Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-03-29
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LEGISLATURE

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Madison, Wis.-Assemblyman An
tone Holly, Kewaunee county, is the
author of two measures which he
claims will raise between 100000
and $4,000, 900 for the state, if put into
effect.
One of the Holly bills would tax
every travelling salesman who uses
an automobile in calling on his trade
SIS a year. The other measure would
impose a fee of from $40 to $40 upon
persons living outside the state, who
maintain summer cottages in Wis
consin.
There are thousands of travelling
men in the state, who use our state
roads and yet only pay the $40 auto
mobile license fee" declared Mr..
Holly 81 think it no more than right
that they should pay substantial tax
to the state. We now assess peddlers
good sum and these men should be
put under the same classification.
"On the other hand, there are hun
dreds of tourists who maintain cot
tages in this state and use Wisconsin
roads to reach them and yet don't
even pay for an automobile license.
We can reach these people by taxing
their cottages according to the value
of the property. | also am working
on a plan to tax outside tourists who
rent places in the state"
Mr. Holly is author of another bill
to prevent any firm from granting ex-
elusive sales rights in any territory
in Wisconsin.
Drys Will Ask Referendum.
The bill for referendum to show
public sentiment on the Eighteenth
amendment will be brought into the
legislature, according to B. N. Hicks,
legislative counsel for the Anti-Saloon
league. Mr.. Hicks says he is certain
the drys will carry the state on this
proposal and since the vets have got
ten cold feet on the matter of direct
appeal to the voters, the drys will in
sist on it.
The bill will call for a vote in the
spring election in 1924, in advance of
the autumn national and state cleo
tons. 1t will settle the wet and dry
argument in the state, Mr.. Hicks de-
clares, and after winning it, the drys
expect to elect a dry legislature with
direct mandate to make prohibition
a reality The bill will probably be
| introduced by committee Of the SEN
ate
Health Board to Control BARRIERS.
The administration of the barber
law, regulating the sanitation of shops
and qualifications Of workers, will re-
main in the state board of health,
through action by the assembly. A
bill to create separate board, indie
pendent of the state health board, was
killed without debate.
Prior to 1915 BARRIERS were licensed
by eeparate board, responsible to no
other state agency and with little SUI
pervision of it's work. Sponsors of
the present law, which vests control
in the state board Of health, cite that
increased qualifications of workers
and higher standards of sanitation
were adopted. The barber division
of the board is supported by fees,
with inspectors covering the entire
state.
Assembly Kills Three Auto Bills.
Motorists of the state may rejoice
to learn that three measures calculat-
ed to increase the tax burden of auto
mobile owners have been defeated, all
three killed in the assembly.
The bills killed were the Peterson
bill, providing all persons driving cars
must be licensed, and no licenses
were to be granted anyone under 16.
OLDER persons were to be required to
demonstrate their mental and physical
fitness to drive Bill No. 288, requir-
ing every motorist to supply himself
with a certificate of title at a cost Of
81, and Bill No. 299A, permitting reg
istration only of persons carrying at
least ST 500 liability insurance.
By a vote of IS to "a, the assembly
advanced the Tucker bill, backed by
the Socialists, to repeal the act by
which county supervisors are elected
as nonpartisans and to restore the
law under which they were chosen on
party ballots. This measure would
in some districts be a help to So
cialist candidates who would contest
against a divided vote for anti-So-
cialist candidates on the Republican
and Democratic tickets.
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The Olsen bill giving Milwaukee
power to license and regulate hotels
was killed in the assembly. Other
measures killed included one by AS
semblyman Peterson dealing with the
licensing of automobile drivers, and
one by Assemblyman Sachtjen for a
sales tax on insurance.
Action was deferred on the Oliver
bill fixing a limit of $4,000 year for
the salaries of state officials, and on
the Peltier bill to repeal the compul-
sorry vaccination law.
Livestock authorities in Wisconsin
have united on tentative bill of leg
islation to carry on the program for
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