Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-31
THE LEGISLATURE.

Des Moines, Jan. 27.-Harriman In
troduced the resolution to Increase
the number of house members to 115;
Garst introduced q bill to make the
governors salary $7.100 instead of
S4.1OO, and his private secretary's
salary $500 instead of $1,000. to go
into effect in 1904; Healy introduced
a bill eliminating tax ferrets; Lister
proposed bill to prevent marriage OF
divorces within six months after di.
vorce; Lewis proposed an excellent
state depository bill to secure interest
on state funds.
House.-Important bills were intro
duced as follows: BY Huron, to pro-
vide for the removal of parties sub
iected to quarantine to contagion hos
pitfalls only on order of magistrate; by
McNie, appropriating $1,000 to college
for the blind at Vinton; by Powers to
give city clerks power to acknowledge
instruments; by Sokol, appropriat1ng
$27,79O to the penitentiary at Ana
mosa; by Temple, to establish an ap'
pellate court Of three judges to have
Jurisdiction in all cases where amount
involved does not exceed $1,000, but
over no constitutional questions; by
Colclo. a habitual criminal act. Joint
resolution No. 2 appropriating the SEN
ators and representatives and 1ncreas-
ing the number Of representatives to
IFS was introduced by Temple.
Des Moines, Jan. 2S.-Senate-
Fitchpatrick introduced the Greeley
redistricting bill of the preceding day.
Hayward introduced the bill to punish
husbands for failing to support their
wives, and Ball introduced a bill to
legalize all acts done by city councils
without majority vote. Appropria-
ton bills for Marshalltown and Mt.
Pleasant were introduced. Classen
introduced bill to increase the sup
port of the Soldiers Home to meet the
higher prices for supplies.
House.-N. f. Kendall introduced a
concurrent resolution providing for
the appointment of a commission by
the governor to investigate into the
causes of explosions in mines. The
commission is to consist of two oper-
ators, four superintendent, ten miners
and the mine inspectors. 1t is not to
sit more than eight days and is to re-
port to the legislature this session.
The resolution went over to be acted
on Wednesday. Important bills were
introduced as follows: BY Blakemore,
to require a record of all assignments
of mortgages, in order that they may
be assessed; by Calderwood. provid-
ing penalty of six months in Jail for
any husband who fails to support his
wife and family If he is able to do so;
by Garden. appropriating $1O5,95O to
the Mt Pleasant hospital; by Cum
mings, providing for five days notice
in garnishment proceedings; by Cum
mings, appropriating s75,100 for Sol
diers' Home at Marshalltown; by Dun
ham, compulsory education law re-
curing all children between and IA
to attend school at least six months
in the year, and providing for trlant
officers; by Hughes. an anti-pass bill,
prohibiting the issuance of passes to
public officers, fines of 500 to $1,000
being prescribed: by Larrabee, giving
superior courts to cities of 5000 in
habitants; by Sweeley, to appropriate
$4,000 to the Women's and Babies
Home at Sioux City; by Wilson of
Buena Vista. repeating the $4,000 limit
on incorporation fees; by Willett, pro-
viding that county attorneys may re-
turn indictments if defendants con-
sent.
Des Moines, Jan. 29.-Senate.-The
senate adopted rule prohibiting en-
ployes or itself or it's committees from
lobbying members; spent two hours
debating the Blanchard bill to extend
authority to vote taxes IN aid OF rail-
roads to the electric trolley lines pro-
iected between cities; and listened to
the reading of the womans suffrage
constitutional amendment. Senator
Garst introduced bill to extend the
time OF making the railroad assess
ment from March rs to August 1. Sen
ator Spaulding proposed a bill com
Ee>+i- Of fCo
taxation, the real estate covered by
them to be exempted to the extent of
their equity.
House.-In the house the normal
school bill was referred to the appro.
priations committee, after two unsuc-
cessful efforts by Warren to have the
report of the normal school committee
ADOPTED. This committee recommend
ca it for passage. Important bills
were introduced as follows: BY Co.
burn making it crime for tenant
to sell grain on which his lanulord had
lien, without written order from
the landlord; appropriation bills for
the institutions at Glenwood and Ft.
Madison; a bill repeating the penalty
for omitted taxes; by Cummings, pro-
vidlng for three terms Of the supreme
court each year, and salaries of $4,000
for the judges, and a bill increasing
the salaries of district judges from
$4,000 to $4,000; by Haselquist, ex-
empting the property Of soldiers from
taxation to the amount of $500 wheth.
er personally or realty; by Meservey
providing that moneys and credits to
the amount of $500 belonging to
neads of families should be exempt
from taxation.
COMMITTEE is IN FAVOR.