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pass the senate
The Lewis road improvement bill, pro-
viding for the payment of road taxes in
cash, was defeated in the senate, and the
proposed revision of the fish and game
laws, giving the fish and game warden
additional authority, passed the house, but
was smothered by the senate Sitting COM
mittee.
The bill to abolish the offices of state
printer and binder and let the work by
contract failed to pass the house, and was
never brought up in the senate. There was
no legislation in regard to the state print
ing and binding.
The Cheshire bills taxing telegraph and
telephone property on the mileage unit
basis were defeated in the senate by the
Blanchard substitute, providing for the
taxation of these companies on plan SIM
liar to that now in use for the taxation of
railway property.
The woman suffrage constitutional
amendment was defeated in the senate, re-
ce1ving "a votes, while % were cast
against 1t. Two of the absentees We're for
the resolution, SO If they had been present
it would have received 26 votes a constitu-
tional majority. The suffragists confident
ly expect that the resolution will pass next
session. The vote on the resolution in the
senate was as follows:
Aye-Alexander, Allyn Arthaud, Blanch-
ard, Better, Cheshire, Classen, Craig, Cross
ley, kirkpatrick, Gorrell, Griswold, Harri-
man, Healy, Hopkins. Lister, Mardis, PEN
rose, Perrin, Porter, Smith, Townsend,
Trewin and Wallace.-24
NaN-Alberson, Bachman, Ball. Bishop,
Emmert, Finch, Garst, Hayward, Hazel
ton, Hobart, Junkin, Lambert, Lewis,
Lyons, Macarthur, McIntire, Motif, Mullan,
Nolan, Titus, Wilson and Young.--22.
/ Absent or Not Voting-Brighton, Eaton,
Tallman and Hubbard.
To Increase Income.
This legislature has provided sew
eral means for adding to the amount
and stability of the states income.
The present laws for the taxation If
telegraph, telephone, express and in
surance companies have been at
tackled in the courts and at least par
italy held invalid. New laws have
therefore been enacted for the taxa
ton of all these corporations. The
telegraph and telephone companies
will be taxed on the same plan that
railway property is now taxed, except
that provision is made for the distrib-
ution of the taxes collected among
the counties, towns, school districts,
ETC., through which the lines run
This meets the decision of the SUI
preme court to the effect that such
corporations must pay county, mu-
nicipal and school taxes the same as
individuals. Taxes have heretofore
been paid directly to the state. The
amount of taxes to be collected will
not be greatly changed. The express
companies are to be taxed to some en-
tent on the mileage unit plan.
Insurance Tax.
An entirely new plan has been
adopted for the taxation of insurance
companies. All Iowa companies are
required to pay a one per cent. occu-
patton tax upon their gross receipts.
Life insurance companies are permit
ted to make certain deductions of Ii
heavily upon them. Nonresident mu-
tuals are exempted from taxation, so
that under the retaliatory laws Iowa
will not be taxed in other
states. 1t is estimated this law will
bring to the state about $32, 900 an
nual revenue, gain of more than so
per cent.
Given Power.
The board of control has been given
full power to regulate county and
private insane asylums and to trans
fer insane persons from these institu-
lions to state hospitals. The board is
to make regulations for the manage
ment of county and private institu-
tions which these institutions must
obey. They are, however, allowed an
appeal to the district court, the deci
sion of which is final.
F. w. B1CKNELI..