Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-19
Resolution For a Proposed Re
cess Causes a Muddle, With
No Solution Offered
TO TAKE UP HUGHES BILL
Action Of Judiciary Committee in Kill
ing il May Be overruled = Graduate
Nurse and EmbaImers' License Bills
Passed by sen.t. = Solving tho Jury
Problem.
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Des Moines, Feb. 19.--The house and
senate got into tangle this morhins
over the proposed recess the first OF
naxt month. The senate had passed .
resolution for five days ao]ourhiheh'
and the house had laid 1t on the taoie'
TODAY the senate requested the return
OF the resolution, which developed .ne
fact that the house had no right TO Jay
a senate resolution on the table. out as
nnder the house rules, 1t cannot pe
taken from the table at al, some o.
the members are bothered to know
what to do.
The house may not accept the repor'
Of the judiciary committee killing the
Hughes bill, which Divides that pos
session of pass is cause for the tenn
porary challenge of juror IN CASES
invo,vinp common carriers. Tne OIL
mn ssed the senate and the house COM
m;ttee claimed the bill should exemp.
nersohs riding on stock passes, ana
that there is already enough law on the
.nhject now, Able lawyers Of tns
house saw that the bill should pass, ana
minority report is being prepared.
In the senate. jackson introduced q
hill to make the law as to police anu
fire commissioners under civil serVice
apply to cities Of 2o.0oo OF over
The senate passed the bill to provioe
for the exapination and registration %
all graduate nurses also the bill 70 e1-
anime and license embalmers.
The house today passed the commit
tee substitute for the Baird bill. pro-
yiding that when for any cause law
fully constituted grand or petit jury
can NOT be drawn from the returns py
election Judges. the court shall oroer
the supervisors TO prepare lists.
Hacker introduced a bill providing
thai articles of incorporation must be
submitted to the attorney general and
executive council before being accepted
by the secretary of state
other bills introduced were:
By Koonz, appropriating $1,000 as
additional support fund for the stale
Historical society at Iowa City; $4'OUo
~ tho same for an industrial history
of Iowa.
Ry Flugun. compelling the railroads
7 10 DESTROY weeds along their right OF
way.
| BY Miller, of Bremen, providing Tor
electing directors of the board OF agrl-
culture from the district.
BY Clarke, providing that eiection
| Judges shall count the ballots at the
close of each hour.
BY Merdith, that a workman does not
assume the risk If he gives. notice OF
dangerous machinery
BY Clarke. providing that cities and
towns of a minimum Of 5000 popula-
tion can build hospitals, the present
minimum being 1880 population.
So
The house this afternoon defeated
the Teters bill prohibiting the nationa'
banks from offsetting the assessment q
their capital stock with debts, and el-
fectually killed the measure by reIus-
ing to consider it.
Seven meas sures have thus far passed
both branches of the legislature and
received the signature of the governor
and are the law Of Iowa. They will
ha i'm force and effect upon the fourth
of July or sooner where there Is a pup
1ication clause. The measures are
those providing for printing the rail-
road commission map; relating to ira
ternal accident insurance companies,
allowing them to do business In this
state under certain RESTRICTIONS; pro-
yiding for an increase in the compen-
sation of the insurance actuary; elaD-
Grating the definition of misbranded as
applied to foods in the pure food law;
providing for the investment Of fra
ternal insurance company funds; le-
calizine act for the benefit of the town
of Greenfield, an appropriation bill for
the expenses of the inaugural. There
are other measures that have passed
both houses, but not all have gone thru
the hands of the enrolling committees,
necessary before they go to the gov
ernor.
Geneva. of Keokuk, secured the re-
call from the senate of the bill provid-
ing that towns shall have the same
authority to assess abutting property
for street improvements that cities now
have. The bill passed the house and
was sent over to the senate. 1t was
| later discovered that the code already
provides such authority in a way. tho
somewhat indefinite. The bill passed
by the house amends the law as 1t
appears in the supplement. It was de-
cided therefore to recall the bill and
Introduce the same idea in different
form amending the law in the code so
that there would be no ambiguity.
Niece Of Lowell is Dead.
Cincinnati, O.. Feb. 1s.-In an old
weather-beaten house on the outskirts