Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

SoonN ana intofess, tender, private
seals. silent partnerships, warehouse
men. carriers, etc.. justices Of the pcace.
assignment for creditors. The, bills
originating in the senate which have
passed both houses and have been fled
with the governor, are rs follows:
Dairy commission, educational board Of
Examiners, high schools. county super.
tntendents. sureties, domestic relations.
Amount or work Done.
The above bills include III pagss Of
The Black Code" In addition 70
these ssi pages have passed both houses
and are either In charge of committees
Of conference or are held back by mo.
lions to reconsider, and the like. The
number Of pages which have passed the
house but not the senate are RAT, while
l16 pages have passed in the senate but
not in the house. The total number of
pages Of the proposed code which have
either been adopted by both houses or
have passed one house or the other is
$40. which leaves $50 pages Of the pro-
posed code that have not been acted
upon by either house.
The bill governing school text books
has finally passed both bodies, II pro-
vides for the adoption Of the present
law, except that 1t Is made clearer that
. readoption of text books holds for FIVE
years the same as the original adoption.
II is also amended to provide that bonds
fled by publishing houses in applying
for book contracts, may be of guaranty
companies doing business in Iowa.
The building and loan bill which was
defeated in the house as q result Of the
exposure Of the lobbyist Jackson's letter
was reconsidered on Tuesday, and
passed. 1t is the present law with the
amendments giving associations right of
appeal from the action Of the executive
council to the district court of Polk
county, and it also provides that no
person who is an officer or director of q
building and loan association shall act
rs a member of the executive council in
the consideration OF articles of any
other association.
Bill to Protect Regular Physicians.
Both houses took shot at the heal
ers" who claim to cure without medi-
cines. The medical practice act as it
has passed both houses contains the re-
strictions of the present law, requiring
all persons practicing medicine or claim.
ing to heal, to be either graduates of O
reputable college or have been in the
practice at least five years. A new Sec
ton was added to the bill, which pro-
vides that anyone protesting to cure dis
eases or injuries who goes from place to
place, or by circulars or advertisements,
solicits persons to meet him for profess
sional treatment at places other than his
| office at the place of his residence, shall
be considered an itinerant physician,
and required to procure certificate
| from the state board of medical exam
liners permitting him to practice, and
also pay as license fee the sum of $3.50
per year. An attempt was made to
lower this license to 500 as at present,
but It was defeated in both houses and
the bill passed as amended.
The amended fish and game law was
passed providing for abolishing the
Office of fish commissioner and making
the commissioner the fish and game
warden. with power to appoint deputies
who shall serve without pay. A synop-
sis Of the bill was given in previous
letter, and it passed the senate with the
provision making it misdemeanor to
kill any harmless birds with the excep.
ton Of blackbirds, b!uejays and English
sparrows.
| Temple Amendment.
| The Temple amendment to the rail
road law which has attracted much at.
tention of late, was under consideration
by the railway committee of the senate
Thursday. An amendment by Senator
Berry was adopted in committee by a
vote of to 4. This amendment simply
provides that when q person joins the
relief department of any railroad and
suffers injury or is killed. himself or his
heirs shall have 80 days in which to elect
whether they will accept the amount of
benefits offered by the department. Any
benefits received from the department
during those 30 days shall not be bar
to the right to bring suit, but at the ex.
! piration of that time if the injured per-
son elects to receive these benefits it
shall be bar to such suit A minority
of the committee consisting of Senators
Garst and Hobart filed a report recon-
mending that the Temple amendment be
adopted. AS will be remembered the
Temple amendment provides that no
contract entered into between an EN-.
ployee and a railroad company, in which
he agrees to waive right of suit on ac-
cepting benefit from such company shall
be legal.
Both houses have concurred in the
| uOuoc tI6 salary
of railroad commissioners from $1,000
to $4,000 year.
Printing Bill Passed.
The bill prepared by the senate COM
mittee on printing, governing the pay
of the state printer and binder, was
passed by the senate without dissent
ing vote. Senator Hotchkiss, who had
the bill in charge, explained the reduc-
tons that had been made, especially in
the printing of blanks and the curtail-
ing of the number of volumes of the
official reports to be published. 1t is
believed that the bill will save the state
from $4,000 to $4,000 annually. An
attempt was made, but failed, to recon-
slider the passage of the bill and strike
out the clause that provides that the
law shall not take effect until the expi.
ration of the terms of the present
printer and binder.
On Thursday the house passed the
election bill. An attempt was made to
defeat the section which provides that a
candidates name shall not appear on
the official ballot under more than one
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