Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18

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| reported from the house and sent to con
ference Mitchell introduced "a concurrent
resolution TO make the wild rose the official
/ flower of the state.
The house passed tho bill authorizing
boards oE supervisors 10 tranfer the surplus
tax derived from the sale OF liquors under
the mulct law to the county bridge fund
y large number OF legalzing acts were
! passed. The COMMITTEES on printing re-
ported "a bill which reduces the prices
/ TO be paid for state printing about 12% per
cent as compared with the senate bill. Ii
WAS made special order for to morrow.
SENATE.
Dcs Moines. May 6.-The resolution MAX
ing the wild rose the official flower Of tho
state was defeated, 10 to 20. Report of
conference committee on the corporations
bill was adopted. Only farmers mutual
cooperative creamery associations are
exempt from the payment of the fee for in :
cooperating House concurred in the &c.
ton TO allow the Phelps cigarette law to
stand with the addition of the mulct fea-
tire. The senate adopted the Carpenter
Irewin resolution cutting down the
expenses OF running the state house about
80 per cent, or $1,000 per year Many
snaps are cut ont and the salaries of tho
majority of the employees reduced. Tho
house amendments to the printing bill
were agreed to-
BY a vote of iS to As tho house refused
to ask the conference committee on the
revenue bill to recommend that the house
| recede on the Cheshire amendment IL the
senate would concede the % per cent basis
OF assessment valuation. The printing bill,
rs reported, passed, SO to- The house by
a vote Of 40 to 35 defeated the conference
committee report recommending the pas
sage Of the senate anti-Sunday ball law.
SENATE
Des Moincs, May 1.-Mitchells joint res
olution making the wild rose the official
flower OF Iowa was reconsidered and
adopted, "a TO T. The senate reconsidereoi'
the resolution passed yesterday providing
for reduction of forces of 7 lAployes in
| the state offices of the capitA IL was
then amended TO provide that the present
regime continue in force until the first of
July, In order to give the present surplus
incumbents time to look about for other
employment. The house bill abolishing
! the soldiers monument commits on passed
~ to !. The third conference report On the
crimes and punishments bill was adopted
1t knocks out the senates anti-Sunday
base ball amendment The house en-
ployes bill came back from tho house and
the senate voted to non-concur in the house
amendments, including that limiting the
number of employees in each branch OF the
Legislature.
HOUSE.
bill was introduced providing that the
soldiers monument commission DO abol.
,shed forthwith and the papers and prop
erty transferred to the executive council
who shall complete the duties of the com.
mission, pay all expenses of the monument
etc. After sensational debate it passed,
- too. The resolution making the wild
rose the state flower was adopted The
joint resolution for reduction of the num-
Der of employees in the state offices and
about the state house and cutting down
of salaries was taken up Ray offered an
amendment TO inclndo in the resolution
the officers and employees OF the house and
senate. The amendment, he said, would
save $1,000 year. The amendment was
adopted. The resolution, then, after sew
eral minor amendments, passed
SENATE.
Des Mones, May s.--A bill providing for
the salaries of the members of the general
assembly passed resolution ordering
secretary of state to print 5000 more
oihcial Registers for 1897 was adopted
Report o. conference committee Old the
basis OF taxation and the Cheshire amend.
ment was adopted. The senate agrees To
the % per cent basis of taxation and n
compromise was reached on the Cheshire
amendment by which express and seeping
car companies are dropped from its opera.
ton and the executive council is to receive
additional reports from telegraph and
telephone companies upon which they are
To base their estimates of the proper assess-
ment Of these companies.
HOUSE.
House concurred IN the action OF the SEN
ate in rejecting the house amendment to
the state house employees salary bill. Bill
providing for the payment of tho members
of the general assembly and the expenses
incurred by the extra session passed. The
bill appropriates nearly sl7j,00O Resolu-
ton ordering additional official register.
passed. The conference report on tho
revenue bill was agreed to
SENATE
Des MoineS, May ia Joint resolution
contracting with Emlln McClain to do tho
annotating of the code for $3.50 was
passed.
HOUSE
Speaker Byers to-day made a farewell
address to the house during which he com.
plimented the members on their good
work, TN rked them for their faithfuluess
and called attention to the amt unit OF
money saved by tho rctrcnchment meas
ures passed. The resolution To accept the
proposition of Emin McCabe to annotate
the code for -, 800 was agreed 10.
SENATE.
Ges Moines, May ll.-Botb branches
of the legislature spent the day in idleness,
waiting for the completion of the enroll.
ment of all bills The work of enrolling
tho bills was completed early in the even
ing and at $50 the legislature adjourned
until July LIST at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon
The adjournment until that time is nece,-
sary because of the fact that tho state
constitution requires that all lava shall 90
INTO effect ninety days after their passage
and us the work of publishing the code
cannot DE completed within that time the
Legislature Will meet on July LIST for few