The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10
THE LEGISLATURE.

ASSSANsACAA VSONAAA
ley Elkins, who at the age Of IL years,
in 1889, murdered his father and moth
er. The pardon was voted, ~ to 90.
Senator w. p. Whipple. of Vinton, car.
ried the resolution through and made
one Of the most eloquent speeches
heard in this session of the assembly.
At an evening session the senate
passed q bill preventing the receivers
Of insurance companies from begin.
ming suits on notes given for insur.
ance in any county except that In
which the defendant resides. Hay.
ward moved that the Larrabee rail.
road taxation bill be returned to the
house as requested by that body. The
motion was carried unanimously. Sen.
ator Blanchard introduced joint res.
olution for the relief Of the widows and
orphans Of the victims Of Lost Creek
mine disaster in February. It car.
House.-Immediately after conven.
ing motion was made to reconsider
the vote by which the Larrabee rail-
road taxation bill was passed. The
motion was carried without opposi.
ton. The house spent the day on the
pardon cases, before 1t, voting pardons
to six members serving life sen.
fences. The house voted pardons to.
Joseph McCreary Of Mills county, Otto
Often of ocahontas county, John
Bailey Of Webster county. Theodore
Bushick Of Mills county. George Stan.
ley Of Story county, and William
Young Of Woodbury. county. The
senate pardons committee has recon.
mended pardons for Stanley and Nc.
Creary only. The house passed the
bill providing for board OF exam.
liners to examine all stationary en-.
gineers and issue certificates to them.
The board Of examiners Is to consist
Of five members, one Of whom shall
be chief examiner. No engineer is to
be permitted to operate an engine
without cer.ineate. Bills were
passed as follows: Changing the time
for the meeting Of school boards from
September to August; providing that
when dispute arises over the loca-
ton of a pest house, the matter shall
be referred to the president Of the
state board of health, who shall ap-
point committee to locate the pest
house, after two days notice to the
parties Interested: empowering any
member Of the board Of supervisors
to employ labor to repair any break
in the levee and also empowering
boards of supervisors to establish
roads upon levees: providing that
when gifts are made to cities for Ii.
braries the library board may com
pei the city council to fulfill the con.
ditions on which the gift was &C.
cepted.
Des Moines, April 3.-Senate.-
Hubbard merger" bill providing that
any railway corporation organized
under the laws Of the state, and own
ing and operating a line of railroad
in this state may acquire railroads in
all other states, provided they are not
competing and are connecting, was
passed. The Molsberry bill was made
unfinished business. The senate voted
to authorize the people to vote taxes
in aid Of railroads to the extent of 8
mills on the dollar once in each ten
years. Heretofore community vot.
ing a tax for this purpose was es-
topped from again voting it. The de-.
sign of the change In the law is to
permit aid to be voted to interurban
trolley lines. The senate passed the
house bill to raise the salary of the
governor from $4,1O0 to $4,000.
The bill to create barbers'
commission to examine and license
BARRIERS was killed. The bill Of SEN
ator Ball to permit liens to be filed
against state property was defeated.
The bill to exempt from taxation $500
Of the property of every soldier not
worth to exceed $4,000 was passed.
County attorneys in counties OF over
$4,000 inhabitants were given the
right to select their own assistants.
A resolution providing for final adj
journment April 8, was passed, but a
motion to reconsider was filed, The
salary of county superintendent was
fixed at $1,250 year. instead Of 81
a day. 81;
House.-The house thursday after.
noon by vote Of AZ to 46 refused to
recommend the conditional pardon Of
j. Wesley Elkins, now serving life
sentence at Anamosa for the murder
OF his father and stepmother. The
senate had voted to grant the pardon.
s. motion to reconsider has been fled
In the house already, signed by Messrs.
jerks and Teachout. The house de.
voted the whole day to the case, al
though the time of each speaker, with
the exception Of the leader on each
side, was limited, several had their
time extended by vote Of the house.
The house adopted the report Of the
conference committee appointed to
consider the senate amendments to
the Hamann interurban bill. The
amendments provide that q trolley
line entering a city may haul such
freight as lit can carry in baggage or
combination cars. This may be done
without condemning the street and
paying abutting damages as the senate
amendments provided.
Des Moines, April A. Senate. -Reso.
lutions In honor of United States SEN
ator John II. Gear were adopted BY
the houses Of the legislature. The
Molsberry bill relating to bonded in,
debtedness Of railroads and removing
the statutory limit was put over until
Tuesday morning next. The bill to re-
qutre coal mine operators to employ
shot examiners was passed. An eli.
fort to include shot firers was lost.
The senate passed a bill to restrict
the operation of associations not cor
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