Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-20
IOWA AFTER THE COMBINES
House Passes Measure Patterned After the
Nebraska Law.
LIMIT HOURS OF LABOR ON RAILROADS
appropriation Committee VIII Have
Task Cutting the Demands of
state Installations to Size of
Available Funds.
lFrom a staf CorresnondentO


DIES MONIES, Feb 19.-(Special still
mans bill to prohibit combinations of any
kind for the purpose of fixing and controll-
ing the price OF grain in Iowa passed the
Rouse this afternoon by a vote of so to l.
The bill is patterned after the Nebraska
law. Ar amendment made In the commit
tee on agriculture striking out the provis.
ion whereby half the fine imposed on con-
viction was to so to the person furnishing
the evidence and substituting a provision
giving one-fourth the fee to the county at
torney who secures a conviction in add
ton to all other regular fees and salary
and making it the duty of the grand juries
to investigate and ascertain whether there
be any violations OF this act, were adopted
by the house. The bill was passed with
out debate in the house though Schultz
moved Just before the roll call that the
house adjourn till tomorrow to give time
TO consider the measure. His motion was
not seconded.
Emergency Jury Bill.
The house this afternoon passed the Baird
emergency jury bill which provides that
whenever for any cause a legal jury cannot
be selected from the lists returned by
the election judges the district court shall
order the supervisors to prepare lists of
persons eligible for jury service. Polk and
Iowa counties have no juries because OF
actions showing illegal selection of juries
without an emergency bill they would be
without juries till 1909 or till after the next
general election.
Kills Teter Bill.
The Teter bill prohibiting national banks
from offsetting their assessment on the cap
ital stock with their debts was killed to-
day, The vote on the measure was 80 for
aoI ~,
in retaliation fer like action on the part
Of Teter in reference to one of his bills
moved an immediate reconsideration and
this was voted down. killing the bill for all
time
House Bills.
In the house today bills were introduced
as follows: BY Berry, relating to the as
signment of insurance policles; by Hacker,
providing that articles Of Incorporation
must first be submitted to the attorney gen.
eral and the executive council for their ap-
prevail before they can be fled by Koontz,
appropriating $500 annually additional sup
port fund to the State Historical Society OF
Iowa City and $4,000 to the same for an In
dustrial history of the state by Weeks,
providing for deputy county treasurers and
| their salaries: by Bascom, appropriatng
$500 for a fishway at the outlet of Silver
idht III DlNhliSOu NouHNg ny COTl-
pelling railroads to destroy the noxious
weeds along the right-of-way; by HANDLE
ton, providing for the investment Of funds
Of insurance companies other than life: by
Sullivan, the bill providing that the ma
Jority directors control the articles OF
Incorporation to the contrary notwithstand-
ing; by Miller Of Bremen providing for the
election OF the directors to the Board of
Agriculture by districts; by Clark, provid-
ing for election judges to count the votes
on election day hourly; by Meredith, pro-
viding that If a workman notifies the en-
ployer of dangerous machinery he does not
assume the risk by remaining at work.
Limiting Hours of Labor.
The house committee on railroads this
afternoon voted indefinite postponement for
the bill providing for state examination OF
railway telegraphers.
The house this afternoon passed the
Marston bill limiting the hours of continu-
Gus employment of railroad employees con-
nected with the operation of trains The
maximum is sixteen hours continuous en-
ployment, but exceptions are made of sleep
ing car employees and employees in charge
OF live stock and perishable freight. The
bill passed almost unanimously.
The bill by Reaney giving state aid to
district and county fairs was also passed
by the house
Senate Proceedings.
The senate today adopted a motion ask
ing the return from the house of the reso-
luton adopted some time ago fixing a re-
cess of five days March /. The house had
in fact tabled the resolution. and the SEN
ate request placed the house in an en-
barrassing position.
Senator Jackson introduced a bill to ex-
tend the civil service law to policemen
and fremen to cities OF 5000. It now APP
plies only to larger cities and 1t is wanted
in various cities
The senate passed the bill to require ex-