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oilmen, who shall devote all their time and

oilmen, who shall devote all their time and
attention to the city government.
In addition to this bill bills were passed,
which strengthen the present form of city
government by giving the mayor authority
to appoint the members Of the board of
public works without confirmation from the
council, so as to avoid deadlocks; allowing
bonds to be issued to build city halls and
bridges; a bill allowing cities to unite for
the study Of municipal questions by making
1t legal for them to pay dues and assess
ments to the League of Iowa Municipalities;
making it possible for all cities Of 1000 or
over to have superior courts; assisting
small libraries in cities by allowing the
township outside Of the city to unite in its
support and use; providing for boards of
police and fire commissions in cities of
5000 or over; prohibiting smoke nuisance;
giving cities the power TO regulate or
prohibit dance halls. skating Kinks and the
like.
In addition there were bills passed that
will do wonders for the park system by
allowing the levying of additional mill
for that purpose.
A bill that is a railroad bill and at the
same time in the interests of the cities is
that requiring that all street car cor
porations must allow the use of their
tracks, power and the like, as terminals
for all interurbans that seek to enter.
Insurance Laws.
The insurance laws OF the state were al
most entirely rewritten in the twenty-one
bills that passed, The bills offered were
mostly the work of the insurance commits
sion that met here last summer. Among
the bills passed are these: Fixing a min
imum schedule of rates of fraternals; reg
ulating the issuance and life Of proxies;
regulating the disbursements Of insurance
companies by requiring vouchers for all
expenditures Of 500 or over; requiring the
attorney generals approval Of articles Of
Incorporation OF insurance companies; a
uniform fire insurance policy bill.
Among the bills of a general nature that
passed the Legislature and which are of
particular interest are these:
Prohibiting divorced persons remarrylng
within year, unless they marry each
other; prohibiting the sale of giant FIRE
crackers; prohibiting the desecration of
Memorial day by horse races, base ball
or other sports; providing for the examina-
ton and licensing Of graduate nurses; pro-
viding for the enforcement Of the COM
pulsory school attendance law; Furnishing
wife deserters; providing for an indeter-
.
the Anamosa penitentiary a reformatory
/ for criminals under 30 and over l6 years
old and first offenders; creating a commits
sion Of three TO recodify the school laws.
The bills by which the Thirty second
general assembly Of Iowa will ever be
known are few. They are all important
measures and are these:
Primary election law.
Two-cent fare law.
lndetermnate sentence law.
The commission plan Of government for
cities.
Prohibiting passes by railroads street
railroads and common carriers.
Among the more than 200 bills passed by
the legislature these stand out prominently
above all the rest II not one Of these
bills had passed, however, there is enough
left that the work Of this legislature
could be praised being among the best
OF any session with these alone the ses-
sion will be prominent in the history Of
the state. with all the bills passed the
session becomes particularly striking and
prominent.
Anti-Pass Bill signed.
Governor Cummins today signed the anti
pass law and Representative Grier who
was the author of the bill was given the
pen with which II was signed Senator
Hughes OF Johnson county is the father
Of anti-pass legislation I'm Iowa and al
ways will be such In history. but the par
ticular bill put on the statute books this
session, which is much more drastic than
any other state or federal anti-pass law.
was introduced and carried through by
Representative Grier. II prohibits nearly
everybody from riding on a pass and in
cludes all common carriers of passengers
which makes II include street car com
panies. The law has no publication clause
attached 10 II and will therefore under the
statutes go into effect July next
Politics on Adjournment
With the adjournment o. the legislature
there has been considerable discussion as
to what will be the political future Of the
members Of the general assembly just ad-
journed. Quite a number OF the members
OF the legislature have aspirations 10 go
higher and have studied 10 make good rec