Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-20
Iowa

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ssme AZ would all other laws regulating the
liquor traffic
A special election could be called BY the
voters or. II in the county 70 per cent OF
me voters residing In the county, coyld pc
t,uon the board Of supervisors 70 call an
An election may be called every two years
upon petition OF 20 per cent Of the voters
o. the city or county as the case may be.
the question every two years instead OF
i've ears as at pResent.
VIII Not Favor Lobbying.
The senate refused TO follow the lead Of
the house In approving and indorsing
lobbying on the part Of government en-
ployes at Washington. Senator schrup
called up house resolution which had been
sent over memOriallzing congress to pass
bill forbidding any executive order like
that issued by President Roosevelt in re-
gard to lobbying among federal employees
for higher pay Senators Smith and
Hammill came TO the defense Of President
Roosevelt and declared that the Roosevelt
order was proper one and the Iowa legis-
lature should not 20 on record as con-
demning him and his effort to introduce
business methods in the departments at
/ Washington. The concurrent resolution
was therefore indefinitely postponed.
The senate having a small attendance
did not. take up the concurrent resolution
approving the amendment 10 the federal
constitution so that an income tax might
be levied, but made II a special order for
next Wednesday. The resolution will pass
unanimously.
HITTING the Tax DOdEer.
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showed up today IN bill by Senator
, kirkpatrick OF Story, which proposes TO
place the compensation Of county treas
urers on percentage basis graded ac-
cording to the amount Of taxes and special
assessments collected. The pay is to be
per cent for the first t5O.OOO\ collected, 1
per cent for the next 100000, and less
percentage for still larger amounts collected
and turned over TO the county, this to be
in lieu Of salary and the county treasurers
to employ and pay all necessary help for
collection Of taxes. This would afford an
incentive to the county treasurer 70 make
II warm for those who fail to pay their
taxes and prove as effective as the tax
ferret law.
LegallsinR street Names.
The senate passed a bill from the house
legalizing the actions of city councils in
the matter Of changing names OF streets
even though the name changes were not
properly recorded. The senate also passed
house bin that IL much desired by the
women auxiliary societies engaged in fra
ternal work making such organizations
legal the same as organizations Of men for
similar purposes. The senate also passed
bill for the registration to farm names
on payment Of fee Of 81 to the county
recorder.
Revising Mine Laws.
Senator Clarkson introduced in the sen.
ate today the big bill for the revision OF
the mine laws OF the state and better pro-
lection of miners. Il IL a bill prepared at
conference OF the senator from Monroe
1 with President White OF the United Mine
workers, the president of the state branch.
and representatives of the mine orRanisa-
tons and operators II completely reviNes
the law on the subject adding many provls-
ions for extra safeguards for the workers.
state Examiner of Accounts.
Senator Fitzpatrick Introduced a bill 10
liking new scale for the compensation
Of county superintendents Of schools. II
is graded according to population of the
country and runs from 81. 100 TO 5000 q year.
Senator Fitzpatrick introduced a bni 10
provide for board Of examiners for county
treasurers consisting OF four special state
examiners TO be appointed by the state
auditor who shall be on salary of .SOO a
year each They shall make examination
At least four times each year OF every
| county treasury and shall prepare and
adopt uniform system of bookkeeping for
| all county treasurers. Another bill also
gives county treasurers authority to name
their deputies and fixes the conditions.
The board OF optometry will not have to
turn back at the end OF each fiscal year
all the money received in fees II a bill BY
Senator Bennett Is adopted. 1t authorizes
the board to turn back all but 500 at the
end Of the year and to use this for ex-
| penses.
Memorial to DOIlIver.
The proposed memorial service TO the
late Senator Deliver has been postponed
until March 16 at the request OF Mrs. Dol
liver Robert @. Cousins will speak.
The house passed the bill to require a.
two-thirds vote TO remove a county seat
where 1t has been established fifty years:
also bill TO turn pedlers licenses into the
road fund. and bill to require publica-
ton OF proceedings OF town councils.
A resolution was adopted in regard to
| the late Henry stone, former speaker Of
the house, and committee was named
for resolution regarding the services Of
the late p. A. Smith.
May Clean the streets.
The city Of Des Moines again today re-
sumed the cleaning OF the streets by flush
ing with water. A few days ago the city
water company secured an Injunction to
| prevent the waste of water. claiming that
the use of the water on the streets was
endangering the fire protection Judge
Mcpherson has dissolved the same and
the city has resumed use OF the water for
that purpose. sudden rise in the water
OF the rivers has made q difference.
Falls Into Mine shaft.
fail OF 1856 feet instantly killed John
Birmingham, a miner living at Valley
Junction, Friday afternoon. He fell from
the top TO the bottom OF the shaft OF the