Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-25
WORK OF IOWA LEoi9lArtvk
SESSION UP TO RECESS is
REVIEWED.
MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK
PUT UNDER WAY OR DECIDED
Most important Measure From Both
Houses the Oregon Plan Bill Which
Governor vetose-Committse Work
Not Permitted to Lag Despite Soma.
torial Deadlock.
,cial to Times Republican.

LES Ao.tSS, 90 81 !.S 4Cs ~
had up 20 the close OF business passed
20 Governor Carroll just nineteen bills
and joint resolutions. all OF which ne
had acted upon. Comparatively few
are OF state Wide interest. Six are
ilegalizing acts. one resolution relates
TO employment OF additional employees,
one bill relates 70 supervisor districts,
another TO ;sking private property for
! public use one TO bridge bonds issued
while the bridge is being built, one TO
practice OF pharmacy. another to fra
( sernal beneficiary societies so that
I ladies' auxiliarieS may be recognized.
another 10 probate and other fees of
1 clerks another to the place Of COM
! rnencing lawsuits. another 10 fees of
/ county officers and when an account
! ing shall be made.
! The oregon senatorial election bill,
which was vetoed was the most i'm,
I po-,aut OF The whole lote.
! The governor yesterday signed the
! bill which puts tax fe-rets out % ousi-
ness and makes * misdemeanor 10
! employ any one 10 assist in uncovernig
! the tax dodgers.
| The bill to forbid siaeshows. or at
! least 10 forbid the usual sideshow ex
y -
has been signed.
| The record Of the work done is not
shown by this brief statement This
records shows a vast amount OF hard
work by boil. houses.
! The senate has passed forty four o.
| its own bills and indefinitely post poned
or Withdrawn ff:E-sever others.
The house has passed f:.v-nine Of its
/ own bills and either Indefinitely post
! po-ed or withdrawn sixty one OF its
own bills
| Aside from the nineteen which have
I been enrolled and signed and have gone
10 the governor there are probably a
Dozen others which have been passed
and ara or the way thru the pro per
| committees But the great majority Of
the bills which one house or the other
/ has passsd are now in the hands OF
comm rtaes n the other branch.
| Despite the senatorial situation the
committee work has not been permitted
| TO lag. T IS true tina. members have
not been ready to get down to business
on the hard bills. but they have done
about the usual amount % work tha.
| IS handled prior to the March recess
| All The members are heartily glad
that at least for this session the coun-
= seat controversy In Mills county is
settled The house promptly took up
(! the senate amendments and coneurred
therein. thus serr3inE the bin to the
governor. The senate passed it yes
terday morning ard the house in the
afternoon. As understood /. was fired
80 that until the law is repealed Nal
verr can not butt in on Glsrw GODS
county seat PRIVILEGES II order to
get IL thru some patching had To ne
dore Boone county wanted II fxad
so that the court house might be
moved over from old Boonsboro into
the newer part OF Boone. all within the
1 corporation. Eumbold- wanted il
axed so that Il wouldn't amply to any
TOWN. like Dakota City within mile.
/! Pringhsr got il fixed SO that Il was
/ forty years and not fifty, which rneanE
shat Sheldon and Hartley will have TO
get busy osxr year or never So every
hody was satisfied except the Malvern
ites. and they fred maps and protests
il vain.
Representative Brady Introduced
Dill IN The house for another office.
This IS for the office Of state poultry
4 commissioner. which Is u he in the
department Of agriculture and the
commissioner 20 get s,5cp year for
going about ard teaching all about the
poultry business 20 those who care to
Know. An appropriation % 5000 for
the work is provided
WASHINGTON county will make an
effort 70 break away from the Sixth
judicial and get over into the Tween
,iath with Louisa, Dies Noines and
Fienr.- a bill 70 tina. effect has been
prepared ~ NcC',e-ry
the senate has OF its calendar with
favorable recommendation the Francis
bill 10 require that when any state Of
ecer or board has printing and binding
dons By some ore other than the state
printer and binder price not TO exceed
the regular state price may be paid.
The dill also requires that the reports
ard books printed shall conform to the
regulation state size and quality In
two important matters mas this Tu;=
been violated. Under State Auditor
Carroll the precedent was set Of hav-
Ing the reports of the municipal &C.
counting department printed in the
same size pages as the census re-
ports. The other relates to the report
of the controversy commission, which
cost much more than IL the state
printer had done the work
The house passed the soldiers ex-
ernption biz which raises ehe exemption
from taxation for a soldier from $500
to $1,000 and removes the qualification
as to applying only IN those having
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