Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-11
THE LIBRARY BILL

loNd. re gave HlInSeiL up.
THE LIBRARY BILL
Text of the Proposed Measure to Cree
ate state Library Commission in
Iowa.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec 11.-The committee
in charge of the preparation of a libra
ry commission bill has completed its
labors and has given to the press copies
of the bill as it will be presented to the
legislature. The features of the bill
We're agreed upon at a meeting of sew
eral committees i'll Des AIoines on Nov.
H. These committees We're the State
Federation of Women's Clubs commit
tee, the r. Il. o. committee on library
commission, the special committee on
library commission, and the State Lii
sbrary Association committee. Its pas
sage will be urged by practically all
the interests of the state interested in
library work. The text OF the bill is
as follows:
A bill for an act to promote the eStab-
lishment and efficiency of free public
Libraries and public school libraries in
the state of Iowa.
Be it enacted by the general assembly
of the state of Iowa:
Section /. The governor shall appoint
four persons, at least two of whom
shall be women, who, With the state
librarian and superintendent of pubic
instruction and president of the State
University, shall constitute a state IL
orary commission. The first members
appointed by the governor shall be APP
lspointed for terms oftwo, three, four
and five years from the first day OF
July, 1900 and all subsequent appoint-
ments shall be for terms of five years.
except TO fill vacancies. The commits
sion shall annually elect a chairman.
Sec. >. The commission shall give
advice and counsel to all free libraries
| and to all public school libraries in the
| state. and to all communities which
l5may propose to establish them as t.
| the best means of establishing and adj
ministering such Libraries, the selection
4 of books, cataloguing and other details
of library management The commls-
| sion may also send its members TO aic
In organizing new Libraries or IN I'M
proving those already established, ant
Isro-operate With the trustees OF tiis
1 state library in the development OF ths
travelling library system. The commis
4 sion shall make a biennial report to tins
1 governor, 900 copies of which Shall bs
1 published as other official reports ar
published
See. 3. The commission shall eacf
4 wear obtain from all free public u
4 brariesa and all public school librarie:
reports showing the condition, growth
4 deyelopmen and manner of conducting
said libraries and shall obtain reports
from other Libraries in the state at thei
4 discretion, and shall furnish annual.
s|3to the secretary of state such informa
Ition for publication in the Iowa oificia
register as may be deemed of publ
4 interest.
4 Sec A. Said commission shall EN-
4 ploy secretary not of its own mum
Der, who shall serve at the Will of tn
a commission, and for such compensation
4 and under such conditions as 1t shal
4 determine. l shall be the duty OF SAT-
secretary to keep accurate accounts
Hts financial transactions and to ac
under the direction of the commission
in organizing new libraries and i'm
4 proving those already established an
i'm general to perform such other dutle
as may be assigned to him by the com
i mission. In addition to his salary
d shall be allowed his necessary travelin
expenses while absent from his office
I. tbs. service of the commission. the sam
Ito be certified and paid in the sam
manner as other expenses incurred b
the commission. Said commission sha
81 have it's office in the Office of the stat
& librarian.
Sec. s. No member of the commssio
4 shall ever receive any compensation fc
services as member but the travelin
i, expenses of members in attendin
, meetings of the commission or in visit
ing or establishing libraries and othe
incidental and necessary expenses cor
nected with the work of the commits
sion shall be paid, including compensa
ton and expenses of the secretary mei
toned in section 4 of this act, provide
that the whole amount of said expense
including secretary's salary, shall nj
exceed the sum of $1,000 in any or
year. All bills incurred by the con
mission or by its members under tn
: law shall be certified by the chairma
and secretary of the commission to tt
e state treasurer, who shall cause ii
t same to be paid from the state trea
: ury, and there is hereby annually al
G propriated the sum of $1,000 to carr
: into effect the provisions of this act
: Sec. 6. This act shall take effect ar
: be in force from and after its passat
@ and publication.
!. Supposed Dead Man Returns.
], Muscatine, Dee n.--In Novembe
n 1885, the body of a man weighted Wi
y barbed wire and bearing marks of VII
a lence was taken from the Mississip
e river near Montpelier. A dentist and
Q shoe dealer identified the body as tn
J. of Frank Trachofsky. a Polish farm
e who had mysteriously disappeared, al
n 1t was buried as such. Detectives al
g sheriffs of three counties worked on Il
q case for two years before giving it II