Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
LOOKING IN
ON THE
LEGISLATURE

beaterS is provided for in Dill intro
duced in the legislature by Senator
Ben Gettetman, Milwaukee.
The bill provides that between the
hours OF sunrise and sunset every man
convicted or pleading guilty to beating
his wife shall be whipped with leath-
er thong in the courthouse yard, with
in full view of the public.
For the first offense the sheriff or
a deputy would administer nine
strokes Of the whip, and for each sue
ceeding offense % lashes would be
applied, all the lashes to be on the
exposed back.
The assembly has put on final pas
sage a bill lengthening country school
terms from eight to nine months and
a bill aimed to prohibit the holding
of rodeOs 1t killed the Raihhle bill
to permit men not lawyers to hold the
office of county judge in counties Of
less than 1900 population and the
Thomson bill for the semi-annual pay
ment Of taxes
Gasoline Tax Passes Senate
The administration highway bill,
carrying a distribution program Of APP
proXimately $15,000,000 raised from
automobile weight tax, 2-cent gaso-
lime tax and federal aid, has passed
, the state senate with but one dissent
ing vote, which was cast by Senator
White Of Winneconne. -Four amend
ments to the bill were voted down.
One Of these was introduced by Sen
10 reduce the automobile registration
fee contemplated under the bill to $40.
The bill now goes to the assembly,
where it is slated for early considera-
tion. Never before in Wisconsin his
tory has a bin Of such major impor-
tance and with. as much money in
volyed had such rapid progress
through a legislative body, it is said.
Eugenics Law Change Defeated
The attempt of Miss Mildred Bar
Der, Marathon assemblywoman, to
widen the scope of the Wisconsin
eugenics law was defeated by the as
sembly, 66 to % That body voted
the measure which would have re-
Quired physical and mental examina-
tionS Of women as well as men be-
fore issuance Of marriage licenses, to
indefinite postponement Miss Barber
declared the measure was intended to
give the same protection to men con-
templating marriage that now is af-
forded to women and to protect the
public generally.
The Minnesota legislature is asked
to appoint committee to join with a
Wisconsin group to investigate alleged
pollution of boundary waters between
the two states in a resolution con-
Cured in by the assembly. The state
senate already has adopted the resolu-
ton
The senate has refused IA to IS, to
order to engrossment and third read
ing resolution by Senator Walter
Polakowski for the creation Of a state
printing plant.
Committee o. KS Tax Bill
Passage of the administration tax
bill has been recommended by the sen
ate finance committee by a vote of 3
to 2.
". This is the measure which repeats
the personal property offset, places a
franchise tax of per cent on cor
porations and tax on dividends.
The senate finance committee also
recommended indefinite postponement
of the bill by Senator Oscar II. Morris
of Milwaukee,, reducing income taxes
% per cent. and declaring the public
policy Of the state concerning taxa
tion. The vote on this measure also
was to .
The lower house also killed the Cody
6in directing the state tax commits
sion to prepare data, covering the cost
Of the present state administration for
the last three years as compared with
the last three years Of the preceding
administration.
End of Capitol "Proms" Seen
Permission to use the state capitol
FOR promenades and balls, other than
official or legislative functions, prob
ably will be denied In the future, as
a result of statements made on the
floor Of the state senate in connec-
tion with the holding of the recent
Junior prom Of the University of Wis
consin.
A large number of senators went
on record as favoring a resolution
which would bar the use of the cap
ltol 10 all such organizations seeking
permission after this year.
In the course of debate on the ques-
ton of granting permission to the
cadet corps of the state university for
a military ball, half dozen senators
claimed the prom had been improp-
erly conducted and that hoodlums had
been allowed to enter the building
and these had brought disrepute TO
the function by the drinking of LIQUOR