Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-14
The appropriations made by this general

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The appropriations made by this general
assembly follow:
Institutions under board of control $500, 900
Inebriate hospital ............... 125,OOO
Repairs to capital .-.... ........... 20s,0OO
Agricultural college .............. $4,000
State university ..,.,.............. 2OS,0OO
Normal school ................... $4,000
Historical building ............... 100000
State fair building e............... 1900
State census -. ....... .......... 1890
Dubuque home for women ......... 1900
Sioux City home for women -. 1000
Des Moines Benedict home ...... $500
st. Louis exposition ............ 10000
National Guard deficit ,........... 10000
Inspecting homes for friendless chill
dren ....... 800. ......... 1900
Temporary fire repairs on capitol. 5000
Pharmacists expenses ..... 1850. OBS
Veterinarian board expenses. ...... 429
Costs In Humboldt county ........ 051
Reimburse officers of school for
deaf for personal losses in fire.. 1850
Grand Army headquarters. 5000. 1900
Contingent fund, supreme COURT. 500
Additional legislative employees. 1850
Fish and game deficit ............ 1000
Railroad maps ........... ........ $500
Land for soldiers orphans home. 5000
Inaugural expenses ...... 621
Conferences of board of control
and state institution superin-
tendents -. 49,. ............ $50
Expressage, freight, etc.,. 49,. 1924
Iowa National Guard $500. ....... 10000
Returning Iowa building at st.
Louis to Iowa :. .............. 5000
Victims of capitol elevator accident $500
archaeological laboratory ...... 5000
Education of William Redeem. 1000
Visiting committees at state in
stitutions -. -. ........... 1,237
Investigating ACCESSIBILITY Of estab-
o1,t F1r
tives in Iowa .............. 1000
National Guard camp ground as. 10000
| Metal shelving at state house,. 5000
| State historical society .......... $500
Fish and game department ....... 1880
Investigation Of advisability of
enacting indeterminate sentence
| law ..... -. ................. 500
| State agent to place orphans In
home Observation-Disclosures. 1000
| One Of the chief interests OF the session
was the successful effort of the stock ship
pcrs of the state to get law passed re-
Quiring railroads to Issue them return
passes on shipments of stock. The roads
always gave shippers who accompanied
their stock to market free transportation
to market and home. The return passes
were cut off about six months ago. The
stock shippers Immediately formulated a
| demand to the legislature to compel the
| roads to restore the return passes. This
the legislature did through bill intro
uuced by Representative Hart. Various at
tempts were made to secure the addition
to the measure of a provision regulating
the speed of stock trains but this provision
was eliminated because the Iowa legisla-
ture could not fix the speed Mt which Iowa
freight shall be hauled In some other state.
Probably the most far reaching Of all of
the acts of the assembly was the drainage
law. This statute Is of very great length
bUt II pnaptS intO Inv q ayStpm of
Ing drainage Of lands which Is expected to
redeem hundreds Of thousands of acres of
the most valuable land in Iowa. The law.
In brief, provides that one land owner may
start in action the machinery for the con
struction of n drainage ditch which will
carry the surplus water rom his fields.
1t requires the supervisors of the county In
which the applicant has the land to survey
the proposed drain and If it is deemed nee
essary to proceed with the construction OF
1t. If there are protests 1t Is provided
that they shall be considered by still an
other board Of appraisers who shall fly
the damages The cost, benefits and dam
ages are then assessed to the abutting
property. If a man Is damaged by the
construction of the drain he gets pay In
compensation. but he cannot stop the con
struction of the drain which Is declared Il
public necessity
constitutional amendment was passed
by the legislature which will be submitted
to the voters If 1t goes through the thirty
first assembly, ALSO absolutely confirming
the right in the countyyto order the drains
constructed as a public necessity, Now the
only ground for public action is the neces
sty of the public health. ~
law was passed compelling fire insur
ance agents to secure license to practice
In Iowa. This license must DO procured
from the auditor of state and solicitation