Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-02-25

amendment DOING away with the pres
ent provisions for voting taxes in aid OF
railroads. The house adopted an i'm
portant amendment to the railroad lars
which provided that 10 contract Of in
surance, relief benefits or indemnity or
other contract which may be entered
into between the railroad company or
any association representing them and
the employees shall be bar to proceed
ings for damages in case of accident to
such employee. This especially affects
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
road, which has an organization for
the purpose of paying indemnity to its
employees who are injured. One section
of this contract of indemnity provides
that in accepting it the employee thereby
valves all right of action for damages.
The house adopted an important
amendment III relation to landlords
liens upon crops and other property
By it the landlord shall have a lien for
his rent upon all crops grown on the
leased premises and upon any personal
property Of the tenant not exempt from
execution which has been used on those
premises for the period of one year after
the years rent falls due, but the lien
shall not continue more than sin months
after the expiration OF the term and
shall not be enforced against innocent
purchasers without notice thereof, I'M
less the lease is acknowledged and in
deXcd in a book which the county re-
corder shall keep for such purpose.
Features of Revenue Bill.
1t seems that the ways and means
committees of the two houses will be
able to agree upon the features of the
revenue bill which have hitherto kept
them at variance. A joint meeting of
the two committees was held the other
evening, at which time, after consider
able consideration, vote was taken
upon the basis of assessment of property.
The first vote showed @ decided ma
jority in favor of assessment at 331s per
cent OF the cash valuation, and subse-
Quently the committees voted uuani-
mously in favor of that percentage. 1t
is also proposed to provide Tor the de-'
crease the tax levy to correspond with
the increase of the basis of assessment,
so that the increased assessment shall
not provide any largely increased taxa
ton.
The joint resolution offered by Sem
ator Carney for the appointment of a
committee from both houses to investi-
gate the various state institutions and
ascertain if the funds are legitimately
and economically expended, met with
defeat in the house, where, by vote on
Saturday last, it was decided to lay the
resolution on the table. However, a
move is on foot to reconsider this action
and it is probable that it will be brought
up tomorrow. 1t will require two
thirds vote of the house members to take
the resolution from the table, but it is
said that many votes can be secured. It
is not proposed that the committee shall
report at the present session, but that
they shall visit the different institu-
!, tons during the summer and make their
report at the session Of the 27th general
| assembly. 1t is claimed that some Of
the trustees of the institutions have
been receiving more money than they
are entitled to in mileage and per diem,
but there is nothing known here as to
the truth of these charges.
The general investigating committee
Of which Representative'Funk is chair
man, during the past week, has had
witnesses before them in regard to the
conduct of the census bureau, the geo.
logical survey and the custodian's Office.
| JULIEN RICHARDS.