Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-23
STATE MARSHAL BILL
is GIVEN APPROVAL
HOUSE COMMITTEE RECON-
MENDS PASSAGE OF MEASURE
WHICH HAS BEEN FOUGHT IN
LEGISLATURE FOR YEARS.
Des Moines Bureau OF
The Ottumwa Courier
Des Monies, March 20.

DeS Molnes, March ~
Both houses disposed chiefly of un
important bills during the forenoon,
In the senate hot fight came up on
The bill to revise the laws as to
gambling and especially over clause
which would cut out all church raffles
and the sale Of tickets for chances on
any subject.
This was opposed as direct blow
Mt the churches and defended because
It would make all gambling look alike.
This clause was adopted rs to Z and
the bill was passed.
Speaker Feeley appointed as com
mfttee to investigate on the building
Of the presidents residence at Iowa
City and Cedar Falls, O'Connor, Still,
man, Hacker, Schoe and Kellogg.
Moon Files Liquor Bill.
Senator Moon of Wapello county in.
troduced a bill imposing a fine OF
from $25 to 5000 for the purchase OF
liquor by minors, habitual drunkards
and former inmates of inebriate hos
pitfalls, the same fine to apply to any
one who brings about such sales. 1t
was referred to the committee on sup
preston of intemperance.
The Bulk Sales Bill.
The bulk sales bill, SO much desired
by the jobbers of Iowa, has passed
the senate. and is likely to pass the
house, though it has not as yet been
handled by the committee and is not
yet on the house calendar. 1t will be
taken up the coming week.
The bill was championed by Senator
DeWolf Of Grundy county. 1t was
amended in committee and on the
floor of the senate, and as passed it is
declared to be in satisfactory form.
Originally the bill referred to sales
of stocks of goods entire and also to
parts of stocks Of good consisting of
a single line, but the latter was
stricken out.
The bill forbids the sale of COM
plete stock of goods or a sale other
than in the ordinary course of trade,
so that the title will pass despite the
creditors of the seller, unless there
has first been placed on file in the
town a bill of sale, which bill Of sale
must. remain on file five days before
the creditors are shut out. In case
such bill Of sale is on file creditors of
the person selling may then take steps
to protect themselves.
Marshal Bill Voted Out.
The house committee on suppress
sion of .intemperance voted yesterday
afternoon to recommend for passage
the Rankin STATE marshal bill. The
vote in committee was to 8, several
members failing to vote.
The bill divides the state into two
districts, and provides for the ap-
pointment of two law enforcement
commissioners, who will have head
quarters in Des Moines, with deputies
in various parts of the districts. Their
special duty will be the enforcement
of the liquor laws. The commissioners
and deputies are authorized to go into
county and prosecute violation Of
these laws, and if local county attor-
neys do not do their duty the COM
missioners can call on the attorney
general to take charge of cases in the
name Of the tate.
The bill has tho support of num-
Der of leading politicians who belize
It will solve the problem of temper
ance Legislation now confronting the
legislature. The liquor interests are
said to oppose the measure, but it is
probable the alternative will be some
such measure on resubmission of the
prohibition amendment. The senate
committee on constitutional amend
ments fixed next Thursday for hear
Ing opponents of the amendment.
The senate yesterday set two
special orders which will bring up i'm
portant bills The Kirkpatrick bill to
require annual reports from all corpo-
rations and a small fee graduated ac-
cording to the size of the company will
be passed then. If it becomes a law it
will enable the state to keep track of
Rll corporations and to know whether
corporation has gone out of business.
At present nobody has any informa-
ton as to what corporations are doing
business in Iowa The other special
order is the Saunders bill for terminal
taxation of railroad property so that
In the cities where valuable terminals
are owned the assessment will be
made locally. This comes up Thurs.
day morning.
The College Board SquabbIe.
The houce got into an interesting
1ahata Uhan on effort ,,odo N