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

lions for the nomination of candidates
for all offices.
Law establishing the indeterminate
sentence and reformatory and pro-
viding for parole board.
| Surchsse Of legislative references
foq the use Of the legislature and max
+ ing an appropriation therefor
Giving to boards of supervisors the
right to grant real estate for the use
of art monuments.
Relative to bona fide purchasers of
mcandered lake beds. to make the old
law clearer
Legalizing the making of plants by
county officers where the law has not
been strictly complied with in certain
cases.
| Giving cities authority to license and
regulate employment and intelligence
offices.
Resolution calling upon congress to
provide for a general convention to
revise the constitution of the United
States.
| Providing that where newspaper
has failed to publish the laws the sec
rotary of state may provide for their
publication in some other newspaper.
| Allowing supervisors to pay a
bounty Of 10 cents each for pocket
! golfers.
| Forbidding the sale of fircrackers
over five inches by three-quarters Of
an inch in size, and forbidding sale Of
toy pistols.
| To prevent the dissertation of me-
mortal day by forbidding games or
sports before o'clock on that day
Two bills relating to drains, bitches
and levies. providing for extensions
and for pumping stations, etc.
Increasing the registration fee for
automobiles and providing license
for dealers in these machines
Changing the time of meeting of the
soldiers relief commissions SO they
will not be required to meet on mem
orial day.
Providing for the election Of TOWN.
ship officers in newly created town.
ships.
Requiring a certificate showing
county residence on the part of per
sons admitted to the soldiers home
so that in case of insanity the respon-
sibility and expense may be deter
mined.
!. Changing the law in relation to
building county buildings so ti.as cn'ln-
ties down to $4,000 popuia;t III may hcr-
r. W on Is year basis.
4 Putting bust of Senator james Har-
Ian in the national statuary hall at
1 Washington.
4 Prs loing for a case foe tile Spanish
Aner.can war flags
i Permitting county fair associations
tic Purchase land
4 Raising tax exemption for OLE sold.
Tiers on property valued from $500 to
$1,000.
). Requiring labbr employment Offices
TO report to the commissioner OF labor
statistics.
Giving library trustees authority tc
unite with historical societies in work
relating to historical research.
!. Amending the law relative to publ
cation Of pedigrees of animals to cor
:, rect an error.
Permitting township trustees to en-
: ter into contracts for the use Of public
; libraries near by so that the residents
of the townships may enjoy the bene
fits thereof.
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able and providing for the regulation
of warehouses.
, joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the state constitution so tha
t drainage laws may be legal
l Legalizing the conveyance of rea
estate by executors, administrators ane
guardians.
Z Exsmpting from taxation real estate
: property acquired by educational insti
2 buttons as part of their endownmeD
r funds.
Providing for tax on dogs ant
f that the same be converted into :
: fund to pay for losses to domestic ami
e mails by dogs, revising the old law OF
Y this subject as desired by the shee]
d growers.
e Giving certain powers to the board
] of supervisors in relation to the altera
+ ton of highways and to prevent tn
t encroachment of streams thereon an
y to condemn land necessary TO. thi
e work.
g Providing for the distribution of tn
t reports OF the acadepy of sciences.
Y A law to make closed season TO
q pheasants until 1911 to encourage thei
. pTOpOSaCl0u.
g A law to provide for uniform system
n of accounts for counties.
3 Authorizing a canal between Spiri
= Lake and East Okoboji.
e Authorizing the licensing of peddler
t going through the country, fixing tn
Q license at from $40 to $50
1t Giving the guards at the state pen
e tentiaries fifteen days vacation eac
g year on full pay.
ol Increasing the support for the stat
If soldiers home from $14 to SIS
20 month for each person.
a Permitting the location of conser
le highways as narrow as 80 feet.
Is Forbidding the sale of liquors
ID minors and drunkards and making {
T. apply to others than druggists {
saloon men.
IN Forbidding combination in the graf
IS trade and Furnishing for the making {
lie rates by>a greement, etc.
le Forbidding bucket shops and pu
ut ishing for dealing in with them.
III Revising the law as to the executiN
IN council and defining the duties of tt