The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-25
IOWA LEGISLATURE.
by LnwmalSers TN the Twenty
Ninth General Assembly,

|
Ninth General Assembly,.
Des Moines, Ia, March 13.-The senate
| committee on compensation has recon-
mended the bill Increasing the governor
salary to $1,000
/ Des Moines, Ia. March 1.-THE senate
has passed the bills changing the support
OF the schools for deaf at Council Bluffs
and for blind at Vinton to per capita basis
Of s22.
Des Moines, Ia, March 15-The bill re-
moving the limit on Indebtedness of Iowa
railroads has been passed by the senate by
vote of IS to 4 A bill to require railroads
to keep posted bulletins giving the time of
arrival and departure of trains in all de-
pots has also been passed.
Des Moines, Ia, March 1.-THE senate
passed a bill Saturday making kidnapping
for ransom punishable by impris onment for
ten years. Gov. CumminS sent message
| asking the passage of a law giving the
United States exclusive jurisdiction over
land acquired by the United States for the
erection of any government building pro-
posed in the state in the near future. The
governor also sent to the senate the APP
pointment of l.. G. Kline is a member of
the state board of control to succeed him
self. Judge Kline is the democratic men,
Der of the board and the appointment is
for the next six years. T. E. McCurdy, of
of the capitol building for the ensuing two
years.
Des Moines, Ia, March 19.-Bills have
been passed in the senate to prohibit the
sale of cocaine except on prescription of
physician; to permit persons moving from
one voting precinct to another after regis
tering to register election day and vote;
to change the weight of millet and Hun
garian seed from As to so pounds to the
bushel; giving the board of control power
to detain girls at the industrial school at
Mitchellville until they are 21.
In the Houes.
Des Moines, Ia, March 12.-Bills have
been passed in the house providing that
the county attorney shall appear for the
county in insanity appeal cases; au-
thoriZing library boards to condemn
ground; requiring boards of supervisors
to provide supplies and an Office for county
surveyor; making taxes on property in
the hands of receiver preferred claim;
providing for an optometry commission
OF five members to constitute the state
examining board. The committee on COM
pensation of public officers recommended
for passage the bill increasing the gov
ernor's salary from 5000 to s.. 00O and that
OF his private secretary from $1,000 to 81 800.
The bill tc strike the circle from the Aus
tralian ballot has been defeated.
Des Moines, Ia, March lathe woman
suffrage amendment was given its final
death-blow yesterday when the house by
a vote of Sc to 3S adopted the report of the
committee recommending it for indefinite
postponement. The committee on railroads
reported for passage the bill reducing the
passenger fare on railroads in Iowa to two
cents mile, and reported without recon-
mendation the bill to require railroads to
furnish all public officials with passes. A
bill has been introduced providing that a
sheriff's proclamation and tax lists shall
be published in official papers of the county.
BY vote of 60 to 80 the bill creating a state
BARRIERS commission was passed.
Des Moines, Ia, March 15.-Bills have
been passed in the house providing for the
certification of delinquent road taxes on
property assessed by the executive council;
authorizing the state board of health to
enforce its rules and regulations in the ter
ritory under the jurisdiction of any local
board if said local board fails or refuses
to perform its duties; providing that no.
tees of incorporation may be published
once per week instead of in each issue in
newspapers published oftener than once
per week; authorizing the council in towns
and cities having population of 5000 in
habitants or less to appropriate money
from their general funds for the improve
ment and maintenance of public parks, and
providing for the expenditure thereof.
Mr.. Larrabee introduced joint resolution
amending the constitution so as to permit
the removal of the state university from
Iowa City to Des Moines or other cities of
fering sufficient inducements, providing
Iowa City continues to do as little for the
institution as in the past
Des Moines, Ia, March 17.-Mr. Temple,
of Clarke, one of the authors of the bill
providing for board of managers for the
state educational institutions, filed several
important amendments to his bill in the
house on Saturday. The principal changes
made are as follows: Making the governor
and superintendent of public instruction
members of the board, with votes on the
election of presidents and professors of the
institutions; giving the president of each
institution power to nominate instruct rs
to fill all vacancies; taking from the mem
bers of the board power to arrange courses
of study. The bill has been rereferred to
the judiciary committee, and hearings will
be given to all the different institutions
The conference committee appointed to
draft substitute for the resolution re-
questing the Iowa delegation in congress
to support the Hoar bill defining conspiracy
made report, indorsing the bill, but leav-
ing the delegation in congress to exercise
its own discretion. The committee on the
Torrens land registration bill reported rec
ommending that the bill be referred to a
commission with instructions TO report to
the next general assembly.
Des Moines, Ia, March 19.-In the house
q pitA mas peeil pdsseO proVlGlnS Tor fYe
days notice before assessing the mule tax
against property. A bill providing that the
salaries of deputy state and county Of
ficers shall be paid to the deputies direct,
and prohibiting their principals from re-
tanning any portion thereof, was amended
to some extent and referred to the commit
tee for the purpose of adjusting the amend
ments.
Asks for Receiver
Des Moines, Ia, March 1s.-C. H.
Seeley, senior member of the Seeiey-
h,owe-LeNan department store, filed