The Leon reporter., 1900-02-08
THE LEGISLATURE.
INNATE.


r7NATH.
Dcs Moines> Jan. 30-McArthur's bill provid.
Ing that extracts Of the code may be published
with the consent Of the executive council, was
passed. Hobart's bill making use Of blasphem-
GUS language an indictable offense, md Porter's
bill making Q notarial seal prima facie evidence
of the compliance with the statutes OF the state
In which the seal was attached, were also
passed.
Joint resolution providing for On amendment
to the constitution making elections biennial
instead OF annual, was recommended for pas
sage The resolution was nude special order
for Thursday.
Des Moines, Jan. si.-Blanchar1 introduced
resolution providing that q joint session OF
hall of the house next Friday morning. at 1890
for the purpose OF electing state printer and
binder and trustees for the three state educa-
tional institutions not under the board OF con-
troll The resolution went over under the rules
Two bills OF minor Importance were passed.
q bill making all inmates Of state institutions
wards OF the state; another bill to provile for
this support and still another providing an an
nual appropriation for continent and repair
fund; BY Allyn, q bill to amend the code SO that
the state printer md binder will be required to
the secretary Of the executive council to report
by Bishop, to prevent desertion after seduction
and marriage.
HOUSE.
Bills were introduced as fo]lows BY Blake,
nppropriating $15, ,OO for building state arse
mol; also making the pay Of the ndlutant gen.
peace and providing him with record clerk at
$l.200 per annum; bv Hinkle, providing for
egga suage BY Dows mtng sal sale OF OF
Jones, appropriating $4,000 to pay for trans.
porting troops from San Francisco to Iowa; b7
Black, providing for election Of supervisors by
OF various districts.
Des Moines, Feb. 1.-Blanchnrls resolution
for joint convention to elect o binder and a
printer and trustees OF institutions came up
md binder fro m the resolution, was defeated, y
to,27. The resolution was adopted. Hurn's bill
relative to proceedings In criminal cases, was
passed Bills were introduced as follows: BY
Hobart, providing for q state board OF GENITAL
examiners; by Lister, providing for the correc.
tion OF the code SO 1t will be possible for for.
eeners to dispose of property which they own
in the state; by Perrin making mutilation Of
the United States flag misdemeanor.
HOUSE.
Myers bill providing that landlords must
record leases with county recorder in order to
make same enforceable against innocent pur-
chasers and Sauers' bill extending time OF clos
ing polls at elections flom to o'clock. were
passed Allyns joint resolution, authorizing
The executive council to print and bind extra
copies CT the report OF the boald of control. was
passed. as was also the Titus constitutional
amendment providing for biennial elections,
Bills were introduced as follows: Bv Dows, to
regulate the administration of trusts bv savings
banks and loan and trust companies doing bus
mess under the laws of Iowa; by jones' for the
| protection of birds and game; by Graf. provid-
Ing that assessors shall report to the county
aL>itor on the stocks of building and loan aSso-
Citations in January instead CT February, as un-
der the present law; by Theunen, raising the
salary of the chief executive officer of the Sol
| dier'S Orphans Home OF Davenport from ii 200
| to 81 500 per year.
SENATE.
| Des Moines, Feb. 2.--Twenty.one senator's
| voted against the confirmation Of Col. II. H.
| Rood in executive session this morning. 1t
| needed but seventeen votes to refuse to confirm,
| All the democrats but Young. Ball and Bolter
| voted against confirmation. Bolter was absent
republicans voted with the minority as follows:
| Healy, Garst, Cheshire, Smith, Craig, Crossley,
| Hopkins, Hubbard and inch. Several meas
| ures passed the senate, including Hayward's
bill to change the laws regarding medical stu
dents, so that an examining board is sent to
each institution, and students admitted to prac:
| tice for n fee OF S.. Among bills introduced
was one By Hartman. creating q department of
agriculture. 1t consolidates the state, district
| and county. fairs, the. weather crop service,
| der one department
The house, after spending the entire morning
sessio discussing the question of e!ecting state
voted down the proposition by vote Of So to IS.
The f1eht was over concurrence in the senate
resolution to elect these officers ut the same
time the trustees OF the educational institutions
| nre elected. Clarke Of Dallas and Blake of
| Webster led the fight against election. Ex
Speaker Byers and Eaton Of Mitchell wanted to
elect the officers and then abolish them. Temple
OF Clark was against voting down the election
| and against abolition. After the amendment
had carried, Byers introduced resolution post,
| roning the date of the joint convent to elect
trustees of the educational institutions to ll:3U
next Tuesday, and the same prevailed.
SENATE.
| Des Moines. Feb. 3.-The bill extending the
one-tenth mill building tax for the State Uni
verSity for five years was unanimously passed.
Ten new bills came into the senate, making l7d
new measures Up to date. Mullan introduced
one to extend the law course in the State Uni
versity from two to three years. and require an
sion to the bar of the state: Wilson, one against
| convict labor; HaZleton, to regulate and tax
distributors OF advertising matter and employ.
Ish gambling, and by Mcintyre, 10 exempt from
taxation property, the income OF which Is given
to literary, scientific, charitable or benevolent
| institutions Senate concur ed in house reSo-
luton to elect trustees Of state institutions on
| Tuesday
Sweet OF Bremen introduced q bill which calls
for nm amendment to the laws of the twenty.
seventh general assembly. providing for the
enn DS
from the governor save that he may with the
endorsement ofithe senate, remove o man under
certain conditions and may suspend q member
when the assembly Ia not In session. but this
suspension must be confirmed by the senate
when 1t convenes Among bills introduced
were half dozen bearing on insurance. Three
bills OF minor Importance We're passed.
SENATE.
Des Moines Feb. 5-Several new bills were
intro duced and several passed. Junkin's bill to
require detailed statement of the wheelape OF
sleeping and dining cars on each division OF the
different roads over which they are operated. SO
rs to enable the executive council to make q
mole equitable distribution Of taxes than can
be done at present. was passed without oppOsi
tion. Lewls's bill making township clerks Gus
todian Of all township funds, including the Gem.
etery fund.- was also passed. Among the bills
introduced was one by Gorrell to define specif
ically that the life OF judgments shall be twenty
years, and one by Hartman providing that a
year after man Is adjudged bankrupt past
judgments against him shall be stricken from
the records. lNf
HOUSE.
Three new bills were introduced enc Of which
proposes to prohibit state officials and repre-
sentattves of the general assembly from ac.
cepting mileage The house also cOncurred In
the senate's amendments to the bill allowing
notice OF evidence in criminal cases to be served
on attorneys as well as defendant
NEWS FROM NATAL.
LONDON, Feb. 6.-Military opinion
continues to assume, from very slender
materials, that Gen. Butler is again