Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-28
THE LEGISLATURE.

THE Legislature.
Des Moines. March 22.-Senste.--
Among bills passed were the follow.
Ing: Defining sodomy; the Harper
bill to authorize the drawing OF petit
and grand juries In 1906 II tho bien-
NAL elections constitutional amend
ment passes; to authorize communi.
ties which have voted taxes to AID
in building bridges to vote more taxes
to buy them; to regulate the sale OF
gasoline lamps. and to permit the gen
GRAFTON of the gas from gasoline within
as we'll as without buildings.
House.-The house passed the bill
authorizing the fish commissioner to
build fishway in Bonaparte dam. IN
the Des Moines river, over which the
state and the owners Of the property
have been In controversy for quarter
of century. Among other bills
passed were the following: To pro-
hibit and punish the secret or unlaw'
full tapping of water mains and cleo.
trio light wires; to protect the prop
erty of public libraries and reading
rooms against vandalism; to author.
ize cities which have voted taxes to
aid any corporation organized under
the laws of this state for the construc'
ton of q highway or combination
bridge across navigable rivers to vote
additional taxes for the purchase Of
such bridge. This bill applies to Gin.
ton. -
Des Moines, March 24.-Senate.-
The senate agreed to the proposition
of the house to invite the board OF
control into a conference to discuss ap-
preparations for the state institutions.
Wednesday evening. Among bills
passed were the following: Senator
Trewin's bill providing for the &C.
counting by the state printer and bin
der of paper drawn with the secre.
tary of the executive council; the
house substitute for the senate bill,
legalizing transfers of real estate in
which one spouse acted for the other
under supposed power Of attorney to
convey dover rights; specifically re.
curing accounting of the state offices
and departments with the executive
council and the employment OF ex'
perts to do the business; to restrict
railroad rights of way across private
property to 100 feet in width; to re.
uuire cities to keep detained accounts
Of their finances and publish the same;
to make it necessary for assured per-
sons to prove only the loss and value
, of the property for which recovery Is
sought, accompanied by affidavit and
notice, contracts to the contrary not.
withstanding: to give independent
school districts authority to CONSOLE.
| date as we'll as school townships. The
1T % 81 Nyin lend
surplus on real estate, was amended
to insert farm loans" for real es.
tate" and passed. The Teachout bill,
fixing the salary of the city assessor
| in Des Moines at 50, was taken up,
and was amended to fix the salary at
! $500 a year and requiring the sup
ervisors to furnish an office for him.
The bill was then passed.
House.-The house declined to con
cur in the senate amendments to the
interurban bill requiring these roads
to enter cities as railroads and pay
damages to owners of property abut'
ting on the right of way. The house
appointed new conferees on the Hoar
resolution. The senate passed the
resolution recommended by the orig
inal conference committee endorsing
the Hoar bill, but lne house declined
to do it. Among bills passed were the
following: Revising laws as to oil in
spection, along lines Of reforms point
ed out as needed by expert account
ants. requiring uniform keeping OF
accounts by cities and towns; giving
farmers Institutes right to select dele
gates to annual agricultural conven
ton; increasing the appropriation fol
the horticultural society from $2,50(
to $4,000; denying bail to persons
convicted of murder in the first de
gree. or treason; appropriating $4,000
to the erection of state arsenal and
adjutant generals building.
Des Moines, March 25.-Senate.-
The senate passed bill providing fol
the reorganization of the Iowa su
preme court. 1t increases the salaries
OF the judges from $4,000 to $4,000; /,
prohibits them doing work for com
| pensation other than that received
from the state; it requires them to be
in continuous session for nine and a
half months in the year; it 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 1, 1904. The
bill will require the residence of the
supreme court judges in Des Moines
Ine senate defeated the Crossley bill
to give the state board of educationa
examiners power to issue life di
plomas and state certificates to teach
ers who do not pass examinations
but who are graduates of accepted anc
approved courses of pedagogy in the
colleges of the state. The bill was
designed to do away with the biennia
cry for more normal schools. It die
not receive a constitutional majority
the vote being % to 81.
house.-The house by vote of 81
to 16, II members being absent, ,ad
opted a 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 10S. was
passed. The question of creating 8
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.--