Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-11


priations and expenditures to cities 81
the second class. A8
Authorizing the levy of a tax in
cities and towns for building sewer
outlets and purifying plants. 81
Providing for special assessments
for improvements against the railroad
right-of-way.
Extending to towns the right to Id.
sue bonds in anticipation of the leyv
of special taxes.
Amending the law as to watcr
works trustees by eliminating the
salary.
Providing for police matrons III
special charter cities. III!
Authorizing cities and towns to rss
gulate, define, tax, license and pre-
hibit public dance halls, skating Kinks.
fortune tsllers, palmists, clairvoyants,
and to license and regulate billboards.
Permitting cities to borrow money
and erect city hall.
! Revision of law as to park commits
sioners and fixing their compensations
Health Bills #
Providing for the examination alla
licensing of embalmers
Providing for the examination and
licensing of graduate nurses. S
Providing for the regulation OH
maternity hospitals. GA
Requiring assessors to report,
deaths.
Preventing the throwing of drugs ORR
medicines as samples or otherwise iNj
public or private places. AZ
Empowering the board of medjGt
examiners to revoke physicians liceNs
for certain causes. Az
: Placing additional restrictionsMT
the sale of persons. -,
Giving state veterinary surgeoEe
Office in state capital and giving IN IA
a fixed salary with assistants.
Purity Bills
/ Amending the pure food law as teS
labels and defining the term missS
branded
Extending the time of the exemp
ton of canned corn and peas from thas
operations of the pure food law. n
Requiring the labelling of paints anu
oils
Requiring the labelling of stocl
foods with the ingredients and anal}
Uses.
Prohibiting the sale Of adulteratedl
grains and seeds and fixing a staH8
dard of purity. NJ
Adopting the national pure drug
and patent medicine bill.
Amending cocaine law to prohibit
sale of certain other drugs except oEE
physicians prescription. III
Requiring labelling of length of bf
der Irvine.
Revision of law as to publication OF
| bank reports.
| Permitting state and savings bank
under certain restrictions to laoIs
money to their officers. 6Ss
Permitting banks to borrow mo# IN
! for current expenses OF management.
Schools
Empowering the valuation of teach
ers certificates Issued in other states
| Authorizing consolidation of school
districts in Des Moines.
4 Reducing compensation of township
clerks for handling school funds.
| Empowering state board of eduead
/ tional examiners to issue certificates.
/ to graduates of institutions Of higheH
learning.
Authorizing the state board Of
educational examiners to draw sup.
plies from the state. a
Reimbursing STATE Superintendent
Riggs for money paid out for supplies,
Law permitting acquisition of four
acres of ground for school sites where
agricultural work is carried on. II
Providing regulations for handling
principal and interest of permanent
school funds.
Giving the county superintendent
power to enforce the compulsory school
attendance law
Authorizing the issuance of funding
4 bonds by school districts to take UP
any outstanding legal obligations.
4 Approving plans for new buildings at
the state normal school, to be built
out of the millage taxes
/ Providing the method of filling
vacancies on school boards.
Il Insurance j.
Requiring that fraternal insurance
companies hereafter organized shall
b: We the National Fraternal Congress
8 rates as minimum 4,
Requiring that no insurance com
: pany shall make any disbursement %
4 S1OO or more without a voucher.
I Increasing the salary of the actuar!
} in insurance department from $1,000
to s3,0OC
{ Limiting life of proxies.
/ Providing method whereby as
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