Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-31
Agreement Made For Meeting
Of Joint Assembly For Elec-
tion on That Date
TRANSACTED TODAY
House Orders Printing of $1,000 Copies
OF the Highway Commissions Ee-
port = Several New Bills Offered in
the House = Senate Passes Bill for
Industrial School.
Industrial School.
to Times-Republicar.


les Moines, Jan. 31.-The house this
morning ordered the printing OF l5,-
600 copies of the Iowa highway COM
missions report for distribution. An
effcrt was made to pass bill to auth
orisse an increase of the country road
fund levy to mills, but objection was
made because it did not include cirles
and towns and because it did not also
reduce the township levy and the bill
was sent back to the committee.
A bill was passed to provide three
years sentence on persons convicted
second time of indecent exposure.
Among bills introduced was one to
punish for playing football by suspen-
sion from school and one to create
board of optomelry. One for an APP
preparation for Iowa corn growers as
sociation and one for all appropr1a-
ton for a manufacturers building at
the state fair grounds. The joint as
seInbly to elect printer and binder and
members of the educational boards, is
to be held February 9, by agreement.
sss
The senate passed a bill to admit the
orphans of sailors into the orphans
home at Davenport, the bill to appro-
pirate $500 for Eldora storage house.
and for support, and bill to require
recording of land patents in counties
ass
The laws relating to the taxation Of
Insurance companies need revising
and this was recognized in resolution
instructing the state auditor to make
ain investigation. He was instructed
I'd, include in his report what was be-
ing done in other states in the way OF
retalliating against Iowa companies
The report has been made to the SEN
ate and house and there will be taken
up at once the matter Of making pro-
per changes For instance 1t is pointed
out that the laws operate now In this
state to force a new and struggling
company to pay more than an old
company in the way of taxes because
an old company is allowed to offset
with it's obligations to it's policyhold-
ers. A new company has but few poll
icy holders and for the first few years
the obligations to these policy hold
ers is small. These matters will prob
ably come up in the committee on
ways and means.
The ways and means committee
which is one of the hardest working
committees in the senate and house
next week on the tax levy. This work
will continue till late in the session.
The insurance committee of the sem
ate held session at which 1t was de-
cided that whatever action is taken on
the bills and resolutions before the
committee should be taken by the
whole committee and there will be no
reference of important matters to
State Auditor Carroll
appeared before the committee on in
vitation and answered questions put to
him relative to the sensational mat
tiers brought out in debate in the sem
ate last week. He presented nothing
especially new in the matter ard in
dicated a Willingness to have the COM
,nittee or members inspect the reports
on file in his office from which some
of the sensational matter was sup
posed to have emanated. He denied
the accuracy of much of that which
has been stated publicly in regard to
the Iowa companies. The committee
will consider the matter further.
The house committee on railroads
got action yesterday for the first time.
Three bills were before this commit
tee. The Hanna bill for free passes
to all officers was discussed briefly,
as also the Sankey bill for 2-cent
fare. and both were laid over for fu-
ture action The Wright bin to make
it possible where there has been a loss
or damage on shipment of goods over
more than one line to sue either COM
pany for the loss and to sue I'M any
county thru which the lines may run.
Mr.. Wright presented his reasons for
this measure. and James c. Davis and
Carroll Wright presented their views
on the same bill by invitation The
bill was referred to a subcommittee
to be redyafted.
The bill Of Representative Cum
mings and Senator Eckles for the ap-
preparation for the soldiers home
covers $4,000, of which 100000 is for
the addition to the hospital as de-
sired and $500 for a new boiler house
and boilers to furnish heat for the en-
tire institution.
A resolution was introduced by MI.
Weeks yesterday asking for state
ment from the wardens of the penlten-
tiaries as to the amount and value OF
the manufactures. etc, at the state
penitentiaries and an estimate OF the
value of the stone to be quarried and
manufactured and work done the next
two years
As r7any OF the appropriation bills
are being presented as II this lests-