Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-31

tujlons and less TO the other institutions.
Tho senate committee report r. ne follows:
Soldiers Home. sst1oo; Orphans Home.
ti265O; Vinton School for Blind tiS,5oo.
school Cor Deaf. $4,000; school Tor Feeble
minded Sei,7SO. Eldora School Tor Boys,
SIC eO: Mitchellville Schools for Girls, Na-
go. Mount Pleasant. 81. 100; independence,
tg7sM; Clarinda $4,000; Cherokee. si9.5So;
Knoxville. ss1.S5o; Fort Madison, So5oo;
Anamosa. S2b.55o.
Committee Reports.
The hrecracker bill has been amended In
the house committee on judiciary so as not
to 60 into effect tn January 1. 1907. Tor
the benefit Of merchants who have already
laid in their supply Of goods. and also 50 ne
to exclude the use Of anything but black
powder in frecrackers and so reported TO
the senate for passage A bill to regulate
baby farms, which are numerous in Des
Noines. has been reported for passage in
the senate just as IL passed the house.
Pass the bird BuI.
The senate today concurred In the house
amendments 20 the bill to protect birds
The amendments were such as to permit
stores to engage in the purchase and sale
of birds.
Children Are wards.
dren sent to state institutions shall become
the wards of the state absolutely and that
the Board of Control shall have authority
to adopt them to families passed the sem
ate and have been sent over to the house.
For Constitutional Amendment.
Senator Crossley, the author OF two pri-
mary election laws at this session, both of
which were defeated, is contemplating Of
! fering a resolution TO submit the matter
to the people for a constitutional amend
ment.
The senate this afternoon passed the bill
! exempting banks investing In real estate
for banking purposes from taxation TO the
extent of the capital invested in the bank
ing house.
| The senate this afternoon passed a bill
limiting the jurisdiction of justices TO hear
! ing actions against residents of the county
! in which the justice is located.
House Proceedings.
The house this morning passed by large
majority the Conn bill to require that in
surance companies doing business in Iowa
shall make annual division of the surplus
! on all policies held in the state and for
| bidding the writing of policies on the de-
! ferred dividend plan or continuing the de-
| ferred dividend plan of doing business on
| policies already in force in the state. The
! bill is in line with the bills which have
been recommended by the national conven-
! ton OF insurance commissioners. IL was
| hard fought by the insurance men of the
| state who asserted that its passage would
practically eliminate them from business
until after other states have taken the same
| action.
The bill to grant franchise to the Fort
Dodge Des Moines & Southern railway
| nj
Ames was passed The company has ac-
quired the short college line which is oper-
ated by steam and viii convert it into an
electric line and extend Il to Des Moines.
judiciary committee bill TO legallze the
approval of franchises i'm cities and town
where the election has been at uiuf
| othar than NJ a oe.s.ai election was passed
This ,,-as made necessary by recent STU
| preme court decision affecting such fran
chises.
The Hart bill to forbid interference with
telephone wires by workmen on the high
ways and to require giving of notice before
any disturbance of wires is made was
amended until it had so lost its force that
the author withdrew it and companion
bill
Mr.. Shaffer introduced in the house a
substitute for his bill requiring inspection
| of cattle brought into the state for breed
ing purposes, making some minor changes
in the regulations The bill is on the house
calendar for favorable action.
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