Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-03-26
THE LEGISLATURE.
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SENATE. ~
Des Moines. March decentralization Of
the revenue bill was resumed and one OF
two unimportant amendments adopted.
The bill then passed, SO to I. House bill
relating to weather crop service, agrlcul-
tural societies, etc, was then taken up.
An effort was made to strike out the section
giving county and district fairs 500 each
ycor, but it failed, and the bill passed.
HOUSE. ,:l u
Dinrley, for the ways and means COM
mittee. reported the tariff BILL and it was
ordered printed and placed on the calendar.
A resolution providing for final vote Oh
tariff bill on March 81 passed, l79 to 1872.
The suntry civil bill WAS taken up and
passed. i51 to Is. 1t carries $53; WDo 600.
The general deficiency bill, carrying S.
1924, came next and it passed, l3l to Us.
SENATE
Des Moines March 20--Bill proposing
to codify the statutes in relation to crimi
nal procedure came up. An amendment
to the chapter Oh Migrants to prevent the
marching Of bands like kelley's army was
voted down. Fifty pages Of the law had
been completed at time Of adjournment
and no important changes had been made.
SENATE
Des Moines, March 22.--The senate spent
the day in consideration of the bill relating
to criminal procedure and it was passed
with no important changes Senate con.
Cured in house amendments to soldiers
home bill
| Bill relative t., fish and game passed
Bill relative To attachments and garnish-
ments was reconsdered and after several
minor amendments was passed. Bill on
mines and mining and bill relative to pro-
cedure in supreme court also passed. The
committee appointed to investigate the
implied charges against Speaker Byers and
other members of the house in connection
with the building and loan bill submitted n
report completely vindicating the speaker
and the house. and recommending that the
house denounce the practice of lobbying.
The report was unanimously adopted.
SENATE.
Des Moincs, March 23-Senate took up
the bill relating to printing and binding.
An amendment was adopted which re-
quires the governor to cause all reports to
be carefully examined before being printed
and to omit all unimportant matter from
the printed volume. The number Of copies
Of various reports IS cut down and
there is a slight cut III the price paid the
printer, by which the committee in charge
claims the state will save SIS, 900 to $4,000
for each biennial period. The bill PASSED.
Bill relating to practice OF pharmacy was
amended to require the secretary-treasurer
of the commission to give bond of $1,000
instead of $500. The text book bill passed
without discussion. Bill relating to prac-
tice of medicine caused long discussion
and no action was taken.
HOUSE.
The house passed the building and loan
bill, leaving the law MS it is now except that
associations are to have the right to appeal
from the decision of the executive council
in regard to their admission to do business
in the state. The appeal is to the Polk
county district court. and from that to the
supreme court. No person who is an
officer of building and loan association
is to be allowed to sit OH the executive
council while it is considering building and
loan matters. The text book law. as re.
ported by the conference committee on
schools, was passed. The bill relating tC
railroads was under consideration most of
the day and an amendment was adopted
cutting the salaries Of the railroad COM
missioners from $1,000 to $1,000 Very
little change was made in the law.
4L- SENATE. .-s r
Dcs Moines March 24..--Bll relating to
practice Of medicine came up and salaries
of members Of the pharmacy board were
reduced from $40 to IS per day. An
amendment permitting osteopaths to prac.
tice without passing the regular examine
ton required Of physicians failed to pass.
Another amendment requiring itinerant
doctors or medicine vendors to procure
certificates and pay an annual fee of $3.50
was adopted. The senate also passed the
bill relating to fish and game. 1t provides
for state game and fish warden. requires
all dams to have iishways, and makes it a
punishable otfense to destroy the nests Of
harmless birds at any time in the year.
Bill relating to school for deaf passed with
out amendment
The house resumed consideration of the
bill on criminal procedure. The so-called
Kelley army section was passed after the
house had made it more drastic by prOvid
ing that if ten. instead of twenty mel
should be formed together without means
Of subsistence, whether organized or unor
ganized, intending to live Off the people
they shall lie imprisoned from six
months to three years. After passing the
bill the house rejected the conference re.
port Oh the bill relating to county and
tow nship government.
SLATE.
Des Moines, March 25-The bill relating
to mechanics liens was passed without any
important changes. Senate concurred IN
house amendment cutting railroad com
missioDers' salaries to s., zoo A motion t.
reconsider the vote by which the printing
! and binding bill passed the senate. with q
view to making it operative at once instead
of waiting until 1880, failed. The bill re
lating to roads, bridges and ferries was
then taken up, but no changes had beer
made at time Of adjournment
HOUSE.
The election bill was taken up and mo-
ton to strike out the nnti-fusion section
inserted by the sen ate was defeated, 81 t.
80. Another amendment provides that cit
les under $500 population shall not be re
quired to register their voters No other
changes Of Importance were adopted ant
the bill passed. Lambert: chairman of tn.
committee appointed to investigate tn.
prices paid to state printer and binder