Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-12

| sitting as boards of regist ration shall be
pa.d out OF the city instead OF the county
| funds.
S. +. lss-Requires the keeping OF per-
sonal delinquent taxes in u separate rec
| ord.
Some of the Appropriations.
| g. +. 12-Appropriates 5000 to pay addl-
| tlonal employees OF the Twenty eighth
| general assembly. Publication clause.
5 +. 59-Appropriates S. 600 for the sup
port of the State Historical society of
Iowa for next biennial period.
$. +. 72-Appropriates 1850 for the pur-
chase OF 5000 railroad commissioners, Of
| fetal maps to be distributed by members
| OF the general assembly and the railroad
commissioners. Publication clause.
s. +. l@-Provides for a commission of
thirty-hye TO locate position of Iowa reg,
! iments In the siege OF Vicksburg and
| apppropr.ates 5000 for expenses. II Is to
report 70 the governor by the 18th OF jan
s. +. l55-Appropr!ates $1,000 to pay state
freight and express bills, Including
amounts past due. Publication clause.
s. +. 163-Arpropriates sci.s0 to defray
uon!es this year. Publication clause.
II. +. l0l-Authorizes the state auditor
T. McCully. widow OF Hon. IL. NJ. Me-
| Gully. deceased, representative from
Marion county in the Twenty-seventh
general assembly. The money is the bal
| Publication clause.
s. l.. IS-Approprlates 81, 40 for the SUI
prene court contingent expenses. Publ
cation clause.
3. \. S05-Appropriates s2,24553 for the
Industrial Home for the Blind at Knox
| vic. Publication clause.
! II. +. 76-Reimburses Jones county IN
| the sum of $lS295 for expense incurred
In prosecution of escaped criminals.
I H. f. 26i--Appropriates sl,O0 for the
further education OF Linnie Hague wood
State sns ae"i' '"'"0 anu O''"' war Va '''
| II F. lOs-Appropriates $4,000 10 locate
an build monuments to Iowa soldiers on
the battlefield Of Shiloh. Publication
cause,
II. F.. s55-Appropriates 5000 for the
state s1 iibrarv Publication Clause " '"'
II. +. S2-Provldes that national guards
men of the state shall be paid 10 cents per
hour 0s Sttendanet at Ssa rS dr
coed 20 cents per week Publication
| clause.
ii. +. iO6-Appropriates s76i.I7i o. for the
| support of the thirteen state institutions
| under the state board of control.
II. F. 4C9-Appropriates Si4l,SoO for the
support OF the three educational instItu-
S. +. aOi-Appropriates $4,000 for fish
and game.
s. +. 47-Appropriates $1,000 for the
completion of the state historical buEd-
S. +. 5o-Ap2ropriates 5000 for the cree
ton OF monument TO Sergeant Charles
ST. S-Appropriates .2.lOO for retur-
n!shing the rons OF the state board OF
| contrib.
s. F. 25s-Appropriating 800 TO REIN
| burse Judge John r.. Oliver for legal SER
| vices rendered the state In contrasting the
Will OF the late Baxter Waiting. VINO left
beduest to the Soldiers Orphans HON
I at Davenport.
S. F. SsS-ApproprIate $4,000 for the
| return OF the FNfty-firSt Iowa to Council
Bluffs from San Francisco.
! s. j.. 1&-ApprOpratts $4,000 for Bene-
, dict Home. Dies Moines.
8. +. S06-Increases the per capita sup.
| port fund at Mitchellville from $40 to ST.,
and apDroprlates $500 for services OF a
II. F. si-Approprlates aoO4 to the
! estate OF William Parks, unlnheritel and
escheated to. and now in the state treas
ury. Publication clause.
8. +. 292-Increases the support OF the
state historical department $1,000.
S. +. %s-Approprlates 500 to pay the
tbs assembly TO look uo needed repairs
and improvements for the capitol bu Id
ing and report to the governor by the
first of next December.
Changes In School Laws.
S. F. 109--Gives school corporations of
more than 5000 population the right to
fix the number of voting precincts al
any school election. Limit was formerly
five. In the interests OF recent West De:
!
| clause.
II. F.-Enables school corporations to
accept gifts and requests. In the inter.
ests of ottumwa, which wanted to accept
| q library from Andrew Carnegie. Pub
! ucatlon clause.
S. f. 2iO-Requires treasurer OF school
| townships and rural districts to withhold
! annually from school airport lonment from
five TO fifteen cents for each child OF
/ school age, to be used for library pur'
| poses. In adj other Independent djstrlct Is
the boards may require the treasurer to
| dot the same. The amount to be With
held for this purpose up to fifteen cents
ii. L. 113-Prov!des that unless other
wise ordered by the board of education
the county superintendent shah have
charge OF school textbooks and theiI
! distribution among the repositories Sc
lected by the board and shall render an
| account thereof to the board.
s. +. 11G-Makes petition of one-thlrd
! of school directors sufficient TO secure an
! order for an election on the uniformity
! of textbooks In counties outside OF cities
and town. The present law makes petit
ton signed by one-ha!f directors neces-
s. F.. 195-Glves counties authority TO
| loan the permanent school fund m sums
| Of 5000 at no less a rate than five per
cent. Old law provided for sums of IL 900
! at per cent interest. and gave the cOun-
ties 1 per cent for handling 1t. New law
allows them one-Aalf per cent. Publlca-
II. r i05-Author'zes sub-dircctors to
employ teachers for the schools in his
S. T. 3l0-Authorizes boards OF directors
To call special meetings of the electors Of
| school districts. with full powers. At
present, this can only be done to make
destroyed by casually" Publication
| clause
cational examiners to issue special GER
| tlficates to teachers OF muse, drawing.
penmanship, etc. 1t does away with the
preference, now ,GlyeE graduates OF nor
| NAL schools: and with the power TO issue
certificates or diplomas 20 teachers from
another state on the standing there. This
Is the result of the agitation by the de-
| nominatiOnal schools OF the state that
the latter Disseminated too much he
! tween the normal departments of the de-
nomlnational schools and the state nor
II. +. 6S-Requires vocal music to be
| taught In the schools Of the state. Teach
ers must be examined in this branctn, but
| failure to pass will in no way affect Their
certificates, position or salaries.
II. +. 1S6-Allows the secretary OF the
state board OF examiners to hold state ex-
smirat!ons without the presence of the
board. or to appoint some one with au-
I thority to do the same.
| s. +. Hl-AuthOrizes school corporal on
| to isSu bonds for the purchase OF school
| sites. In the interest OF Davenport. Pub
! l!cation clause.
! II. F. 2OEAuthorizes secretary Of scro
/ corporations to call special elections when
boards are reduced below a quorum by
| resignation or otherwise
! Iowa Educational Institutions.
g. y. 1O-Extends the levy OF a SPECIAL
| TAX OF one-tenth OF a mill for the supper RI
| OF the State University for another five
years.
| III. +. i2-Levies a tax OF one-tenth OF
! a mill for the sun ort OF the State Colleg
! OF Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
s. T.. 6-Provides that the endowment
funds OF the State Agricultural college
may be loaned at low a rate of In
terest as the board of trustees OF the
college deem advisable. The limit WAS
formerly 6 per cent. and the funds lay