Missouri Valley times., 1900-02-01
IN THE IOWA LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Iowa House and
Gau0fo


Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 3O.-In the senate
this forenoon the bill to exempt medical
graduates of the state university from
examinations fer certificates to practice
was II special order. The other medical
colleges of the state had worked up
strong sentiment against thus favoring
the university, and when the bill came
up it was referred to the judiciary. The
bill will either die there or be amended
TO give like privileges to all medical coll
leges of good standing.
In the house MIR. Prentis, the only
homeopathic physician In the legislature,
presented his bill requiring that not all
the superintendents of Iowa asylums for
school This is equivalent to requiring
that the Cherokee superintendent shall be
a homeopath. The bill has occasioned
e Eh5s aase the ns1sea as ts I to allow m
SUPERVISORS of counties of over 10000 pop
ulation to grant additional compensation
R e bs tho IN aSddtoa Sos to the
luton by Hawk, 10 amend the cdnstIlH;
!. ton to proyids n for !.!ln elee5iqnn Of united
made @ 'ei Special srder II 'ah1a Tie ho1ae Ior for
Thursday.
Des Moines, Ia, Jan. ga resolution
was introduced in the senate yesterday
afternoon by Senator Fred Townsend, of
Monroe county, formerly chairman of the
democratic state central committee, eN-
pressing sympathy with the Beers.
No action was taken by the senate. The
author OF the resolution asked that 1T
go to the committee ON federal lcgisla-
tign.
The house passed a bill by MIR. Trewin.
proVidin2 that confidential clerks and
r,f 1o a nd nh 10 1S
only shall be excused from tes.ifying
where their employer is concerned The
law at present excuses confidential clerks
and stenographers.
follows: BY Temple, prohibiting tax col
Letting companies from outside the state
psrNtsors to cbllect DELINQUENT taxes; by
liilsinger, prnhibiting. illegal taking of
Iish in the mississippi, Missouri and Big
thereof, over which the state of Iowa has
jurisdiction.
In the senate bill was introduced by
of all schools in Iowa considered by the
state board of educational examiners to
be, equal in standing to the state normal
diplomas, the same as that institution. :
1t has been agreed by representatives of
medical schooly and university schools.
raatsI that the bin to allow university medical
ton shall be withdrawn, and a bill sub
stituted that state examinations shall be
held at all medical college commence
ments and the fee reduced to $40.
Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 2s.-In the senate
Hobart and In the house Goburn pre-
sented a bill to appropriate $4,000 to COM
plete the Cherokee asylum. There is lit
Tie doubt 1t will pass. In the house the
committee on banks reported the bill by
Wilson, of Buena Vista, to allow savings
banks to. carry deposits up to twenty
times their capital. The present limit is
ten times.
A sharp debate ensued. the bill being
opposed by Warren, Stallcop and Dun
ham. 1t was finally made special order
for next Wednesday morning. Dunham,
of Delaware, introduced a bill to require
| railroad companies to redeem all passen-
ger tickets not used. The house adjourned
to meet again Monday at O'Clock.
Governor Shaw sent the name of Colo
mel Rood. of Mount Ayr, to the senate as
member of the state board of control. A
committee of five, as required by law,
was appointed to consider the nominal
ton. 1t is favorable to Rood