Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
IOWA LEGISLATURE.

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53 to SO passed the Santee bill raising
the Governors salary to $1,000, also al
lowing him $500 for membership in the
Executive Council and 5000 rent, making
total compensation Of SO, lOO. There
was spirited argument for and against
the measure, talking against the bill be-
ing by Kerr of Grundy, Davis. Democrat,
of Fremont, Stewart of Polk, Byers OF
Shelby, and McCurdy of Buchanan
Those for the bill were Eaton of Mitchell,
Stallcop of Sac and Santee of Wood
bury. The Committee on Ways and
Means reported for indefinite postpone
ment the Eiker bill, providing that ~
per week Of the salary or wages of any
employe shall be exempt from garnish-
ment. In the Senate the forenoon was
spent in discussion of the Emmert bill
providing for the inspection of cattle
shipped into Iowa. Hubbard of Wood
bury County offered an amendment ex-
cepting cattle handled through yards un-
der Government inspector.
The most important insurance measure
before the Assembly passed the House
Friday morning. 1t gives a victory to
home companies in repeating the per
cent State tax OIL gross receipts, and re-
leasing them from the alleged double
taxation as has been the case since the
Supreme Court held their property should
be taxed by the county as that Of indi-
viduals. The bill was introduced by Dows
of Linn. The House decided the ques.
ton of payment of fees by corporations
upon renewal in favor of the State. II
was held by some of the largest corpora
tons of the State that when re-incorpor-
ating at the expiration of the twenty year
period they were not compelled to pay the
full incorporation fee. The Attorney
General has held otherwise and the bill
to that effect was introduced early in the
session by Wilson of Buena Vista. The
act adds materially to the revenue of the
State. The bill by Kimball Of Monroe
to reduce the legal rate of interest from
6 to per cent, and the contract rate
from to Z, failed to pass the House, the,
committee of the banks and banking COM
mittee for indefinite postponement being
adopted. Another two hours was devoted
by the Senate to the discussion of the bill
for the suppression of tuberculosis in
Iowa by the inspection of all imported
cattle for dairy ard breeding purposes.
Thirty-four new bills were introduced in
the two houses of the Assembly, bring
ing the files of the two houses up very
close to $50 measures. 1t doesn't look
at this rate much like M carly adjourn
ment.
Only twenty-seven Senators were in at
tendance at the Senate session Monday,
which was the only one of the day. The
Senate committee on ways and means has
reported favorably the bill for the one
tenth of a mill building tax for the State
college of agriculture. Balls bill, extend
ing the same tax Mt the State university
for another five years, passed the Senate
again, with a slight correction in its YER
biage. Trewin's resolution requested by
the executive council, calling for IN item
lied report of the expenditures of all the
State departments by March 5, was re-
ported favorably by the committee on
printing and adopted by the Senate.
Both houses of the Legislature were in
session Monday, the Senate in the morn
ing and the House in the afternoon. Only
twenty-nine members were present at the
Senate session. The chief feature Of the
session was the passage of the bill By
kirkpatrick, granting one-tenth of a
mill building tax for the State College
of Agriculture mt Ames. and the intro
duction of bill by Finch to regulate the
inebriates. The bill increases the crime
Attaching to this violation by providing
that the same penalties shall attach to
the sale of liquor to these classes of per-
sons rs to violatOrs of the mulct law.
Garst, by request, introduced bill ask
ing for $4,000 for the location and cree
ton of monuments in honor of Iowa
troops on the battlefield of Shiloh. None
of these monuments is to cost to exceed
$4,000 except the one representing the
State which may represent $4,000.
Finch's bill to define the place where
pharmacists bonds shall be filed passed
the Senate. 1t makes clear the provision
that they shnll be filed with the county
auditor. Nolan's bill to have the manual
alphabet printed in all text books was
reported for indefinite postponement.
Young's bill to authorize the State execu-
tive council to survey an island in the
Mississippi river near Green Bay town
ship, Lee County, was indefinitely post
poned by the Senate. The Senate judi
ciary committee has reported for indefi-
mite postponement the bill giving the
court power to appoint bailiffs. AT the
afternoon session of the House eight new
bills We're unloaded, among which was
one by Eaton of Mitchell to locate the
residences of Supreme judges in the cap
ital. The bill to defray the expense Of In
auguratiOn was passed.