Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17

either paper named In act shall refuse /
or fail to publish same.
Giving counties right to. pay bounty
of 10 gents each for pelts OF pocket
sophers.
Appropriating $1,000 for salaries
and expenses OF state agents chi
ployed by board of control.
Making ii unlawful for any railway
employee to work more than sixteen
consecutive hours, or to remain ON
duty more than sixteen hours out
of any twenty-feur hours. EXcep-
tons are made in cases of accident,
wreck or other unavoidable casualty.
To prevent the throwing or depos-
iting of samples of drugs or patent
medicines i'll private or public places.
Reduction of Fees.
Providing that township clerks may
retain as compensation for services 2
per cent. of money coming into their
hands. Reduced from per cent.
Prohibiting the sale or use in Iowa
of firecrackers more than five inches
long or three quarters of an inch in
circumference. toy revolyers or other
firearms, or caps containing dynamite.
Act goes into effect Jan. l, 1908.
Providing that dealers in motor
vehicles must pqy to secretary of state
annual dealers fee Of $25; owners OF
motor vehicles must pay license fee Of
$40.
Appropriating $1,000 for erection of
bronze stntue Of former Senator James
+. Harlan in ha4 of statuary at Wash
ington, ID. G.
Providing that counties having a
population of 25,CG0 or more may Dor
row money for erection of public
buildings on bonds to run twenty-five
years. I.
against railway corporation, canal,
steamboat or other craft, stage coach,
telegraph, telephone. express company
or foreign corporation may be served
upon the station, ticket or other agent
| of the same.
Providing that street railway COM
panies must construct vestibules on
all ears run in winter time.
Providing that applicants for ad-
mission to Soldiers Home must file
with superintendent certificate from
supervisors Of county they come from
that they are residents of said county.
Providing that divorced persons
may not be remarked except to each
other, within one year after decree has
been rendered.
Repairs to State House.
Appropriatjng $4,000 for repairs OF
state house steps, and Improvements
of capitol grounds.
Prohibiting pooling and combina.
tions of grain and elevator men for
purpose of fixing prices of grain.
Defining desertion, fixing punish
merit therefor and permitting hus
band or wife to appear as witness ii
trials.
Appropriating money for purchase
Of case in which to preserve in cor
ridors Of capitol flags used by Iowf
regiments in Spanish-American war
Forbidding corporations to max,
contributions to political parties O
candidates for office.
Providing that articles of mccrpora
ton of life insurance companies ii
Iowa must be approved by the attor
ney general before companies cal
commence business.
Appropriating $4,000 for swim
, pavilion and show ring at state fai
grounds.
Giving cities right to regulate EN-
,, ployment offices and intelligence ,br
reaus.
Exempting beet sugar factories fror
taxation until 1917.
To provide, special assessments TO
sidewalks and street Improvements Il
cities and towns upon right of wa
of railroads fronting or AUDITING upo
alleys or streets.
Assessors to Report Deaths.
Making it the duty of assessors t
, report deaths in their Jurisdiction.
Giving railroad commissioners rigl
!. to require railroads to provide shelte
\ over each track where they operate o
double tracks at stations.
= Requiring railroad companies
\ burn and destroy weeds growing o
i. their right of way. .T
Providing for preservation in perm.
nent form in secretary, Of states o
: fee of abstracts Of election returns.
!. Amending law to regulate trea
ment and control Of dependent, n
i. elected and delinquent children, fl
appointment of two probation Officer
in counties Of $4,000 or more
juvenile court. Judge.
Reappropriating S3,3OS.75 for pu
+ chase of land at hospital for inebriat,
at Knoxville.
Providing that losing party in su
u shall not be assessed cost of mica:
). Of witnesses for distance of mo-
u than seventy miles from the place
l. trial. +
Providing that the burden of pro
& shall rest on the railroads in suits f,
Z not supplying cars to shippers as O
dered.
= Right to Establish Freight Rates.
:; Giving board of railroad commi
- sioners right to establish and put
= force joint freight rates on Iowa IN
roads.
a Making it a crime to appropria
" for private use steam, or heat fro
public or privat6.plant!
To prohibit Instrumentation by Ii
-, insurance compaHtfs
Exempting canheds corn and pc.
- canned in 1905 from provisions of pu
- food law until January 1903.
70 Providing that railroads shall bul
and keep in repair fences along en-,
=. side of track where cattle guards a
- built at public road crossings.
Exempting from taxation real e
tate held In endowment fund or own,
by any educational institution.
Of Providing tax of 81 on male and
NJ on female dogs,
Giving cities and towns power
Or regulate, license, tax or prohibit pu
Sc lie dance halls, skating Kinks, fortul
u tellers, palmists and clairvoyants.
IL For stamping and labelling bindil
Irvine sold within the state, showil
re length Of roll and weight