Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

ent law further trial.
Several bills amendatory of the
mulct law have been introduced dur.
ing the past week One strikes out
the provisions of the present law
which require that sales by manufact,
urers shall be to wholesalers only;
an other governs the request" blanks
that druggists are required to have
their customers sign This bill re-
quires thai requests be numbered con
secutively and that they be filled out
in ink by the applicant A stub is
also provided for which the druggist
must fill out in ink and which must
correspond with the request. The re-
quests are to be filed with the county
auditor and the stubs kept by the
druggists and subject at all times to
the inspection of the sheriff. justices
of the peace. county attorney or mem
bers of the grand jury A & Rankin
is here watching the progress of the
state marshal bill. but nothing has
been done i'll regard to il since its in
PRODUCTION
Representative Dashiell. who. by
the way. is the father of the house
and who was a member OF the Twelfth
general assembly. has introduced a
novel bill TO provide for the appoint
ment by the governor Of state di
rector OF marriage reform instruction
The duties of the proposed officer. as
defined in the bill. are to formulate a
course CT instruction for candidates
for matrimony." which he is required
80 send to every reputable medical
practitioner in the state An cppli.
cant for marriage certificate may
take this course of instruction and
after receiving certificate he can get
license of the clerk of the court
scrbed course he can get license b"
filing written protest with the clerk
to he forwarded To the state director
Senator Saunders bin fixing the
limit OF Imprisonment in case Of as
sault with intent to commit murder at
thirty years. instead of ten. has
passed both horses.
For Biennial Elections.
The joint resolution for a constitu
! tiona amendment providing for hi
ennlal elections passed the senate with
| only two opposing votes. which were
| cast by Senators Spaulding and Will
son of Clinton.
A bill by Weeks of Guthrie defines
"b0Otlegger" as a person who keeps
| and carries around intoxicating liq
| the bill provides for his punishment
| by means of the penalties in the mulct
| law
A bill introduced by Senator Cross
| ley provides that the elements Of ag-
riculture shall be taught in the pub
lie schools and that teachers in taking
examinations for certificates must
satisfy the county superintendent of
their ability to teach this branch The
| bill with reference to the require
ments for county superintendent has
been amended in committee so that il
| requires that such officer must have
a state fve-year certificate or diplo-
ma, and may not be eligible TO the of
fee of member of the school board OF
OF the board of supervisors during his
term as superintendent
Senator Newberry has introduced a
bill requiring that three experts be
appointed as public examiners. whose
duty il shall be to examine into the
books Of all county treasursrs. and il
is further required that uniform
system of bookkeeping on the part OF
treasurers be prepared Another bill
introduced in the house by Jepson of
Woodbury. requires that county treas
urers report the condition of the funds
TO the board of supervisors in Febru
airy and August.
Senator Stuckslager OF Linn has
bill that is of considerable importance
to members Of domestic local building
and loan associations II repeats the
provisions of the present law reQuir
ing domestic locals to report list
of their stockholders. together with
their holdings. to the assessors for as
sessment purposes.
Monuments Tor iowa wen.
Bills have been introduced and
passed in the house appropIiating
| $500 each for the erection of suitable
monuments tn the memory of ex-Gov.
ernor William NJ Stone. who is buried
at Knoxville: General George A..
Stone. at Mount Pleasant. and Gen
eral NJ NJ Croker. at Des Moines.
| The graves of neither of these distin-
guished heroes are marked by appro-
pirate monuments and the old soldiers
| in both bodies believe it was no more
than right that the state should pay
this tribute of respect TO their deeds
| and memories.
Bills have been introduced provid-
| ing that the same exemptions from
| taxation that are accorded to the SOL
diers and sailors of the rebellion and
| to their widows, be extended to the
| soldiers of the Spanish.American
| war.
Senator Crawford has introduced q
bill providing for a graduated scale OF