Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-19

| or quantity has been rewritten entirely.
and it is before the house now with
this declaration:
IF any person shall sell, offer or ex-
pose for sale any food in package
form, if the quantity of the contents be
not plainly and conspicuously marked
on the outside Of the package, in terms
of weight, measure or numerical count:
| provided, however, that reasonable
variations shall be permitted, and toll
/ erances and also exemptions as to small
packages shall be established by rules
and regulations made by the state food
and dairy commissioner"
| The house has on it's calendar for
consideration bill by Huntley which
! provides that in counties OF $4,000
/ population or over the county attorney
may designate another attorney to act
on the commissioner of insanity and he
shall receive the fees provided for SER
vice on that commission.
| The appropriations committee of the
| house has recommended for passage
the bill to grant $1,000 a year to aid in
the work being done by Hon. Charles
Ct. Patten at Charles City in the de-
velopment of new breeds Of fruit on
the great experiment station which he
has long maintained there
| President Taylor. of Still College Of
Osteopathv. has addressed communi-
cation to the members OF the. ,legisla-
ture urging the passage IF the bill to
recognize and license for mechanical
! therapeutics" This covers not only
osteopathy but any and all other forms
of giving aid to the ailing ones by pro-
cesses other than the use Of medicines
or by suggestion and ms ntal processes.
The bill provides an entire new board.
which would take the matter entirely
away from the state board of. health
and medical examiners and supersede
! the system of issuing certificates OF
osteopathy to large extent. The bill
requires a three-year course as an edu-
| ca tional equipment.
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| A bin is before the legislature to in
crease the salaries of district judges to
| $4,000 a year. There are fifty-six OF
them and soon will be fifty-seven. AS
! they now get $4,000. a year 1t is easy
enough to figure out the cost annually
to the state by the proposed change.
| Senator Clarkson has secured pas
sage thru the senate Of bin to require
registration of voters in any village of
(, $500 population or over. The bill dis
| closed to members fer the first time
| that down in the Monroe Marion dis
trict they have villages" large enough
to be cities of the third class that are
not even incorporated towns.
Representative Stipe has started in to
| improve the road improvement bin by
introducing amendments which will
| compel boards Of supervisors when des-
ignating and surveying county roads
to begin first on the main Travelled
roads within two miles Of the towns.
| Mr. Stipe expects to follow with a
| bill to create special assessment road
| improvement districts unless the COM
mittee comes forward with a bill Of
that kind.
The last blow was dealt the Miller
race intermarriage bill yesterday by
the legislature. BY vote OF 81 to is
the senate adopted the report of the
judiciary committee indefinitely post
| poring the measure.
Clarksor of Monroe made speech
I in favor Of the bill. He asked the leg
! islature not to adopt the report. but 10
I leave the bill on the calendar.
A similar bill was introduced in the
senate by Crow of Monona. Indefinite
! postpouement was reported by the
committee and after a series OF flank
movements by both sides the senate
measure was killed.
The first time the Miller Iii! was up
in the house it failed to get consti-
tutionaI majority. Later it was called
up and passed.