Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
HIGHWAY LEGISLATION
FEATURE Of MEEK
REORGANIZATION OF ADMINS
TRArlvE SYSTEM OF ROAD
WORK FORWARD STEP.
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
BILL NEXT IN IMPORTANCE
-"Unfair Discrimination" In lnsur-
ance Slated for SIaushter-Trust
Company Measure Doomed to Defeat
Weeks Work of Legislature.

Company Measure LOO med to Oefe Il
Weeks Work of Legislature.
Special 20 Times Republican.
Des Moines. March 29.-Pa ssage Of
the senate bill for the reorganization
OF the administrative feature Of Iowa
highway construction, repair and
maintenance vas the legislative feat
IRE of the past week. Next in import
ance, SO far as finished product is con-
cerned, was the passage Of the Arney
bill to include foreign as We'll as
domestic corporations doing business
in Iowa under the strict laws OF the
state as 10 issue Of stock, capitaliza-
ton on actual values and subsection 10
inspection by state officials. The only
other hill OF genera! interest was the
one 10 require that after a stated tire
there shall be taught n all the schools
Of the state the rudiments OF agricul-
ture, also domestic science and man
ual training. This with the bill which
is now finally passed 10 give state aid
10 consolidated schools will have ma
terial Influence on the school situation
in rural districts.
Of the bills which were passed in one
house or the other the past week. but
may or may not reach the governor
several are of. interest, The school
admiaist ration bill TO reorganiZe the
department passed the senate and al
most certainly viii get thru the house
The county text book uniformity bill
VIII probably yet be passed in the
.house despite the desperate Efforts Of
the lobby TO defeat II.
Slated for Slaughter.
The passage by the senate OF the bill
10 proven, unfair discrimination" in
insurance would be very important if
there was any fear of the bill becom-
ing a law But the bill will probably
| se killed BY those who Wrote il. The
Insurance companies have discovered
that as II passed the senate il is just
the one thing they do not want. AS
there is already a strong group in the
house opposed il will likely not get
far The insurance people wanted to
nullify the Blanchard law: but they
discover that they have done some
thing more. and the bill will fail
a bill which passed the house con-
templates a special mill tax levy in
cities for fire department purposes.
This is wanted very much by Sioux
CITY and some others in order that
the fire department may be strength
ened without taking too much from
the general fund There are number
Of proposals not yet considered for au-
thorizing increase Of city tax levies.
since some OF the cities that formerly
depended on saloon licenses are find
ing it hard 70 pay their bills.
Trust Company Bill Doomed.
The CowIes trust company bil! prob
ably viii never run the gauntlet Of the
senate II is revolutionary in charac-
ter and drew some hot fire from men
who are Jealous OF some of the most
sacred American institutions. The
bill would. in effect, create artificial
persons. with perpetual life and With
out corporal bodies 10 be punished,
70 act as executors, administrators,
guardians. etc.-or in other words, to
take over figUciary functions-and
thus 20 make possible the perpetuation
and continual enlargement Of large
estates
Among laws 70 restrain people. the
house passed q few. including one to
forbid treating" to intoxicating liQ-
uors. another to forbid use of tobacco
by persons in the schools, and another
10 legaIize baseball on Decoration Day
after O'Clock. There was also the bill:
20 further limit the right Of carrying
concealed weapons.
The senate passed the bills 70 start
the probe of vice conditions and prop
abuy in due time the house will do the
same but has not done so yet.
The house having reconsidered and
passed the Dixon Dill TO provide for
state examiners OF county accounts. ii
viii probably pass the senate very
soon
Record Of the Week.
During the past week the senate
passed tnirtysepeii bills and the house
fifty-eight. As only nineteen bills
passed the final stages. it is evident
that the house is passing mainly house
bills and the senate mainly senate bills
and the two are not, getting together.
But that is f.uat d, this time in the
session.
Following is list of the bills which
had finally passed both houses. and
were made ready for the signature Of
the governor, during the week ended
Friday, March %, p. m.
House bills
Stipe. to forbid unfair discrimination
| in sale Of any article of commerce.
Pickford. giving state aid 10 consoli-
dated schools.
| McHose, legalizing a 8 to Sheldahl.
Buxton requiring county auditor to
report criminal statistics to county
clerk.
Klay. providing for restoration Of lost
or destroyed records.
! koontz, authorizing a quit claim deed
to property.
Senate Bills
! BalIuff. providing that administra-
ton of estate Of an absentee stops ali
! liens on real estate.
| Arney, bringing all foreign corpora
tions under Iowa corporation laws
Francis. defining place for bringing
habeas corpus proceedings against state
| officials.
| Spaulding, wolf bounty authorized
| 800 for old one and IS for cub.
Robinson, authorizing cities to pass
building ordinances.
| Savage. requiring teaching OF ele'