Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-03-09
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

f. % and S. F. 50 were recalled from
the house. They are the bills relat.
ing to Sunday theaters and mulct
petition renewals. The theaters bill
was sent to judiciary; the mulct bill
was sent to suppression of intem.
perance. Among bills passed were
the following: Relating to the In.
vestment OF funds for life insurance
companies; to fix the age Of girls
who may be sent to the industrial
school at Mitchellville at 1S instead
of Is years; to raise the rate for
publishing laws from 80 1-3 to SO per
cent of the legal rate; to give the
courts the right to withhold the is
suance Of warrants Of commitment Of
inebriates to Knoxville until there is
room at that institution to accom-.
modate them.
House-The house consented to the
withdrawal of the senate anti.Sunday
amusements bill. Among bills passed
were the following: The Weldon bill,
providing for the maintenance, repair
and preservation of buildings and
improvements upon real estate own
ed by city; the Ericsson bill, provid-
ing that money left to libraries and
other public institutions shall not be
subject to the collateral inheritance
tax.
Des Moines, March by vote of
"a to 10, the senate accepted an invi-
tation to visit Iowa City on March
IA. Among bills passed were the fol-
lowing: Fixing the school year to
end on July / instead of the three
periods now fixed by law; to appro-
pirate $500 for memorial monument
to George Perkins, revolutionary
soldier buried in Sheron cemetary:
! regulating the care of patients sick
| with infectious disease and compelling
board of health to pay expense and
care. The senate bill to allow wo.
| men to be candidates before Polk
| county primaries was passed with an
amendment to open the primaries to
all candidates.
House-The resolution indorsing
the memorial sent to the rivers and
harbors committee of the United
States congress for the improvement
! of the upper Mississippi river was
passed. The resolution indOrsing the
action of President Roosevelt and the
! United States congress regarding The
| Hague tribunal was also passed.
Representative Lundt of Tama called
up the Gillilland resolution. After
| lively debate and several amend
ments the matter went over. An in.
vitation from Iowa City for the legis-
lature to visit that city and the state
university was accepted. The Clary
BILL revising the fire escape laws, re-
quiring iron stairways instead of lad
| ders on the outside of buildings
! where over twenty people are employ.
Led or stay, passed. The Teter bill
providing ,-for shot firers was passed.
Ges Moines, M<srch s.-senate-De-
bate on the Hughes A>Spti-pass bill be-
gan in the senate todayN. Several
were offered but nd me
was acted on. The debate grew acft.,i.
now and then and ratheNs'
sharp personalities punctuated they.
discus sion. The debate related to the \
exemption of railroad employees, in
Guiding attorneys, the. railroad COM
missioners and editors receiving
in pay for advertising
from operation of the measure which
applies only to officials, candidates
for Office and delegates to conven-
lions.
House-The Geneva exemption bill,
which exempts home valued up to
S., OC0 and wages up to $40 per month,
was passed, 50 to 81. The Chassell
life preserver bill was passed. In the
afternoon the house entered the joint
session with the senate in the house
chamber to attend the memorial SER
vices in honor of the late David 3.
Henderson, former speaker of the ma
tional house.