The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-02-25
NAME OF THE STATE
NORMAL CHANGED.
WILL BE KNOWN AS COLLEGE IN
PLACE OF SCHOOL.
NEW MENBAR PAR. ON BOARD
William Berry, Of lndianoIa, Appointed
by Governor Carroll and Con.
firmed by the Senate
Adjourn Tomorrow.

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State House, Des Moines, Feb. 70
Senator DewoIf, on a reconsideration
of the measure, succeeded in getting
the senate today to pass his bill
changing the name Of the State Nor
NAL School to the State Normal Col
lege.
Governor Carroll appointed and the
senate confirmed VIM. Berry, OF India
nola, as q member of the state board
Of parole.
solutely requiring railroads to furnish
cars demanded by shippers.
The Prevent Accidents.
Marston, Of Cerro .ordo, introduced
a bill today requiring all employers
where machinery is used, to keep a
register wherein employees may write
any notice OF defects and that after
such notice is written the employees
shall assume no risk i'm working with
machinery.
The Kcontz bill making it unlaw-
full for railroads to ship fish or game
captured in Iowa. in excess of twenty
five pounds, and then only when an
affidavit is made that it is NOT to be
sold on the market
The senate refused to re-refer the
optomatry bill TO the health commit
tee and made 1t a special order Of BUSH
ness for tomorrow
A concurrent resolution was passed
by both houses to adjourn tomorrow
to Wednesday Of next week.
Mo More Bridge Scandals.
Senator Wilson, er Clinton, today
introduced a bill which has as It's
purpose the doing away with bridge
scandals" in the various counties or
Iowa This measure provides thar no
board OF supervisors shall award con-
tracts for the building OF bridges
without first having the survey, profile
Snd general plan 81 the bridge deposit.
ed with the auditor, there to pe sub
iect to public inspection until tho
contract Is let Then 1t provides for
competitive bidding for the contract
with the provision that where any
patent device. controlled by some
monopoly, is included in the specifi-
cations, the cost at which such can
be secured included in the specifica-
tions. 1t provides no bill shall be
received unless it Is accompanied by
an affidavit Of the bidder or officers
Of the company bidding, to the effect
that he or the company has entered
into no agreement with any other bid.
der, or officer of the county, whereby
the bidder is to pay such any sum OF
money or other thing Of value. The
bill provides that the plans for such
bridge shall be drawn by cosnpe-
tent engineer and shall conform to
the standard plans of the Iowa High
way Commission, providing that for
all bridges costing more than $4,000
the plans shall be either prepared by
the Iowa Highway Commission or
approved by them before being accept
ed by the board of supervisors, lc
further provides the board may APP
point qualified inspector of the work
who shall carefully follow the pro-
gress and see that the requirements
of the contract are fulfilled.
Removal of County Officials.
The senate committee on judiciary
yesterday afternoon reported favor
able to passage the Cosson bill pro
viding that county officers may be re-
moved from Office upon complaint Of
the attorney general or governor
after being given a trial in their dis
trict court on the charges Of drunken
ness or failure to enforce the law.
The bill will probably not be reached
on the calendar before the latter part
of the week
AS To Telegraph Tolls.
The bill. proposed by Senator'S
Larabee and Moon with reference 70
minimum telegraph toll in Iowa,
will not be prepared until after the
March Vacation Senator Larabee
during that time will confer with his
father, who fayors the measure and
the bill will probabiv be drafted after
his return next week.