Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-04-04

olution FOR the relief Of the widows ana
orphans Of the victims OF Lost Creek
mine disaster in February. 1t car
ries an appropriation Of $4,000.
House.-Immedia,ely after conven'
ing q motion was made to reconsider
the vote BY which the Larrabee ran
road taxation bill was passed. Inc
motion was carried without opposi
tion. 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 U.tO
Often Of ocahontas county, 1onn
Bailey of Webster county, Ineoaore
Bushick Of Mills county, George Stan'
ley of Story county, ana WAAnnm
Young OF Woodbury. county. Inc
senate pardons committee has recon-
mended pardons for Stanley and NC
Creary only. The house passed the
bill providing for 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 snail
be chief examiner. No engineer Is to
be permitted to operate an engine
without Ger .incate. Bills were
passed as follows: Changing the time
for the meeting OF school boards from
September to August; providing that
when q dispute arises over the loca.
ton Of q pest house, the matter shalI
be referred to the president OF the
state board of health, who shall ap-
point q committee to locate the pest
house, after two days notice to the
parties Interested; empowering any
member 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 H.
braries the library board may COM
pei the city council to fulfill the con-
ditions on which the gift was &C.
copied.
Des Moines, April 3.-Senate.-The
Hubbard merger" bill providing that
any railway corporation organized
under the laws of the state, and own.
ing and operating a line OF railroad
In this state may acquire railroads IN
all other states, provided they are not
competing 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 S
mills on the dollar once In each ten
years. Heretofore a community vot'
ing q tax for this purpose was es'
topped from again voting 1t. The de-
sign of the change in the law Is to
permit aid to be voted to interurban
trolley lines. The senate passed the
house bill to raise the salary of the
governor from $4,100 to $4,000
The bill to create BARRIERS
commission to examine and license
BARRIERS was killed. The bill OF Sen
ator Ball to permit liens to be filed
against state property was defeated
The bill to exempt from taxation $500
of the property Of every soldier not
worth to exceed $4,000 was passed
County attorneys in counties of over
81, 900 inhabitants were given the
right to select their own assistants
A resolution providing for final ad
journment April 8, was passed, but 8
motion to reconsider was fled. The
salary Of county superintendent was
fixed at $3.50 a year. instead Of 81
q day.
House.-The house Thursday after
noon by vote of AZ to as refused tt
recommend the conditional pardon Of
j. Wesley Elkins, now serving life
sentence at Anamosa for the murder
of his father and stepmother. The
tsenate had voted to grant the pardon
- motion to reconsider has been flee
in the house already, signed by Messrs
jerks and Teachout. The house de
voted the whole day to the case, al
though the time of each speaker, witt
the exception Of the leader on eacf
| side, was limited several had thei1
time extended by vote Of the house
| The house adopted the report of thu
conference committee appointed tt
consider the senate amendments tt
the Hamann interurban bill. Tit
amendments provide that a trolle,
line entering a city may haul such
| freight as it can carry in baggage o.
combination cars. This may be done
without condemning the street an(
| paying abutting damages as the senate
| amendments provided.