Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20
THE LEGISLATURE.

the ways and means committee bill
for the taxation OF railroad property
on a basis of stocks and bonds, net
and gross earnings and physical con-
| dition. The measure requires pub
! licity of the records of the executive
council in making the assessment and
| its reasons for reaching results. Sen.
ator Porter moved to substitute SAe
| Nichols stocks and bonds law q Ohio.
but this was defeated 112 to 33. He
| then moved to amend 10 make the
provision relating to the clause to
compel the council to publish the
valuation of stocks and bonds and its
reasons for diviation therefrom in
making the assessment. 1t was lost
! by viva voce vote after refusal of the
subcommittee to explain the language
of the bill. Senator Porter's amend
ment to require the council to pub
| lish the assessed value per mile of
each road, the value per mile on the
| different bases-gross and net earn
| ings, physical condition and stocks
and bonds bases-was lost by viva
voce vote. Senator Hayward propos-
ed an amendment, which was lost, to
strike out the section relating to as
certaining the stocks and bonds value.
Addresses in favor of the committees
measure was made by Senators Lewis.
Hubbard and Junkin.
House.-Representa Timothy
Donahue, of o'Brien county, proposed
resolution of sympathy for the Eng
lish in their defeat last Friday and
the capture OF General Methuen by
the Beers. This resolution followed
upon the heels of the defeat of the au-
thor's resolution of sympathy for the
Beers. The house committee on rail.
roads voted to report for passage the
| Carter bill reducing the passenger
fare on railroads in Iowa to cents a
mile, and to report without recommen.
dalton the Donahue bill to require
railroads to furnish all public officials
with passes. The house defeated a
bill to eliminate the circle from the
| top of tickets on the official ballot
at Iowa elections. A bill passed the
house creating board OF examiners
for opticians. Blacks bill, providing
for the election Of supervisors by the
whole county and abolishing super
visor districts, was taken up. The
committee substitute for the bill pro.
vided that rs per cent of the votes In
each district must petition for the
change. Sweeley offered an amend.
ment giving 25 per cent of the people
of the entire county the power to COM
pei an election. Wise offered an
amendment to the amendment provid.
ing that rs per cent OF the voters in
mand an election. Wise's amendment
|
lost. The committee substitute
passed.
Des Moines, March 12.-Senate-
The senate took up the Molesberry
bill, giving Iowa railway companies
the right to issue bonds in excess Of
two-thirds of their capital stock. This
bill has been discussed among the SEN
ators for several days. The bill per-
mits to be done legally whatever has
and is being done by sufferance and
based on favorable decision of the
supreme court, declaring that bonds
| issued were valid, even though they
might be in excess of two thirds of the
capital stock. The bill was opposed
by Senator Healy, and was discussed
at some length, but did not come to a
| vote. Healy proposed an amendment
providing that the bonds shall not be
sold to acquire stock in other corpora.
tions or to cancel stock in the corpora
ton. The bill to require railroads to
keep posted bulletins giving the time
or arrival and departure of trains in
| all depots was amended to require
the bulletins to show whether trains
are late or on time, and passed.
House.-The house passed the bill
giving the state board of health power
to enforce its regulations in places
where the local boards refuse or ne.
elect to do so. The bill will now be-
come a law, having been passed by
both houses. Hawk introduced a bill
providing for the appointment Of a
commission to make study of the
different methods of recording and reg.
istering land titles. The commission
is to report to the next legislature.
Hawk was the author of the Torreps
land bill, and his belief is that the
commission will report In favor of it.
Edwards bill requiring railroad com
panies to file Dlats Of all lines owned
or operated in the several counties of
the state with county auditors. was
passed.
Des Moines. March 13.-Senate.--
Consideration Of the MolsJerry bill
to remove the limit OF Indebtedness
which the law theoretically provides
for railroad companies, was resumed
and after addresses by Hartman,
Molsberry and Healy, the bill was
passed. Courtrighl bill to increase the
state subsidy of the farmers Institutes
from $50 to 800 was passed. Sen
ator Hayward called up the bill which
makes the orphans in the Davenport
home state wards. The soldiers or
phans are now state wards. There
are fifty children in poor houses in
the state. Children are sent to the
Industrial schools instead of to the
Davenport home because the former
are county charges and not state
wards. The bill was not disposed Of.
The Bruce-Emmert contested election
case was debated at length. but not
disposed of.
House.-A quletus was given wom-
an suffrage by the lower house of the
Iowa general assembly today. BY a
vote of Sc to 3S the resolution for the
submission of a constitutional amend
ment for equal suffrage was defeated.
Not word was said in debate. The
report of the committee recommend
ing indefinite postponement of the
resolution was read by the clerk.
Chairman Sweet. Of the committee on
amendments and suffrage. moved its
adoption, the speaker waited two min
utes for remarks and ordered the roll
called. Among bills passed were the
following: BY Payne. requiring coun-
ty auditors to compile and prepare
financial report of the county; by
Langan of Clinton, providing for the
establishment of BARRIERS examining
board to regulate the practice Of bar
bering and to issue licenses to bar
| bers; the bill provides for a