Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-02-04

W AbuhSu tue CiTcuit court anu CiiCulI court
Judge and create 8 county court and county
Judge. BY Coleman, to prevent the blacklist
ing OF employees. By Culbertson, Of Des
Moines, for the protection Of mechanics and
laboring men by prohibiting the hiring Of con-
Wet labor. BY Dabney, for an act relating to
the election Of railroad commissioners, the
regulation Of State commerce, and the fencing
Of railroads. By Deitz, for an act to appro-
pirate funds to finish buildings and buy lands
for the Orphans Home at Davenport By
Finn, to prevent the use of free passes on rail
roads by public officers and others For an
act fixing the terms, the time and place OF
holding the terms Of the Supreme Court the
place being at the State House in Des Moncs,
and the time the third Tuesdays in September,
January and April. For an act for the pre-
ventlon of overcharge, etc, by railroads.
BY Holbrook, to prevent unjust discounting In
rates for transportation of freights BY Keat-
lev, establishing board OF Arbitration in |
labor matters To amend Chapter ., Title |
XIV, relating to contagious diseases in do
nestle animals. By Lyons, of Guthrie, legal
izlng the acts Of the incorporation Of Bayard, |
Guthrie county. To regulate the weighing Of |
coal at mines, and to establish just and uni |
form system Of weights between employers |
and employees. To amend section 1901 OF the |
Code Of 1873, providing for Incorporation Of |
trade unions and other organizations of |
labor. By Overholtzer, establishing separate |
insurance department to include the supervis- |
ion Of banks; to provide for the election Of |
commissioner therefor, and define his duties. |
To provide for the election of railroad commits |
sioners. By Pattee, 10 prohibit the traffic in |
hogs infected with hog cholera and other sup |
posed contagious diseases, and prevent the |
spread of the same. By Ramsey, to prevent |
improper combinations by insurance compa- |
MES. By Reynolds, approprlatlng 1915 for the |
payment to Il. w. Stier of his claims for sub
sistcnce furnished the militia Of Iowa. By
Robb, to tax insurance companies for the
relief OF disabled volunteer fremen
and their families. By Teale, author
izing the court to limit attor-
neys In argument TO the court and jury.
BY Upton, legalizing the Incorporation OF the
town Of Riverside, Washington county. By
Weaver, to ammend title IS, OF the Code of
1873, relating to the grand jury and numbers
of grand jurors necessary to concur in the find-
ing Of an indictment; also, to provide for
holding persons charged with crime, to an
swer without the intervention OF grand jury;
also, TO provide for the creation Of depart
of insurance; also, for an act to amend chap
ter z Of title O. of the code Of 1878, relating TO
the suspension of state officers. BY Withrow,
making an appropriation for erection OF an
additional wing to the Iowa Hospital for the
the insane at Mt Pleasant, for female patients,
and to make appropriation for said hospital.
By Storey, to regulate the sale of imitation Of
butter and cheese To provide for the manner
of levying executions and attachments on per-
sonal property which cannot be readily taken
into the possession of the officer. BY Spencer
to legaize the incorporation of Ruthven, Kos
suth county. Mr.. Lyons, of Guthrie, offered
joint resolution relative to the election of
state, judicial and county officers changing
the time of election to every two years, and
making the term Of Supreme Judges ten years.
| Mr.. Coleman offered joint resolution amend
ing the constitution prohibiting the passage of
any law contracting convict labor. Adjourned.
| SENATE.
Dies MONIES, Jan. GA number of bills
we're introduced, among them one by Clark,
| for the appointment of police commissioners
| IN all cities Of four thousand population. This
| provides that the governor shall appoint three
| commissioners, who shall hold Office for o
| ERIN Of three years. They shall have control
| If the police, and the execution of all penal
| laws, aud can be removed by the governor for
| nefflciency or neglect of duty. By Sweeney,
| A bill to require foreign corporations doing
business In the state TO incorporate under the
laws of Iowa. 1t is the same as the Sweeney
bill of the Twentieth General Assembly. BY
Caldwell, q bill to regulate the practice OF
medicine in Iowa. By Wolfe, to provide for
the election of county attorneys, and to dime
their duties, fix their salaries, etc. By Catch
sxempting homesteads TO the value of 81 600
from taxation after 1887. By McDonough, to
encourage manufactures and exempt factories
from taxation for five years. By Weber, to
grant municipal suffrage to women. BY Car
son, to promote temperance by giving to cities
the power to license or prohibit the sale Of in
tox.cating liquors. Chat is what Is known as
the mayors billy BY Hutchinson, provd-
ing for making uniform various classia-
cations of property for purposes of taxation.
! A number of petitions and memorials were
introduced, among them three asking for leg
lslaton against the adulteration Of dairy pro-
ducts, and the appointment Of dairy commits
sioners. By Schmidt, memoralizing congress
In favor Of the Hennepin canal Referred TO
committee on Federal relations BY Dooley,
asking congress to make more stringent reg
| ulations against Chinese immigration. Re
| TERED to same committee. BY Donnan, ask
ing for the creation Of acommittee on suffrage
Referred to committee on rules. BY President
| Hull, to prevent railway traffic on Sunday. A
resolution was introduced by Senator johnson
requesting the appropriation committee to re-
port to the senate all bills for general appro-
priatons by March LIST. After some debate the
resolution was adopted.
| HOUSE.
| A number of petitions on various subjects
were presented and referred. Among the bills
introduced were the following: By Ball, to
regulate the charges of telephone companies.
| RY Benson, authorizing the levy by any county
Of a tax Of $4,000 for soldiers monuments. BY
Bradley, legalizing the acts Of the council Of
Seymour in their purchase Of public parks By
Bruce, legalizing the acts Of the incorporation
Of Rolfe, Pocahontas county. BY Brown,
| for an act to amend section 625 OF the
code in relation to the rejection of ballots.
By Culbertson, of Des Moines, to assess and
| tax unimproved lands and town lot land for
speculation the same as improved. By Dens-
more, q bill in relation to the inspection OF
| illuminative oils. By Keatley, bill relating
| to the payment Of fines and forfeitures. BY
| Overholtzer, authorizing the adoption of uni
| form text books and the con-
same. by Hed1ead, to TX TIE compensation.
| Of employees and officers of the General Assem-
bly,. By Robb, for local option, and to regu-
| late and control the sale of malt and vinous
| liquors. BY Schaller, to create the office of
Insurance Commissioner, no person being ell
| gible TO the position who is in any way pecu-
narily interested in any insurance company.
Also bill relating to bulletin boards In pas
senger depots BY Stiger, for the transmission
| OF telegraph messages, and for the election of
Railroad Commissioners. By Storey, prohib-
ting the taxing Of attorneys fees. By Teale,
requiring railroads to fence their roads. BY
Thompson, of Clayton, for the election of
prison commission for the regulation Of Grim
mails and the reformation Of the same. BY
Thompson, of Linn, to prevent fraud in
Imitation of cheese and butter. To regulate
the practice Of medicine and surgery In the
State OF Iowa. BY Weaver, to require rail-
ways to furnish transportation to certain State
and district officers. BY Wilbur, TO provide
for the investigation of physiology and ny
giene to children in schools with special refer
5nce to the use Of alcohol and narcotics upon
the human system By Wthrow nrovidiDp