Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-13

President Seerley returned to Cedar
Falls last evening, having completed
the presentation to the legislative COM
mittees the desires of the normal school
people.
There is an effort being made to stir
up opposition in Des Moines to the bill
to give the state board of health sufti-
cient power to cope with smallpox cpl
denies where local boards of health re-
fuse or neglect to act properly. This
bill is Il general one and contains the
following provisions:
! ''If any local board of health shall re-
fuse or neglect to enforce the rules and
regulations of the state board of health.
the state board of health may enforce
its rules and regulations with the terri
! torial jurisdiction of such local board.
and for that purpose shall have and
may exercise all of the powers given by
statute to local boards of health; and
the peace and police officers of the
state, when called upon by the state
board of health to enforce its rules and
regulations. shall execute the orders of
such board All expenses incurred by
the state board of health in determin-
ing whether it's rules and regulations
are enforced by local board of health,
and enforcing the same when a local
! board of health has refused or ncglec-
ted to do 50, shall be paid in the same
manner as now provided for the pay
| nent of the expenses of enforcing such
rules and regulations by local boards of
| health
The bill to provide better method
of disposing of public franchises in
cities introduced by Senator Hayward
was written by the mayor of Daven-
port who believes from experience
that it embodies some most excellent
| features. Senator Hayward does not
know much about the bill but was re-
quested to bring it before the legisla-
| ture. 1t provides that where fran
| chise is to be granted to any corpora
ton for any public or semi public pur-
pose the council shall prepare the
franchise and advertise 1t in the papers
and secure bids on the basis of a pay
ment of n portion of the gross earnings
into the public treasury and the fran
chise shall be disposed of to the COM
pany which offers the largest per cen
1 tuIIl Ol lflc SIOSS tdi iAS ''''
also undertakes to make it impossible
for the person or corporation securing
the franchise to sell out to some other
company doing business in the same
| line in the same city. In case the fran
| chise runs for.more than two years the
voters get a chance at 1T before 1t is
effective. The objection to the bill in
Its present form. as stated yesterday
by some of the senators, is that 1t does
not seem to be complete. 1t is not suffi-
/ ciently elaborate and there are not a
sufficient number of safeguards pro-
posed But many of them have stated
| that it appears to be along the right
lines and they will favor it.
The senate ways and means commit
itee reported for passage today the Ball
bill to give to the Iowa State University
double the amount now provided In the
state levy for building purposes at the
university. This is the bill to increase
the tax levy from 1-10 mill to 1-5 mill
This would give the state university Il
fine building fund the next five years.
Even at the old assessments 1t would
keep adding to the university funds at
| lHe rate u ONcl %oV,VpV et sSiA' ~ Z
some of the present levy for the next
year or two has been anticipated and
used in advance.
The collateral inheritance tax law
| got before the senate committee On
ways and means yesterday and the
committee referred 1t to d sub-coinmit-
| tee consisting of Healey. Trewin and
/ Porter, all good lawyers. not because
there was any opposition to remodel
| ing the law and getting 1t into better
shape than at present but for fear
something might be found in the law
that would make it possible for certain
estates to escape payment at the time
the transition was being made from the
present law to the new one. This was
suggested to the committee by the SUI
preme court decision of Tuesday in
which an estate was allowed to escape
| lust as an amendment was coming into
force.
The scheme of Supt. Sheakley, of the
Des Moines schools. to place In the
| hands of superintendents of city
schools the authority to make examina-
tions of teachers in the graded schools,
will not come to light. The senator's
have decided 1t Is not necessary to add
this burden to city school superinten-
dents. In fact, the chief reason for it
Law in the fact that there has been more
or less friction between the county SUI
perintendent and the Des Moines city
SUPERINTENDENT here. The senate
| schools committee did approve. how
ever. of the bill to allow contracts to be
| made with teachers for three years
This bill was reported to the senate to-
day for passage.
The members of the Pioneer Law
makers association We're given COM
plimentary dinner last evening at the
Savery by Speaker Eaton and an en-
joyable hour was had.
The arguments were given In the
Bruce -Emmert contest case last eve
ming but were not finished. The COM
mittee expected to report on the case
today but will be delayed.
Several Marshalltown people are
here. William Fisher is here to urge
passage of the bill to require eXamin-
alton and, lincenes of stationary engin-
GERS. Those who are attending the state
meeting of sportsmen are l.. c. Abbott.
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