Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-03
THE LEGISLATURE.

AhS oVhaeC DdoSSu a pAo'auhAo IVA
the reorganization Of the Iowa SUI
preme court. II increases the salaries
oil the judges from $4,000 to $4,000; II
prohibits them doing work for com.
| pensation other than that received
| from the state; 1t requires them to be
In continuous session for nine and
half months in the year; 1t provides
that they shall take the submission OF
| only as many cases at one sitting as
they are able to determine and finally
decide within one month. The law is
to go into effect January i, 1904. The
| bill will require the residence OF the
supreme court judges in Des Moines.
Ice senate defeated the Crossley bill
TO give the state board OF educational
examiners power to issue lie d.
| plomas and state certificates to teach.
ers who do not pass examinations,
but who are graduates OF accepted and
approved courses of pedagogy in the
| colleges of the state. The biz was
| designed to do away with the biennial
| cry for more normal schools. 1t did
not receive a constitutional majority
! the vote being % to 81.
douse.-The house by vote Of 81
| to 16, II members peing absent, ,ad.
| opted resolution in favor of the cleo
| ton of United States senators by .di
rect vote of the people. The joint
resolution by Temple amending the
constitution SO as to increase the
number of members Of the house of
representatives from 100 to los, was
| passed. The question Of creating a
| department OF insurance was brought
up and the bill was referred to the
| committee on appropriations after
| contest, the result of which leads the
| friends of the department to believe
that the proposition will be defeated.
Des Moines, March 26.-Senate.-
The senate passed the house bill ap-
propriating .S150.0Oo for monuments to
Iowa soldiers at Vicksburg Military
park. Eloquent speeches were made
by Senators Blanchard. Healy. Court
right, Hartman, Young, Crossley,
| Tallman, Ball and others. The vote
was unanimous and the chamber was
filed by veterans of the war, who
cheered the speakers. Lewis intro
duced a resolution for final adjourn
ment on April 9. The senate inclines
to the belief that adjournment may
be accomplished next week. The bill
by Senator Young Of Washington, to
appropriate $4,000 for monuments to
the Iowa soldiers at Chattanooga,
Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge, was passed. as was also the
bill appropriating the balance of the
Shiloh appropriation (about s2,500)
for dedicatory expenses for the Shiloh
| monuments.
| House.-The house passed the bill
Increasing the salary of Tie governor
to $4,000 per year, but defeated the
clause increasing the salary of the
| governors secretary to $500. The
following bills were also passed: In
creasing the annual appropriation for
the state board of health from $4,000
TO $1,000 per year; increasing the sal
airy of the secretary from $1,000 to
$3.50 per year; appropriating $4,000
per year for the establishment of a
meteorological department. $500 to
be salary of the bacteriologist; pro-
viding that in counties of $4,000 the
county attorney may appoint deputy
at salary to be fixed by the board of
supervisors, but not to exceed $1,000;
in counties of less than $4,000 depu.
ties may be employed at a reasonable
compensation to be -xed by the board
of supervisors.
Des Moines, March 27.--Senate.--
Governor Cummins submitted his veto
of the Molsberry bill, removing the
limit of bonded indebtedness of rail.
roads. The senate passed the Ander-
son road bill. 1t preserves the town.
ship scheme of disbursing the road
tax, but requires the tax to be col.
lected in cash. 1t is one of the most
important measures considered by
this general assembly. II makes the
township road tax mills and the
county road tax 1 mill 1ne house
concurrent resolution endorsing the
Lacey swamp land bill was passed.
House.-The house passed the tax
ferret bill to limit the collection of
back taxes to period of five years.
1t required the ferrets to be residents
of the county where employed, for
at least eighteen months. but this was
changed to require residence in the
state only. The bill providing for the
establishment of an ineDriate's ward
in the state hospitals was passed. II
will enable the courts to commit men
addicted to excessive use of intoxi.
cants, narcotics and drugs to this
| "dlus IIblctu Vi lhC nOSDildl6.
The house defeated resolution to ad.
journ April S. A sitting committee
resolution and one to prohibit intro
duction Of bills except by unanimous
consent were introduced.
Des Moines, March 2S.-Senate.-
Inc senate passed the compulsory
education bill, 30 to 8; Senators Ar
thaud, Ball, Crawford. Hogue and
Young Of Lee voting agains- it. The
bill was amended so as to take ii out
| of the power of the teacher or school
authorities to have children sent to the
| Industrial (reformJ SCHOOLS until OF
age for mere habltual truancy and
without the consent of the parents.
IAN amendment was adopted giving
boards o. directors the right to hire
truant officers, but not compelling
them to do SO. The bill as finally ad.
opted provides that all children be-
tween 7 an IA years of age shall at.
tend school at least twelve weeks a
year. Parents or guardians who have
| control of children and do not observe
the law shall be fined from SO to $50
for each offense. Moffat's resolution
to adjourn April 5, was rejected. Ire
win moved to postpone consideration
of the governors veto OF the Mols.
berry so-called merger bill until Tues
day at p. m, and the motion car.
ried, 2S to IS. Healys bill to give
constructing railroads the right to
condemn more than 100 feet for depot
and right of way purposes with con-
sent of the railroad commission. was
passed. The senate voted not to re-
cede from its amendment to the inter
/ n.
to pay damages for rights Of way.
House.-The house voted to indef-
nitely postpone the senate's railway
taxation bill. providing for the assess.
ment of railroad properties In Iowa on
a basis of the vaIua of their stocks