Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-02
WOULD RAISE
ATTORNEYS PAY
Substitute Bill Reported by
House Judiciary Com
mittee
Des Moines Bureau Of
The Ottumwa Courier
Des Moines, March I.

The Ottumwa Courier,
Des Moines, March l.
The substitute bill reported by the
House Judiciary committee on fixing
the compensation of county attorneys
provides for scale of salaries depen-
dent upon the population of the county
as follows: In counties of less than
$4,000 people $1,000 year; In count
les of $4,000, and less than 25,000,
salary Of $1,250; in counties of $4,000
and less than 10000, salary of 81, 800:
in counties of 40,OO and less than SIS, 900
salary Of $1,750; in counties Of $4,000
and less than $4,000, salary Of 1000;
and in counties of $4,000 or over a
salary Of $4,000. It is provided that in
counties where there is more than one
county seat the salary shall be $4,000
a year. Legislators who have examin-
ed into the matter are convinced that
the present salaries are very unequal
and inadequate. Some counties are
paying their county attorney $500 a
year while other counties with no
more business are paying considerably
more. The committee has sought to
arrange the scale equitable to all.
Bergesson yesterday introduced his
bill providing that the county treasur-
ers shall handle all the school funds
and thus abolishing the Office of school
treasurer
The house yesterday concurred in
the amendments Of the senate to the
Sullivan bill providing for preserving
stenographic reports of the proceed
population of $4,000 or ever and the bill
I will or, IN, he Few Id r{e
| ture.
| The house has plenty OF work on its
calendar when 1t returns after the re-.
cess March s. The Peterson bill pro-
hibiting corporations from contributing
to political campaigns, the Smith wife
desertion bill, the uniform fire insur-
ance policy bill, the bill providing for
licensing graduate nurses, the pure
i drug bill, the Newberry bill providing
for pure paints and oils, the all import
ant measures are on the calender and
can be considered the first day after
!, the recess There are as many more
bills on the calender that have not at
tracted much attention but are import
ant In their way. In addition the
judiciary COMMITTEES reported for pas
sage the anti-lobby bill which will be
on the calendar when the house recon.
4 yenes,
/ The senate committee on cities and
, towns. has decided that it ought not to
be required that banks pay to cities
: and towns interest on funds on de-
i posit, There was a strong effort to
have this bill pushed through, but the
) senators from the more considerable
) cities of the state made objection and
. declared it was impracticable.
y The republican members Of the leg.
islature in the sixth district held q
caucus and unanimously selected w
o. McElroy of Newton, to be the sixth
district member Of the board OF trus
: tees Of the state college at Ames te
!. succeed himself. There had been talk
Z Of. other candidates and one day last
= ! week the matter was settled. The
! other districts have not as yet made
= their selections.
A curious situation came up in con
u nection with Senate File 1913, bill
Q which was introduced with special re
9 ference to meeting the desires of thu
3 insur anoe companies in the matter o
removal Of stocks of goods insured
n The bill was drawn with reference tt
e a certain comma in a certain line o
lr law, and the wrong line being men
t toned, the whole tenor of the bill wa
changed. The committee reached tn
conclusion that the bill was all right
but latter the error was pointed ou
,e and a change has been made.
sr There appears to he no serious OF
1T position to the bill giving cities G
a. $4,000 a board of police and fire con
j, missioners; but they were desired
wait and find out. how it would affee
cities that are not yet of 25,000 popl
lation hut expect to be in short time
n The bill places all firemen includin
- the chief and all policemen except tn
i, chief under civil service rules.
A bunch of railroad bills was col
sidered yesterday by the house con
mittee on railroads, which comes nea
7. to being the last of the general hea
ID inas on these bills. The senate con
ne mittee has not yet finished the hea
o. ing on The speed limit bill, but will
so soon after the recess. There wi
e. be very few more general hearings Q
any Of the big bills. The appropri
,e- tions committees will meet almo
every day after the recess and wi
* hear all VIII care to discuss appropI
tions matters. The board of contr
sr- went before the senate appropriation
committee for short time yesterds
and dicussed the various bills effec
ing the state institutions.
". Ora Williams.
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