Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-22
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| Among bills passed were the follow
ing: BY committee on highways, ia
divide road districts into four part,
and permit selection OF our instead
of one superintendent; by Saunders. te
provide for the comfort OF petit jur
ors, by furnishing them cots and bed
ding when under custody OF officers:
by Clary, to punish persons found
| guilty of willfully destroying or dam
aging sidewalks. Senator Turne,
introduced three bills relating to the
care of dependent children,
House - Among Bills introduced
| were the following: BY Cobb, re.
quiring telephone companies to con
meet their lines to all central stations
for toll messages; by Calderwood,
establishing OF state employment
offices; by Bixby, requiring operators
of creameries to heat skinned milk.
Des Moines, Feb. 13.-Senate.-Th
senate spent most OF the day in con.
| sidering the pure food bill, which,
after the adoption of two amend
ments of minor Importance, was
| passed without dissenting vote.
| Among bills introduced was one by
Young of washington, to prohibit un.
| fair discrimination between different
sections and localities, and another
| by Jackson, to provide for election OF
all supervisors by counties at large.
House.-Among bills passed were
| these: The Cummings bill relative
to boiler insurance; adding orphans
Of sailors and marines to those who
may be admitted to the soldiers or.
phans' home at Davenport; the Lam
| gan bill, allowing notices on corpora
ton hearings to representative In the
state to be served through the secre-
tary Of state. Among bills intro
duced were the following: BY ofill,
| giving the township trustees the
right to divide the township into four
road districts or consolidate the town
ship into one district: by Dow, provid-
ing for three official papers In each
county; by Jones, giving the boards
of supervisors the right to make APP
preparations, not exceeding $500
year, for the growing of experimental
crops. The woman's suffrage resolu.
ton was defeated. 81 to 90.
Des Moines, Feb. 14.--Senate-The
introduced and was referred to the
committee on appropriations. The
committee on appropriations offered
substitute for the Lewis resolution.
in the form of a bill to authorize the
governor to call conference on
United States senators. The jack
son bill to require renewals Of all
mulct saloon petitions every five years
after July /, 1906, was substituted
for the three year renewal bill by
Smith. The Jackson bill applies to
all cities and communities. The pri.
mary election bill was reported to the
senate by the committee.
House-Senate pure food bill was
placed on calendar. The committee
on insurance bill, forbidding mutual
insurance companies, under chapter
4 of the code, was passed. Frud.
denis bill for the drainage of lead and
zinc mines was passed. Among bills
introduced were the following: BY
Mccullough, requiring persons insur-
Ing property to report to city or town
ship clerk; by Lundt, to encourage the
Nplanting of trees; by Cummings, pro-
hibiting unfair commercial discrimin-
alton; by special committee; provid-
ing for an educational board Of re.
gents.
Des Moines, Feb. 15-Senate-The
bill to require all persons who desire
to practice pharmacy to take examin.
alton before the state board. was
passed. Gilliland's bill to make d.
rectors OF the state department Of az.
riculture selected by districts instead
| Of by the whole organization, was
defeated, 81 to 10, not constitutions
al majority. Among bills introduced
was one to license persons to hunt.
House - Hanna's bill compelling
railroads to provide free passage for
public officials. was defeated, So to 30.
| Among bills introduced was one by
Christensen. to amend the mulct law
| requiring a majority instead OF 80
per cent, and another by Cummings,
providing for on indeterminate SEN
tence.
Des Moines, Feb. l6.-Senate.-Sen-
ator Haywood offered a resolution In
dorsing the memorial TO congress or
the Upper Mississippi River Improve
ment Association. urging appropria-
lions for work. The Lewis banking
bin was passed, 81 TO 5, after the
| amendment of Jackson to compel pub
LEGATION of a statement by all banks
giving amounts OF funds loaned to
directors, had been adopted, rs to 10.
| Among bills introduced was one by
Crossley to require taxation OF mort
cages.
House-Among bills that passed
were the following: The McClurkin
bill, relating to hunting and provid-
ing that islands In navigable streams
be considered enclosed whether
fenced or not; the Omll firecracker
bill: the COPYRIGHT bill, including
the stepchild among those exempt
from the collateral inheritance tax;
the senate wide tire bill. Wright In
troduced bill providing that the
state geologist shall cooperate with
the United States geological survey
and surveys of adjoining states In
making typographical maps and study
Of the geographical problem OF the
state.
No one questions the sex OF Luci-
fer, the fallen angel
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In the early days OF Kansas, Judge
Strang was district Judge on the