Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-04-06
THE LEGIsLATURE.

the normal school proposition Tor tne twenty,
The te bill t to make placing distractions on the
track Of street car lines sup)ect 70 Aie my 70
onment. aa
SENATE
Des Moines, April Among Oils passea.
were these: Prohibiting the charging. on or
balances OF unexpended appropriations ny inc
state treasurer; providing that the secretary Of
school corporations may employ ASSISTANTS u
taking the school census; supJecting loan ana
trust companies doing banking business to
the same limitations in the amount or deposlts
received as state banks bringing the penalty
ers on public highways within the jurisdiction
OF justices OF the peace; establishing q state
board OF veterinary examiners; extending 10
veterans Of the Mexican war exemption OF tax
alton of soldiers homesteads. The senate
voted to adjourn sine die on April T. ...M
Among bills passed we're the following: The
senate committee bill to require graduates OF
examination for state teachers certiilcate to
give city councils power to levy q library tax:
to allow insurance, COMPANIES to insure against
disease; to appropriate 5000 Tor the ; S;4mple
raising salaries. Of assistants Of the state
librarian: raising salaries Of mine in
spectors: prohibiting agents OF LIQUOR con- n,
those engaged in the liquor business under the
mulct law. Thuenen.s bill to prohibit the let
ting by contract OF convict labor of state peni-
prohibit the sale Of liquor within I'VE miles ct
the state university was taken up. An amend
ment making the distance ten miles was de-
feated, 40 to ~. @
Des Moines April g. The bulk Of the appro-
priations to be allowed this session were intro.
duced in two bills, one providing for the sum OF
S753 1914 for the board OF cOntlol to use IN &C.
it. and another lump OF SAL SOO for the state ed
vocational institutions. The appointment OF
Joseph D. McGarraugh to be custodian OF the
capitol building was confirmed. Among DIS DIS
for the girls industrial school at Mitcheliviiie
from $40 to $l2 per month: appropr1atlng Slo:OOO
to the Benedict Home at Dcs Moines; creating
a capitol improvement commission Snd appso-
priating $500 for Its expenses; appropr1ttlng
$1,000 to continue education Of Linnie Hague
wood: appropriating g.. 900 for classifying state
Sergeant Charles Floyd; giving the board Of
control complete supervision Of all county and
private asylums with authority to1nspect them
ating $500 for protection Of fish and game;
appropriating $2l,OW to complete and furnish
historical building; to prevent insurance ccm-
panies deductihg from their gross receipts Inc
amount of natural endowments; appropriating
$4,000 to pav transportation Of Fifty-hrst reg
iment from San Francisco. I'-
HOUSE. F.,
After an all morning fight the house defeated
the bill TO prohibit the sale of1iquor within five
miles OF the state educational institutions by q
vote of IS for to Al against. not constitutional
majority. Furry of Hardin changed his vote In
be desirable. Among bills passed were the
following: The senate building and loan bill:
creating o state department OF building and
loan TN Wn6
vent and punish de- ecration Of the flag; direct,
ing the board Of control to close the Industrial
Home for the Blind at Knoxville and return
the inmates to their homes; creating cap toll
impro vement commission providing for re-
formatory for females at Anamosa.
SENATE. IT,
Des Moines, April 4.-These bills among
others we've passed: Authorizing boards q. OF
cover property not listed and o .sessed as re.
quired by law, land pay therefor 10 per cent OF
amount collected; reenacting present legls!a-
tive apportionment: providing that voters NAV
mark 10th circle at head Of ticket and square
in front of the name on another ticket ana nave
both counted: appropriating $1,000 for support
OF historical department. re lu1rlug teacheis ~
be examined in music. ... -u
Among bills passed were the following; re re
curing state officers, commissioners anu poarus
to make an itemized financial report every e,s .n,
year ending June !, of oil moneys received ana
expended; authorizing executive council 70 re-
levy and assess any tax ad]udged lhvalu OF
illegal increasing support fund OF MI chel'vllle
reform school from $40 to $l2 per month: appro'
priating $1O,OOO to Benedict home, Des MONIES.
and 81 600 each to homes at Sioux CITY ana Du-
buuue: re luiring authorities at state s,nool 10
| formulate rules Tor suspension or expulsion OF
students guilty of using Intoxicating liquors;
prohibiting the selling or giving OF Intoxicating
LIQUORS to students Of any ssate m
| ment; appropriatng $4,000 to compete inc
| historical building: approprating S9.No iol
| monument to Charles Floyd; ,approprlatnp
$4,000 for fish and game, commission; app!o
priatiny s44l. 500 for state educational in>titu
lions; approp iating S153. 17493 for institutions
| under beard of cont. oil: reenactlng present svs
| TEN OF districting the representative districts
| providing for distribution Of unclaimed deac
| bodies among medical schools: providing tha
] county agricultural societies receive no alt
from state society unless report Is nleG on %
district another judge; prohibiting prlzf
| fighting.
| SENATE
| s., Des Moines, April 5-The educational enc
| hoard OF control appropriation bills p ssed tin
senate in the S ,me form as they passed thu
house The following bills were also ssed
Abolishng the home for the blind at Knoxville
exempting sugar plants from taxation ior , te,
| wears: dividing state into health districts iron
which members Of the board Of he 18th are T.
be chosen hereafter: reorganiZlng the natlono
guard and fixing salary OF ndlutant general q
81 OJO; punt hing persons for giving liquors t.
minors o I'd drunkards: providing that student
of state University who fire. luent saloons sha
be suspended; authorizing the use Of votin
machines; legalizing the marking OF ballot
heretofore he d to be identiliel revising law
| relating to Mitchelviile leform school.
| HOUSE. ...s ,-
| Among the bills passed we're the following
| Authorizing the board of control to use u! eS
| headed balances as they may desire; providin
that county superiL tendeats shall hold eXam
| nations twice each YER ilStend OF monthly
! providing that special assessments for publ
! improvements must be in proportion to tn
benefits to the property against which tn
! assessment is made extending the law courS
to three yep,S and re luiriag an examination |
III cases: placing irsur ,nce companies doln
business on the stipulated plan in class b
themselves: increasing Sllary Of phvsiclnns
Fort Madison: the Blanchard telegraph an
telephone tax bills; the Cheshire express Ia
| control: appropriating 5000 for additional s1l
Tort of historical department: authorizi1l
boards of supervisors to employ tax ferret,s
making it Inisdeneanor for any one to sole
contributions to campaign funds from employ
of board Of control: Briqhtons valued Iol1c
bill: prohibiting the serving Of lunches in 81
looms: providing present printing and binflr
laws shall not apply to Journals ledgerS ~,
day books: relating to COLLECTION OF collater
| inheritance tax.
VIII Accept Senate Measure.