Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-08
Proceedings of the Iowa House an

tiitt III tntN are lcft out tncS
VIII turn enough votes against the bill
TO Kill it, and the opponents of Knoxville
are Just as positive that ii The Knoxville
provision remains in the bin it will XIII
the measure. Both sides are probably
correct. y great deal of work has been
done however. in the effort to line up
iile forces TO pass the measure, which
new school, and IT is impossible to tell
what may be the result. \ vote may be
secured late this afternoon.
In the senate the entire forenoon was
devoted TO the Myers bill from the house
TO amend the landlord lien laws. Al pres
en- /, z tenant sells the landlords share
value from the grain buyers The amend
nent is to provide that this rulc shalt
i nod good do only in case The lease is re-
a stubborn fight aud is being vigorously
opposed in the senate No vote was
taken this morning.
Des Moines. Ia, March 5.--The house
appropriations committee practically fin
ished its work today. and as the senate
committee has done about the same. the
conferences of the two committees to
harmonize their findings will be held the
latter part OF the week or the first of
next week.
M. phe house house COMMITTEE Gu, the agricult-
priations asked and the amounts granted
We're as follows:
as Ad5I' s" e. sqppor1 s [gna annually
ing building. asked $4,000: allowed,
5000 Horse barn and stock pavilion,
asked $1,000; allowed, $4,000 Presidents
purchase of stock, asked, slo.ceo; allowed,
$1,000 IL was provided that the horse
baTi1 should be OF brick. instead of frame.
All these appropriations are for the BIZ
ennial period only, and a subcommittee
was appointed to prepare a bill requiring
t th agricultural college to charge tuition
lor an except strictly agricultural
The allowances of the senate commit
zee .ebl were much more liberal.
ne ,apPropriation of $1,000 to finish the
Wa, was an appropriation of 100000 To erect
monuments to Iowa regiments that par
'g Tba s,1nn IN ,h ., battle OF Shiloh
aHstrial school for girls was raised from
slo 70 VI per month per capita.
Al plliS proposing to erect monuments
S Sere lnai,n,finitely postponed except the
Other bills incidentally postponed We're:
.,,,n,,,g the adtutant general extra pay
EDUCATION of the deaf in eastern Iowa at
Dubuque; lifting mp rooms for the hor;i-
e GU u, society; appropriating $1,000 to
alu IN securing the farmers congress.
Inc house committee on schools recon-
memded to pass the senate bill granting
additional powers TO the state superin-
The, committee killed the bin by Dun
ham ham for the consolidation of rural school
districts.
Attorney General Remley has prepared,
at the request of the: senate committee,
an extremely drastic Bill 10 prevent fraud
ana other abuses 10y building and loan as
soei i.i,. under the present law. i will
be introduced tomorrow.
Bills were passed by the senate as fol-
lows:
BY, Penrose, reducing official bonds of
w, War ron of ,penitentialies from $4,000 TO
fZ9.uVo and clerk from $4,000 To $4,000
Rouse bill. for the payment by the
state Of expense of capturing escaped
a BY at am@ oss, ma * r. RS sa sa rss
sffsinn holding that ii was uneoffsiitu-
VINO mad practiced five years, To practice
without certificates. This bill repetls
. s,cahps part of the , law It also makes ply
agents subtect,to the itinerants' license
BY Mullan, limiting tax and vote on
sewer construction TO tho district af-
fected.
pes Moines, Ia. March S.--tn the sem
ate. one OF the liveliest rehts of the SEES
sion Sook place this morning over the Ii
. n.s-, II hubbard ubbard convict labor bill When it
tee on judiciary, u motion to refer il to
the ways and means committees caused
the fight Titus opposed il. and made u
lobby whlcl! had been working here in the
OF the manufacturers who hold
contracts for this labor. The motion to
re 4 70 Ways ,ia, and means carried.
w, e e. next and go to Cherokee to
visit he asylum.
or The e. house ,} passed Thuenen's bill to in
officer of the Iowa soldiers orphans
nome at Davenport from $l,2oo TO $l,5e0.
M ~ snbs5itute for Barrett's bill giving
ltentiaries a vacation of twelve days a
year and dividing them into three classes,
according TO term, Of service and elti-
those OF the first class, $50 to the second
and $40 to the third. Other measures
ana towns power To prohibit gambling
houses ard Hawks bill to prevent the es.
adjustment of clothes cleaning works in
tenement houses in cities.
Dies Moines, la, March 2.--The house
e3 On on building and loan reported
,ne bucha man building and loan bill for
passaSe lhls Is Il measure calling for
Iaulcal changes in building and loan af-
ialrs of the state. 1t takes the manage
m n,,,,;.s OF these associations out of the
auultofs office, making them n separate
department under the supervision of AN
appointed by the governor,
e.a., may appoint an assistant when nee
essafA. Inc Inspector or assistant must
examine every association in the state at
least once each year. and oftener if so
r. requested by the board of directors. If
the inspector suspects an association is
not fully complying with the law, he so
hotlhes the board of directors. If at the
end of twenty days conditions are the
same he shall assume charge of the af-
fairs OF the association. a liquidating
committee composed of three stockhold-
ers Is appointed by the inspector and
given eighteen months to close out the
business, of the association. 1t is eX-
pected the measure will meet strong OPP
position on the floor of the house, but
Mr.: buchanan is confident ii will pass.
u Is decidedly unfavorable to the build
ing ana loan people OF the state
In the senate the bill to give the state
superintendent n fund from which 10
pay travelling expenses was called up on
q motion to- reconsider. The bill was de-
feated a week ago and Il motion to recon-
slider was filed 1t was debated at length
ana finally passed, allowing $500 annually