Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-04-06
the GENERAL ASSEMBLY

the primary law IN POLK county; re-
lating to the sale OF islands in river
channels. Pardons were refused G.
w. Wee1ns. Thomas w. Watson. Alon-
20 Robbins, John B. Steele, William
Toole and J. B. Taylor. A resolution
was adopted inviting President Roose-
Welt to address the National Philip
pine Veterans association convention
in Des Moines this summer. Two ef-
Nsorts to pass the bill prohibiting the
use of poison in embalming fluids
were made, but failed,
House-The house concurred in
the senate resolution inviting Presi-
dent Roosevelt to Iowa at the time
of the reunion of the Army of the
Philippines. The house receded
from it's action in placing publlca.
ton clause in the anti.pass bill. The
bill was then passed by vote of 73
to z. Among bills passed were the
following: Making an appropriation
to be used by the state veterinary to
pay for diseased cattle killed by
him: committee substitute for the
child labor bill: appropriation bills
for the state institutions; calling for
the appointment of a commission to
investigate the feasibility of establish.
ing Irvine plant in the state peni-
tentiaries.
Des Moines, April 3.-Senate-The
bill to appropriate $4,000 for steel
grand stand at the state fair was
Indefinitely postponed, 20 to Is.
Among bills passed were the follow
ing. For registration of stations;
to prevent park commissioners sell.
ing land to the public; to appropri-
ate $4,000 to complete the historical
building; to increase the salary Of
John Simpson, secretary Of the de-
partment of agriculture, from $1,5OO
to $1,000; the state institution an
preparation bill, carrying $443,o50;
appropriating $500 to four rescue
homes.
House-Among the bills passed
were the following: Providing for
experimental work at Ames College;
to pay Former Adjutant General
Byers for securing claim Of state
against United States: providing for
non-partisan ticket for municipal
elections in cities and towns Of less
than 5000 population; to require op.
orators Of creameries to pasteurize
SKINNED milk. State marshal bill
was Indefinitely postponed. The Teter
bill giving women the right to vote
for presidential electors was defeat
ed, as was also the Teter bill provid.
ing PENALTIES for improper use OF
campaign funds. b..
Des Moines, April 4.-Senate-
Among bills passed were the following
Fixing the term of railroad commits.
sioners at six years; to permit boards
Of supervisors to grant right-of-wayi to
street railways along highways two
miles into the country from cities;
encouraging forestry; to authorize
municipal corporations of more than
1850 people to establish and main.
tain hospitals: to make the number
of bank examiners five instead OF
four: to make malicious injury to
buildings and fixtures, ETC., punish.
able by penitentiary sentence; to au.
thorize ceremics and clay manufacture
to be taught at Ames; to make town.
ship trustees hold Office two years;
to authorize executive council to grant
right Of way over the Ames COL
lege grounds to. the Fort Dodge, Des
Moines & Southern railroad; to make
the reserve OF fraternal insurance
concerns exempt from taxation.
House-Among bills passed were
the following: providing for three
official newspapers in counties with
a population of 1900 instead 'of
1900; providing for the care and re-
moval to their place Of legal settle.
ment of nonresident insane; provid.
ing for the payment of the railroad
fare to the place of commitment OF
persons discharged from the state
hospitals for inebriates; insurance
giving life insurance companies
right to transact health, accident and
employers liability insurance: the
Brooks agricultural bill; repeating
the law regarding additional collateral
inheritance tax to be collected from
aliens; giving boards of supervisors
the right to grant street railway com.
pany a right of way to distance not
exceeding two miles from the cor.
porate limits of a town. 49,.
Des Moines, April 5.-Senate-Bills
were passed as follows: To increase
the support funds of industrial
schools; to apportion state into legis:
lative districts; to repeal the Law as
to school district bonds and enact a
substitute; relating to notice Of spec.
ial school meetings; relating to cleo
ton of superior court Judges; to re.
imburse Youde and Whitmer for con.
test expenses; to increase the salary
Of the commandant of the soldiers
home to $4,000; fixing weights and
measures on new articles; providing
for the inspection Of imported cattle
which are registered or eligible to
registry; asserting to the congress
sional act MAKING further appropria-
lions to the experiment station at
Ames.
House-Bills were passed as fol.
lows: Providing for regulation of stall
lions; making an appropriation of
10000 for the partictpa ton Of Iowa in
the jamestown exposition; the long
and short haul railroad hill; prohib-
iting Sunday amusements where a
price is charged: providing for the
inspection of county and private in
sane hoenita1s; fixing the number and
COMPENSATION of employees in the state
house.
There were no silver dollars coined
in 1895.
Faith builds no fences between us
and our fellows.