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

SENATE.
DeS MOincs, April 2.-Among bills passed
were these Prohibiting the charging of of
balances of uncXpended appropriations by the
state treasurer: providing that the secretary OF
| school corporations may employ assistants in
| taking the school census; sublectlng loan and
trust companies doing a banking business to
the same limitations in the amount of deposits
received as state banks; bringing the penalty
OF violation Of the laws governing steam thresh-
ers on public highways within the jurisdiction
of justices of the peace; establishing state
board OF veterinary examiners; extending to
veterans of the Mexican war exemption of tax.
| alton of soldiers homesteads The senate
| voted TO adjourn sine die on April ..
HOUSE
Among bills passed were the following: The
senate committee bill to require graduates of
the state normal departments TO submit to an
examination for state teachers certificate; to
| give city councils power TO levy u library tax
to allow insurance companies to insure against
disease; to appropriate 5000 for the compile
tion of the classification of the state library;
raising salaries Of assistants OF the state
librarian: raising salaries OF mine in.
| spectors; prohibiting agents Of liquor con
Germs Germs from t., selling ell S LIQUOR except -, TO
mulct law. 1huenen 5 bill to prohibit the let.
ting by contract of convict labor OF state peni.
tentiaries, was defeated % TO y. The bill 70
| prohibit the sale Of liquor within i've miles OF
| the state university was taken up. An amend.
| ment making the distance ten miles was de-
| feated, 40 TO ~.
SENATE
Des Moines, April 3.-,rhe bulk OF the appro'
| priations to be allowed this session were intro.
duced in two bills, one providing for the sum OF
| 1913, VA for the board OF control to use in de
| fraying the expenses of the institutions under
it, and another t~tnp OF Siii 500 for the state ed
| ucational institutions. The appointment OF
| Joseph ID. Mc3arraugh to- be custodian OF the
| capitol building was confirmed Among bills
passed were these: Increasing the per capita
for the girls industrial school at Mitchellyille
from $40 TO Sl2 per month; apprupriating Sl0,OUC
/ 10 the RNnpfiiPt lDmp n lpS MpiupSs prputin
| capitol Improvement commission and app! o,
| priasing $500 for its expenses; appropridtiug
| $1,000 to continue education OF Linnie Hague.
| wood; appropriating 81 90 for classifying state
| library; apprOpriating 5000 for monument 10
| Sergeant Charles Floyd giving the board OF
control complete supervision Of all county and
private uSylumS, with authority to inspect them
| and provide rules for their conduct; appropTi.
| ating 100 for protection of fish and game;
apprOpriating S2l,On to complete and furnish
historical building; TO prevent insurance com.
| panieS deductLg from their gross receipts the
amount Of natural endowmeniS; nppropriating
Si0lOO to pay transportation of Fntg-tirst reg.
| iment from San Francisco
| HOUSE.
| After an all morning fight the louise defeate I
the bill to prohibit the sale OF liquor within five
miles of the state educational Institutions by n
vote of Il for to Al against not u constitutional
| majority. Furry of Hardin changed his vote in
| order to move u reconsideration IL ii seemed to
be desirable Among bills passed were the
| following: The senate building aud loan bill:
| creating state department OF building and
| loan; reimbursng tho Sc who furnished money
for the return Of the kifty-firSt Iowa; to pre-
| vent and punish dissertation of the flag; direct
| ing the board Cf control to close the Industrial
| Home for the Blind at Knoxville and return
the inmates to their homes; creating q capitol
| Improvement commission; providing for . re-
| formatory for females at Anamosa
| SENATE
Des MoineS, April THESE bills among
| others were passed: Authorizing boards of
| supervisors to contracts with persons 'tD dis
| cover property not listed and q sessed as re-
| CURED BY law, and paw thereto II per cent OF
amount collected; reeuacting present lcgisla-
tive appointments providing that voters may
mark 10th circle at head of ticket and square
in front of the mare on another ticket and have
both counted: apprcpriating StO0i for support
OF historical department; requiring teachers to
be examined in music.
HOUSE
Among bills passed We're the following: Re-
quiring state officers, commissioners and boards
to make an itemized financial report every
year, on or before September !, for the fiscal
year ending June |, of all moneys received and
expended; authorizing executive council to re-
levy and assess any tax adiudged invalid or
Illegal; increasing support fund OF Mi chelville
reform school from $40 10 SIC per month: appro-
priating $4,000 20 Benedict home. Des MoineS
and $40 each to homes at Sioux CITY and Du-
buque: requiring authorities at state school to
formulate rules for suspension or expulsion Of
students guilty of using Intoxicating liquors;
prohibiting the selling or giving Of Intoxicating
luuOrs to students Of any state educational in
Stitution. under penalty of 500 fine or imprison
dppiOIlihSlhB g-isObO 70 CDlnpitlt lut
historical building; approprating $1,000 for
monument TO Charles Floyd; upproprating
$4,000 for fish and game commissions; appro-
prlating Sill 100 for state educational inStitu-
TONS approp. iating 1858, i7ig3 for Institutions
under board of control; reenactng present sys-
TEN OF districting the representative districts:
providing for distribution of unclaimed dead
bodies among medical schools: providing that
county agricultural societies receive no aid
from state society unless report Is hlcl on or
before November /; giving Seventh judicial
district another judge; prohibiting prize
fighting.
SENATE
Des Moines April 5.-The educational and
board OF control appropriation bills pissed the
senate in the same form Us they passed the
house. The following bills were also passed:
Abolishing the home for the blind at Knoxville:
eNempting sugar plants from taxation for ten
years; dividing state into health districts from
which members OF the board Of health are 10
be chosen hereafter; reorgani2ing the national
guard and liking salary OF adlutant general at
81 900; Furnishing persons for giving liquors to
minors aud drunllards. providing that students
of State University who frequent saloons shall
be suspended authorizing the use of voting
machines; legaliZng the marking of ballots
heretofore he d to be identified; revising laws
relating TO Mitehcllyillc reform school
HOUSE.
Among the bills passed were the following:
Authorizing the board Of control TO use uneX-
pended balances as they may desire; providing
that county superintendent shall hold exami-
nations twice each year Instead of monthly
providing that special assessments for public
improvements must be in proportion to the
benefits TO the property against which the
assessment is made; extending the law course
TO three years and requiring an examination In
all cases; placing insurance companies doing
business on the stipulated plan in class by
themselves; increasing salary of physicians at
Fort Madison; the blanchard telegraph and
telephone tax bills; the Cheshire express tax
bill placing all insane asylums under board Of
control: appropriatng $1,000 for additional sup
port OF historical department: authorizing
boards OF supervisors to employ tax ferrets;"
making IL msdemeanor for any one TO solicit
contributions to campaign funds from employees
Of board of control; Brighton's valued Tolicy
bill; prohibiting the serving Of lunches In sa-
looms; providing present printing and binding
laws shall not apply to journals, ledgers and
day books: relating TO collection Of collateral