Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-22
THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
Annual Meeting Being Held at Des
Moines-Laws Wanted.

Annual Meeting Being Held at Des
Moines-Laws Wanted.
Des Moines, Jan. 22.-The county
boards of supervisors of the state
want number of changes made in thc.
existing laws, and during the opening
sessions of their state convention
Tuesday they discussed proposed bills
relative to county printing and to the
state bearing the expense of certain
class of pauper relief work. The con-
vention is the largest and most inter-
es:ing ever held by the supervisors.
and the members are confident that
they will at last be able to accom-
plish something.
AT today's convention good roads
and county bridges will be up for dis
cussion at the morning session, and
township road taxes and county re-
ports are listed for the afternoon, but
matters that the convention may adj
tourn and attend in body the meet
ing of the legislature this afternoon.
The bill which the supervisors wish
the legislature to enact in relation to
the question of the state bearing the
expense of certain pauper relief work
was submitted by Chris Mathes. of
Des Moines county. and is as follows:
"A bill for an act to reimburse any
county mourning expenses for the re-
lief. care, support or quarantine of
any nonresident sick person:
Section. /. Whenever any county
shall incur expenses for the relief,
care. support or quarantine of any in
digent nonresident sick person, who
has no legal residence in any county
in the state, such county shall be re-
imbursed directly from the state treas
ury upon the sworn itemized state
ment of the chairman of the board OF
supervisors and the county auditor of
such county.
Section 2. publication clause.)
The bill in relation to county printing
caused a lengthy discussion, during
which the supervisors explained how
some of the counties are being imposed
upon by those who have the county
printing. The proposed measure Is as
fellows:
Resolved, That the legislative COM
mittee of the county supervisors of
Iowa, now in convention assembled. be
directed to have introduced In the legis-
lature and urge the passage of the fol-
lowing bill amending the statute relat-
ing to official newspapers:
IAN act to amend section AL Of the
code relating to official newspapers. Be
II enacted by the general assembly of
the state OF Iowa-Section /. That sec
ton AL of the code be and the same is
amended by inserting after the
comma following the word type in the
nineteenth line OF said section the words
or seven lines of nonpareil type and
after the semi-colon following the word
equivalent the words and no extra
charge shall be made for figure work,
table work or justification Section O.
publication clauee.)
The following standing committees
were chosen:
Committee on Observation-Disclosures T.
Logan, Scott; l.. II. DeFord. Polk; ]. r.
Miller, Wright.
Committee on Finance-Chris Mathes,
Des Moines; Mike Weisbrod, Kossuth;
H. c. Brandes, Pottawattamie
Committee on Resolutions ~. n.
Spellman, Wapello; r. w. Mckinney,
Pocahontas; Charles Gilman, Clay.
Committee on Transportation-W. n.
Funk, Warren; Ed r. Silman. Story; c.
w. Britton, Polk.