Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-04-04
THE LEGISLATURE.

last assembly SO that the pension mon.
ey Of members Of the Home at Mar.
shalltown required to be deposited
with the commandant on account OF
the infraction Of the rules. may be
paid out for other purposes than "the
necessary wants of the MEMBERS"
as at present, and readjusting the pay.
ment of pension money to the families
OF members, was passed. The bill to
give the adjutant-Quartermast and
surgeon at the soldiers home authori.
ty to occupy their houses and get fuei,
water and lights without charge. In
addition to their salaries, was passed.
Mardis' bill for the construction of
IRE escapes on all buildings OF pub.
lie character-factories, halls, hotels,
etc., was passed. 1t Is one Of the most
important measures suggested in this
session Of the legislature. The senate
bill to protect the state treasurer from
liability as an Individual on account OF
suits brought to recover from him as
treasurer of state funds collected by
him and turned into the treasury un
der color of law. as amended by the
house. was passed. --r
House.-The Des Moines viaduct
bill was passed without opposition.
There was q small attendance and i'm
portant measures were not taken up.
Des Moines, March 31.-Senate.-
Among bills passed were the follow
ing: Maytag's bill requiring outer
doors of all buildings designed to &C.
commodate 100 persons to swing out.
ward; changing the time Of meeting OF
local boards Of health from October to
November; requiring railroads to file
plats of their lines with county audi.
tors: adding catfish to the list Of game
flsh and authorizing the license of per.
sons to take catfish in the closed
season.
House.-Among bills passed were
these: Providing that in case no gen.
eral election is held in 1905. the boards
of supervisors may make up the grand
and petit jury lists from the poll books
of the previous year; providing that
cities may levy q special tax for the
renewal of extension of water works,
electric light plants, etc.; authorizing
the executive council to sell and con.
vey two islands formed by accretion
in the Mississippi, opposite Daven-
port, but being west of the main chan.
mel of the river and adjacent to the
Iowa shore: providing that cities under
10000 may condemn real estate and
provide parks without their limits.
Des Moines, April 1.-Senate.-Rep-
resentative Larrabee Of Fayette coun'
ty introduced in the house and got
passed by practically unanimous vote
q bill enacting that section Of the sen.
ate taxing bill which the house killed
last week, requiring the executive
council to publish it's proceedings dur
ing the meetings at which 1t deter.
mines the railroad assessment. When
messaged to the senate 1t was taken
up Immediately and Senator Lewis,
reputed author of the original meas.
ure, moved to amend the Larrabee bill
by adding to it the sections of the orig.
inal bill requiring the railroads to re-
port the numDer and value Of their
stocks and bonds, and authorizing the
council to summon railroad men as
witnesses under oath and punish rail
roads for falsifying reports. Senator
Motif moved to add the section OF the
original bill requiring the council to
assess the roads on basis Of the
value of their stocks and bonds and
explain their reasons for deviating
therefrom in assessing them. In this
form the bill was laid over until Wed
nesday for consideration. The senate
by vote Of SO to 0, refused to pass
the Molsberry bill over the governors
veto. The senate passed the bill TAX.
ing the control of the osteopathic prac.
titioners from the state board OF
medical examiners, Senators Mardis,
Tallman and Trewin only voting
against it. 1t is supported by the ply.
sicians of the state and is designed to
settle the contention that has existed
for years between the medical schools
and the osteopaths. The senate pass.
ed the Hayward bill to require tele.
phone and telegraph companies to file
plats of their lines with the county
auditors of the state.
House.-Among bills passed were
the following: Requiring the con.
struction of fire escapes to all hotels,
tenements, hospitals, manufactures,
warehouses, three or more stories In
height, to all public school buildings,
seminaries and colleges more than
two stories in height, and to all thea
tiers; providing that cities Of 10000
may employ a police matrOn; increas-
ing the support fund for the boys in
dustrial school at Eldora from 50 to
$11 per month, per capita; providing
that one telephone company shall not
erect it's poles on more than one side
of the highway and that all telephone
poles shall be placed on the outside
lines of such roads; empowering the
trustees of any township to condemn
land in order to secure gravel for
roads; providing that voter may
register on election day If he has
moved from one precinct to another in
The same county after the last -egis.
tration day; providing that any cor.
poration organized under the laws Of
any state or territory outside of Iowa,
which shall establish an office In this
state for the sale of stocks, shall file
with the secretary Of state certified
copy of it's articles of incorporation,
ACCOMPANIED bv resolution authoriz-
ing the services of process to be made
on the auditor of state in any suit
brought against 1t.
Des Moines, April 3.-Senate.-The
senate spent the entire day on debate
on the resolution to pardon John Yves
ley Elkins, who at the age Of II years,
in 1889, murdered his father and moth
er. The pardon was voted, q to 20.
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 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.