Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-23
THIRTY BILLS PASSED
Record of Iowa Legislature Shows
Reasonable Amount of Industry.
JOLT FOR WHISKY DRUGGISTS
Hamnin Bill Requires Applicants for
Liquor to Present Blank Secured
from County Auditor-TwO
and Half million Asked
(From a staff Correspondent

From a Staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Feb. 22.-(Special.)-The
record Of accomplishment in the legislature
the last two weeks is regarded as fairly
satisfactory to the members. A total of
t~hirty-five bills has now been agreed upon
and passed by both houses. The senate is
still far ahead of the house in work, but
all committees have been Industrious. The
fact that both houses decided they would
work on Washington's birthday will make
1t certain the present week will be impor-
tant. The following is the record of the
last two weeks. being the nth and sixth
weeks of the session.
Bills Passed by Both Houses.
S. F, &Requiring interest on public
money in banks.
s. F. I-Giving $50 for burial Of old SOL
diers.
H. F. 7-Authorlzing dredging of Medium
lake.
II. F. SSettlement Of estates of absentees.
s. F. 26-Rattlesnake bounty
III. F. S4-Ice for officers at Soldiers
S. F. S7-Revision of law as to assessment
rolls.
s. F. 5O-Legalizing act.
8. f. 45-Settlement of claims by state.
s.. F. Ss-Transfer Of certificates of pure
bred stock.
S. F. lOO-Authorizins pay for water works
9 +. lO2-Pay of county attorneys in two
counties.
H. F. 145-Legalizing act.
H. F. 17O-Increasing fire tax levy in
cities.
S. F. 172-Admitting fathers to Soldiers
home.
H. f. 17s-Pay Of jurors at $3.50 a day.
s. F. 154-Allison monument appropriation.
S. F. 12-Legalizing act.
H. f. 16l-Commitments to industrial
Passed senate Alone.
s. f. 22-Aid for libraries and hospitals.
s. f. 33-Direct Inheritance tax.
S. +. 4S-Increased aid to county fairs.
8. f. S1-Assumption of risk in employ
s. F. s2-Publications of rules of health
boards.
s. F. sS-Legalizing act.
s. f. Exchanging poor farms to county
homes.
s. ,. 1OS-Revising ballot law as to names.
s. f. 117-Sheriff to employ detectives.
s. F. l36-Pay for inaugural ceremonies.
S. F. 15O-Fixing pay for boarding pris-
s. +. 157-Providlng for work for drains
outside of district.
s. F. l62-Revision as to affidavits of
assessment.
s. F. i66-Method of levying tax for county
hospitals.
s. F. TO-Legalizing act.
8. F. ACCOMPLISHMENT for immortality.
s. F. I79-Juvenlle court bill amendment,
s. +. 110-Education of deaf and blind.
S. F. 24-Officers holding over. .
S. f. 141-Statistics for department OF
8. F. I27-Compensation of assessors.
Passed House Alone.
H. F.. Appropriation for Briggs re-
moval.
H. F. 11-Publishing motor vehicle num-
bers.
III. F. l57-Legalizing act.
H. f. 161-Admission to industrial schools.
H. F. 20s-Revision of quarantine regula-
~ r. 171-Soldiers' roster.
H. F. 177-Forbidding bucketshopping.
H. f. 73-Terms of officers.
II. F. 218-TaXes for libraries.
Drug Sales of Liquor.
A bill Just reported favorably to the SEN
ate will cause the druggists of the state
to sit up and take notice. 1t is the Ham
mill bill to require that the blanks on
which whisky buyers make application for
drinks for medical purposes shall all be
furnished by the county auditor and n
record shall be kept, and that each blank
shall have a printed facsimile of the audi
tors signature and have the actual sig
nature of the clerk. The trainers of this
bill believe that 1t will furnish the state
with a real record of liquor sales in drug
stores.
Weigh of FO~Odstufs.
A bill is pending to add a section to the
pure food laws of the state so that in the
branding of boxes or packages of food
stuffs it shall be required that the actual
weight or measure thereof shall be given
In plain letters, and there Is a penalty
for misbranding as to weight or measure.
The food and dairy commission favors
this bill and the jobbers Of the state say
that it is all right. 1t does not affect
canned goods.
Appropriation Puzzles.
Senator Maytag of the appropriations
committee now figures up about $2,5OO,OCO Of
askings before the appropriations commit
tees. Some of the bills have been with
drawn or killed off and others have been
added. The latest is 100000 for the pur-
chase of land near the state house and
the building of an office building, so that
the work OF the state may be properly
done. No bill for completing the historical
building has yet been introduced.
No Road Measures.
With regard to the various highway
measures that have been introduced the
members seem to be all at sea. A very
large number of highway bills were put
in. Almost every member has a different
idea as to what shall be done. AS a re-
suit nothing is being done and nothing
can be done until after the members re-
turn from their short vacation OF next
week, when they may have some more
ideas. The disposition of the leaders In
highway legislation 10 TO have a joint sub
committee prepare an entirely new measure
to get some small beginning In highway
legislation. Unless this is done the outlook
for road improvement is not especially good.
Iowa News Notes.
CRESTON-Deputy United States Marshal
Bryant of this place returned from Des
Moines last night, where he arrested an
scene postcards through the mall. The
Italian was bound over to the grand jury
In the sum of $500.