Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
THE LEGISLATURE.
SEN ATE.

DcS MONIES, April 2t.-Rauw0y com.
panies will be exempt from city take,
lines running through agricultural aud
horticultural lands inside cities and in
corporated towns. except in tracts of less
than ten acres. That was the decision of
the senate by a vote of Is to %. Senator
Garst filed a motion to reconsider the vote
by which the amendment to strike out the
agricultural exemption to be )plied To
railroad rights of way had failed to pass.
HOUSE.
Powers introduced resolution directing
the attorney general to make an examina-
ton of the report OF the Funk investigat-
ing committee and il he finds that any
funds have been improperly used or the
law violated to proceed to collect SAID
money or proceed against the violators
criminally. The resolution is aimed at the
irregularities said to have existed in con
nectlon with the census. IL went over.
In the afternoon the manufacturing bill
| came up. An amendment 10y Martin legal.
izng the credits of wholesale dealers only
was adopted. the senate amendments were
agreed to, and the bill then passed 80 TO Al
SENATE.
Des Moines, April 2?-Senate voted to
reconsider the vote by which the senate
yesterday decided to exempt from munich
pal taxation lines of railroad running
through acreage tracts within the ex.
| tended limits of cities and towns and by
vote of 20 to 10 declined to grant the ex
ceptions An amendment by HOtch
kiss making saloon keepers Ineligible tC
Office was defeated. The liquor bill with
the manufacturing amendment was re.
ported and the senate at once agreed to the
house amendment making debts of whole
sale dealers only collectable. The bill now
goes 10 the governor.
HOUSE
The bill for the editing, annotating. pub
LEGATION and printing and binding of the
proposed new code was taken up by the
house and passed after several hours of
entertaining discussion.
SENATE
Des Moines. March 2l-The corporations
hat begin business in Iowa in the future
will have to submit their articles for APP
proval to the attorney general if the sem
ate bill passes. The attorney general is
simply to pass only upon the legality of the
business. The senate refused to except
,reameries and farmers mutual insurance
associations from paying SIS incorpor alton
ee. The general bill relating TO cities and
owns was finished and passed by the SEN
ate. The special charter cities bill has
not been finally disposed of.
HOUSE.
The bill pertaining to notes and bills was
| taken mp and passed. The banking bill was
allied up and the house refused to concur
n the senate amendment relating tc
eligibility of shareholders to dictatorship.
and in many other particulars A resolu-
ton was adopted urging Iowas congress
>ional delegation To support resolution
now pending in congress making cigarettes
,hipped into any state subject to the laws
IL that state.
SENATE.
Des MoineS, April 24.-Conference report
IN the fish and game bill was adopted The
bill provides that the Iowa fisherman
Is to he allowed the use of trap lines in
streams. providing that he does not use
more than one line between May 18th and
December ist and that not more than half
way across the stream. Work on the cor.
porations bin was taken up An amend
ment was adopted providing that in suits
brought by creditors against stockholders
to recover unpaid installments, the stock.
holder shall be liable for the difference be.
tween the amount he has paid and the face
value OF the stock The bill passed. The
house having refused TO pass the senace
bill abolishing the Office of state oil in
Spector, the senate committee prepared q
new bill and introduced il this morning
II passed without opposition The bill does
away with the state oil inspector and places
The department under the supervision CT
the executive council
The house met and received bulls mos
saged from the senate, which were referred
TO the proper committees, after which nd.
iournmert was taken till O'Clock Monday.
SENATE.
Des Moines, April 26-Senute passed n
bin to remove all doubt rs to the con-
struction of the spresent law governing
levics for the support of the poor BY
some it was constructed the law limited
the levy to mills but the new bill makes
il possible to make additional leves
HOUSE.
No business of Importance was transacted
and the house soon adjourned.
SENATE.
Des Mones, April o1.-The senate
adopted resolution urging the Iowa mem
bcrs OF congress to vote for the Terry bill
making cigarettes subject to the laws of
the states into which they are shipped
Crimes and punishments bill was taken up
and the amendment prohibiting hunting
fishing, shooting, dancing or playing foot
or base ball OH Sunday was adopted. The
Henderson antipass amendment was with
drawn. An amendment to permit the sell
ing of pools at race tracks was voted
down. The Phelps law was then amended
IN such manner as to fix a mulct tax of
EDO for the sale of cigarettes, in addition
10 the other penalties of the BILL
HOUSE.
The house did nothing but consider the
reports of several conference committees