Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-01
HOUSE 1O PASS
|NI[RMARR|AG[ BILL
REFUSES TO ACCEPT REPORT OF
COMMITTEE KILLING
MEAAsuRE.
MILLER SUCCEEDS IN EFFORT
TO HAVE BILL REcoNsIDERED
Steps Taken to Give Secretary Of State
Fair Society increase in Salary
House Committee pisposss Of Audi.
bon County Contest, Seating Rspub.
Iiean-Lesislativs News.

tended to pass the bill preventing the
marriage Of white and blacks when, by
a vote of "a to 46, 1t rejected the re-
port Of the judiciary committee. This
had arranged to kill the bill.
which is fathered by Miller. Of Brem-
er county, by reporting 1t for indefi-
mite postponement.
Miller succeeded in procuring mo-
ton for reconsideration and this was
fought out on the floor.
Among the eighteen bills introduced
in the house was one giving the state
board CT agriculture the authority OF
fixing the salary Of the secretary. 1t
was introduced by Hutchins, of KOS
suth, by request.
The secretary'S salary now Is fixed
by law and amounts to $500 year.
A. r. Corey. the secretary. has been
with the board several years and 1t is
the board wantS to raise his
salary.
Republican 10 Seated.
One contest in the house was dis
posed Of by the committee today. that
from Audubon county. and the repub :
lican wins. The committee laid aside
fifty-six ballots for consideration. and
a majority OF these were cast FOR
Jacobson. The contestant, Mr.. Foley,
conceded that Jacobson has been
elected, and the committee SO reported.
Mental and physical soundness VIII
be made necessary qualifications OF
persons wishing to get married In Iowa
t,o
resentative Albert Bartle should be-
come law. According to DR.. 9. q
Raow!s= Of Sioux City. who is author
ity for the sfatemAnt that Representa-
tive BartIe wifi present the bill. 1t II
designed to provoke discussion pri.
marily that will result in education o.
the legislators as to the needs OF more
rigid regulation OF marriage. The bill
provides: W
Any person applying for marriage
license must file with the clerk OF
courts a certificate.fssdedb by quail
fled physician showing that both par
ties to the contract are free from men,
tai or physical disease.
No feeble minded or idiotic person,
no insane person, no one subject 70
hallucinations or deIusions. no one IN
advanced stage of tuberculosis. and no
person suffering from venereal disease
shall be licensed to marry.
Penalties are provided for violation
of the law by parties to the contract
or for aid in violations by physicians.
49,
The dousle platoon system Tor hre
departments in Iowa cities got shock
in the senate yesterday morning. Inc
committee on cities and towns reported
to the senate that 1t recommended ac-
toin on a bill providing for the dounie
platoon system to be indefinitely post
poned. The report was adopted.
This means that Heald's bill is dead
The senate's action came as sur
prise to some OF those who have been
boosting for the measure. One OF the
house supporters of the bill has been
sending letters to mayors OF cities IN
the state and to heads Of fire depart
ments regarding public hearings. There
will be no public hearings so far as
the senate is concerned
Firemen in several cities were PACK
of the Heald bill. The Des Moines fire-
men have been makisg a fight for sew
eral months for the double platoon.
They caused petition to be circulated
in favor of the system.