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Last ACT is to Fix Amount Of State Taxes
at Two and Quarter Millions.
BILL IS FINALLY PASSED
Speed Limit Bill for Live stock Also
Enacted Into LAW During Closing
Hours of the session-Oue
Pardon Granted.

CFrom a staF Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Ia, April Especial Tel
egram THE last act Of the legislature
was to direct a tax levy to raise S22JO,ooo
of revenue each year, which is said TO
mean a tax levy of 80 mills. The appro-
priations made aggregate about $l7O0,0o0
Officially the Iowa legislature adjourned
at noon today. Actually it was much later
in the afternoon when the end was reached.
There has not been legislature in years
that was so slow in deciding on the day
of final adjournment as this session. a
month ago and over resolutions were intro
duced fixing the time. The resolution that
fixed today as the time was passed by the
house yesterday and by the senate today at
II O'Clock Last session the date was de-
cided two weeks before adjournment.
The final hours Of the session were spent
in cleaning up the calendar and passing
the final bills Conference committee re-
ports were made on a number of import
ant bills and accepted. The omnibus APP
preparation bill which provides the means
for running the state house and the ma
chinery of state government for the next
two years was passed in both houses. The
legislature all session has haggled over
the question of salaries Of the state house
employees and finally adopted an appro-
priation bill that gives them all a substan-
tial boost though many did not get all
that they wished.
one Of the events of the close of the
session was the appearance Of Governor
Cummins in the house. He took the priv
iege given him by the constitution to de-
liver message and delivered 1t orally
1t was to present a gavel to Speaker
Kendall. The gavel was made by Cap
tain Ames Brandt, deputy state audi
tor and the handle is from a walnut
tree that grew from a walnut picked from
tree near the grave of George Washing
ton. The head of the gavel is from wood
taken from a historic building in the Phil
ippine islands. Governor Cummns drew
on these facts for lessons and paid Speaker
Kendall high compliment and praised
this general assembly as having enacted
more laws that are in the interests Of the
people than any Legislature that has as
sembed in Iowa. Speaker Kendall re-
sponded feelingly Later in the day he
was presented by the house with the chair
In which he has sat during the session
and the gavel that he has used during the
session.
In the senate President Garst was pre-
given by the governor to Kendall. 1t was
presented by Senator Turner of Adams
county. President Garst was also presented
with the chair and gavel he has used dur
ing the session.
Anti-Pnss Bill Passed.
The anti-pass bill was passed by the
house, then killed in the senate and finally
reconsidered and passed by the senate. 1t
will now become law. When everybody
was sure it was finally killed it was resur-
rected and passed.
The conferees reported a bill that meant
elimination from the list of exceptions of
the lawyers, the doctors, the eye special
lists and others whose names had been left
in the bill. The house passed this and it
won't to the senate, where a long debate
was INDUCED in Saunders, Jamison of
Clarke, De Armand and jackson made the
fight to defeat all anti-pass legislation.
Those who fought for it were Smith Of
Mitchell, Allen, Young, Turner and some
others On the first roll call only twenty
four voted for it and the bill was lost,
there being a large number of absentees.
The vote was: