Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-28
Times Repubiican.

Special to Times -Repubiican.
Des Mones, March 2s1'he house this /
morning passed the Shiloh monument |
bill, appropria.ing $4,000 fer state
monument and $4,000 each icr eleven
regimcntal monuments ne Shiloh !
battlefield. The regiment are tosehoose
their own commissioners carry out |
the work and their expenses are to be /
paid An amendment including the
Lookout mountain and Chattanooga
battiefelds and making appropriations
of s33.coo therefor Vas defeateo by a \
vote of 81 to 81. The house passed the
bill appropriatng sl.coo III aid Of the
Farmers Congress if held in Iowa.
A resolution for final adjournment
April 9Th was passed by the house.
Replyman introduced a Bill prodviding
for the taxation of express companies
on the same plan as proposed in the
Blanchard bill, which passed the senate
for the taxation of telegraph and tele-
phone companies. The Cheshire express
|taxation bill is still pending in the
house ways and means committee.
The senate today passed the following
l8bills. BY Trewin. allowing. the executive
lcounoil TO re-assess and collect taxes
heretofore or hereafter levied under in
| valid laws The house bill to place
| flag at Grants tomb in the name OF
Iowa. BY Macarthur eliminating rail-
/ way and uuasi-public corporation from
| the operation of the .aw that requires
that corporations stock must state on
| its face whether issued for cash or
property. BY Hartman, requiring ag-
ricultural societies to make reports 10
secure state aid.
BY judiciary committee, providing
severe penalties FOR engaging in prize
fights, boxing or sparring exhibitions
4 where any admission zee is charged or
any prize offered.
j BY E,nmert sivine he secretary Of
!. the state medical examiners $1,000 4
; year in addition to the $1,000 which hs
receives as secretary of the state board
of health. The house a few minutes
later defeated the BILL
The senate this morning debated ths
!. amendments to the insurance tax bill
! striking out the provision which eN-
/ empts farmers mutual and fratarnal
: Beneficiary associations from he tax
z Senator Cheshire made Il lengthy ar
: gument in support of his claim that
this exemption world nvalidate tho
!, law Most Of the lawyers in the senate
/, admitted this and Just before adjourn
Isment Senator McIntire offered a sub
-l8stitute providing that such associa-
I tions should be exempted When not or
I ganized for pecuiiary profit. Senator
aealy claimed this would remove tbs
objection.
The passage of The Brighton valued
! policy bill III the senate yesterday IS {
I good illustration of what careful anc
: persistent work on the part of one mem
Der Will do Senator Brighton has de
voted himself with singleness OF pugpos
i during the session 10 gaining suppor
2 for this bill. He has not bothered til
. senate with other matters and, while h
: has not been afraid to take sides ON tn
: various questions submitted 10 the sen
/. late he has made a great many friend
n who We're ready % help him cut Wit
k this bill II was not supposed he couh
n get votes enough 20 pass il. bat he mus
tered 80 votes. with several of the sen
n ators favorable 10 the bill absent. Sen
e ator Brighton made Very able arsu
ment in supnort Of the bill and showe
4 that the objections to il We're mostl
groundless, for It has been adopted an
: put into successful execution III nine
rteen states Tie bill as passed apple
! only to buildings and is as follows;
i section |. In all suits brought upo
/ policies of insurance upon real propert
and buildings against loss or damage b
i fire hereafter issued or received.8ihe Dc
ar fendant shall not be permitted TO den
J. that the property insured thereby va
worth at the time Of the Issuing of II
policy the full amount insured therei
on said property: and in case OF tot;
Id loss of property insured the measure
t damage shall be ne amount for whie
ini the same was insured. less whatever d
of probation in value below the amour
1t for which the property was insured u
is property may have sustained betWee
ad the time OF lSSUiifS tile pOilcN ana II
an time of the loss and the burden of prov
ing such depreciation shall be upon Il
defendant: and Whenever there is a pa
tal destruction OF damage to proper
e covered by Insurance, it shall be q
st duty of the insurer to pay To the il
n sured a sum OF illoney equal to the dar
IN age done To the property, or repair Il
lis same to the extent OF such damage, II
exceeding the amount written in Il
policy.
Section > When fire insurance po
e cies upon real property and buildin
wv shall be hereafter issued or renewed
es more than one company upon the sar
property, and suit shall be brought up
r. any of said policies. the defendant sh;
,s- not be permitted to deny tnat the pro
al erty insured was worth the aggrega
~ of the several amounts for which it w
insured at the time the policy was
sued or renewed thereon. unless will
fraud or misrepresentation is shown
to- the part of the insured in obtain
ID such additional insurance; and in su
It'll suit the measure of damage shall be
provided in the preceding section; pl