Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-03

ut was decided to postpone action on
the resolution until Monday, when it
Us believed it will be easier to deter
mine how soon it will be possible to
end the session. 1T would not be sur
prlsing ii adjournment We're not reach
ed until the 18th or 14th.
Evening Sessions.
Evening 5 ssions We're held by both
houses yesterday TO dispose Of minor.
measures. The house passed the, bill
legalizing void pharmacy permits and
four other legalizing acts, all of minor
importance. @
The senate passed the following bills:
Providing a compensation of 10 cents
per. hour for National Guardsrnea
drilling, providing that it does not ex-
coed 20 cents per week; house bill APP
propfiating $4,000 for Iowa monl,-
ments at the battletieds, of Shiloh;
providing that the auditor before cor
recting any error in the. assessment or
fax list, or assessing and listing for
taxation any omitted property. must
notify the person, firm, corporation or
administrator involved, to appear be-
fore him within five days from the
time of such notice, and show cause
why such correction should not he
made; the party to have the RICH, Of
appeal to the courts, providing THAI
delinquent personal taxes shall be kept
in book separate from other deIin-
quent taxes.
FOrbids Political Assessments.
The senate passed the bill strength
ening the, board of control law and alb
solu1ely prohibiting political assess
ments upon officers or employees of the
board or any state institution: also the
bill correcting and Strengthening the
collateral inheritance tax law.
Representative Bennett, of Carroll
county, introduced aresolution requir-
ing the agricultural college, state uni
Verslty and state normal school to
adopt rules to prevent the use of in-
toNicating beverages by students DUR
ing the terms and prohibiting students
being present in places where liquor
is used as beverage. The penalty is
to be expulsion. The boards are re-
quired TO report to the next general
assembly what rules have been adopt
ed, how enfroced and how many stud
ents expelled.
Limits Paving Assessments.
The special assessment paving bill
passed the senate after protracted
discussion. 1t provides: that special
assessments for public improvements
shall be made in the manner now spe-
Gifted by law, but the cost shall be
assessed according to the benefits re-
| ceived, and not in excess thereof. No
assessment is to exceed 25 per cent of
the value of the property against
which the tax is assessed.
All druggists permits We're legalized
| on account of a defect i'm the code, till
Oct. 81, 1900: nc $50 a44 {
The BILL prepared bye Attorney Gen
eral Remley to carry into effect hisano-
tons of additional regulations for life
Insurance. companies along the lines of
his recent attacks on iowa companies
was indefinitely postponed by the SEN
| ate insurance committee.
The senate building and loan bill
| was recommended TO pass by the
house committee without amendment.
| The committee also recommended to
pass the Buchanan bill for a building
and loan department. e I:
Favors Senate Insurance Bill.
The house ways and means commit
| tee recommended toepass the senate in
surance BILL Senator Cheshire appear
ed before the committee Son behalf of
the express tax bill An effort will, be
made to pass this bill. change the Blan-
ehard bill 10 apply only to telephone
companies and make the original Ches-
hire bill apply TO telegraph Companies.
The opponents Of these bills will try,to
substitute the Lyman bill taxing en-
press companies the same as the Blan-
chard bill taxes telephone and tele-
graph property The latter plan is
most likely to he adopted.
Normal Bill Put to Sleep.
!, The state senate took its turn put
ting theSnormal school proposition to
sleep Thursday. BY a vote of 80 to Il
1.-the body refused to take up the bill
out of Its order2on the calendar, which
means hat it will never be taken up.
llt is said thattshTty votes are abso-
lutely pledged against it in the senate
The friends who have admitted the bin
Twas dead are now preparing to attend
1.-THE funeral. i, -. ~.
WEED CUTTING BILL DEFEATED.
Bill Legalizlng Ltqnor Sales Passed BY
the House.
| Des Moines, March -(Specfal) y
Today the Senatesspent an hour on the
house. bill proposing to repeal thespre.
sent law governing the cutting sio1