Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-03-27
THE LEGISLATURE.

the road laws so as to conform them
to the new statute extending the time
of assessing railroads from March to
July. S. r. 1877, was passed. 1t turns
over to the state board OF heath half
the fees collected from itinerant doc
tors. Originally It also provided that
certificates of doctors could be re
voked by the state board of medical
examiners without the vote of all the
schools represented. The senate also
passed bill providing that children
under IA years of age shall not be
employed in mines, factories and
workshops to exceed six hours day.
House.--The house passed the Vicks.
burg monument bill without an oppos.
ing vote. 1t appropriated $l50,000 for
Iowa monuments on the Vicksburg
field. OF this, $4,000 is to be expend.
ed during this biennial period. Repre-
sentatives +. J. Bealer, Nate e. Ken
dali and others made eloquent
speeches in favor of the measure. The
Des lMoines fire ana police commits.
sion bill passed the house, after the
publication clause had been stricken
off so that il cannot become a law un.
til July 4, If the senate concurs in
the amendment This gives the incom.
ing mayor the appointive power over
the policemen and firemen who will
be in Office when ii becomes operative.
The house passed the resolution to
adjourn April 3, but the senate has
decided not to pass the resolution,
until it is plain that adjournment can
be taken that day. 1t is thought ad.
journment will not come until April 10.
Des Moines, March 19.-Senate.-
The senate debated the Emmert bill
to create reformatory for men at
the penitentiary at Anamosa and ap-
propriate $4,000 therefor at great
length, amended It so persons con.
yicted of rape, arson, burglary, or
murder shall not have the advantages
Of the reformatory, and defeated 1t.
Senators COPYRIGHT, Dowell, Fitch.
patrick, Garst, Harper, Hubbard
Lyons, Maytag, Townsend voted for it,
only. Among bills passed were the
following: BY Edwards, requiring
telegraph and telephone companies to
file maps and schedules Of their lines
with county auditors; by COPYRIGHT
to allow notice Of election on grant.
ing public franchises In municipali.
ties to be punished by posting when
no newspapers are published within
the corporation; by COPYRIGHT. pro
viding that the right of inheritance
from parents and children by adoption
shall be the same as between parents
and children born in lawful wedlock;
repeating the law discriminating
against foreign insurance companies in
the matter of taxes, fixing their tax at
2.5 per cent, or the same as the com.
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Iowa pay. In executive session the
senate confirmed the appointment of
L. G. Kline to succeed himself as
member of the board Of control and
of 7. Z. McCurdy to succeed J. ID.
McGarraugh as custodian of the cap
itol. Senator Hartman voted against
McCurdy.
House.-The Crossley primary cleo.
ton bill failed to pass the house Wed.
nesday. there being only 48 votes for
1t to 81 against. A motion to recon.
slider was filed and the bill will be
called up again. The general provi.
sions of the bill are as follows: All
parties shall hold their primaries on
the same day; these primaries are to
be governed by practically the same
rules as govern the general election,
the judges and clerks to be the same;
delegates selected at the primaries
are instructed to vote for the candi.
dates receiving the largest vote In
their respective precincts. All re.
turns are to be made to the county
auditor. who is to certify them to the
conventions of the respective parties.
Senator Crossley, Representative
Greene and others interested in the
bill are engaged in amending 1t to
some extent and another attempt will
be made to secure its passage. The
biennial election amendment passed
the house Wednesday with only six
teen votes against 1t. It has already
passed the senate and will now be re.
ferred to the next general assembly,
by which it must be. passed before IL
can be submitted to the people. II
has been properly recorded in the
Journal OF each house so as to insure
it's constitutionality on this score. The
bill appropriating $37,500 for a stock
pavilion at the state fair grounds was
passed.
Des Moines, March 20.--Senate.-
The senate passed the Hamann house
bill. with amendments, granting the
right of eminent domain to interurban
trolley lines, allowing them to use the
highways, applying to them all of the
laws relating to railroad corporations,
but prohibiting them from entering
cities as street car lines for purposes
of transporting freight. That is, they
may operate within cities as street
car lines for the transportation of
passengers, mail and baggage, but il
they haul freight they must use the
streets as railroads and pay abutting
property owners damage, getting in
return perpetual franchises. The
senate concurred in the house amend
ments to the bill creating fire and
police commission to superintend
these departments in the city of Des
Moines and the bill now awaits the
signature of the governor to become
law. The bill to require telephone
companies to file profiles of their lines
and make annual reports to county
auditors and to report to the executive
council instead of the auditor of state,
was defeated.
House.-The house passed the
Molesberry bill removing the limit of
bonded indebtedness which Iowa rail.
road companies may incur. The vote
was 65 to 10. The bill has passed the
senate and awaits the signature OF
the governor. Clarke called up II. F.
351, establishing a law regarding ne
gotiable instruments uniform with the
laws of other states and repeating sec.
lions 3043. 3045. 3049, 1850. 3051. 3052.
1854 and 3055. He explained the meas
ure at some length, stating that 1t
had been adopted by number of
foreign countries, by nineteen states
of the union, and that there was
great necessity for such law in this
state. The bill he stated was sim
ply a codification of the law and deci-
sions on the subject to conform to sim