Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-04-16

{ Iowa Legislature.
Observation-Disclosures


The motion to reconsider the vote by
which the parole of Wesley Elkins was
not recommended in the House the previ.
GUS day, passed the House Friday after
noon by vote Of 40 to 81. Immediately
AFTER the resolution, as originally pass.
ing the Senate, passed the House by de-
clslve majority. The bill recognizing the
practice of osteopathy and providing for
the examination of graduates, passed the
House, after having previously passed the
Senate. The tax levics for the State Uni
versity at Iowa City, the Agricultural
college at Ames and the State Normal
school at Cedar Falls have been voted.
Senate bills passed the House with only
slight amendment to the former in the
way of prohibiting the board of regents
from anticipating the warrants to be is
sued by the State Auditor and also to
the latter striking out the limitation to
stated sum and the transfer of any ex-
cess to the general fund. The bill to fix
the compensation of water works trus-
tees in special chartered cities passed
the Senate by a vote of yeas 50, nays ,.
a bill authorizing the people to vote taxes
in aid of railroads to the extent of 5
mills on the dollar once in each ten years.
passed the Senate.
After Jan. l.. 1904, Iowa will have
continuous sessions of the Supreme Court
and the members of the bench will re-
ceive as compensation $4,000 annually.
The House bill originally introduced by
Cummings, amended and passed, then
again placed in substantially its original
form by the Senate met with final pas
sage in the House Saturday morning by
concurrence in the Senate amendments,
Five will be released from the peniten-
tiaries of Iowa on recommendation of the
Legislature, in case the Governor inter-
poses no objections, and that is not ex-
lected. The Senate acted favorably I'M
on the House resolutions for the pardon
of George Stanley, Joseph McCrary and
VIM. Young. Restrictions placed by the
Senate upon the fund for the State Uni
vcrsity and State Agricultural College
were removed by amendments by the
House. The Senate amended the orig
inal bills so that il the sum raised by
the one-fifth mill levy exceeded $4,000
in given year. such excess should be re-
funded to the State. The Senate voted
to concur In such amendment. Several
other bills were passed by each house.
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An even dozen bills passed the House
Monday morning The most important is
the bill requiring operators of mines to
employ competent men to examine and
fire all shots in mines. This has been n
controversy over which the miners and
the operators have been waging warfare
since the terrible catastrophe Mt Lost
Greek mine, the latter part OF January.
Among the other important bills passing
was that making it Il crime to sell prom
erty, on which there is landlords lien,
without giving proper notice; a confer
ence compromise on the insurance note
bill; the Senate bill for the recognition
OF private normal schools for the train
ing of teachers for the common schools;
Senate bill revising game laws and max
ing many important changes. The Sel-
ate passed bills relating to the duties Of
the commissioner of labor statistics, safe
ty and comfort of workers in factories,
instruction and training - ..j...,ne,s. lew
ing of Que mill tax for highways. and de-
lining crime of the habitual criminal,
The Senate on Tuesday passed n subj
stitutc for the Molesberry bill relating
to the Indebtedness of railroads and the
House passed the Hubbard bill relating
to the consolidation of railroad interests.
The Molesberry measure went through
n tn fo ~, TT
ed the Hubbard bill GO to 81. The Nioles-
berry measure rs it passed the Senate
provides that Iowa railroads may issue
bonds to the amount Of $4,000 a mile
for single track and $4,000 n mile for
double track, but not in excess of the ac-
tual value of the roads per mile, and
may issue bonds to the amount of three
fourths the actual value of their ter
minals in addition, the proceeds TO be
used in extensions. improvements. re-
pairs, or in refunding indebtedness, The
Dill is intended rs a substitute for the
present law, which prohibits railroads in
this State from issuing bonds in excess
of two-thirds of their capital stock, The
Hubbard measure provides that any rail
road company organized in Iowa and
owning and operating n railroad in this
State, may lease or purchase, control or
operate any connecting extension Of its
railroad not parallel or competing there
with in any other State, and to that end
may purchase, own and control the stocks
and securities of such other roads. The
Hubbard bill had passed the Senate in
another form and the bill as it passed the
House will so back to the Senate for
consideration.