Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-03-14
LOOKING IN
ON THE
LEGISLATURE

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SIS to 6. in the assembly and sent
the governor for signature. Vir-
snv no opposition developed on Anal
ssage.
re gasoline tax, which goes into
.r4r April /. will be collected from
4 foiesalers and jobbers, it was an
unced by f. j. Onstad assistant
&ata treasurer. A reorganization Of
H. STAFF in the secretary of states
nice viii give that department one
fficp clerk and three field men TO take
.harge Of the active enforcement of
HE new law.
The administration highway bill pro-
rides tie method of distributing APP
,roxinateIy $15,OO0,000 which is ex
,eced from the 2-cent tax on gasoline,
he automobile license tax and from
Federal aid
About s.. 100000 will be needed for
he general state highway fund and
h. free fund" to be expended by the
q highway commission on the state trunk
kvsten ana 100000 for county trunk
Roads The residue of nearly $6,500.
boo will go beck to the counties on
stbe basis of 60 per cent on road mile
sage and 40 per cent on automobile
Registration.
Three classes of roads are provided
b., primary, secondary and other
roads The allotment for primary
roads is $500 a mile, for secondary
sS400 a mile and for other roads $500
II mile. All cities will be allowed from
$50 10 500 a mile for streets, accord
.ing to the population of the city.
Legislative Mill Grinds Slow
The Wisconsin legislative mill
grnds slowly but exceedingly small. "
s,At tue close of the eighth week of the
session the legislature had passed III
pills The most important of tlsese
sare the highway bill, the one creating
|an additional circuit court branch for
|tbe Ninth district, embracing Dane
band Sank counties; and the bill abol-
bshing the senior superior court of
sDaue county
Elimination of numerous so-called
E'pet' bills is well under way and the
|weeding out process is expected toI
continue with increasing force At
'tbe close Of February, twenty-five of
'the 353 bills introduced I'm the senate
had been indefinitely postponed. Of
the 500 assembly measures, seventeen
met the same fate.
State to Probe Gasoline Prices
Determinations in gasoline prices
are charged in statement issued
under signature Of Commissioner of
Markets f. A. Nordman and Attorney
General Ekern.
The statement is a result Of inves-
legations by state departments into the
al industry in Wisconsin, and as a re-
suit is expected to bring more bills
into the present legislature aimed at
the industry.
WIZ @ object Of checking these
dtser an order requiring full
publicity I'd to prices Of gaso-
iine Will bee proposed at public hearing
on april at Madison before the COM
missioner Of markets. under the I'M
fair practices section Of the marketing
law
The statement says that 'secret dis
examinations appear I'm several forms,
such as the sale of gasoline to CONNER
ciol customers at service stations at q
cents below the price posted there and
paid hy the public at large, and the
granting IF special concessions In the
form Of rebates and discounts allowed
only to favored customers"
May End Session by June
Expense Of running the Wisconsin
legislature this season is expected to
reach g figure substantially in accor-
oanee with that Of 1923, when the to-
tai compiled for the report Of the
secretary Of state, showed S2l3,91420
expended
Iae amount however may be in
creased or decreased, depending on
que length Of the present session. In
Creations are now that the 1928 session
WIZ he concluded before June ]. If
tae session Is shortened appreciably,
expenses may be reduced below $500
0s
IRE cost of publishing bills and laws
ife9ahiy win be greater than last SEES
: ah due 10 the fact that more bills
aAte been introduced. several Of them
covering "a greater number of printed
pages
rs assembly mas reversed its pre-
+. 81 passage Of the HiIlman bill for
uniform school term Of nine months
ma Indefinitely postponed 1t, IS to &c.
''t3.os. Aon developed from some who
l~zefed home rule IN school affairs.
Inc senate has killed the Polakow-
fef one-day- restin-seven bill which
wound nave extended the seven day
Ne'a prohibition Of the present law
aa.'8r~ and bakery, mill. hotel and
restaurant employees.
Wisconsin NetUs IN Brief