Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-17

the owner, as we'll as on the owner OF
property
Extends the special tax levy Of one-tepth
OF mill not exceeding s55. 900 year for five
years for the state university for building
purposes.
construction OF water ways only In sewer
districts affected instead Of Oh all city
property.
Closing the industrial home for the blind
in Knoxville, giving each discharged men,
Der SIS and appropriating 1900 to cover
the expense.
Limiting the Indebtedness Of cities and
towns to II per cent. Of the assessed vel
uation Of property or five per cent 81 the
actual value.
Amending the law with reference to trim
ming of hedges, in order to require them
to be trimmed only upon order OF the town.
ship trustees.
Dividing the state into districts from
which members of the state board OF health
and medical examiners shall be appointed
in the future.
Providing that school directors may FIX
the number of election precincts In their
districts. The former law limited the
number to five.
Authorizes an increase of the park tax IN
all cities to three mills, and in the city OF
Des Moines for the years 1900, 1901, 1909 ind
1903 to four mills.
Making 1t misdemeanor to solicit cam
paign funds from any officer or employee Of
the board of control or connected with any
state institution.
Authorizing savings banks to take de-
posits amounting to ten times their CAP
ital plus their surplus, and authorizing All
indefinite surplus.
Provides for the levy of a tax Of one-tenth
of mill, not to exceed SCI. 900 a year for five
years, for the state agricultural college for
building purposes.
Authorizing the beginning of suit against
coal operators in the counties where their
operators residence.
Permitting the trustees OF the state IL
brary to extend the use Of the travelling
library by using the state library funds IS
they may think best.
Giving the Des Moines park commission
ers control of the Des Moines river bed and
banks between Raccoon Fork and the up
per limits Of Union park.
Bringing the injury of electric light or
electric railway poles within the purview
of the statute prohibiting malicious mis-
chief to public conveniences.
Appropriatng $4,000 to reimburse banks
and others who advanced money to pay
for the return of the Fifty-flrst.Iow vol
unteers from San Francisco.
Requiring extended and detailed reports
from dining and sleeping car bohnpanies
for assistance of executive cosun I'll In MAX
ing assessment and taxation.
Requiring administrators, guardians. etc.
to deposit funds in their charge with The
county clerks only after making effort TO
Distribute 1t among owners.
Authorizing school corporations to ac-
cept gifts and to administer the same
through their proper officers in accordance
with the conditions of the gifE
Appropriating $1,000 to extend the work
of the state historical department and
$1,000 for the same purpose for the State
Historical society at Iowa. City.
Making 1t @ misdemeanor to defraud a
steamboat company of discharge for state
room and meals. applying the same law
that now protects hotel keepers.
Granting to loan and trust companies the
same rights as to amount of deposits re-
ceived as are given to state and savings
banks. that is ten times the cespital.
Appropriatlng $4,000 for the fish and game
commission. OF this 5000 goes TO restock-
ing rivers and lakes. 5000 to distribution
and 5000 to enforcement of the law.
Reducing the penalty for violation Of the
law relative to care in moving steam
threshers on the highway. so that justices
of the peace may have Jurisdiction.
Making the law relating to inspection of
steamboats, applicable to boats propelled
by other means than steam. 1t includes
naphtha, gasoline and other launches.
Requiring submission to popular vote OF
constitutional amendments and other pub
lie questions on a ballot separate from the
regular ballot and of a different color
Resolution asking Iowa members of con-
gress to vote for the s5,OO000 appropriate
tion for the st. Louis exposition in 1903 to
commemorate the Louisiana purchase
Providing for the trial of election contest
cases to the Judge as In equity cases In
stead of to jury, the court determining
anew all questions arising in the contest,
Giving the superintendent of schools in
counties having uniform text books the
custody of the books unless otherwise or
dered by the county board of education.
authorizing transfer of corporation stock
In railway and quasi-public corporations is
sued prior to October, 1897, without stating
on its face for what purpose it was issued
Requiring state officers to file with the
executive council itemized statements of all
receipts and disbursements which are to
be printed in detail for general distribu-
ton.
Amending the law relating to superior
courts-affecting Cedar Rapids Keokuk and
Council Bluffs. SO to permit the election
of superior court judges at regular cleo
tons.
Requiring common carriers to redeem
frst-class tickets when presented to the
local agent ten days after sale or six
months after sale to the general ticket de-
partment.
Eliminating that provision of the law
which requires exhibits before grand iuries
to be attached to indictments. a manifest
when the exhibit includes
club or a gun.
Requiring nonresident attorneys who
practice in Iowa courts to first designate
some person upon whom service may be
had In cases on which the nonresident at
torney appears.
Authorizes the certification to the county
for collection as other taxes of
special assessments for building perma-
nent sidewalks. This act corrects ar omis
sion In the code.
Taxing express companies on the mileage
unit plan. as proposed by Senator Cheshire.
though In modified form allowing excep-
lions and deductions to make the law con-
form to recent court decisions.
PROVIDING for payment by the state of
! ne cost OF capturing criminals escaped
from the penitcntiaries. Tho cost must be
paid under the present law by the county
III which the prisoner is located
Providing that II voter writes name
In blank without a cross opposite, or
marks cross opposite blank, or makes
q cross in square below marked circle.
1t shall not invalidate his ballot
Authorizing auditors and treasurers of
counties to add to The tax lists omitted
property but requiring them to give notice
by registered letter to the property owner
whose rights OF appeal are guarded.
Requiring return on executions for sale
of real estate to be made to the counties
both from which the execution issued and
where the real estate Is situated. 1t adds
that provision to section 1858 of the code.
Providing compensation for members of
the national guard for drilling, fixing the
pay at ten cents per hour not to exceed 20