Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-03-10

miles longer in mileage between the
two cities than the Great Western,
must charge increased rate for such
mileage. The Jameson aw will put
both roads on an equal basis as to
rates.
New Lave So Far Enacted.
About fifty bills have passed both
houses Of the legislature and more
than half of them have been signed
by the governor. Among those which
have thus been made into laws. ten
originated in the house and about
twenty in the senate. Few of them are
OF much Importance except as amend.
atory measures, Strengthening out
some kinks in the laws of former as
semblies or Strengthening the statutes.
Among those which may be said to
rank as important are:
Senate file No. IS, making the birth
day of Abraham Lincoln legal holt
day in the state.
Senate file 1874, providing an appro-
prlation of $4,000 for pedestal for
monument for Senator Allison. The
funds for the monument are to be
raised by donations from the school
children and citizens of the state.
Senate file "a, permitting the settle
ment of claims against the state or
claims the state may have outside OF
court.
The other new laws so far made are:
Senate bills exempting dentists from
jury service; providing for the sale of
abandoned lands in the Des Moines
river bed; limiting the time of appeal
in criminal cases to six months: in
creasing salaries or fees of justices
of the peace and constables; amend
ing the pure food laws SO as to pro.
vide that dealers may sell the stock
OF drugs and paints on hand on Jan. l.
1908; making appropriation for the
payment of additional employees dur
ing the session of the legislature; re.
modelling the schedule of time for
holding of sessions of district court,
increasing the fire fund levy in cities
of the first and second class; in
creasing compensation of attorneys in
certain counties; providing for the
auditing of accounts of state agricul.
tural department and legalizing acts
for Anamosa and Manchester.
The house bills enacted into laws
include measure providing for the
examination and approval of bonds of
guardians and executors by the clerk
of the district court; providing for the
transfer of the Universalist property
at Iowa City; relating to perquisites
of officers at the soldiers home at
Marshalltown. and putting ice on the
free list 10 these officers; for the i'm
provement OF Medium lake, near En-.
metsburg; increasing fees of jurors in
district court case; increasing the sum
which may be allowed for the burial
of INDECENT soldier and sailors; raising
the age at which boys and girls may
be admitted into the industrial schools
of the state; and a legalizing act for
Sioux county
A large number of bills are now on
the governors desk awaiting his sig
nature. They have accumulated while
Governor Carroll was in Washington
attending the festivities of the inali-
guration of President Taft They in.
clude the house bill by Anderson. max
ing an appropriation for the compile
tion of the compilation and printing of
the roster of Iowa soldiers; by Bur-
CESS, providing that doors of all pub
lie buildings shall be hung so as to
swing outwards; by Larrabee, reduc-
ing the license fee for motor vehicles;
by Peterson, providing for county hos
pitfalls; by Saunders, relating to care
and support of county poor.
The senate passed bills regulating
the time for beginning actions and pro-
viding way for dissolving savings
banks. The house passed bill re-
quiring surety companies to make a
deposit with the state auditor, and
bills giving state aid to fairs and
farmers institutes; also measure for
street sprinkling.
GEORGE GALLARNo.