The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
THE LEGISLATURE.

/ THE LEGISLATURE.
Des Moines, March 26. Senate
The senate passed the house bill ap-
propriating $780, 900 for monuments to
Iowa soldiers at vicksburg Military
park. Eloquent speeches were made
BY Senators blanchard, Healy. Court
right, Hartman. Young, Crossley.
Nallman, Ball and others. The vote
was unanimous and the chamber was
filled by veterans Of the war. who
cheered the speakers. Lewis intro.
duced resolution for hnal adjourn.
ment on April 9. The senate inclines
to the belief that adjournment may
be accomplished next week. The bill
by Senator Young Of Washington, to
appropriate $4,000 for monuments to
the Iowa soldiers at Chattanooga,
Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge, was passed, as was also the
bill appropriating the balance Of the
Shiloh appropriation (about $2,5009
for dedicatory expenses for the Shiloh
monuments.
House-The house passed the bill
increasing the salary of tie governor
to $4,000 per year, but defeated the
clause increasing the salary Of the
governors secretary to $1,000. The
following bills were also passed: In
creasing the annual appropriation for
the state board Of health from IS 1000
to $1,000 per year: increasing the sal.
airy Of the secretary from $4,000 to
1900 per year; appropriating $4,000
per year for the establishment Of q
meteorological department, $1,000 to
be salary of the bacteriologist; pro.
yiding that in counties of $4,000 the
county attorney may appoint a deputy
supervisors, but not to exceed $1,000;
ties may be employed at a reasonable
compensation to be -xed by the board
Of supervisors.
Des Moines, March 27.-senate.-
Governor Cummins submitted his veto
of the Molsberry bill, removing the
limit of bonded Indebtedness Of rail.
roads. The senate passed the Ander.
son road bill. 1t preserves the town.
ship scheme of disbursing the road
tax, but requires the tax to be col.
lected in cash. It is one of the most
important measures considered by
this general assembly. 1t makes the
township road tax 8 mills and the
county road tax / mill. Inc house
concurrent resolution endorsing the
Lacey swamp land bill was passed.
House.-The house passed the tax
ferret bill to limit the collection of
pack taxes to period of five years.
It required the ferrets to be residents
Of the county where employed, for
1T least eighteen months, but this was
changed to require residence In the
state only. Tho bill providing for the
establishment of an ineDriates ward
in the state hospitals was passed. 1t
will enable the courts to commit men
addicted to excessive use of intoxi.
cants. narcotics and drugs to this
ward, instead of the insane hospitals.
The house defeated a resolution to ad.
journ April 5. A sitting committee
resolution and one to prohibit intro.
duction of bills except by unanimous
consent were introduced.
Des MONIES, March 28.-Senate.--
Inc senate passed the compulsory
education bill, IS to s; Senators Ar
thaud, Ball, Crawford, Hogue and
Young of Lee voting agains it. The
of the power of the teacher or school
authorities to have children sent to the
industrial treform) schools until of
age for mere habltual truancy and
without the consent of the parents.
An amendment was adopted giving
boards or directors the right to hire
&r,, MT Nf hut
them to do so. The bill as finally adj
opted provides that all children be.
tween z an Ia years of age shall at
tend school at least twelve weeks q
year. Parents or guardians who have
| control of children and do not observe
the law shall be fined from So to 500
, for each offense. Moffat's resolution
to adjourn April 5, was rejected. Ire
win moved to postpone consideration
of the governors veto of the Mols.
berry so-called merger bill until Tues
day at p. M, and the motion car.
ried, % to 10. Healy's bill to give
constructing railroads the right to
condemn more than 100 feet for depot
and right Of way purposes with con
sent of the railroad commission, was
passed. The senate voted not to re
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urban trolley bill requiring these roads
to pay damages for rights of way.
House.-The house voted to indefl
nitely postpone the senate's railway
taxation bill. providing for the assess
ment of railroad properties in Iowa on
a basis Of the value of their stocks
and bonds. The vote was 81 to 30
The house voted to concur in the sen
ate amendments to the Anderson road
bill and 1t will now become a law with
the signature Of the governor. It re
quires the payment of road taxes In
cash and means the improvement Of
roads in Iowa. The house also con
Cured in the senate amendment tc
.ne compulsory education bill, taking
IT out of the power Of the teachers OF
the state to have children sent to the
reform schools for truancy alone. Tho
house refused to reconsider the vote
on the Crossley primary bill by a vote
Of AZ to 40. English called up the mo
ton to reconsider. It was explained
that the bill had been changed so az
i to make II ann1icahla on1v IN tho Gown.