Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-05
.NEN PLAN 1O AID
SOLDIERS HONE
Now Proposed to Add $4,000
to Contingent Fund in Lieu
of Increased Per Capita
LEGISLATURE AGAIN IN SESSION
Senate Receives Petition Of a Prohibi-
tory Amendment to Constitution -
Board of Regents Bill Special Or
der for MISUNDERSTANDING for
Final Adjournment.
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Des Moines, March 5.-Another bill
is to be introduced providing an ad-
ditional appropriation for the soldiers
home at Marshalltown. The new bill
will likely be one appropriating about
$4,000 to the contingent fund to be
used if found necessary. Ever since
the Eckles bill increasing the monthly
per capita support fund from $14 to
SIS a month was killed in the house
there has been work on the PROPOSE
ton with a view to getting some ad-
ditional funds for the institution. Sen
ator Ecllles had in mind reintroducing
the bill with some notifications and
Arney in the house introduced a bill
increasing the amount one dollar a
month.
1t develops that the real reason why
the measure was killed in the house is
because the board of conFol did not
recommend the measure. 1T was rec
commended in the report of Superin-
tendent Horton. When the visiting COM
mittee went to Marshalltown the mat
ter was not mentioned to them by the
authorities. Then when the bill came
before the committee it was referred to
this committee as a subcommittee.
The sub committee not having heard
anything of the need of such increase
in the monthly per capita support fund
went down and asked the board of con-
troll about it. The hoard said they had
not recommended it and that while it
might be a good thing it wasn't really
needed and so the house appropriations
committee killed it.
That is the history. of the PROPOSE
ton up to date. 1t is now proposed to
add $4,000 to the contingent fund, to
be used as needed. The board of con-
troll seems somewhat more in favor of
this 1t is claimed that many of the
old soldiers in the home have no fami-
lies dependent upon them and are
drawing pensions of $12 a month or
more, that the state supplies them with
all their clothing and expenses. even
down to their tobacco. 1t is argued
that the pension money of such above,
perhaps $12 a month should go to the
state. 1t is understood that some of
the old soldiers would like to do this
but there is no authority for the board
of control to receive, the money.
There is some misunderstanding as
to the money received from the federal
government for the support of the
home. This money does not go to the
home in addition to that paid by ne
state but is paid into the state treasury
and goes out as the support fund of s14
a month per capita. When the house
defeated the bill to increase the sup
port fund the other day the scheme
was suggested of introducing bill or
dering the governor to pay the money
over to the superintendent of the horne
and not put it into the state treasury.
This would result in taking a full S14
a month from the states funds
In the senate today Senator Dun
ham presented the petition of over
1900 persons asking submission of an
amendment to the constitution pro-
hibiting the sale OF all liquors.
The senate set as a special order
for Thursday morning the bill to create
a board of regents for the three state
educational institutions.
Senator Stooky introduced a resolu-,
tion looking to final adjournment
March %.
The senate passed bill to require
that articles of incorporation must be
approved by the attorney general, also
the bill to punish for cruelty to ami
mails.
The house bill to require new. fra
ternal insurance companies to fix rates
tional fraternal congress was debated
for an hour in the senate, much oppo-
sition showing itself. The bill was not
finished.
The house passed the bill to permit
schools to acquire at least four acres
of ground for farm purposes.
A bill to reduce the allowance to
township clerks for handling township
funds was lost.
The house adopted a resolution di-
recting the committee on the Black
Hawk contest to take testimony in the
contest
The promised bill to redistrict the
state for congressman has not made it's
appearance as yet in either house,
tho it was promised long ago. 1t is
now stated that the bill. in fact, is be-
ing held back but will be produced in
time for consideration and that SER
ious effort will be made to rearrange
the districts of the state. Perhaps the
outcome of the federal distribution
task at Washington may change the
situation.
A bill to regulate weighing and to
provide for inspection and testing of
scales is being prepared by Senator
Allen, who is convinced that such a
measure is necessary. ln the cities
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