Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-01

shipped to their destination under
quarantine, there to remain until prop
erly examined and released by the
state veterinary surgeon. The bill
provides that the expense incurred in
examination shall be a lien upon the
cattle. The violation of the tubercu-
lar law is made punishable by fine of
not more than 500, or imprisonment
for thirty days, or both fine and i'm
prisonment. Damages that may re-
suit from violation of the act may
be collected in full from the violator.
The duty of enforcement of the En-
NETT bill is placed on the state veter-
mary surgeon.
The stock men of Sioux City, where
nearly all the cattle received in the
state are imported, intend to enter a
vigorous protest against the passage of
the Emmett bill. They do not object
to the examination feature, but claim
that che provision for its enforcement
will block the markets. They say
there are frequently days upon which
5000 cattle are received at Sioux City,
and that it would be impossible to give
the test TO all without seriously retard-
ing the business of buying and selling.
A delegation representing the inter
ests of the state university arrived in
the city yesterday. 1t is composed of
Presidenn Geo. H. MacLean, of Iowa
City; F. X. Holbrook, of Onawa; Judge
w. D. Tisdafe, of Ottumwa; Fl. X. Ey-
ans, of Corydon, and w. 1. Babb, of Mt.
Pleasant. The last four gentlemen
are the legislative committee of the
board of regents. DR.. MacLean adj
dressed the committee from the house
yesterday asking that the one-tenth
mill tax for buildings be continued five
years. At present the university re-
ceives s75,5oo for support. 1t is asked
that this amount be increased by $780,
900.
The members of the sixth congress
sional district held caucus yesterday
afternoon, and nominated Judge w. d.
Tisdale, of Ottumwa, to succeed him
self as member of the board of regents
of the state university. The republi-
can members of the legislature hold a
caucus this evening at which nomina-
tions for positions as trustees of the
state university, agricultural college,
and state normal school will be made.
Besides the sixth district, members of
two other districts have decided upon
nominations. In the tenth, j. b.
Hungerford, of Carroll, has been chos-
en to succeed himself as trustee of
the agricultural college, and in the
eleventh w. j. Dixon, of Sac City. has
been chosen as his own successor at
the same institution. The other va
cancies are:
State university-Firstd district, w. l.
Babb, Mt. Pleasant; second district,
Geo. w. Cable, Davenport; seventh, j,
d. McCleary, Indianola.
4 Agricultural college-First district
"a. v. Stout, Parl1ersburg; seventh,
Chas. F. Saylor, Des Moines.
send, Cedar Falls, and j.. j. McDuffie,
LeMars.
The house and senate committees on
mines and mining will meet tomorrow
afternoon and hear what the operators
and miners have TO say upon several
questions that have come before these
committees in the form of bills. In
behalf of the operators G. w. Traer
will appear, while the laborers will be
represented by A. L. Urich, of the
Trades and Labor assembly of Des
Moines. The bills providing for the
examination of pit bosses and mine
former, the semi-monthly payment of
miners and the payment to the miner
for the labor of getting out slack
constitute the principal features to be
discussed.
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