Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-26

upon, and probably not dozen ol
these will be reported for passage. The
majority are appropriation bills
Speaker Clarke says the number OF
bills in committee is not large for this
stage of the session and he sees no
reason for fear that the house will be
unable to complete it's work. The bills
that will take UP most time. in all
probability, are the primary election
bill, the board of regents bill and the
bin to establish the indeterminate
sentence for this state. Aside from
these three are no bills that will
come to the house calling for mucn
discussion.
The conferrees have now been named
on the child labor bill. The house
members are Hart, Cummings, Cars
Jensen and Clary; the senate members
are Wlipple, Dwell, Jackson and
COPYRIGHT. This committee will under
take to reconcile the differences be-
tween the two houses on this import
ant BILL The house members feel that
the bill was badly used in the senate
and there must he some important
changes made else it will never become
law.
A bill which passed the house on
Saturday relating to insurance COM
panies appears to have been passed
with misunderstanding. This is the
bill to exempt state mutual insurance
companies from payment of taxes. The
local or county nutuals do not pay
taxes. 1t was contended the state
mutuals should not. 1t was also con-
tended that under a recent decision Of
the supreme court county mutuals
would be subject to taxation and this
bill includes county as we'll as state
mutuals. The pressure was brought
for the bill on the theory that 1t was
giving the county mutuals exemption.
whereas the attorney general and state
auditor, who appeared before the In
surance committee to oppose the bill.
state that the supreme court decision
has been misunderstood and that there
is no danger whatever of taxation of
the county mutuals. The state mutuals
pay now about $4,000 year into the
state treasury.
An important bill introduced in the
house by Mr.. Shaffer of Fayette
makes provision for keeping out of the
state cattle and herds of cattle that
may be diseased or be affected by any
of the ailments which are regarded as
dangerous. The state veterinary sur
geon is charged with the duty of en-
forcing the law and violations are a
misdemeanor. The bill forbids importa-
ton into the state unless there has
been inspection either in the state
from which the nerds come or at the
state line. The bill provides:
1.-The Importation of neat cattle for
breeding and dairy purposes into the
state is hereby prohibited, except when
such cattle are accompanied with a
certificate from an inspector who's"
competency and reliability are certifiei
to by the authority charged with the
control of domestic animals in the
state from whence the cattle came,
certifying that said cattle have been
examined and subjected to the tuber-
culine test within sixty days next pre-
ceding the date of such Importation,
and are free from disease.
SIN lieu of an inspection certificate
as required IN tine preceding Sectioii,
cattle may be detained at suitable
stockyards. or other inclosure within
this state nearest to the state line, on
the railroad or highway over which
they are shipped, driven or hauled.
and there examined at the expense of
the owner, or may be shipped or driy-
en- to their destination under quaran-
tine there to remain in quarantine I'M
til properly examined at the expense of
the owner, and released by the state
veterinary surgeon. Such expense shall
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