Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-21
Lower Branch of Legislature
Disposes of Twenty-Four
Bills ON Wednesday
MANY WERE OF IMPORTANCE
Twenty Were Passed and Only Three
KiIled-No separat. Insurance De-
partmsnt - Anti-Patsnt Medicine
Sill Among Those Failing to Pass
Legislative Notes.
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, March 21.-The house
broke all records yesterday when 1T
acted upon twenty-four bills and was
considering the twenty nth when ad-
journment was taken. The bills dis
posed Of included some OF the most i'm
portant OF the session, including the
Joint freight rate bill. the creation OF
an Insurance department and the like.
Never in the memory OF the members
of the house have so many and SO i'm
portant bills been considered and final
ly acted upon in ono day in either
branch of the legislature. Twenty bills
were passed and three killed. Another
was referred to the Judiciary commits
tee for further consideration. The house
voted against creating separate de-
partment OF insurance by passing three
bills which relieve the auditors office
by putting the banking department UNI
der the state treasurer and the muni-
cipal accounts department under the
secretary OF state, which would remove
all grounds for taking the insurance
department from the auditors office.
The twenty bills passed are:
Joint freight rate bill.
Bill charging powers of railroad
commission to handle interstate rates.
Giving railroad commission authors
ty to fix express rates.
Relieving state auditors office.
Anti bucket shop bill.
Compelling railroads to kill weeds
along the right of-way.
Permitting cities OF 5000 to build
hospitals.
Prohibiting distribution promiscu-
ously OF samples Of medicines.
Allowing damages for failure to de-
liver baggage.
Amending the law as to cattle
guards.
Protecting pheasants till 1915.
Amending the law as to compensa-'
ton of assessors. -.
Protecting fish.
Amending the law as to requirements
Of kindergarten teachers.
Changing the law as to filling va
cancies on school boards.
Prohibiting certain institutions be-
ing within 900 feet Of a public school,
Making an appropriation for a swine
pavilion at the state fair.
The bills defeated were:
The pure drug or anti-patent medi..
cine bill
The bill fixing the salaries OF county
surveyors.
The bill increasing the salaries OF
county recorders and deputies
The twenty fourth bill acted on was
bill by Swan making eight hours a
days work for telegraph operators
connected with the handling of trains.
1t was reported without recommends
ton by, the railroads committee and
the house referred it to the judiciary
committee.
1t took the house appropriations
committee to kill the bill providing
for the publication of the speeches ard
proceedings of the trip on which were
dedicated the monuments to Iowa SOL
diers on southern battle fields. Weeks
Of Guthrie offered a resolution some
time ago ordering the committee ON
printing to inquire into the matter and
report. The printing committee re-
ported a bill ordering the printing of
the speeches In pamphlet form and the
appropriations committee killed it.
The house has adopted the report OF
the ways and means committee offer
ing substitute for the senate resolu-
ton providing for tax commission to
examine and report on the assessment
laws of the state. The action makes
| 1t quite likely that provision will be
made in one way or another for a
commission to sit the coming summer
| and study the assessment laws.
The house is willing to come to the
aid of Secretary Wilson Of the Nation
al department of agriculture and en-
courage the propagation Of Monaghan,
ring neck, English and Chinese pleas
ants. A bill was passed in the house
yesterday making a closed season on
such game till october l, 1915. In
some states the birds are being donles-
ticated. 1t is claimed that they dc
fairly we'll in confinement and their
numbers are being rapidly increased
| in that way.
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