Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1894-04-05
IOWA LEGISLATURE.

| stitute oHered by Perrin was adopted. II
is as follows: THAT the following amend
| ment to tn, constitution of the state oi
| Iowa be and is hereby proposed and re
ferred TO the legislature OF Iowa to bt
elected at the next general election foi
members OF the general assembly thereof
that is Ia say, add to article of the consti
| tuition the following as section 70. Sec
| ton 70. The sale OF Intoxicating liquors
as u beverage is hereby prohibited
propriate legislation provide fol
the enforcement of this sec ton .
II passed by the following vote: Yeas
Andrews, Boardman, Carpenter. Chautry
Ches hire, Conway, Craig, Eaton, Ellis
Finn, Funk, Garst, Gorrell Harmon, Harsh
Henderson, Jamison, Jewett, Kilburn
Lewis, Palmer, Penrose, Perrin. Phelps
Rea, Reynolds, kiggen, Rowen, Turner
Upton, Vale, Waterman-32 Nays
Baldwin, Bishop, Dent, Downey, Overall
Green. Groneweg, Hipwell Hurst Kelly
Nation, Oleson, Perry, Terry-l5. Absent
or not voting Brewer, Lehfeldt and heo
mans, Emlin Mel ain OF johnson county
was elected a member of the code com
mission, Mining bill passed and Dents
bill to permit the manufacture of liquors
in the state was made a special order for
tomorrow, These bills also passed To
provide for classification of steam boilers
requiring suitable water closets to be kept
at all public school buildings; to prevent
improper use of money at elections; rela.
tive to Iowa troops at the battles of Chat.
tanooga; to pay Pomeroy relief committee
money paid 10y II To state militia,
SENATE,
Des Moines, March 20 Bill requiring
the payment of coal miners and other mine
laborers every two weeks in lawful money
passed. Bill for control of mutual loan
and building associations came up
.. HOUSE.
Several appropriation bills were passed.
Bill relative to payment of costs in Grim.
inal cases passed. Finch's bill relating TO
venues in actions aided by attachment and
Aliens bill to repeal 3}6 of the code, IN re.
lation to county recorder and county
treasurer, passed Resolution WINS adopted
electipg John Y. Stone and Charles Baker
code commissioners. The following bills
passed: Relative to drawing jurors; pro,
viding that the curator of the historical
collection shall be secretary of the board OF
state library trustees.
JOINT CONVENTION
In joint convention the matter Of the
selection of site for the new insane asylum
came up. Cherokee, LeMars, Storm Lake,
Sheldon and FIT. Fodge were after the
prize, and Cherokee won on the l4th bal.
lot, by "A vote of s.! to GA for LeMars
SENATE.
Des Moines, March 30.--Senate spent the
day in consideration of the building and
loan association bill and IL was finally
ordered engrossed
HOUSE.
Barker, dem, introduced n joint resolu-
ton protesting against President Cleve-
lands veto OF the Bland bill. Laid over.
Bill appropriating $40 year for relief of
Frederick Hull, who fell sixty feet from a
defective scaifold at the Anamosa pen
itentiary and was terribly injured, passed.
Bill appropriating $500 to procure por-
trait OF the late Governor Stone passed
Bill allowing jailors l2l& cents for each
meal supplied prisoners, and bin providing
for commission to ascertain the position
Of Iowa troops at the battle OF Cbatta'
nooga, passed
SENATE.
Des Moines, March 3l.-Resolution favor
'ng pardon of Frank 7. Watkins was
adopted. House bill for portrait OF ex.
Gov. Stone passed Bill locating soldiers
monument came up, and was debated at
length. Senate finally refused to change
the site, but ordered more ground pur-
chased to the east of the old capitol Fol
lowing bills passed: Providing for susr
pension of death senten % in certain cases
building and loan association bill; relative
to appointment of marshals of cities.
HOUSE.
Resolution recommending pardon of
Frank i. Watkins, who murdered Melius
Brozier IN Monroe county and who has
been already seventeen years in prison,
was defeated. Bill appropra ing 81, 900 to
the Iowa State Dairy Association, which
passed some time ago, was reconsidered
and defeated. Following bills passed:
Making appropriation to state dairy com
missioner; for better security of state
banks. Cbassel introduced n bill author
izing manufacture of spirituous, vinous,
malt and fermenUed liquors and il was or
dere3 engrossed.
SENATE.
Des Moines, April dissolution refer
ring the revenue bill to commissioners up
pointed to recodify the laws with recon-
mendatlon that the general principles of
the bill receive favorable consideration
from said commission, passed. Following
bills passed increasing number of supreme
court judges; house bill against coloring
imitation butter yellow: house bill relative
to division of territory into independent
school districts; giving life insurance com.
panleS more latitude in investment OF thoir
funds; defining fraternal beneficiary 80.
cieties; the general appropriation bill.
Chassell's bill for manufacture of liquor
was substituted for Dents measure and
then passed by vote of % to IL. Motion
to reconsider was laid on the table Bill
preventing fire insurance companies from
STIMULATING in policies for any amount of
reinsurance passed, as did also bill for
reorganization of the jury system.
HOUSE,
Following bills passed: 70 protect
county bridges against stock driven over
same; requiring cutting of weeds on public
highways In August. Senate bill relative
to site of soldiers monument was taken up
as a substitute and discussed at length.
Blanchard's substitute locating the monu-
ment on Governors Square was adopted.
Bill making appropriation for more dormi-
tories at soldiers home passed.
SENATE.
Des Moines. April 3.-Valued policy bill
was taken up and an amendment by jam
lson, which he acknowledged had been
drawn up by insurance men. giving IN
snrance men the right to rebuild property
destroyed, was adopted, thus killing the
principle Of the bill The amendment was
then tabled, carrying the bill with it,
70 regulate testing of milk; raising age of
to fifteen years; regulating deposit
tories for public moneys.
HOUSE.
In the morning number of bills of minor
Importance were passed and the house
then took up the senate resolution relative
10 resubmission An amendment similar
10 the one adopted in 1882 was finally
passed. Chassell's bill allowing liquors to
be manufactured in the state came up as
amended by senate, but the house refused
TO accept the amendment and killed the
bill, 40 to Sc. Bill passed appropriating
FAC, 600 for a cottage at the Independence
hospital.