Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Molnes, Iowa, Feb. 10, 1906

pure food bill by Newberry. Only
one substantial change was made in
the original draft of the measure. 1t
was voted to include it in the pro-
vision:
"All goods purchased or received by
wholesalers or retailers prior to July
/, 1906, shall be exempt from the
provisions of this act up to July 1,
1907"
This will amply protect those deal
ers who now may have stocks OF
goods about whose character they
have no definite knowledge and which
were bought prior to the time that
the pure food law was under consid-
Grafton.
Salary loans, or shylocking, rap
idly growing business in Iowa, will
be given a staggering blow II the
Wright bill, introduced in the house
of representatives, becomes. a law
According to Representative Wright,
the member from Webster county and
author of the bill, 1t is a measure to
protect the grocer and butcher to the
detriment Of the money lender. The
bill is an amendment to section 3047
,of the code, relating to the assign.
ment Of open accounts. Under the
present statute an open account Of
sums of money due on contract may
be assigned and the assignee has the
right of action thereon in his own
name before notice of the assignment
is given to the debtor in writing by
the assignee. 1t Is under this Sec
ton of the code, it is said, that the
"shylocks" in Iowa are working. Their
chief business is at division head
quarters of railroad lines and among
the railway employees.
"At present" said Mr.. Wright. dis
GUESSING his bill, 1.-The money lenoer,
who charges exorbitant interest on
the money loaned on assignment of
wages, comes in with his first claim
on pay day. The grocer, the lncr-
chants who furnish household necess.
tiles, are left out"
The bill provides that any assign
nasnt of wages not earned at the time
CT the assignment shall not be valid
'Che bill also provides assignments
and garnishments shall take prece-
dence according to the order in which
written notice is served upon the en-
ploye-.
A municipal accounting bill has
been introduced in the senate by Sen
ator Durham. 1t authorizes the aud
itor to establish a uniform system Of
accounts, reports and audit In cities
and towns" which is the purpose of
the new law. The auditor of state is
directed to formulate and prescribe a
system Of municipal accounts and
method Of presenting departmental
and general reports which shall be
adopted and complied with in the ad
ministration of all cities or towns on
and after April /, 1907. To insure
careful consideration of the merits
and defects of existing methods in
local accounting the auditor of state
is authorized to appoint an advisory
committee of not less than five nor
more than seven persons familiar with
municipal accounts, majority of whom
shall be city accounting officers. This
- ~ WlInOuL COup6us
sation except that their necessary
travelling and hotel expenses for a
period not to exceed thirty days shall
be allowed them. 1t is also pro.
vided that the auditor shall name one
or more examiners of municipal &C
counts at S. day each whose duty
1t will be at least once in two years
to examine into, audit and report upon
the financial condition and transae.
lions Of all cities having a populsr
ition OF 5000 or more. These exam.
'inations shall have power to admins.
ter oaths and shall have access to all
books, papers or records essential in
. a thoroughgoing examination.
! The senate has passed a resolution
by Senator Harper, which reads as
follows:
Whereas, We deem the enactment
of a pure food law by congress to be
Iof great importance and OF vital In.
terest to the honest wholesalers and
iretailers Of this state;
Therefore, be it resolved by the
senate Of the Thirty-first general as.
,sembiy. the house coneurring-
! Section I. That our senators and
Representatives in congress be re.
quested to take early, earnest and
persistent action to use their efforts
to further the enactment Of such q
Law.
! Section 2. That copies Of this
resolution properly authenticated. be
sent by the secretary of state to each
OF our senators and representatives
from the states OF Missouri, Mime.
sofa and Nebraska, and to the seere.
tary of agriculture at Washington,
d. c.
The Pottawattamie-Har county
drainage ditch case that was appealed
from the district court in Pottawatta.
ME county. has been decided In an
opinion handed down by the supreme
court The action was brought by
X. A. Brown to restrain the county
authorities from letting contracts to
construct the drainage ditch. The
county court decided in favor of the
county supervisors, and the plaintiff
appealed. The supreme court afsrms
the action of the lower court.
When good nature is noisy II IA
almost as disagreeable as III nature.
Passerby-"Ts that your pork down
there on the road. guv'nor?" Farmer
Pork! What dive meanp Thara,c