Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-10
THE LEGISLATURE.

passed by practically unanimous vote
a bill enacting that section OF the sen.
ate taxing bill which the house killed
last week, requiring the executive
council to publish its proceedings dur.
ing the meetings at which 1t deter.
mines the railroad assessment. When
messaged to the senate 1t was taken
up Immediately and Senator Lewis.
reputed author of the original meas.
ure, moved to amend the Larrabee bill
by adding to II the sections OF the orig.
inal bill requiring the railroads to re.
port the numoer and value OF their
stocks and bonds, and authorizing the
council to summon railroad men as
witnesses under oath and punish rail-
roads for classifying reports. Senator
Moffit moved to add the section OF the
original bill requiring the council to
assess the roads on a basis OF the
value of their stocks and bonds and
explain their reasons for 'deviating
therefrom in assessing them. In this
form the bill was laid over until Wed
nesday for consideration. The senate
by vote of SO to 0. refused to pass
the Molsberry bill over the governors
veto. The senate passed the bill TAX.
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titioners from the state board OF
medical examiners, Senators Mardis,
Tallman and Trewin only voting
against it. 1t is supported by the ply.
sicians of the state and is designed to
settle the contention that has existed
for years between the medical schools
end the osteopaths. The senate pass
ed the Hayward bill to require tele.
phone and telegraph companies to file
plats of their lines with the county
auditors of the state.
House.-Among bills passed were
the following: Requiring the con-
struction of fire escapes to all hotels,
tenements. hospitals, manufactures,
warehouses, three or more stories In
height, to all public school buildings.
seminaries and colleges more than
two storieG in height, and to all thea
ters; providing that cities of 10000
may employ a police matron; increas-
ing the support fund for the boys In.
dustrial school at Eldora from 50 to
s11 per month. per capita; providing
that one telephone company shall not
erect its poles on more than one side
of the highway and that all telephone
poles shall be placed on the outside
lines of such roads; empowering the
trustees Of any township to condemn
land in order to secure gravel for
roads; providing that voter may
register on election day IL he has
moved from one precinct to another in
me same county after the last regis.
tration day; providing that any cor.
poration organized under the laws of
a. fafn or ptttcidn nf Iowa
which shall establish an office in this
state for the sale of stocks, shall file
with the secretary of state certified
copy OF its articles Of incorporation,
accompanied by a resolution authoriz-
ing the services of process to be made
on the auditor of state in any suit
brought against 1t.
Des Moines, April 3.-Senate.-The
senate spent the erJlre day on debate
on the resolution to pardon John Yves
ley Elkins, who at the age of IL years,
in 1889, murdered his father and moth.
er. The pardon was voted, 81 to 20.
Senator w. p. Whipple, of Vinton, car.
ried the resolution through and made
one of the most eloquent speeches
heard In this session of the assembly.
At an evening session the senate
passed bill preventing the receivers
of insurance companies from begin,
ming suits on notes given for insur-
ance in any county except that in
which the defendant resides. Hay.
ward moved that the Larrabee rail
road taxation bill be returned to the
house as requested by that body. The
motion was carried unanimously. Sen.
ator Blanchard introduced joint res.
olution for the relief of the widows and
orphans of the victims of Lost Creek
mine disaster in February. 1t car.
ries an appropriation Of $4,000.
House.-Immediatel after conven-
ing a motion was made to reconsider
the vote by which the Larrabee rail.
road taxation bill was passed. The
motion was carried without opposi.
ton. The house spent the day on the
pardon cases before 1t, voting pardons
to six members serving life sen.
fences. The house voted pardons to
Joseph McCreary of Mills county, Otto
Often of ocahontas county, John
Bailey of Webster county, Theodore
Bushick of Mills county. George Stan.
ley of Story county. and William
Young of Woodbury. county. The
senate pardons committee has recon.
mended pardons for Stanley and Nc.
Creary only. The house passed the
bill providing for a board of exam.
liners to examine all stationary en-.
gineers and issue certificates to them.
The board Of examiners is to consist
of five members. one of whom shall
be chief examiner. No engineer is to
be permitted to operate an engine
without Ger ,ineate. Bills were
passed as follows: Changing the time
for the meeting of school boards from
september to August; providing that
when a dispute arises over the loca.
ton of a pest house, the matter shall
be referred to the president of the
state board of health, who shall ap-
point a committee to locate the pest
house, after TWO days notice to the
parties Interested; empowering any
of the board of supervisors
to employ labor to repair any break
in the levee and also empowering
boards of supervisors to establish
roads upon levees; providing that
when gifts are made to cities for II
braries the library board may com.
pei the city council to fulfill the con.
ditions on which the gift was &C.
cepted.
Des Noines, April 3.-Senate.-The
merger" bill providing that
any railway corporation organized
under the laws of the state, and own.
Ing and operating line of railroad
in this state may acquire railroads in
all other states, provided they are not
and are connecting, was
passed. The Molsberry bill was made
unfinished business. The senate voted
to authorize the people to vote taxes
in aid Of railroads to the extent Of
mills on the dollar once in each ten
years. Heretofore a community yot.
ing a tax for this purpose was es-
topped from again voting 1t. The de-
sign OF the change in the law is to