Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-24
FOR SCHOOL library
Trewin Bill, Making Establishing )
Of Library in Every School s
Mandatory, Passed.
Five to Fifteen Cents For n
Child Must Be Used
Annually.
County Printing Bill Defeated The
Building ard Loan Bill Slightly
Amended.
,ecial to Republican


Special to Republican.
Des MONIES. March "a The Trewin /
school library bill, which passed the
senate sometime ago passed the house
this morning without amendment. 1t
makes the es,a ablishment of a school Ii /
brary in every school mandatory. Not
less than ) nor more than 10 cents an
nually for each child of school age in
the district must be used for this pur-
pose out of the school funds.
Senator McIntire's bill bill making
train robbing punishable by life i'm
prisenment passed the house.
The senate indefinitely postponed the
Hubbard bill requiring county print
ing and supplies to be let by contract
The judiciary committee reported in
| favor of the saloon-lega!lzing act
passed by the house.
The building and loan discussion was
continued. The Lewis amendment pro-
hibiting usury and providing for the
| recovery of usurous interest already
| passed was defeated by 2s TO s. Sena-
! tor Hazelton moved To strike out the
clause repeating the act of 1897 legaliz-
ling usury. Hazelt9n, Emmert. Young.
! Muiian and Ball favored this PROPOSE
ton Bishop, Crossley. Trewin. Che
tshire and Heay wanted the egalizing
lact repealed. \ vote was not reached
4
4 The ways and means committees of
! both houses had conference Yesterday
afternoon and appointed i committee
1 u frame bill which they are required
! by law 70 do, appropriating a sum
equal To all the appropriations made
by this Legislature and directing the
executive council to make levy of a
state tax sufficient To produce thisi
amount This gives the ways and
means committees some check on the
i allowances of the appropriations COM
4 mittees. which have been Very liberal.
The building and loan bin was dis
cusssd all day yesterday in the senate
and at the close Of the day an amend
ment BY Trewin Was agreed to BY ssen-
ator Healy chairman Of the committee
{, os the bill. providing that in cases Of
.ifoeeclosure members of building and
loan associations should not receiNe
:, credit for more than they would get by
settlement under the provisions Of
The act withou, suit. The building and
loan people think they have scored a
point by this concession. bur Senator
Healy says he is Well satisfied.
.After loading down the bin 10 pay
the transportation Of the Fifty-first
Iowa volunteers from San Francisco 10
!, Iowa with amendments including the
three other regiments and two batteries
and the signal service. the bill was de-
feated then reeonsidered and sent
back 10 The appropriations committee
(which Will report 70 pay the Fifty-tiisi
only
e The house printing committee decid-
t ed Friday night to recommend that t}lt
i report of the state board Of control
l which includes all the institution re-
i ports and is the biggest job the state
4 printer has, shall he printed by con
i tract.
4 h
The quickest work done by this legis-
iature was the passage of the Brush
creek Arlington legalizing aet 1t wa:
introduced late in the afternoon bs
Senator Trewn and was referred 10 The
committee and considered that after
noon. The next morning ii passed th-
! senate. was taken 10 the house anf
passed that body. requiring less thai
twenty hours ali told u pat Tie aii
3 thru Ii egalized the change in th'
name of the town o. Brush Creek Z
Arlington.
!, The proposed plan to improve an,
beautify the state house has been de
!. veloped by the senate committee out o
q a bill introduced by senator smiil
u providing new elevators for the build
: ing. The elevators are worn out an,
very slow. Senator Smith introduce,
a bill and it was referred 70 the appro
3 priations committee and has been dis
;, cussed at different times all Winter
The feeling has grown upon the com
:, mittee that the state has reached tn
. time when this building should be per
fected and beautified. the corridor
decorated in an artistic manner and tn
building made in every way as good a
possible 1t was suggested that Senate
Smith prepare a bill providing for
commission to study the subject durin
the next two years and report pla
to the next general assembly. This bi
he introduced yesterday. 1t provide
II for a commission of three TO be az
pointed by the governor, to consist /
one man of recognized business an
executive capacity, one of known me
\ chanica skill and one of establishe
, artistic knowledge and Judgment. Tt
+ term of office OF these commissioner
he who are to be known as the capt.
to commissioners. is to begin Septemb,
al /. 1900, and continue until December s
1901, and they are to serve without pa
but are to receive their actual e,
penses. There is nothing in the bill
r prevent members of the legislatu
IN from serving on the commission. ar
Nv inasmuch as no salary is allowed the
81 would be allowed to do so.
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