Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-19
CREATES PUBLIC EXAMINERS
Bill Passes House, Providing for inspectors
Of Csunty ofiOsL
LEGISLATURE IS KEPT BUSY WITH BiLLS
Woman shoots Her S~tepfather at Des
MOines-war Between Medical
schools over Vac
cination.
LEGISLATURE is KEPT BUSY WITH Blls
tFrom a star correspondent.l

(From a Stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Feb. 1s.-(Special.)-One
Of the most important bills which have yet
been passed in either house of the legisla-
ture passed the house this morning. 1t is
the bill to create a board Of three public
examiners for county officers. Efforts we're
made to defeat the bill by various amend
ments, which were. voted down. The bill
was slightly changed and passed-67 to 26-
with seven not voting. The main features
Of the bill are as follows:
The governor shall appoint three public
examiners, who shall be skilled accountants
and competent bookkeepers and qualified
electors of the state, all of whom shall not
belong to the same political party. The
duties OF said examiners shall be to care
fully examine the county offices of this
state. All examinations by said examiners
snall be made without notice and at ir-
regular intervals. The offices OF all county
treasurers, county clerks and county audi
tors of the state shall be examined by one
OF said examiners at least once each year
and at SUCH other time or times as may be
requested by the Board of Supervisors of
any county. The examination of county
offices other than those of county treasurer
snail only be made upon the request of the
1t is hereby made the duty of said ex-
aminers to make a careful examination of
credits and evidences of Indebtedness, and
all matters. relating to the management of
the respective county offices and the state,
OF the FUNDS belonging to the county and
the condition thereof. Said examiners shall
verify the accounts of county treasurers
and other officers whose accounts are ex-
amined and ascertain how and in what
manner the moneys belonging to the county
deposited in banks he shall ascertain the
balance therein belonging to the county,
whether interest is paid on county deposits,
ana III so paid, the amount thereof, and all
matters pertaining to the financial interests
GafS owar,(nar- .I.t -
ports of examinations in writing to the
Board OF supervisors, which said reports
offices examined. said examineTs shall S6alGe aISo
ME duplicates of the reports herein pro-
yided In the office of the treasurer of state.
SAID report shall be published In the same
OF Supervisors.
For the purpose of carrying out the pro-
visions OF this act the treasurer of state
and auditor Of state, with the assistance
OF said public examiners, shall prepare and
, keeping books in the offices of the county
treasurers of this state. The uniform
l In operation by the county treasurer of
each county in the state as soon as prac-
tcable and in one year from the taking
effect of this act.
Other Bills in the House.
The house considered the bill to raise
salaries Of supreme judges and referred
the same to the committee on federal re-
iobAOhoS W WHICH lneTe was some ODDOSt-
, ton. The house passed a bill making IL
a crime to advise, counsel or employ an
, other to commit murder and fixed the pun
| ishment thereof at life Imprisonment.
l This is an act professedly aimed at an
3 archistic talk in Iowa and intended to pre-
> vent such. The compulsory education bill
was made a SPECIAL order for Thursday
morning.
To Increase Justices' Salaries.
q The house committee on normal schools
/ this afternoon recommended a bill to es-
3 tablish a state normal school at Knox
| Vile and to use the buildings erected for
the blind institute. The bill to raise the
salary Of the superintendent Of the Feeble
Minded institute at Glenwood to $4,000 was
Q approved. The bill to increase the sal
= aries OF supreme judges was amended ia
( fix the salary at $1,000 a year and will be
SO reported to the house.
school Bill Considered.
. A brief and interesting tilt occurred in
the senate this morning over a school bill
in which Senators Crossley and HealeJ
came into direct conflict and the Madison
county man came out a winner. The com
: mittee's substitute for the Dowell bill In
regard to city superintendent was callec
up and Crossley explained that whereas
a the original bill contemplated taking from
: the county superintendent practically al
jurisdiction in cities and leaving 1t in tn,
/, hands OF the city superintendent, the com.
Z. mittee thought it best not to urge such 8
; radical measure and contented itself with
u unanimously recommending a bill to give
\ to boards the power, on a three-fourth
r vote of the members, to contract with
teachers and superintendent for at leasI
three years. He moved adoption Of the re.
port and Healey at once opposed the meas
ure. saying that he was opposed to such
a change. He believed 1t unwise to TAX,
from the electors at their annual meet.
ings the power to regulate the schools FOL
y the next year. While IL might work vel
when a good teacher or superintendent II
e engaged, 1t would be very bad to have
: long contract with poor ones. Garst de,
II clared the measure fraught with grea.
! danger. Brooks said that school teachers
in his experience, did not regard them
selves bourd by contracts anyway. Levi
moved to indefinitely postpone, and tn,
chair ruled that Crossley's motion to re
commit would take precedence under tn
- rules. Then Healey sought to kill tn
measure by moving to lay It on the table
The motion to lay II on the table was lost
10 to %, after which Crossley's motion [
recommit carried without objection.
Call for an Accounting.
. Senator Trewin called up and had passe
his concurrent resolution directing tn
committee on retrenchment and reform 1
make Investigation as to why certain stat
officers and commissioners had failed o
neglected to make reports to the secre
tary of the executive council, as require
T. by chapter 8 Of the acts Of the Twenty
eighth general assembly. He declare
al that at a time when publicity is being pu
re forward as a remedy for so many thing
"a the state officers of Iowa should set a
w example and carry out in good faith tn
te provisions OF that law.
,d The Board Of Health bill, which had bee
as made a special order for 1880, was calle
~ up by DR.. Baehman and passed by a vot
rs Of 80 to 8. there being no discussion. Thi
re Is the bill to grant to the Board OF Healt
rn greater power and prescribing a penalt
IS. in case local boards neglect to do the
nv duty.
20 Many Bills in the senate.
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