The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
PUBLIC. UTILITY
LOST BY | VOTE
ROLL CALL SHOWED 81 FOR, Al
AGAINST, 10 ABSENT.
WILL IOWA HAVE 100 COUNTIES
| II Will Dpend Upon the Vote of the
People Of kassuth county--"Vice
Commission" in Iowa Killed
by Cutting Appropriation.

Des Moines, April LACK of one
vote lost the Public Utility bill in the
House yesterday afternoon for want of
a constitutional majority. the vote
being "a to Al, there being Is absent
and not voting. This House bill hav-
ing been substituted for the Senate
bill the latter went down in defeat
with it. An effort is being made today
to get motion to reconsider on file.
This may be filed within tWenty.four
hours. .....
The roll call came after every pos
sible effort had been made to get all
members present. The fight to kill
the bill started when Representative
Lund moved to strike out the enact
ing clause. A cali of the house was
ordered and for forty minutes the
members were at ease until the Sar-
able members. Then the call was
defeated. Immediately the usual
motion to place the bill on its passage
was made. ,.s#t
bill and passed the measure by a vote
of So to 40. ~.
The senate yesterday afternoon
passed the Blue Sky law, which was
introduced by Senator Thomas, the
vote being 40 to 6. The companion
bill was introduced in the House by
Representative Burt, who will move
that the Senate bill be substituted for
the House bill when his measure is
called on the calendar.
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Whether Iowa will have an even 100
counties or stick to the present SO
will depend upon the vote of the peo-
pie in one county, should the Senate
pass the bill that went through the
House yesterday. This provides that
the question of dividing Kossuth
county, in the northern tier, in two
and naming the upper half LARA
bee In honor of former Governor
Larrabee, shah be left to the vote of
the people themselves in that county.
| A petition from voters representing
two-thirds of those in the northern
half was before the House asking a
division of the county.
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Corner lot owners of property in
cities will have to continue sharing
the expense of paving intersections
of streets for the Senate yesterday
voted down bill that would have re-
quired the city to pay for paving
street intersections.
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Joy to the hay fever sufferers. The
House of the Iowa legislature has
passed a bill requiring property own
ers to keep weeds cut within
month after they start growing or
have them cut by the city or county
and the cost taxed against the proper
ty.
Iowa will have six mine inspectors
in the future, for the House has pass
ed the Clarkson measure from the
Senate making this provision.
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Senator Thomas has introduced in
the upper house of the Iowa legisla-
ture a bill providing a new textbook
commission in counties where there
is county uniformity. Under the
present law the text books are pur-
chased by a board composed Of the
county superintendent, the county
auditor and the county supervisors.
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shall consist of the county superin-
tendent and four educators appointed
by the supervisors. These four edu-
grade school teacher, one rural school
teacher, one city board director and
one rural board director.
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There will be no vice commission"
10 hn Nrsal nor
Iditions of the state. The bill proVid-
ing such a commission was killed in
the House appropriations committee.
The death was administered by cut
ting off the appropriation clause.
Members of the House quite generally
are inclined to believe Iowa is quite
free from the vices that have aroused
so much criticism in the larger cit
les of the country. H.s
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Speaker Cunningham announced
the sitting committee as follows:
Huff, Newcomb, Barry, Bedrock, Hal
quin, Scholtz and Koontz.
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The house passed the Hunt bill CIV
ling county agriculturist societies the
right to organize and to submit 10 a
vote of the people the question OF
whether or not there shall be levied
a tax sufficient to raise $4,000 p>>
Year for Ave years TO promote the
science OF agriculture.
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The senate this morning made the
Clarkson workingmens compensation
bill a special order for consideration
friday at ten o'clock,
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The senate passed the bill appropri
ating $1,000 TO send Iowa veterans to
the Gettysburg battlefield celebration
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: Representative Sultzman's bill fol
a 2.10 mill levy 10 raise about sou. 00l
flor the establishment OF binder
Irvine factory at Fort Madison Of
Anamosa went through with only 81
opposed. Representative Sultzmar
made speech in defense Of his bill