Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-05

the banking act, reducing the tax on
foreign insurance companies giving
$4,000 for the fish and game COM
mission, giving greater latitude 10
the board of educational examiners IN
the matters of graduates of state m
stitutions, providing that surety COM
panies shall give a uniform bond, pro-
viding that foster parent may m
herit from an adopted child, allowing
savings banks to loan money on iea'
estate mortgages up to half the capital
stock.
The bill to provide for support OF the
Soldiers Home by uniform per
capita of SO per month for all ,he oi''
soldiers at the home and the clViliaiis
and officers, was passed. II was deei'i-
cd better to have the bill in this form
than to have larger amount per
canita for the old soldiers thre. While
tho result will be about the same now,
in the long run it will be better for the
Home
somewhat remarkable approprla-
tion bill has passed the senate ana WIZ
nrobably pass the house. 1t is for al'
arnropriation for s21. The bill is tha'
of a newspaper publisher in Adams
countv for the publication of an orlgl-
no, notice for the state in SUIT com
menced by the attorney general a iew
,,a,,s ago When the old Icarian COM
n7,,nity founded by French soclails's
vas broken up few years ago ana the
last of the community died 1T was sup
%haf there were 10
heirs TO the property. So the attorney
general commenced an actioh " seeui
the remaining property 1or .lie s.s' :.
Before the suit was falriy III coAi'
was found that there were heiis 'nu
the suit had to be dropped AS there
was no way that the printer couio se'
| bis money the bill was presented 10 the
Legislature.
Efforts have been made recently TO
create an insurance department OIL .iie
state and to have an insurance COM
missioner The bill to provide for this
was beaten in the house and Whlie ~
NAV he reconsidered it's chances are re-
| oarded as doubtful. In the meantime
another proposition has been prought
IN ond that ia to have the banking de-
1 nartment removed from the Office OF the
auditor of state and place 1t WIN tne
| treasurer of state The chief argument
for the separate insurance department.
lis that the auditor of state is .alreauy
burdened with work and can not give !.
| the attention it deserves NOW meW-
hers have secured statement from tne
state treasurer that he can take the
banking department into his office ana
/ care for it without the employment OF
any additional help, and this PROPOSE
ton is being considered. 1t would carry
with it the appointment OF seVerai
state bank examiners and securing re-
lrorts from all the banks of the state
land issuing charters to new banks This
department has grown almost as fast
as the insurance department., but II
more properly belongs with the treas
lurer of state.
\ One of the senators a few days ago
Figured It out that the legislature was
in session about $50 minutes day on
Ian average of the time of the term and
that 1T is costing $1,500 day. hence a
4 minute of time of the legislature is
worth $40 even. A member Who speaks
a minute costs the state ten dollar
bin. In the light of this figuring the
senator declared that some Of the pri-
yate appropriation bills are pretty eX-
nensiye for the state. There have been
several bills for appropriations for
horses killed and such like matters. The
d time spent by the Legislature in consid-
ering these bills would buy several cal
|loads of good horses.
The Hopkins bill to give the State
Agricultural Society s37, 900 with which
to build a live stock pavilion at the
: state fair ground is still on the senate
calendar. This is the bill over which
a Quarrel arose by reason of an attempt
to take it from the calendar and let the
appropriations committee control 1T un-
; til the general appropriation bills are
reached. Nothing has been done with
: the bill since. 1t will probably be con
sidered by the senate at the time the
other bills are considered.
bill which the rural newspaper mer
of the state ought to urge is that of Mr.
Hufschmidt, of Allamakee county, in
relation to county printing. The bill
provides that the legal rate shall bt
paid for printing the proceedings OF the
, boards of supervisors. 1t leaves no dis
cretion anywhere and puts stop to the
: Ibickering over rates and prices so com
mon in many counties 1t was urged OF
| the theory that the counties ought no
J to indulge in the cutting of rates or bt
!, in position to force rate cutting or
printing. The bill was lost at first ant
afterwards reconsidered and passed
, and is now on the senate calendar.
A bill has been passed by the senate
looking to the killing off of those new
catoh-penny schemes by which person.
= who hope to get rich quick are partet
l from their hard earnings by extraordi
t nary inducements in the shape of tow
I lots and diamonds to be given after thu
$ victim has been paying monthly GER
4 tain sum. An institution of this kint
[ has been doing business in Des Moine
some time. Complaints have come
from many parts of the state to the eff
feet that it's methods are questionable
Some time ago the attorney general
l attention was called to the work of ;
company in Minneapolis and another II
! Kansas City doing a business in whicl
: great things are promised and small
= payments eXacted. He found that thes
schemes were managed as partnership
: or by individuals unincorporated, ant
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