Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-04-03
I'm THE LEGISLATURE
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SENATE,

IN THE LEGISLATURE
SENATE.
DIES MONIES, March 96,-Perrin intro
duced bill to empower judges Of district
md superior courts to limit time consumed
by attorneys in certain cases; nlso bill to
amend code SO that plaintiR in u suit may
withdraw only before the evidence is all
taken. Upton introduced bill fixing the
senatorial districts. Senate concurred in
resolution to advise Iowa institutions to
patronize Iowa manufactures as far as
possible. Resolution for committee to I'M
vestigate condition of code work was
adopted Bill in relation to drainage and
levees passed. House amendments to
building and loan association bill was con-
CURED in. Jury bill came up and after a
warm debate twas referred to the judi
ciary committee. Waterman's bill to.
provide severe punishment for opening a
railway or express car passed The bill to
punish disturbers of religious meetings
4 passed. House bill to authorize executive
council to sell certain lands belonging to
the state for the use of the state fair and
authorize the purchase of other property
with the proceeds Of the sale, passed. Bill
to extend the time of Judge Deemer one
year passed. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Morrison's resolution for final adjourn
ment on April 8 came up and a substitute
by, Byingten providing for completing the
code at this session was finally adopted, 50
to 49, Bill to establish and maintain five
additional normal schools came up and was
defeated after lengthy debate.
Adjourned,
DIES MONIES, March "a House concurrent
resolution for completion of the code work
was read and referred Bill limiting time
for bringing suits against municipal cor
porations for damages resulting from un-
safe condition of highways or bridges to
three months and time for serving to sixty
instead OF ninety days, passed. Bill to pay
claims, not to exceed s2l, 800, of individuals
and counties for making exhibit of Iowa at
New Orleans exhibition, passed. The bill
providing for holding term OF court at
Correctionville, Woodbury. county came
up and a lengthy debate ensued. The
minority report, indefinitely postponing
the BILL was finally adopted, 27to 10. House
bill to prevent pharmacists. from selling
malt liquors passed. Bill increasing support
fund Of the Eldora industrial school from s.
to $40 per month passed. Higgins bill
empowering cities and towns having water
supply and public sewers to regulate plumb
ing connecting with said sewers and to
appoint an inspector for that purpose,
passed Bill providing two commissions
of insanity in Lee county was ordered to
engrossrneut Rowen filed a motion to re-
consider vote by which the Correctionville
court bill was killed. Adjourned.
HOUSE
House concurred in senate amendments
to bill enabling cities of the first class to
construct or buy water works and to man
age same. Cornwall introduced bill to
apportion the state into representative
districts Motion to reconsider vote by
which Bonaparte dam bill was killed came
up and the bill was referred to the com
mittee on appropriations. An hour and a
half was spent in consideration of a bill to
regulate bicycles on public highways, and
then the bill was lost, 81 to IS.
Bill providing punishment for malicious
interference with horses, harness or vehi-
cleS DaSSeu. I9GHHbc D1ll lSIulllUS tLdt
juvenile prisoners be kept separate from
adult prisoners passed. Ex-Auditor Browns
claim was referred to committee on appro-
priations. Bill to give labor commissioner
DO wer to compel witnesses to answer ques-
tions relating to statistics required in his
work failed to pass, SO to 3d. A motion to
reconsider was at once made and the bill
will come up again. A dozen unimportant
bills were indefinitely postponed and the
houss adjourned.
SENATE.
u Dies MONIES, March Is. --Rowen withdrew
his motion to reconsider Woodbury. county
stub court BILL Bill to investigate the con-
dition of the code work reported that the
committee work was approximately done
and twenty-six pages had been passed upon
by the senate. Bill appropriating $4,000
for the purchase of books and duplicate
collection of books for the state library to
be designated as the Iowa Travelling
Library passed. Bill granting to city of
Dubuque title to Lake Pessta passed. Bill
to allow cities of the second class and incor-
porated towns to construct sewers passed.
Senate refused to concur in house amend
ments to bill for punishment of disturbers
of horses and vehicles. Waterman intro
duced substitute for the house resolution
providing for finishing the code this session.
It provides for adjournment April and
for an extra session beginning the second
Tuesday in January, 1897. Judiciary bill
requiring purchase of materials and sup
plies for state institutions in the state when
all things are equal was under consideration
when adjournment was taken.
HOUSE.
Senate bill relating to funding of indeht-
edness of cities and towns passed. Bill
providing 'straveling' Libraries passed 1t
enables any public school or college library
having not less than five hundred volum,
to become an associate library with the
state library Bill to fix salaries of mayors
and aldermen in cities working under
special charter passed Bill providing that
persons assisting prisoners to escape may
be arrested without q warrant passed.
Motion to reconsider vote by which the
labor commissioners bill failed to pass
prevailed and the bill was made special
order for Tuesday next. Funks bill rails
ing the allowance to the boys Industrial
school from IS to $40 per month was re-
turned from senate slightly amended The
same was concurred in and as amended the
bill passed A substitute for the senate bill
defining fraternal beneficiary societies,
orders or associations and regulating same
was passed Senate bill authorizing county
auditors to collect and receive moneys due
their respective counties passed. Bill
empowering cities working under special
charters to establish boards Of health
passed. Adjourned
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