Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-23
THE LEGISLATURE.
SEN ATE.

| SENATE
Des Munes, Feb, Carney called up
| his resolution for the appointment of a
| JOINT committee 10 investigate the state in
| situations To find out il any funds have
/ been illegally retained as fees or other com
| rensation by trustees or officers. 1t was
finally referred to committee of five, of
which Carney is To be chairman. The
| house bill IN relation 10 county superinten-
| dents was referred to the committee on
! schools, being slightly amer ded. Commit
| tee on educational institutions reported in
| favor OF house bill on state normal schools.
| SENATE.
| Des Moines. Feb l1.-Hotchkiss' concur
rent resolution asking congress to protest
| against the removal of the pension office
| fro Iowa passed Special committee to
which was referred Carney's resolution
providing for an investigation of state
| institutions reported it back and il was
| laid over under the rules. The .>ttion
| law was further considered. but was not
| finished, House bill TO amend mulct law so
as to include cities working under special
charters was received Benson opposed
| ons deratiOn. saying it against the
rules, which provided for no new legisla-
| ton. motion 10 suspend rules resulted
- To IL and Benson made point of order
| that two thirds vote of all members was
necessary. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Brant introduced bill looking to IA re-
| pair of the hole Knocked in the mulct law
| by the supreme court in so far as it per-
| tains to cities acting under special
charter and the bill passed. Bill
relating TO corporations was taken up and
finally passed. The law is changed to make
private property of members of corpora
lions liable for all debts in excess of two
thirds of the capital stock. Workingmen's
cooperative associations. farmers mutual
insurance companies and farmers coop
| eratiye creamery associations were ex-
| empted from the provisions of the act.
Senate resolution against the removal of
! the pension office from Des MoineS was
| concurred in.
SENATE
Des MoineS Feb l2.--Carney's resolution
for joint committee TO investigate state
| institutions was adopted. Chairman Par
rott ruled against Bonson's point of order
in amendment to mulct law, holding that
two-thirds Of members present was suf-
ficient to suspend rules The bill was
referred to committee on suppression Of
intemperance. Election laws was taken
up and an amendment preventing names of
| candidates from appearing more than once
| on ballot was adopted. An amendment
was also adopted doing away with the
publication of the sample ballot in news
papers. A motion to reconsider was fled
HOUSE
House resumed consideration of the evil
dence bill An amendment was adopted
in the shape OF a change in the section re-
lating to the testimony of witnesses in
gambling, liquor etc, cases to prevent
witnesses fiom escaping by saying that
they cannot testify without eliminating
themselves. The testimony given. how
ever, cannot be used III convIcting the wit
nesses. An amendment excluding conf
dental clerks from giving information ac-
quired i'll their clerical capacity was adopt
ed. The bill then passed.
SENATE.
Des Moines. Feb. l3.-Committee on sup
preston OF intemperance reported favor
ably on the bill amending the mulct law.
Consideration of election laws was re-
sumed. A motion was filed to reconsider
vote by which law was amended SO that in
cases when women vote no registration
shall be required of them Bonds of secre-
tary of state were raised from 5000 to
$4,000 and bond required of the super
Intendent of public instruction.
HOUSE
Bills in relation TO boards of health
procedure in particular cases and the
school fund were passed as fast as the
same could be read by the clerk. No argu-
ment arose, as no III Material departures were
made from the old law. The pharmacy
bill was taken up 1t was amended so as to
require the payment of the pharmacy tax
by itinerant vendors of medicines, and to
require signatures OF purchasers of poisons.
SENATE
Des Moines. Feb i3-Ellis introduced a
bill providing that all special charter cities
anu their officers be relieved of any respon-
sibility whatever for the enforcement Of
mulct law in those cities Considerat alton
of election bill was resumed, but no inn
portant change in old law was made.
HOUSE.
Bill in relation to jails and penitentiaries
passed after being amended SO as to re-
quire adult and juvenile prisoners to be-
kept apart. The salary of the prison ply
stefan was cut from 500 to s75 per month
and that OF the clerk was raised from S76
TO 800 The bill in relation to the common
schools was taken up. An amendment
providing for free text books upon vote
of the electors of u district was adopte ed
The bill passed.
SENATE.