The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Summary OF the Work Done IA
the Senate and House.

Summary OF the Work Done IN
the Senate and House.
Many Riils Of Importsncs Psas~d-No
Change Made In thu Prohibltory Lao.
nor L~w-Last bays u
the session.
OEs MoTNEs fa-. April 1.-THE Senate spent
Ia, forenoon Saturday on the committee
pharmacy DILL and after voting down the Bay
less substitute. the bill was passed Appropri-
alton bills we're then taken up and passed -
follows: For the support OF the Iowa Nstional
Guards, &D,00O: for the State Library TO pun.
chase session laws Of other States, d 600; for
the removal and care Of battle-fags and other
war relics In capitol buildings, $500; for the
tnterment and monument to victims Of the
Spirit Lake massacre, $500. The House
budget Of appropriations Was then taken up
and passed without material change. Senator
Mack introduced Representative district bin
with the intent Of making compromise that
will break the deadlock in the House on that
question. House bills TO give the State Agri
cultural Society control over its own police
! force and to empower boards Of supervisors to
| change boundaries Of cities were also passed.
The following appointments by the Governor
we're confirmed: J. s. Russell, Of Jefferson and
N. A. Merrill, Of Dewitt TO be Commissioners
Of the Soldiers Home; State Mine Inspectors
First district, Thomas Binks. Ottumwa; SEQ
end, James Gildruy, What Cheer; Third, Nor.
gan g. Thomas Muchachinock.
DEs MONIES IL. April 15.--The Senate yes
terday took up the House school book bill and
passed It by . vote Of - to H. The plan out
lined BY the bill Is the district purchase Of text
books, with optional county uniformity. Other
House bills passed we're: To enable the Insti
tuition for the Deaf and Dumb to collect from
parents or committees railroad fare Of pupils to
and from the institution; TO regulate the
manner OF drawing money from the State
| treasury; to appropriate si0uO to assist dis
charged convicts TO leYd honest lives; TO abol.
| ish the Iowa weather service and reorganize the
same; to protect the employer In claims for
, wages. The following Senate bills were
passed: To increase the salary Of chaplains OF
penitentiaries to $1,000 year; to amerd the
| co lie in relation to the insurance OF bonds by
, counties: the House bill to extend to cities Of
| the second class power regarding the construc
tion OF sewers. The House appropriation
| bills were passed as follows: Agricult-
ural College 5000: College for the Blind,
| ts.0OO; Hospital for the Insane Vt lndepend
ence, e20.o0o; Hospital for Feeble Minded
| Children, Ai.60O; Soldiers Home SIS 80;
State University, si25,O0o; State Normal
School, s5.,600: Orphans Home, $4,000;
| Girls Industrial School, ela l25: Anamosa
Penitentiary. s3Ss5O: Institution for Deaf
and Dumb. Se6O5O; Fort Madison Peniten
| tiary, 500: Industrial Hcme for Adult
Blind, $4,000: Senate bill for fish commission
5000. The House bill apportioning the State
| into Representative districts was passed under
| = suspension OF the rules. The Joint resolution
calling for the submission of An amendment to
the constitution to prohibit the manufacture
and sale OF Intoxicating liquors WAS ordered
engrossed-yeas %; nays. u.
4 Anp At fnek Satn ina lrnxf0
taken up and the following amounts set aside
The Boys Reform School at Eldora, eaOS,0;
| the Hospital for the Insane at Mount Pleasant,
S37, 100; the Hospital for the Insane at Clarinda
slsO, 400: improvement OF capitol grounds $780,
| ~: Benedict Home. 5000
Dies MONIES, Ia, April 16.-In the Senate
yesterday morning House bills were passed as
follows: The Republican Representative dis
trict bill; the bill for 2.s-mill tax levy for
1880, and mills for 1891; the joint prohibition
| submission resolution by vote OF " TO q; the
! bill providing for guardians for habitual
irunkards aud the general appropriation
/ bill. Other bills were passed: For the bet
ter protection OF laborers in their claims
| sor wages ~ against insolyent employers; GA
! tending the time Of the Soldiers Monument
/ Commission two years, and providing for the
| expenditure Of Ss5D,OOO for monument In case
| the United States shall refund to the State the
iirect war tax; the Harsh Russell antitrust
| Jill.
/ Lieutenant Governor Poyneer was remem.
oered by resolutions and after few remarks
the Senate adjourned sine dis.
1 HOUSE.
| DEs MOINEs, Ia, April 1.-THE House Sat
prtiay morning passed the following bills: To
allow the pharmacists who obtained certih.
| :ates previ us to the passage Of the pharmacy
aw to change location without forfeting Ger.
tifcates: to provide for the raloaning OF 100000
| of the permanent school fund OF the State; To
grant to the city Of Ottumwa title TO GER
| ain lands in that city. The Farmers
Institute bill came up. and . substitute
cGcred by Mr.. Dayton to place al
lunds Vt the disposal OF the executive commit
lee Of the State Farmers Alliance was voted
aown. after which the original bill was passed
The sitting committee made favorable rcp0rtA
| IN twenty-five bills. and they will take prcco
1ence over all others. In the afternoon the
senate worlds fair bill was passed without
amendment by vote Of Oio6 The bill ap
prOpriates GOOOO.
DEs MONIES, Ia. April l5.-The House yes
serday passed the Senate pharmacy bill with 4
slight amendment which the Senate concurred
In. The Spirit Lake monument bill from the
senate failed to pass, and the fish commission
bill was also defeated. The general appropriat
ion bill l&i44,sO4) for the biennial term wa
considered in detail and passed. The House re-
considered Its vote on the Representative dis
trict bill and broke deadlock on that question
by passing the committee bill by vote Of Is tc
Is. 1t being in substance the Republican plan
II apportionment. The ratio Is one Repro
sentative for every 1880 inhabitants the
number Of representatives to be 100. The
Representatives will be distributed IS follows
Nine counties are entitled to two Represent
atives each, being Dubuque population 45 l96)
Clinton (3aG6D, Scott (4l.0l6D. Des Moines lS5.
1881, Lee l84.0e4), Linn t40.s2oD. Polk $1,000
Pottawattamie t45, Se6). and Woodbury. tss, sSo)
The following groups Of counties arc 4
be given one each: Lyon and O'Brien N2 1861
Osceola and Clay no. 4s3,. Dickinson, Emmet
and Palo Alto ns,3SD. Kcsssuth and Hancocl
(l44a6l, Winnebago and Worth u3836), P0ca
hontas and Humboldt u4,2i7D. Cherokee and
Ida (2l, b06). The other counties have one each
They are with their populations: Sioux III ,58D
Plymouth (l5. 4S), Monona u2, 17S). Harrison
g0,5dO). Mills tla s2O, Fremont uAosD, Page
ta0a3S). Montgomery NhaOlD. Cass uS,0ls)
Shelby u63O6), Crawford (l6 1871. Sac I2.74s)
Buena Vista Qi,a3O), Calhoun .S.SS6)
Carroll (i6329), Audubon u0,65), Adail
nAl0e), Adams N2.i4o), Taylor NA
G3), Ringgold u2,7SO), Union t16,5Os). Gutll
re Ia+se,. Greene uaszD, Webster 0s'sss,
Wright (93s0). Hamilton u4.075). Boone "a.
s72), Dallas CsO,05O. Madison u6,aaOl, De
catur (i5063), Clark ul,3GO,, Warren IL,
o6s). Story u7,se1. Hardin Iasee,
Franklin n1.a2D, Cerro Gordo (i20Sal
Mitchell n2ss5). Floyd n5soe) Butle
N4,523), Grundy u2.s4). Marshall (xa,Gs6l
Jasper (sa247). Marion t2a4l9), Luca
u4.79i). Wayne N5,49D, Appanooso ZIG.
l9D. Monroe H2a2l. Mahaska (ss.l3l)
Poweshiek ua,soS). TsmA 2i.62s). Blacl
Hawk t2a S6Ol, Bremen tl4S5O, Caickasaw Q3
$780, Howard 4, ,3O5), Winnesheik ts2,6So,, Fay
cite ~. 433), Buchanan l7.736l, Benton C.3
e02), Iowa naIs0,. Keokuk l23,3lN. Wapello (25
sO3). Davis n5,lss. Van Buren, ti6.i7O), Jener
son Q5sv5D, Washington uR5ON, johnson ca
086), Delaware Gi7.436), Clayton ts6&63), Ala
makec us.3pal, Jones tl9,6o4), Cedar a7, ,saa)
jackson (2e2 2s39), Muscatine ga. 390l. Louisa III.
vs6p.
DEs MONIES. Ia, April l6.-ln the Hous
yesterday morning Mr.. Byers presented the bill
TO repeal the mining law, and asked Its imme
date passage on the ground that the Legisla
turc had given the miners no relief and tn
present law should be repealed. Messrl
Hotchkiss, BEEN and Walden objecte
and the bill was sent to the mir
ing committee The bill passed exempt
ing mines OF ten or less emplOye
from building two escape shafts. tn
bill providing that fraud or deceit may b
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