Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-08
DhL TO AID ROAD BUILDING
FUNDS OCCUPIES MUCH TIME
IN HOUSE.
MONEY TO De DIVERTED
70 sETTeHMEN+ OF HIGHWAYS
City Residents Object to Measure on
Ground That Country Gets All tho
Bensfts-Propossd Law Would Raise
$500 in Each County of state-Leg-
isIativs Gossip.
Special to Tin,es-Republican.

Special to Times Republican
Des Moines, March s.-The house
this morning again took up the auto
mobile tax bin after having spent
practically all Of yesterday upon 1T
without reaching a conclusion. The
bill, which is by Representative Kulp,
of Palo Alto, provides for the follow
ing:
Registration Of all motor vehicles
with secretary of state
Statement Of name, date Of purchase
and horse power of machine.
That one who runs an auto must be
al least 10 years old
An annual registration fee based or
the horse power
Fee of IS for 2O-horse power machine,
and 40 cents per horse power on ma
chimes OF larger power.
After machine used four years reduce
fee one-half.
Fee for electrict vehicle SIS, and for
motor cycle 49,
This to b. in lieu OF all other taxes
and to go to special fund
Appo"tionment among counties FOR
County motor vehicle fund"
To be all used for crowning. drag
gng, crawling or macadamizlng roads
or for building cement culverts
II is estimated that if it becomes a
Jaw in its present form the bin will
yield an average of $4,000 to e;tCn
county All the money must go II road
work cu.s.de of cities and towns
In the debate yesterday Perkins
raised a question as to the constit--
tionality Of the bill: but O'Conner
called him down by reminding the gem
tleman from Delaware that he is not
the custodian of the constitution IN
Iowa, and that If it is found there is
the slightest chance of the bill being
unconstitutional it Will certainly be
sent back from the executive Office
with a veto.
A great many efforts were made t"
change the biz. Whitney wanted the
bill changed so that all the money
would 20 to making cement culverts.
and this was refused Only one change
was made in the all-day discussion and
thar provided for survey OF the -)als
before work is done.
Residents of the cities fought the
bin on the f1o,r oe the house on the
ground that it would give all the
money to the country.
II /. probable that the resolution by
Senator Sullivan which was introduced
before the recess providing for COM
mission to report on the advlsab1l1ty
Of an Iowa exhibit at the San Fran
cisco exposition. will be adopted. The
plan is to have appointed commission
OF persons interested who will volun-
ND ly6
an investigation and report generally
on what should be done. 1t will not
involve any expense.
A hearing was given yesterday af-
ternoon by the mines committee OF
the senate on some of the mining bills
before than body. Those especially
discussed were the Ream bill for ex-
animation and certification Of coal min
ers to show their competency and IA
milarity with ordinary rules of min
ing, and the Sullivan bill to require
wash rooms at coal mines where the
men may wash up before going home
from work. A new element entered IN
to the situation today when Car
Scholtz, Of Chicago appeared and dis
cussed the bills. He is manager OF
the mining department of the Rock
organized. The Northwestern and other
roads have had mining departments but
not until the determination to open
up the new mine region in the south
ern part Of the state was the Rock
Island ready 20 engage in mining. Mr.
Scholtz is an expert who was sent by
the government to Europe to study
mine conditions a few years ago. He
opposed further restrictions upon the
coal mining industry in Iowa.
Senator Hammill intends to secure
hearing before the printing commit
tee Of the senate this week on his bill
to leave the state printing to the state
executive council, to be superintendet
by an official In charge Of printing ant
binding. This is measure which
Governor Carroll is back Of, the pur.
pose being to go to the contract sys
tenn in the state printing or to allow
much Of 1t to be done at the state in
situations.
The senate again demonstrated it.
position in regard to the saloon regula
ton laws and allied matters yesterda.
when voting to pass two of the Sammi
bills. These provide for the cuttin,
of Of the attorney fee which has bee,
used TO anord compensation for repre-
sertatives Of the anti-saloon organ
i1ations. The debate. however was no
wholly on the question Of temperate
and saloons for 1t was admitted tina
in regard to this law there has beel
great abuse.
An investigation Of conditions at TIL
Girls Industrial School Of Mitchellvill
will be made by the house committee
on BOARD Of control to which com