Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-04-16
'MANf Bills PISSED.
new OFFICES ARE CREATED

NEW OFFICES ARE CREATED
Every Part Of the State Comes In
For Share Of the Local
Legislation.
Des Aloines, lathe following are
the bills that we're passed by the Gen
eral Assembly which closed its SEES
sion April 8. the subject matter OF
the bill being given: Fl
! General Enaetments.
Creating state board Of education OF
8 members and finance committee OF
three on $4,000 Salsry, to govern state
educational institutions.
Creating once Of state hotel In
spector and requiring f1reproof con-
struction of hotels and safety devices
and appliances.
Requiring annual reports from all
corporations and fee Of 81. with COM
plete record as to all corporations
authorized to do business in Iowa.
Creating state board to examine for
optametry and forbidding others from
| treating eyes. 4
Providing way for removal Of all
oficials for malfeasance In ONCE. on
complaints and hearing before a
court.
Revising the law as to duties of a
county attorney and making more
specific his authority and rights.
Defining duties of sheriff and CIV
ing him additional authority in invest
igation of crimes.
Requiring that banks pay interest
on all public funds on deposit ~
per cent.
General quarantine enlarging the
powers Of the local boards and pro-
viding that only INDECENT persons shall
be supported at public expense.
License for all hunters and funds
to support game law enforcement.
Authorizing state executive council,
on advice Of attorney general, to make
settlement Of claims Of the state.
Making Lincoln's birthday a legal
holiday.
Requiring doors OF public buildings
to open outward.
Defining the lien Of hotel keepers
upon baggage, etc.
Extending time for disposal Of old
unlabeled stocks of paint.
Permitting insurance of automobiles.
Permitting use Of voting machines
at primary elections.
Requiring lights on vessels on lakes
and rivers.
Providing way for the dissolution
of state banks.
Fixing liability Of banks for forged
or raised checks.
Requiring transparent shields on
front platforms of street cars.
| Exempting religious associations
from operation of collateral inheri-
lance tax.
Making terms of all public officers,
where not otherwise stated. begin on
the second regular day Of the year.
Providing that proof may be de
manded Of age of children employed
in factories.
Regulating safety appliances on
switch engines.
Correcting error in the free pass
law as to passes for families of en-
ployes.
| Making license for, dealer in auto
mobiles good for one place only and
reducing fee for auto-cycle to 81.
Permitting sale Of denatured al
cochol without permit.
Changing name of normal school tc
estate Teachers college"
Providing way for reincorporation
/ Of cemetery associations.
Amending law as to the duty 81
railroads to furnish cars restoring
the common law rule as to responsi
bility.S
4 Permitting payment for bonds Of
trust funds. a Fl
4 Defining lawful fence and pro
viding It shall be of woven wire.
! General drainage and waterways
4 commission Of on per diem to in
vestigate water power and navigation
In state.
4 Definitely fixing law as. to officers
holding over so that the board of sup
eryisors has nothing to do with the
term. d
| Providing for rotation Of names or
4 primary ballot and other changes In
primary law to perfect same.
Penalty Of $50 day for railroad
refusing to obey an order Of the rail
road commission. y III.
j Forbidding discrimination in price,
i as to cream, poultry and grains fol
purpose Of creating monopoly.
Revision Of the law Ms to duties
OF attorney general and giving hin
additional powers and duties in gen
eral enforcement OF laws. N I'M s3
| Giving railroad commission author
ity to require sanitary fittings at de
4 pots and telephones.
Bill fixing liability Of employer fol
I. accidents to workmen on account o.
\ defective machinery and abolishint
the rule as to assumption Of risk Or
i the part OF the workman.
! Authorizing copyright Of cream can,
and forbidding use Of cans by an,
4 other than the owner. d
Slight change In law AZ to duty o
parents or guardians. v u .s II \
Revision OF game and fish Law.
Giving executive council some lee
q 800 a. mo N oftnr ~ REORGANIZATION ri