The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-25
MUST NOT SHOOT
QUAIL UNTIL 1874
BILL is PASSED BY THE SENATE
THIS MORNING.
PUBLIC UTILITY MEASURE
Re-Referred To Railroad Committee
To Be Reported Next Tuesday
Other Action BY the GEN
eral Assembly. 80
(By Julian Richards.)

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State House, Des Moines, Ia, March
senate this morning voted to
prohibit the killing of guam in the
state until 1914. The bill was intro
.duced by Allen of Van Buren, county,
and the committee on fish and game
recommended it for indefinite post
ponement. The senate refused to
adopt the committee report, and pass
ed the bill.
Taxes On Corporation Stock.
other important bills passed by the
senate include Seeley bill, providing
shares of stock in corporations out
side the state owned by residents of
Iowa shall not be taxed in Iowa il they
pay tax in the state where located.
The senate re-feferred the Smith,
Sammis and Van Law public utilities
bills to the railroad committee with
instructions to report on it by next
Thursday.
Druggists and Pure Seed.
In the house the report of the COM
mittee on pharmacy recommending
for indefinite postponement the bill
prohibiting druggists from handling
Intoxicating liquors, was defeated by
vote of 10 to So, and the bill was
ordered placed on the calendar. -.
The house indefinitely postponed
the pure seed bill and the bill requir-
ing the weights or measures to be
stamped on each package of mill pro-
ducts. butter and lard.
The Blanchard Law Stands.
Iowa fire insurance companies have
lost their fight for the privilege of fix
ing uniform rates and agreeing upon
the terms and conditions under which
policies will be issued. Representa-
tive Harding's attempt to repeal the
Blanchard act prohibiting such agree
ments was buried by the house in
surance committee, with but two or
three votes in it's favor Representa-
tive Moore of Linn county moved it's
indefinite postponement and the deed
was done without further discussion.
Disagree on Quarantine Law.
Iowa's. senate and house cannot
agree upon the new quarantine law,
and after this fact was evident Presi.
dent Clarke appointed as confer,
ence committee to effect a settlement,
Senators Bennett, Stuckslager, De Ar
mand and Clarkson. The house bill
made the county board of health the
unit in quarantine matters and the
senate preferred to keep within the
hands of the state board of the SUI
preme power. ..l ,-..-.. ..... ,..,....,
Schools Regulate Students.
With nine votes opposing it and
twenty-one senators falling to answer
to their names on the roll call, Senator
Clarkson's civil rights bill was lost in
the Iowa senate, and there will not be
any law enacted at the present legis-
lative session to compel incorporated
schools to enroll would be students
regardless of race. The bill received
nineteen votes, seven short of the
number required for its passage.
Interest on Deposits. .-,...
The house has passed the Dowell
bill requiring banks to pay interest on
county deposits. The same bill was
introduced in the house by Represent
alive Hunter of Polk county, but the
senate acted first and the Dowell bill
was substituted. 1t was amended in
the house to require two per cent in
terest on all 80 per cent of the aver
age daily balance. g @ A.a.,
Nonpartisan Elections.
Senator rFrudden introduced this
morning a bill which will provide
that in all cities of the first and sec
ond classes and cities under special
charters, nomination and election o.
city officers shall be made in accord
ance with the commission plan. The
object of this measure is to provide
for city governments administered by
Inonpartisan corps of officials.