Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
N[N UNIVERSITY SITE
Iowa House Passes Resolution
Fayoring a New Campus for
State University.
Present Site Declared to Be Too
Small for Institutions
Growth.
A Number OF Bills Passed in
Both Houses..Tax Fer.
ret Law.
Special to mes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 11.-The house this
morning unanimously passed resolu-
ton offered by Dunham in relation to
the state university. in which the uni
versity was referred to in highly COM
plimentary terms. but. lamenting that
the university is so located that there
is not room for proper placing of build
ings that are necessary for a great uni
versity, declaring that there not room
on the present campus for more than
the present buildings and that these
are only sufficient for the medical,
dental and pharmaceutical depart
ments, and declaring 1t to be the sense
of this legislature that new campus
should be secured at some place near
Iowa City, where there is room for
buildings and that the appropriations
should be made with view to remov-
ing the university proper to the new To-
cation and abandoning the present
buildings to the three departments
mentioned. Mr.. Dunham explained
that 1t was desired that room should be
secured for the proper expansion of the
university and his remarks We're heart
lily applauded.
bill to make the law on malicious mis-
chief apply to eiectrict railway compa-
MES; the Dunham bill to change the
law in regard to supervisors duties;
the Kendall bill to prohibit mine in
spectors belonging to schools of in
struction; the Buchanan bill to pre-
vent the sale of cocaine; Mordhort's
TWO bills relating to suits against
steamboats,; Hammann bill giving more
time for the school census; the Dunnarn
bill allowing the taking of orchards for
schoolhouse sites; the Blanchard bill
reducing interest on county warrants
from six to five per cent.
The senate today passed the Lam
sberxriil to revise the laws Of the state
printer and binder; bill legalizing deeds
where the husband has signed for the
wife; Hubbard bill to punish for hay
ing burglars tools in possession.
New bills were introduced today:
Roome, appropriation to buy Fort At
kinson Koontz, appropriation for his
torical department and to publish
Kirkwood letters; English. amend
ments to newspaper libel law; Sweeley.
requiring county supervisors to give
bonds; Jones, requiring railroads to
pay employees semi monthly; Town
send, to prevent reinsurance In unau-
thorized companies.
There is every reason to believe that
a determined effort will be made to ef-
feet the repeal of the entire tax ferret
law at this session of the legislature.
Several bills have been introduced
which would almost destroy the law.
They limit it's operation in such way
that there would be very little for tax
ferrets to do. Yesterday bill made its
appearance, introduced In the house by
Mr.. Barclay, of Boone. to repeal the en-
tire law. Mr.. Barclay Will urge the bill
strongly The committees have con-
sidered bill to enforce registration of
mortgages with view to compelling
the taxation of mortgages. 1t is argued
that no law can be made that Will COM
pei the registration of mortgages and
that when they are recorded 1t may be
the day on which they are Cancelled.
This method of reaching all the taxable
money does not commend itself to the
committees. But there is opposition to
the present tax ferret law in almost
every county where it has been put into
nent short time before leaving Office
that in his estimation the law was do
ing harm to the state and he believed
that millions of dollars We're leaving the
state of Iowa because of the law. Large
investments have been made by Iowa
people in land in Nebraska, South Da-
kota. Minnesota and Canada because of
the tax ferret law. There are several
bills before the legislature now to allow
banks. insurance companies and other
to lend their money outside
of Iowa. These are said to be all due
to the desire to escape the terrible tax
ferrets. Mr.. Barclay gives an illustra-
tion in his own county of what the tax
ferret law is doing. He cites the case of
three men, each one worth from $780,
who have within the past year
moved outside of the state to live. They
have their money loaned In Boone
county, but they live elsewhere. Wheth-
or they return their paper for taxation
in the states where they now live is not
known. They come back every year.
stay two or three weeks, look over their
investments, and then leave the state.
them in the way of taxation. They lend
their money at little lower rate of in
terest than others. They make their
own loans and sometimes cut as much
as l per cent. 1t may be said that this
is an advantage to the persons who
borrow, but the loss on account of the
driving of these people out of the state
must be considered. MIR. Barclay says
that the tax ferrets have done little but
make trouble and drive men out of the
state. The feeling against the system Is
the longer it remains on the
statute books. He believes the whole
law will be repealed at this session.
When the report of the committee on
the Larrabee road bill came up Mr..
LaiTabee insisted on a roll call to adopt
the same. He wanted to put the men