Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-04-20
other place in the same city, town or
township. The county attorney must
have flve days notice.


have Ave days notice.
When debt for property or any part
thereof is found TO be exempt or not
liable, the garnishee shall be discharged
as to that part which is exempt or not
liable
The compensation of sheriffs for feed
Ing prisoners in the COZ nty Jail shall be
fixed by the board of supervisors, but
shall not exceed 12h tents for each
meal, and not to exec I'd three meals
shall be charged for in Henty-four con-
secutive hours.
At the general election in 1898 the
constitutional amendme mt is to be vot-
ed upon giving each county one repre-
sentative and each county having a
population Of 3-5 tim IS the ratio two
representatives. but me more than
two.
A constitutional amendment was
passed providing for biennial elections.
This measure must pass the next gen.
eral assembly, before being submitted
to the people. The first election under
the new plan will be held in 1902 and
every two years thereafter. The prop
osftion makes an the necessary changes
in various offices to comply with the
change.
The total state tax for 1898 and 1899
will be $3,000.000. Taking this tax with
the other state revenue it is expected
the state Will be out OF debt on the LIST
Of January, 1900
Husband and wife, may be compelled
a all ar xxrta ono
Is charged with transferring property
to the other to defraud creditors.
The following changes were made in
the support fund Of various institutions:
School for the deaf. reduced from ST.
600 to $4,000 and $33 per pupil, three
times a year instead of four. College
for the blind reduced from $40 to $35
per pupil per quarter. Davenport or
phans' home reduced from $40 to 50 per
month per inmate. The support fund
for the soldiers home was increased
from SO to $14 per month per inmate
and the appropriation for salaries was
discontinued. The maximum charges
for the support of patients in the hospi-
tails for the insane were fixed as fol-
lows: AT Independence. s12; at Mt.
Pleasant, $12; at Clar.nda, $13.
Salaries for superintendent OF state
institutions not heretofore fixed by a
statute were fixed as follows: Feeble
minded institution. $1,000; deaf and
dumb institution $1,000: college for the
blind 81 200; orphans home 1000; girls
reform school $1,000; boys industrial
school $1,000; industrial home for the
blind $500
Consent for pardons TO the following
life convicts was given: Bernard Ken
nedy OF Dubuque county. James John
son Of Pottawattamie.
The old arsenal site in the city of Des
Moines was ordered sold to the city OF
Des Moines for $4,000.
Express companies must pay tax
of per cent upon the gross business
done in Iowa instead of per cent as
formerly.
General appropriations $776,7070s. OF
the general appropriations $500, 900 is for
immediate use incase OF war with Spain;
$50, 900 for emergencies at home, and the
remainder, $226, 707.0S to cover the ex-
penses of the miscellaneous items in
what Is commonly called the omnibus
bill.
The usual law for the apportionment
of the state into representative dis
tricts was passed. 1t makes no change
in the present districts.
County superintendent must submit
itemiZed statements of expenditures of
auditor. The auditor must approve
the accounts before drawing warrants
for the same.
The etymologist of the state expert
ment station is charged with the duty
of preventing the importation of any
nursery stock infested with the San
Jose scale. He may appoint assistants
and pay them reasonable compensation.
He is empowered to collect a fee Of S.
to SIS for the inspection of any nursery,
made at the request of the owner there
of, and IL found free from such scale,
shall issue q certificate to that effect.
He may establish quarantine regula-
tons over any place where the stock is
found infested. 1t shall be unlawful to
sell nursery stock unless accompanied
by the certificate of this officer The
provisions of the law in relation to
shipping shall not apply to shipments
to points within the county
The president and vice president OF
the state agricultural society must he
members of the board of directors and
shall hold Office for one year. The di-
rectors shall hold for two years. The
board shall elect a secretary and treas
urer from outside their membership,
who shall hold Office for one year.
The transfer of real estate by narti-
ton must now be made a matter of
record in the offices of he auditor and
recorder 50 that the same may be en-
tered for taxation to the persons TO
whom it belongs.
To be eligible to the Office of county
superintendent the person must be the
holder of a state certificate or diploma
or certificate from county superin-
tendent in this state
The word "rightfully" was stricken
from the section allowing an officer to
hold property on attachment. The OBJ
ject was to prevent any person from
taking such property from an officer
whether ''rightfully" held by him or
not.
The states copyright on the revised
code shall not apply to parts OF code