The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-25
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LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.


LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.
Des Moines, Jan. 16.-After the prayer the
regular order OF business was called by the lieu
tenentgovernor and u motion prevailed that
the senate proceed to vote on the selection of q
United States senator. The "a republicans
Fred White. Bills were introduced rs follows:
10 provide plan OF compulsory education; to
authorize school districts to accept charitable
requests; regulating pay of miners; to fix hour
OF closing polls.
The house session was almost wholly taken
up by the senatorial election. The vote re-
suited: Gear 70, White 10, absent 4. No other
business of importance was transacted.
SENATE.
Des Moincs, Jan. 17.-Me,norial services were
ernor Cyrus G. Carpenter. Governor Shaw and
Ex-Governor Larrabee were present and spoke
briefly Of Mr.. Carpenters life md work Sena-
dead statesman Bills were introduced Us fol-
lows: Providing for license fee OF $40 for every
person who desires to hunt in the state of Iowa;
providing for the appropriation desired by the
Iowa State College of Agriculture; providing
for the taxation Of mortgages and other real
ton providing for the taxation OF telegraph
companies on the principle of the Cheshire
amenlment. Aresolution passed providing for
the election OF state binder and printer ut todayS
joint session, "a to 10.
Speaker Bowen announced the standing com.
mittces Of the house. The senate resolution
providing for the election Of state printer and
to a. Bis We're 'r sse as follows io 70
amend the law in regard to cutting weeds on
public highways; to prohibit the leasing and
the law in relation to the time OF closing the
polls ut elections; authorizing the appointment
OF monument commission to erect granite
monuments on the battlefields OF Shiloh, Chick
amaugn and Lookout Mountain and to provide
for the payment Of necessary expenses Of same;
relating 70 the rate OF interest to be charged In
loaning the endowment fund OF the State Agri-
cultural College; to convert the industrial home
for the blind at Knoxville into o state normal
school
JOINT SESSION.
There was sharp fight over the question of
the election OF state printer and binder ut the
joint session and o resolution providing for such
election was laid on the table by viva yoce
by the joint convention a4d In presence OF the
convention his certificate of election was made
out and signed by the president of the senate
and speaker of the house
SENATE.
Des Moines, Jan. l8.-Resolutions were adopt
ed on the death OF Senator Malloy, member Of
the last assembly. These bills were introduced:
By Titus, prohibiting letting of convict labor
by contract and providing for its utilization
otherwise; by Titus, to establish state library
~ pa TO y
to make use of blaSphemouS or obscene language
q misdemeanor instend of an indictable orense;
mates OF Iowa penitentiaries; by Porter to de-
fine place Of bringing action against any incor.
poration, company or person operating or main
tanning coal mine; by Lister, to amend laws
relating to loans of the permanent school fund;
by Mellen,. to appropriate $l6,5O0 for teachers
and $500 for contingent, both annually, for the
SfOt Cc Now r1N1 Sf,t,o ut lnInr Nil 10 olu
$2l,800 for biennial period and 100000 for
buildings; by Perrin. to appropriate 900 for
finishing and furnishing the new state histori-
cal building; by Penrose to provide that county
authorities may withhold taxes or other money
due the county from claims presented to the
county.
HOUSE,
A resolution by Durham instructing the
printing committee to provide the house with
information as to rates charged by the state
printer a, and state binder passee another reso
vides that the chair appoint Committed Of
three to call on the board of control and secure
printing and binding, and the saving, II any,
made by the board in letting the work to the
lowest bidder; the said committee to report
within ten days. Hawk, of Jasper, introduced q
Joint resolution providing for On amendment to
the state constitution for the use OF voting
machines, and another instructing our represen-
tatfves in congress to work for an amendment
to the federal constitution to elect United States
senators by direct vote Q fthe people. Bill per
hitting independent school districts to accept
requests passed. Bills were introduced as fol-
lows: BY Feneman, to make appropriations for
Iowa State College; by Wise, to provide for the
in relation to increasing the governors salary;
by Bows. to appropriate 81, 446 for the supreme
court contingent fund; by Clark, of Hamilton,
torical building: by Kirkwood, to transfer Far
rison county from the Fourth to the Fifteenth
judicial district and provide additional judge for
the latter; by Koontz, relative to larger appro-
priations for the State University; by Buchan.
an, for the establishment Of three additional
normal schools; by Clark, of Hamilton, to amend
the section Of the code relating to the Russian
thistle by Furry relative to the rate OF interest
on permanent school fund loaned by county
auditors.
Das Moines, Jan. Ex-senator Hubbard intro
duced q bill providing for an appropriation OF
$4,000 for the erection Of a monument to the
memory OF Sergeant Charles Floyd who was a
member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and
who was the first American soldier to die in the
session Of the United States The grave is Sit
uated on high bluff q few miles below Sioux
City. Hubbard also introduced bill providing
that no person shall be permitted to dispose OF
stock Of goods in bulk without first notifying
his creditors Other bills were introduced as
follows: BY Cheshire, that telephone companies
mileage plan; also t.nother bill providing for
similar method OF taxation for express com
ee soe ar
home at Davenport; by Hubbard. providing for
the sale and purchase OF water works; by Will
son to provide for the protection of game. fowls
and birds; by Ball, to appropriate &, 900 for
the State Historical society; by Allyn, to pro
vide for the Improvement Of streets and the
construction of sewers; by Lewis. to do away
with the payment OF attorney fees to lawyers
appointed by the court to defend INDECENT Grim
1nals Upon Recommendation OF the committee
on appropriations the senate passed n bill Ill
lowing the supreme judges s1,44O which they
paid bailiff who served in the supreme court
/ HOUSE.
An invitation was received from the Poll;
county board OF supervisors asking the members
OF the house to visit the county asylum for the
insane and the invitation was accepted. Clark
Of Dallas, Wilson of Washington, and Blake OF
Webster were appointed a committee to aScer-
tain the prices paid for printing by board of con
troll Senate bill appropriating l,4o0 for su-
were introduced as follows: BY Thucnen, max
ing an appropriation of $50, 100 for the Soldiers
Orphans Home at Davenport by Way, apprO-
priating Sl,3O0 for the publication and distribu.
ton OF 20, 600 railroad commissioners maps; by
Harbut to provide for the collection OF personal
taxes; by Venneman, to levy n tax for necessary
Jones, in relation to the marking Of ballots; by
Boyson, relating to the time In which mortgages
must be canceled by Theophilus, to establish u
state BARRIERS examining board; by koontz, to
appropriate g. 600 for the state historical society
by Buchanan, in relation to library tax In cities
of the first class
Des Moines. Jan. s0.-The Titus amendment,
providing for biennial elections, passed with on
~ one dissenting vote. Lambert, OF jackson,
who had o like measure up In the house two
years ago, introduced bill in the senate to-day
binder shall be abolished and the printing and
binding let nv COmpetatfve bids tO Officas where