Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-31
State Officials Do Not Ask Much
in the Way of New
Legislation
CONTROL BOARD WANTS MONEY
In Addition, Will Recommend Few
Changes in statutes-Auditor Car
roll to Ask for County Books lnspec.
ton and Regulation Of Loan Com
panies-RaiIway Employee Hours.
pecial to Times-Republlcan.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 31.-State officials
are not very prolific in their recon-
mendations to the legislature for need
ed legislation. Auditor Carroll is about
the only official who has made any
recommendations in his report to the
legislature aside from the board of
control, and the recommendations of
the board Of control are mostly In
regard to appropriations.
One official said today that he had
two bills introduced at The last ses-
sion and he thought both were killed
largely because he made the recom-
mendations in his report to the legis-
lature and the report being published
some months before the legislature met
gave an opportunity for organizing to
defeat his bills.
Auditor CARROTS report recommends
an inspection Of county accounts and
legislation for the control and regu-
lation OF loan and trust companies. In
his insurance reports he recommends
legislation limiting the assessments of
assessment fire insurance companies
and uniform policy for fire insurance
and legislation regulating the organ
ization Of fraternal insurance COM
panies and their assessments.
The board Of control recommends in
addition to appropriations that SOL
diers at the Home at Marshalltown
who desire be allowed to pay for their
maintenance or part Of it; elimination
Of the tramp element from the Knox
vile inebriate asylum; an indetermin-
ate sentence law; a reformatory; per-
mission to omit from the report cer-
tain portions and permission to do its
printing at the Anamosa penitentiary.
Some Of the other state officials will
ask the legislature to enact laws
however, tho they fail to mention them
in their reports The secretary of state
will ask that law be enacted COM
pelling supervisors to report to the
secretary Of state the semi official cleo
ton returns for use in the Official
Register so that the publication OF that
volume after the election will not be
delayed. The dairy commissioner Will
ask for some laws regarding licensing
milk inspectors and butter judges Ad-
iutant General Thrift will ask for a
change in the camp grounds and for
the building Of an arsenal east OF the
state house. The state board OF health
has measure or two to ask also.
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one OF the first bills to be introduced
In the house the coming session OF the
Legislature will be a bill by Charles L.
Marston, representative elect from
Cerro Gordo county, limiting the hours
Of employment Of railroad men. The
bill will be along the lines recommend
ed by President Roosevelt in one of his
recent messages to congress. Its pur-
pose will be to limit the number OF
hours that a railroad employe can re-
main on duty out of each twenty-four
hours. in order that there may be no
oyerworked railroad employees with the
consequent greater danger to the trav-
cling public.
A very similar bill was introduced
by Representative English. OF Folk
county, at the session of the Thirtieth
general assembly in 1904. The bill was
known as House File No 1854, and 1t
passed the house with 81 votes. In the
senate 1t was first referred to the rail-
roads committee and that committee.
claiming to have no jurisdiction, 1t was
referred to the labor committee. Rep
resentatives of the railroads brought
before the senate labor committee a
number Of railroad laboring men who
testified that they did not want the
law, and argued that it would reduce
their ability to make money by limit
ing the. number Of hours itswould be
possible for them to work. The senate
committee reported the bill for indefi-
mite postponement, and it was killed.