Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
THE LEGISLATURE.

Des Moines. March l5.--Senate-
The conference committee. reported n
substitute concurrent resolution mem.
orializing congress to pass the Hoar
bill in restriction of the issuance Of
,njunctions by federal courts during
strikes. The new resolution expresses
the belief that the Hoer bill is q good
one and that the legislature has
abundant confidence in the Iowa dele.
cation In congress. 1t is a compromise
which 1t Is said will be adopted with.
out dissent. A message was received
from the governor suggesting the pas,
sage OF general statute transferring
the jurisdiction over grounds on which
the government will erect buildings
to the federal authorities. Heretofore
this has been effected by special acts.
Governor Cummins suggested that a
draft of law which he transmitted be
adopted. The matter went to the COM
mittee on judiciary.
Among bills passed were the follow
ing: To prohibit the sale of cocaine
except on prescription of physician;
to permit persons moving from one
voting precinct to another after reg
istration to register on election day
and vote; to permit supervisors to re-
pair river levees in emergency with.
out waiting for meeting of the board;
to change the weight of millet and
Hungarian seed from 4S to 80 pounds
to the bushel; giving the board Of con-
troll power to detain girls at the Indus.
trial school at Mitchellville until they
are 21; to apply the fish protection law
to the Big Sioux river; to punish kid.
naping for ransom by Imprisonment
for any term of years from ten years to
lite.
housekeeping amendments to
the proposed law for the creation of a
board OF control to govern the state
educational institutions were introduce
ed and the whole business was again
sent to the committee Of judiciary, q
motion to refer to special committee
being defeated. The amendments add
the governor and su..' rintendent of
instruction to the board and modify
its powers In the matter of hiring
professors. Cummins of Black Hawk,
chairman of the committee to which
the Torrens land register bill was re-
ferred. reported in favor of the bill,
but with the recommendation that it
be not further considered at this time,
but that 1t be referred to commits.
sion to report to the next general as.
| sembly. Hawk of Jasper the author Of
the bill, has already introduced a bill
providing for such commission. A
bill providing for five days notice be.
fore assessing the mulct tax against
property was passed.
Des Moines, March 17.-Senate.-
The following bills we're passed: BY
Kendall, requiring the board of mine
examiners to have certificates, four
as mine foremen and one as mine en-
gineer, and prohibiting members from
being connected with mining schools;
by Kendall, requiring mine inspectors
to visit all coal mines of more than
year; by Buchanan, to give the
board of veterinarian commissioners
power to revoke certificates. ETC.; by
| 1t clear that all expenditures in ex-
cess of $4,000 must be submitted to a
vote of the people before being made
by the board of supervisors.
House.-Buchanan of Wapello intro
duced resolution for sine die ad-
journment at IL m, April 8. It was
laid over under the rules. The bill
providing that the laws affecting rail-
ways shall apply to interurban rail
ways, that interurbans in cities shall
be governed by the same laws as street
railways. that they may run along the
public highways with the consent of
two-thirds Of the owners of the abut-
| ting property, was passed. The bill
providing that in cities Of $4,000 or
| over the board of supervisors shall
| furnish the assessor with an office,
| was passed. 1t also provides that in
| cities of 10000 or over, which at pres
ent only includes Des Moines. that the
assessor shall receive not to exceed
SO per day, and his deputies not to
exceed $3.50, deputies to be approved
by the board of supervisors.
Des Moines, March 1S.-Senate.-
The senate passed the bill to amend
the road laws so as to conform them
to the new statute extending the time
of assessing railroads from March to
July. S. F. 127, was passed. It 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 a bill providing that children
under IA years of age shall not be
employed in mines, factories and
workshops to exceed six hours a day.
House.-The house passed the Viclls.
burg monument bill without an oppos.
ing vote. 1t appropriated $150,000 for
Iowa monuments on the Vicksburg
field. OF this, $4,000 is to be expend.
ed during this biennial period. Repre-.
sentatives e. j. Bealer, Nate r. Ken
dali and others made eloquent
speeches in favor of the measure. The
Des lMoines fire ana police com1ais.
sion bill passed the house, after the
publication clause had been stricken
off so that it cannot become law I'M
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 it 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 100000 therefor at great
length, amended it SO persons con.
victed of rape, arson, burglary. or
murder shall not have the advantages
of the reformatory, and defeated it.
Senators COPYRIGHT, Dowell, Fitch.
patrick, Garst, Harper. Hubbard
Lyons, Maytag, Townsend voted for it,
only. Among bills passed were the