Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-15

ne, dILeT lue uTSC SlU,UUU, LOT WHICH
s25 is charged, 81 per $1,000 of addi-
tional capital stock.
Abolishing the road supervisor dis
tricts, creating township unit for the
purpose of road Improvement, author
izing the levy of 4-mill road tax, ap-
propriating mills of this tax for ex-
penditure by township trustees, and
1 mill by the board Of county supervi-
sors, and requiring the payment of the
tax in cash.
Levying a special tax of one-fifth Of
1 mill for building purposes for the
state university.
Levying a tax of one-fifth of 1 mill
for five years for building purposes for
the benefit of the state agricultural
college at Ames.
Permitting communities to vote s.
per cent taxes in aid of railroads once
in ten years.
Reducing the taxes upon foreign in
surance companies from 3H to 21s per
cent upon gross premiums.
Criminal.
To punish by Imprisonment in the
penitentiary by any term of years be-
tween ten and life, whoever kidnaps,
takes. or carries away any person or
decoys or entices such person away
from any place in Iowa, for the pur-
pose of or with the intention of re-
ceiving or securing from any one any
money, property, or thing of value as
ransom.
To provide that any person convict
ed of the murder of another person
shall not receive any interest in the
estate of the decedent as surviving
spouse.
Giving the state board Of health full
power to enforce rules and regulations
within the territory of local boards,
when local boards shall refuse or fail
| to enforce the rules and regulations
of the state board. This act provides
that peace and police officers of the
state, when called upon by the state
board of health to enforce such rules
and regulations in such territories,
shall execute the orders of the state
board; expenses, however, shall be
paid by the local boards of health.
This act will enable the state board
to enforce quarantine and vaccination
regulations wherever local boards fall
| to do SO.
Making the possession of burglars
tools subject to the penalty of impris-
onment in the penitentiary for not
more than five years or fine not eX-
ceeding $500 and Imprisonment in the
county Jail for not more than one
year.
Prohibiting the sale of cocaine and
providing a penalty of fine of 500
and costs of prosecution for the first
offense and fine of $500 or imprison-
ment in the county Jail for three
months for the second offense. Moth
ing in the act prohibits the sale of the
drug to dentists or physicians for use
in their professions or to wholesale
and retail houses for use in their bust
ness.
/ Furnishing by Imprisonment for not
more than twenty years persons who
advise, counsel. encourage, advocate
or incite murder, although no such
killing takes place.
Salaries of Public Officials.
| Fixing the salaries of sheriffs as fol
. lows: In counties having more thar
! $4,000 population, $500; between %,
, 900 and $4,000, $4,000; between 11.0O'
and $4,000, $4,000; provided that any
!, excess over the sums mentioned col
lected by the sheriff shall be paid into
the county treasury
, Fixing the salary of shorthand re
: porters of the district court at Sc pc
day and providing that in case this
; per diem does not amount to $1,000 q
year the difference shall be made III
!, by the counties in which the court i:
held in proportion to the number OF
days of court held in such county; re
, porters shall receive cents per 10C
words for transcribing their notes, ant
2 lin case of criminals the expense shall
be paid by the county.
, Authorizing counties of more thar
| 10000 population to furnish office ant
supplies of city assessors; authorizing
t supervisors to approve appointment
, of assistants by the assessor; provid
: ing also for compensation of $500 TO
| assessors in cities of more than 60,
/ 600 and compensation of $3.50 per day
5 for deputies
Recognizing the supreme court ant
increasing the salaries of the member
5 from $4,000 to $4,000 per annum, effect
i've after Jan. 1, 1904.
Increasing the salary OF the govern
or of Iowa from $4,000 to $4,000. TIL
3 governor receives blennially house rem
3 amounting to 5000 year, and $500 TO
0 services on the executive council, S
: that the increase is really from $4,1O
n to $4,000 The law will take effec
5 Jan. 1, 1904.
:. Fixing the salary of county superir
Y tendents of schools at $1,000 per ar
t mum instead of 81 per day.
f Increasing the salaries Of distric
Judges from $4,000 to $500 per veal
Constitutional Amendments.
:, Proposing to amend the constitution
so as to provide for biennial instead c
!. annual elections.
Proposing to amend the constitutio
q of the state SO as to give to each cour
i, ty one member of the house of repr,
r, sentatives, and to such larger countie
r. as have the fixed ratio of population
" an additional member; the number {
: members of the house, however, to b
: limited to 100. The ratio of represel
tation shall be determined by dividin
the whole population of the state b
+bo number Of COMMITTEES each cOunf