Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-13

De authorized 10 sell ana transfer us.
mortgage securities and other proper
| ty, to another corporation, person or
persons, subject always to the vested
and accrued rights of the mortgagors
| and approval of the inspector of build
ing and loan and savings and loan as
sociations.
TEACHER BILL.
| Mclnlire Introduces a Good Measure In
tlse Senate.
Des Moines, Feb. 10.-(Special Core
spondence. )-Senator McIntire of Wa
peilo has introduced a bill in the SEN
ate which is expected to meet the APP
proval of a large class OF people. 1t
provides for the issue of state teachers
certificates to primary teachers and
teachers of music, drawing and pen
manship, and also requiring that grad
yates ofall normal schools, including the
state institution, be subject to state
| examination under the state board of
examiners. before being accorded state
certificates. and diplomas. In Mr.. Nc
1ntire's opinion the enactment of 4
law embodying the last clause of his
bill will settle a great deal of contro-
versy now going on among the normal
school people all over the state. The
non-state schools claim that they are
not treated right i'll being compelled
| to send their graduates before the
board, when this is not required of
graduates of the state school. They
claim, probably with eXaggeration,
that the present law in that regard has
seriously injured them. Mr.. McIntire
does not take the position that the bill
should be passed because it will right
the outside institutions. He is not try
ling to vindicate the position taken by
them; he merely desires to see law
that will put a stop to the continual
wrangle. \ measure providing that
graduates of schools maintaining
courses equivalent to those at the state
i institution has been offered in both
/ houses. The. normal school people OBJ
i ject to this, claiming that it will be
| impossible to draw the line between
the institution that maintain equiva-
| lent courses and those which do not.
The outside schools, while they favor
/ this bill, at the same time would rath-
er see all schools placed on the same
footing, the normal school with the
rest. The normal school people take
the stand that as the school is state
institution, and the faculty in the en-
ploy of inc state, then an examination
under the faculty is in reality an eN-
animation by state examiners, and
|should be recognized as equivalent to
an. examination under the regular
board of examiners. Senator McIntire
says that if the state normal school
maintains the courses claimed for it,
and if the faculty gives an eNamina-
ton equivalent to an examination by
the state board, then the graduates OF
that institution could not object to go
ing before the state board. Several
senator's, who have been more or less
interested in the normal school ques-
ton, give il as their opinion that the
McInsire bill will pass.
!. The provision of the first section OF
the McIntire bill is considered just
one by those who have Investigated the
question. At present teachers of draw
ing, penmanship and music, are requir-
ed TO go before the county superintend-
ent each year, take an examination and
pay the regular fee. Within the last
few years the number of teachers OF
this class has increased rapidly, until
now they, are thought to be entitled
to about as much consideration as the
regular teacher. The bill also provides
that the primary teacher shall be in,
cluded in this class, and granted state
certificates.
Good Roads BILL
Senator Lewis of Poweshiek is the
father of the good roads bill which
will probably come up for considera
ton in the senate early next week
The senator has been quietly testing
the sentiment in the senate on his
measure, and feels confident something
viii be accomplished at this session
His bill is drafted on the township
unit plan, and requires that all take.
shall be paid in cash. The bill provide.
that at the time OF levying other coun
ty taxes the board OF supervisors shall
levy not less than one mill nor NOR.
than two mills on all taxable propert,
of the county, which shall be know
as "the county road fund.- and which
shall be collected as other count,
taxes and expended by the board O
supervisors for road building ma
chinery, and building and repair o
roads, both earth and permanent
3 From each fund the county may pur
chase one or more stone rollers ant
other road machinery and shall pa,
the expense OF operating them, on an,
roads in he county. whether built an,
maintained by the county or the town
ships.
The bin also provides for the estaE
lishment of Il srute 1'oad fund. Al tn
time of levying other state taxes TIL
executive council shall levy not les
than one-halt miulnor more than on
|mill on ALI q taxable ,;property in TIL