
Hint Special Session
With the adjournment of the legis-
lature, the only hope of Strengthening
out the tax middle is through a spe-
clal session Of the legislature. There
Is general feeling that the governor
will call a special session in the near
future in a final effort to have the
legislature act favorably on the uni
Yers1ty and normal school appropria-
lions. He announced that he was at
work on plan of procedure, but he
declined to discuss the matter in
detail.
The normals are hardest hit by the
killing Of the bill as the finance COM
mittee had provided an increased ap-
preparation of 100000 for these insti-
tutlons. The continuing amount al
lowed for operating the university is
in excess of that granted by the
finance committee.
Referendum, Recall Up to People
Two amendments to the state con.
stitution, one providing for the .nitia-
tive and referendum, and the other
for the recall of pubic officials, have
finished their way through the 1928
legislature.
Both amendments were formally
submitted to the 1925 session in two
senate resolutions concurred in by the
assembly. If approved in two years,
they probably will be submitted to the
1926 November election for final ap-
proyal of the people.
The initiative and referendum al
lows the electorate to start and pass
and kill laws, independent of the leg
1slature.
The "recalP' amendment allows
recall election on any elective officer,
after he has been in office one year,
by petition of at least % per cent of
the qualified electors of the district
from which he was elected Only one
recall election would be held in one
term of any officer.
Old Age Pension Bill Killed
After attaching a surtax rider which
would have raised about 100000 by
an assessment of one-tenth of the
present income tax return on incomes
above $4,000, the assembly killed the
Gary old age pension bill by vote of
As to %.
The measure would have given $500
a year to dependents of 20 years of
age who were living at their homes.
The measure had been previously
passed by both houses but was
brought up for reconsideration.
An amendment by George Nelson
attaching the surtax rider was
adopted 50 to 16.
BY vote of q to IL, the senate re-
Jected the amendment to the Schuman
bill financing the $1,000,000 campaign
against bovine tuberculosis by a one
tenth surtaX on incomes. Senator
SkogmO said that so per cent of the
people who paid income taxes lived in
cities and that it was audacious to ask
them to bear the burden of loses from
2 cattle diseases by tuberculosis.
The house engrossed Senator Cash
mans bill for an interim legislative
committee to study the problem of de-
fectiyes, delinquents and dependents
and report to the next session of the
legislature. 1t is proposed that the
rOun1iftea investigate mora acOuopoi-