Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-02-25
STATE kEoIsLATuRE.
The medical Bill Ordered by the
house to be Engrossed.
SENATE.

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SENATE.
Dies MONIES, Feb. 16,-Petitions and mo
MORALS were presented against enforced Sun
day labor; for an appropriation Of 5000 to es-
tablish q pharmaceutical department In the
State University; against corrupting literature;
for soldiers home; against adulteration Of
dairy products. Bills were introduced TO en-
courage immigration; defining duties of town
ship trustees in relation to drains; providing
for laying drains across highways and for 9TH
er purposes; to legalize acts Of the council Of
Forest City, making an appropriation for the
girls department of the Industrial school:
Bills passed to amend the code relating to the
support Of the poor; providing a separate
apartment in common jails for the detention
of females, and the bill to provide for the levy
of one half mill tax for the years 1886 and
1887 to provide home for Iowa soldiers and
sailors and for making necessary repairs and
improvements In state and charitable institu-
lions, and for other purposes. The vote on
the passage Of this last named bill stood A
to2.
HOUSE. .H
Several new bills we're introduced, after
which the special order was taken up, being
the bill to amend the code In relation to line
fences. After some discussion q motion was
made to strike out the enacting clause, which
motion carried by vote Of 40 to 40.
Bills passed; to pay expenses Of visiting
committees; bill to pay expenses Of discharged
nonresident insane from the state treasury d.
rectly A large number Of petitions were pre-
sented on the usual subjeGts-soldiers' home,
woman suffrage; protection Of dairy products,
etc.
SENATE.
Dies MONIES, Feb. 17.-Petitions were pre-
scented relating to a soldiers home; for woman
suffrage; against obscene literature, and In
favor of free text books in public schools.
Among bills introduced were the following:
To provide for the election Of state printer and
binder; to amend the code relating to the labor
of prisoners; prohibiting teachers, faculties Of
colleges, state and county superintendent, or
state board of examiners, from using alcohlic
liquors; to regulate the operating of railroads
on Sunday; fixing the liabilities Of insurance
companies in certain cases; relating to the
granting of new trials; in relation to canned
fruitsI to amend the law relating to the sup
port of the poor.
The house bill for payment Of expenses Of
visiting committees passed; also the bill to
amend the law relating to the relief of the
poor. Pending discussion on the bill to abolish
corporal punishment in schools the senate ad-
iourned.
HOUSE.
The partition fence bill was taken up, and
after some discussion was recommitted to the
committee on agriculture. Numerous petit
lions were presented on soldiers home, NUM-
cipal suffrage for women, against adulterated
butter, for the suppression of pernicious litera-
ture and for the punishment Of malicious in
jury to public buildings.
The bill to regulate the practice OF medicine
and surgery came up. After long debate and
pending consideration of the bill, the House
adjourned.
OEs MONIES, Feb. 1S.-Petitions were pre-
scented favoring a soldiers home, and that a
committee of both houses might be appointed
to investigate the pharmacy business Of tine
state Bills were introduced as follows: To
legalize official acts of B. X. Eastman, a nota-
ny public in Buchanan county; to legalize the
acts of supervisors in appanoose county; fixing
of the state librarian and her as.
sistants; to empower municipal corporations to
suppress and and restrain liquor saloons. The
bill passed requiring the transportation of
bodies of persons dead of certain diseases, in
or casket or antiseptic interment sack. The
bill to abolish corporal punishment in schools
was discussed at length, but was finally re-
ferred to the committee on schools. The spec
ial order was taken up, being the bill to amend
the code relating to peremptory challenges of
jurors in criminal cases. The question on en-
grossment OF the bill was lost by vote Of %
to 20.
HOUSE.
The house continued the consideration OF
the medical bill. A large nu nber Ct amend
ments were offered, some OF which were adopt
ell. Wilbur moved to Suspend the rules IN
put the bill on Its passage. Holbrook and
keatley called for yeas and nays. There was
some excited discussion as to pressing the pas
sage at once, Schee, Lyons and others favoring
and Butler, of Page, and Benson,
wishing to put the bill on its passage now. 1t
was ordered to be engrossed.
SENATE.
Dies MONIES, Feb. 19.-Petitions were pre-
'ented asking the location of the soldiers home
1t Des Moines. Bills were introduced as fol-
ows: To provide for the districting of cities
INTO wards; to amend the law relating to the
protection Of sub contractors; to provide for
he registration of bonds issued blythe counties,
school district and municipal corporations; to
epeal the law relating to the registration of
totes and enact substitute therefor; to repeal
lection 1914 of the code and enact substitute
therefor; relating to notice on tax sales. A
bill passed amending section 364f, relating to
also several bill of q local character
HOUSE.
Over thirty new bills were introduced, most
y Of local interest. A larger number of p,-
itions and circumstances than usual were
presented, one being for cheap and uniform
ext books, and one for election of railroad
Among reports of commit
ees were majority and minority report Oh
he Hayes impeachment Both were ordered
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