Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-08
Resolution introduced in Iowa
Assembly Asking Congress
men to Support Measure
cuRTAILlNG SALOON HOURS
Representative eonweII Presents Bill
to Compel Closing at p. m. = Bruce
Wants Board of Control lnvestiga tied
by Commission of Eleven at SIS Per
Diem.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, Feb. S.--The legislature
started out to help congress on the
parcels post today. Representative
concurrent resolution reciting that the
people of Iowa are desirous of having
| the privileges of the mails extended to
! parcels and that it would be a profit
able business and memorializing the
Iowa members of congress to support
the bill pending to establish the parcels
| post
| The senate passed the bill to call all
county poor farms county homes, and
| the bin to give officers of the sold
iers' homo free ice.
The house passed the bill to give all
jurors $3.50 per day. the bill to permit
| judges in Polk county to appoint bail
| ifs, and also three legaizing acts.
! The senate spent time on the bill to
give sheriffs the right to collect mile
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of their terms of office, but 1t was op-
! posed and recomitted The bill is
wanted by the sheriffs and is opposed
| because of the belief that they are
we'll paid for mileage.
| Senator Peterson introduced bill to
require that screens be placed on the
| doors and windows of all restaurants
and public dining rooms and fixing Sc
we're penalties for failure.
Senator Bruce introduced a bill to
create a legislative commission of
eleven members at IS per day to probe
into the affairs of the board of con-
troll and the management of all state
installations sssid,<affiras..
Representative Bonwell introduced a
bill to fix the hours of opening and
closing saloons from in the morning
| until at night.
The important hearing for the early
part of the week is to be before the
ways and means committees upon the
measures for changing the law as to
taxation of mortgages. 1t is generally
conceded, at least among the members,
that there is pressing need for some
material change in this matter, but
there is great diversity of opinion as to
how to get at it, Two plans are be-
fore the committees. The Minnesota
plan is to exact a fee on, the filing of
mortgage, in addition to the filing
fee, of say 1 per cent of the face OF
the mortgage, after which the mort
gage is non-taxable. With this is
coupled sworn certificate that the
fee is not paid directly or indirectly
by the borrower of the money. The
other is the Nebraska plan, which
would have the mortgage assessed with
the real estate then divided up, SO that
the face of the mortgage would be
taken from the real estate and the
mortgage be assessed to the holder.
Persons interested in the state tax re-
vision association, and others, will be
here, the first Of the hearings to be
Tuesday.
Investigation with regard to the ne
cessity for bank guaranty in Iowa
shows that within the past six years
there have been just thirteen failures
of banks which were organized under
the Iowa laws. The aggregate of the
deposits was s2,O00,O00, and the banks
paid back about 72 per cent. 1t would
be for the other % per cent that the
guaranty would have to stand, or in
other words, if we had guaranty of de-
posts in Iowa the average to be made
lp annually would be about $4,000
year. This distributed among 800 banks
would not be very much. But 1t Is con-
tended that with a guaranty law there
would be fewer failures In fact While
great many of the members are will
ing to say that they believe some form
of bank guaranty is necessary, the
trend is toward authorization of COM
pany that WILL at least at first, permit
of voluntary membership.
Members of the legislature are con-
siderably alarmed over the surprising
show of strength for the prohibitory
amendment The petitions are coming
in rapidly and they are being scanned
by the members little more carefully
than before Some of them state that
the signers are of a better class than
usual. and there is indication of real
growth of sentiment in favor of doing
something on the liquor question. Thus
far the movement has not gone far
enough to warrant a guess as to what
the legislature will do at this time, but
there is no question that great many
of the members are feeling the press
ure of the prohibition sentiment and
are worried over the same.
The house judiciary committee put
in some hard work trying to fix up a
bin so that county attorney will have
the right to amend an Indictment as
to non-essentials, after the Indictment
has got into court. The members re-
port that it is not an easy thing to
| do.
Representative White has bill be-
fore the house which would give to
every county court room a law library.