Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-04-23
Women's and ,children's building
at the state fair, SIS, 200.
Municipal Affairs.

Municipal Affairs.
Providing that cities of any class
may adopC commission form and fix
ing graded scale of salaries.
Authorizing purchase or sale of
electric current by cities and towns
on contract with other towns.
Authorizing mayors of cities and
towns to designate court for the trial
of cases arising nder city ordi-
naDees.
| riding for appointment of city
G 81 and solicitors in second
Ma IT, hority as to smoke or
dinance an. . city of 10000.
Requin. &, majority vote for
Authorizing ~ ent of library
trustees by city =
Authority to citf> enact build
ing code. ~
Authority to cities to designate
fire districts and regulate construc-
tion of buildings therein.
Authorizing transfer of unused Ii
brary building funds 20 the support
fund.
Authority to cities to enact ordi-
nances for the licensing of plumbers.
Plats of city improvements to be
made in ten days from ordering the
work done.
Assessment for cost of main sewers
to be made by formation of sewer
district to include all property ben
Gifted.
Election by city council of tenn
| oif
Improvement certificates to draw
interest from date of the acceptance
of the improvement.
| Providing method for re-assess-
ment for street improvements where
there has been failure to comply with
all technicalities,
Authorizing sale of old material
where street is re-paved and applying
proceeds on cost of new work.
Requiring city funds to be placed
in banks and to draw per cent in
terest on 80 per cent of the daily
balances.
Giving cities authority to protect
trees in street parkings and provid-
ing tree commission where there is no
park commission.
Authorizing appointment of tenn
porary park commissioners.
Notice of extension of town limits
may be by posting notice if no pa
per is published there.
Cities not TO lose their class by
reason of loss of population.
Pay of So day for councilmen
while acting on board of review
Amendment and revision of law
as TO firemen's pensions.
Cities may appropriate for support
Iowa league of municipalities.
I Requiring city clerks to report to
state auditor ON municipal statistics
Giving cities power to regulate
slaughter houses and abate nuisan-
ces.
Giving Burlington an island in the
Mississippi River.
i Charter cities authorized to have
levee improvement commission; also
general law as to cost of storm sew
ers to apply; law as to making plats
not to apply; council to have power
to fill vacancies in council; authority
to erect city hall; also Moon law is to
apply in special charter cities.
i Defining duties of river front com.
missioners
\ Authorizing transfer of sinking
fund for water works purchase, De:
Moines.
Requiring that plats of new addi
tions must be approved by city coun
ell before they are Of record.
Highways and Drainage.
Reorganizing state highway com
mission, classifying roads, giving
greater power over roads construo
tion and providing for survey for per
manent roads.
Authorizing registration of high
way names and trade marks.
Governor has authority to direc
attorney general to appear in suits
: involving bridge and culvert patents
Complete rules and regulations a!
to automobiles on highways and IL
streets in operation and standing.
Requiring vehicles to turn to righ
, when one behind desires to pass.
Forbidding obstruction of drain
: age bitches.
Requiring notice to property own
: ers preliminary to extensive repair.
on drainage bitches.
, Board of control to collect poll ia,
in road districts at state farms.
Authority to pay drainage assess
ments with drainage warrants.
Fixing pay of appraisers on drain
age work.
; Authorizing return to origina
property owner of unused parts O
/ drainage funds.
Providing for assessment of cost O
: drainage bitches in parts of cities.
Making it duty of supervisors Il
enforce weed law.
Authority for use of convicts i.
! road making.
Authority to condemn for grave
pits for road material.
Giving s per cent of automobil,
fees to state highway commission.
County Affairs
Providing state inspection of coun
ty accounts and requiring uniform
system of accounting, giving state su
ditor five inspectors.
Authorizing division of Kossutl
: county on vote of the people and crea
tion of county of Larrabee.
Requiring county auditor to make