Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
Cocaine Measure lis Favor
ably Reported on a IS is Tax
Title Bill.
PROVISIONS OF latter
Subcommittee Has Also Iieen APP.
pointed to Consider MIR. Bt ichanan's
Proposed Law Regulating Automo.
, biles-other News of Legis sature.
Des Moines Bureau of the c purier.
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Des Moines, Fysb. T..
The house committee on public
health has reported favorably on the
bill of Buchanan relating to tn sale
of cocaine and providing punis hment
for illegal sales. This p%rovidest that
no one, directly or indirectly, sha. u sell
or give away any cocaine, or pre- para
ton into which that drug enters ex-
cept upon the written prescriptio II Of
a registered physician for medic final
purposes. For the first offense of this
act the offending party shall be fl ned
not less than $25 and not more t ham
500 and costs. For subsequent of.
lenses the minimum fine is increas ;ed
to $100 and notfmore than $500, or i IN
prisonment in the county Jail not to
exceed three months.
Buchanan's Tax Title Bill.
Another bill by the same authc u,
which is of general interest, has see u
given favorable report. This provide IS
that before tax title shall be granite d
it shall be necessary to give notice ,
upon expiration of the period in whicl !
redemption may be made, to "any
mortgage, named in any >unsatisfied
mortgage or assignment, thereof ap-
pearing of record, and upon any hold.
er of mechanics lien named in any un-
satisfied mechanics lien or any assign
ee thereof appearing on record in the
county where such real estate is sit.
uated."
~Conveyances of Property.
The senate Judiciary committee re-
ported a bill to validate conveyances
of property in which the husband or
wife had, under power of attorney,
conveyed the contingent interest of
the other. The supreme court, as 1
stated in a former letter, some time
ago, decided that such action was in
valid and this ruling threw a cloud
over the title of much property in the
state. The bill is only intended to
make legal all such conveyances in
the past, but does not contemplate a
continuation of the practice Of con-
veyancing in the ann declared il.
legal.
Codify Laws.
The senate judiciary committee al
so reported favorably the Trewin bill
providing for the annexation and cod
iication of the laws of the twenty
seventh. twenty-eighth and twenty
ninth general assemblies and the same
was passed by the senate.
Will Visit Knoxville.
The invitation to visit Knoxville on
February Is aroused a discussion in
the senate. The concurrent resolu.
ton to accept was objected to on the
ground that the senate had been al.
ready in session almost a month and
had passed but one bill. 1t was how
eve voted to accept.
Refuses to Act on Swamp Bill.
The senate refused to take imme-
diate action on the concurrent resolu.
tion to instruct the congressional del.
egation to support the Lacey swamp
land refund bill, referring the same
to the committe on federal relations.
Cost of Inauguration.
The cost of the recent inauguration
was SIP, 900, and bills providing for
the payment of the same were intro.
sduced yesterday in the house and sen.
ate.
Of Interest to Physicians.