Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-01
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

penalty Ior incest from nlteen 10
twenty-five years, was passed. Among
bills passed were the following: BY
Newberry. prohibiting recovery Of
damages on streets and side walks on
account of snow and ice; by Young
Of Lee, making money lost in gamb-
ling a lien ON the real estate where
1t was lost; by Durham, uniform pol
icy of fire insurance.; by Stookey, to
punish acceptance of gift of commits
sions to servants to influence them
with respect to their masters bust
ness; by Hayward, relative to insur-
ance and giving all companies the
light to insure against injury to plate
glass; by Garst, to provide for cut
ting weeds on public roads at the
public expense.
House.-Among bills introduced
were the following: BY Offiil, amend
ing sections of the laws relating
to motor vehicles, compelling drivers
of motor cars to alight and stand
ready to aid drivers OF passing
norses; by Calderwood, regulating the
use Of bank funds by officers and en-
ployes of banks and prescribing the
methods to be followed in making
loans from the bank to such officers
or employees; by Epperson, repeating
the tax ferret laws; by Teter, pro-
viding that candidate for public Office
shall file with the auditor verified
statement Of his campaign expenses.
Des Moines, Jan. 23.-Senate-Sen.
ator Ericsson offered concurrent reso-
luton closing up the affairs Of the st.
Louis commission and covering over
$17,29o back into the state treasury.
Among bills introduced were these:
BY Jones of Mahaska, to provide that
no divorce shall be granted on the
uncorroborated statements and ad,
missions of a party or allowing
guilty party to marry within one
year; by Gillilland, to prohibit d.
vorcees from remarrying anyone ex-
cept the former spouse for one year.
House--Representa Weeks call
ed up his resolution requesting the
Iowa delegation at Washington to
vote favorably toward conferrinI ad-
ditional power to the interstate COM
merce commission that 1t may regu-
late interstate railroad rates. The
resolution passed the house, eighty.
five voting yea, with fourteen absent
or not voting. Lundt's anti-lobby'
list resolution was referred to the
committee on federal relations with
instructions to report to the Thirty
second general assembly. Among
bills introduced was one by Coburn
making an appropriation for a steel
amphitheater at the state fair
grounds.
Des Moines, Jan. 24.--Senate.-The
Ericsson concurrent resolution to close
UP the business of the st. Louis COM
MISSION, which covers about $4,000
back into the treasury, was adopted.
Among bills introduced was one by
Dowell to amend section 2799 relating
to united school districts and provid-
ing that when such union is effected
It shall be under the name of the
larger and the directors Of the larger
district shall remain in Office until
the next election.
House-The house concurred In the
senate resolution that the Louisiana
Purchase exposition commission be
dissolved and the funds remaining
in the treasury of the commission be
turned over to the state. The bills
10 permit insurance companies and
savings banks to invest in drainage
bonds were passed. Among bills in
PRODUCED was one by Lundt, practic-
ally repeating the Anderson road law.
Des Moines, Jan. 25.-Senate.-The
Fort Madison visiting committee re-
ported that is would be unwise to
abandon the prison site there because
the state has so much money invest
ed In it. The state should receive
more compensation for the labor OF
convicts, in tLe judgment OF the COM
mittee. Among bills passed was one
by Durham to provide for uniform
policy to be used by all fire insurance
companies.
House.-The Spaulding bill, amend
ed, providing for the limitation OF the
time for commencement of action, rel
alive to real property, was passed.
Stanbery's bill providing a peniten-
tiary sentence lor man found guilty
of willfully deserving his wife and
children under Is years Of age was
passed.
Des Moines, Jan. 26.-Senate-Af.
ter a sensational debate, Senator
Molsberry's resolution for the invest
igation of the life insurance compan-
les doing business In Iowa was re-
ferred by the state senate yesterday
to its insurance committee, Of which
Senator Whipple of Benton county is
the chairman. The debate extended
over two hours, and Senators Mols-
berry and Lewis were the chief par
ticipants. The author OF the reso-
luton vigorously defended 1t, and the
senator from Page declared that the
result would be harmful to perfectly
innocent Iowa companies and Iowa
insurance interests.
House-Among bills passed were the
following: Providing for the record
ing in the county recorders offices
United States and state patents and
certified copies OF patents and making
certified copies thereof competent
evidence; granting new trials in Grim.
inal cases where new evidence is dis
covered; increasing the punishment
for incest from ten years in the states
prison to twenty years; making haz-
ing in schools and colleges crime.
Sixty thousand elephants are annu.
ally slaughtered in Africa, to secure
ivory.