Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-04
IOWA SESSION NEARLY OYER
Both Houses Of Legislature Ready to
Wind Up Next Week.
LAND CONTRACTS ARE EXEMPT
where Possession Of Property Has
Not Passed Taxes WIN Not Here
after Be ImipOsed-House
Sitting COMMITTEES.
From a staff Correspondent


DIES MONIES, April 8.-(special Teie-
gram. Both houses Of the legislature to-
day finished their work i'm preparation for
the close OF the session. for though the
day is not yet set, the session will Ger
tainly end next week The sitting com
mittee fastened matters in the senate and
the house held a night session, with the
result that about twenty-five bills passed
each house.
The most important bill passed was one
to exempt from taxation as a credit the
contracts for the sale of land where the
possession Of the property has not passed
A bill to authorize railroads to condemn
land for gravel pits was defeated in the
senate, and bill to require railroads to
have at least two trains each way a day
subject to flag signals was defeated in the
house.
The house passed the resolution for
sitting committee to be named tomorrow
to handle all bills.
The Polk county Board Of Supervisors
this afternoon adopted resolution pro-
Tding for the erection and maintenance
OF a tuberculosis hospital in connection
with the county farm. special building,
costing about $1,000, will be built. Work
will be started Immediately.
senatorial SITUATION
There is much disagreement as to what
will be the situation II the legislature
adjourns without the selection OF a senator
and whether either or both Of the candi-
dates now being voted for will be a candi-
date for the nomination at the primary
1t is very probable, however, that neither
one will be candidate, though the expec-
tation Of Judge Kenyon's friends is that
he will resign his official position and
enter the political game in Iowa.
As to Appropriations,
The closing days of the legislature will
be concerned largely with the matter of
appropriations. 1t is certain that the bills
for the state colleges will be cut at leaht
one-haR and that the support asked will
only be granted in a very small degree.
Some Of the special appropriations will be
secured but not very many of them. In
regard to the state institutions under the
Board Of Control, they will hardly get
more than half of that which Is sought by
the state board. This will leave for the
three educational institutions and the fif-
teen other state institutions a total Of about
$OOO,OOO, which will be two-thirds Of all
that can be appropriated. But no other
large appropriations will be made. There
will be nothing for the purchase Of ground
around the capitol nor for any new build
ings at the capital, nor for a new reforma-
tory nor for the proposed epileptc colony
The national guard is receiving all the sup
port it needs and there is only a small
amount needed for repairs at state build
-ings here The Legislature will appropriate
something for agriculture and for educa-
ton, but not any great amount. The
budget will be made up soon.
May Not Enlarge Supreme Court.
The plan for enlargement Of the state SUI
preme court may not materialize The
house has turned down the proposal, but
the senate will probably pass a bill, If for
no other reason, at least for the moral eff
feet on the next legislature. AS the bill
will be in a form somewhat different from
the bill which the house defeated there is
nothing to prevent the house giving it con-
sideration later.