Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-15
RESUMEOF WORK
Bills in Brief Passed by Iowa Legis-
lature.

LARGE NUMBER ENACTED INTO Law
Tax Rate is Raised-Severe Prison
Penalty Is Enacted for kidnapers-
Governor Gets Increase in Salary of
$2,ooo-summary of Legislation.
Following is resume of the import
ant bills passed by the Twenty-ninth
general assembly which came to a
close yesterday afternoon:
Appropriations.
Following are the most important ap-
preparations made:
Capitol improvement. -. -. .$250,000
Stock pavilion for state fair
grounds 5000. ........... $1,000
st. Louis exposition ......... 125,000
To purchase portrait of the
late Senator Harlan 10000. 1000
Benedict home, Des Moines... 1000
Sioux City Womans and
Baby's home .............. 1000
Dubuque Rescue home. ...... 1000
State University ...s........ 215,000
State normal school ......... S4,269
State agricultural college -. $4,000
Institutions under board of
control ...... ............ 716,557
Shiloh monuments .......... $4,000
Vicksburg monuments ...... 100000
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| cherokee .......... l5o,OOU
Three important levies were made,
as follows:
For state university, one-ffth mill
annually for five years; state agricul-
tural college, same; state normal
| school, one-tenth mill for five years.
Following is summary of import
ant legislation:
Railroads.
Fixing the time at which the execu-
tive council shall make the assessment
of railroad property on the first Mon
day in August, instead of March 25,
giving the railroads until April l in
stead of February Is in which to re-
port their business for the preceding
year to the executive council, and pro-
viding that the executive council shall
i begin the assessment of railroads on
the second Monday of July instead Of
u the first Monday in March, as at pres
j ent.
J. Defining any railway operated upon
the streets of city by electricity or
other power than steam which extends
beyond the corporate limits, or any
Il railway operated by electricity or 9th
er motive power than steam extending
from one city to another, as an inter-
!; urban railway. The words railway
and railroad" as used in the code are
/ applied to inter4urban railways; pro-
: vided, however, that any inter-urban
} railway shall, within the corporate
limits of any city or town, upon such
; streets as it shall use for transporting
!. passengers, mailnl baggage, and such
3 freight as it may carry in its passen
ger or baggage cars only, be deemed a
r street railway and subject to the laws
, governing street railways. Cities shall
7 have the right to prevent or cease the
5 operation of these roads over their
; streets, and no right to exceed twenty.
5 five years shall be granted. This act
: gives the boards of supervisors power
to grant the use of highways for the
: inter-urban railway companies under
!. conditions deemed advisable, provid-
r ing that three-fourth of the AUDITING
t property-owners give their written
l consent. When inter-urbans cross
steam roads the steam road has the
right Of way.
!. Providing, that Iowa railroads may
acquire, own, and control other rail
roads in other states not adjacent tt
Iowa; this is known as the Hubbard
, bill
Providing that railroads shall report
in the aggregate to the executive
i council the following: Net income de
| rived from business originating in lowe
, and terminating in other states: from
!, business originating in other states
; and terminating in this state, from
!, business neither originating nor ter
part of this state.
/ Taxation.
: Extending the provisions of the
: present statute authorizing the people
, to vote taxes in aid of railroads t
trolley and electric railways, and au
thorizing the people to vote taxes il
aid of inter-urbans to the extent of
d per cent The law provides, however
s. that no stock shall be issued by an.
d such company except upon paymen
J. therefor of the full par vs'ue thereo
g in cash or it's equivalent.
It Providing for the elimination of tn
: limit upon fees which shall be paid t.
the secretary of state for filing al
ticles of incorporation of corporations
e The old law provided that corpora
g lions should pay SIS for the first 81
n 900 of capital stock and 81 per $1,00
thereafter, it being provided, however
that no corporation should be requil
ed to pay in excess of $4,000, howeve
' large it's capital stock. The new lay
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