The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-10
LEGISLATIVE LITTER.

DeS MOlneS, April I.-MeInOuS
employed by the State Fair Board
are severely criticised and appropria-
tons to the association discouraged
in the report of the expert account
ants employed by the retrenchment
and reform committee. The experts
show that in 1911 the fair Melted
over $4,000 and in 1912 over
$4,000, and suggested to the legisla-
ture it can do as it pleases about
appropriating money for salaries and
other purposes to money making
institution Conforming with the
suggestions of the experts the re-
trenchment and reform committee
recommends the installation OF a
business like method of keeping
books. -.
The workingmen's compensation
bill was discussed in the senate Fri
day and made a special order for
Tuesday for finishing it. Concensus
of opinion is that it will be defeated.
Senator Kimball has on tlle a bill he
proposes to offer as substitute pro-
viding another temporary commits
sion to study the question.
An interesting election bill by Oar
rah has passed the senate. 1t pro-
vides for electing delegates to ma
tional conventions at the party prl-
maries. At the same time OF vot-
ing for delegates the elector is to ex-
press whether he wishes the dele
gates bound by the majority party
vote of the district or OF the state at
large.
The question of permitting saloons
at Iowa City where is located the
state University has been settled by
the senate. 1t provides in a bill
passed that saloons shall be abolish
ed as soon as present permits expire
and that the brewery may remain
until voted away by the people OF
the city. 1t is expected the house
will pass the bill.
The senate passed a bill referring
to the State board of Education's
cooperation plan for state schools.
In substance the senate bill says:
please rescind your former action,
but you have authority to do the
same thing again if you wish with
exception of taking home economics
from any institution where there are
both sexes The only clear sec
ton is the one providing that heres
after no member of the state board
shall reside in a county where IS TO-
Gated one of the state educational
institutions.
The house has passeu direct col
lateral inheritance tax.
The senate and house have both
passed bills, different in texture, pro-
viding for voting by mail when away
from home. They go to conference
committee.
The public utilities problem which
was acted upon in different bills by
senate and house is now in the hands
of a conference committee.
The few remaining friends OF the
theoretical permanent tax commls-
sion and the full valuation of farm
property have been discouraged by
the report from Minnesota, where
commission has for seven years been
trying to enforce the theories, that
the legislature is being asked to
change the assessment basis so as to
assess household and personal prop
erty at one-fourth the actual value;
live stock, farm implements, mer-
chandise and kindred property at
one-third it's value, and all other
property at forty per cent it's actual
value. This comes closely on the
report from North Dakota OF the
governor vetoing bill giving the
tax commission greater power in
which he said, the legislature
would have done better to have
abolished the commission entirely.
The senate has passed bill by
Wilson of Clinton providing for the
election of supervisors at large i'll
all counties, instead of by supervisor
districts as at present.
Both house have passed bill pro-
viding the state superintendent shall
hereafter be appointed instead OF
elected. The house has passed bill
to make the county superintendent
appointive also.