The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

more population by the assembly,
Funds for parks and Libraries were
put within the reach of all. Improve.
ment assessments We're extended to
incorporated towns. The fire protec-
ltion levy maximum was increased.
Flood protection work in Des Moines
twas legalized mill tax for a gar
! hage disposal plant and for improv-
ling the police department were auth
lcrized in this city.
/ Cities received much attention as
shown by this list of new laws:
To require city treasurers to obtain
| 2 per cent interest on 80 per cent of
1.-THE daily balances of city funds.
To give cities authority to levy
taxes to provide flood protection, the
act applying to Des Moines.
| To give cities of the first class I'M
der commission form government
authority to issue flood protection
bonds.
To give city councils authority to
dispose CT waste and salvage when
streets or alleys are repaved.
!, To give city councils authority to
reassess property for improvements
when first assessment was declared
defective
To require that piats of streets and
alleys in a tract of land approved by
a council before such land is made an
addition to the city
To authorize cities of the first class
to expend moneys accumulated in a
chasing Waterworls.
/ To authorize payment by city coun-
( ellis of $40 per 1000 population Tor
membership in League of Iowa Mum
icipalities instead of $500, with a
maximum of $50 a year.
To provide that city council shall
have the power to elect three park
commissioners to hold office until
next regular election.
To provide for an additional tax of
+ mill for improving park lands &C
! quired prior to January, 1914
/ To permit the taxation of unplatted
ireaI estate in city limits for library
purposes.
| To authorize special charter cities
to purchase land and erect city hall
end levy tax for same; to make sec
tons T41-e-f-g-h of the code applicable
Ito special charter cities.
| To provide for publication by proc
lamations of certain notices in cities
tor towns having no newspapers.
To allow cities of first and second
unless loss in population exceeds l.
: 500 in second class and 10000 in first
class cities.
To provide cities of 1000 population
may adopt commission plan OF gov
eminent
/ To provide for the filing of vacan-
cies on city councils of charter cities
by majority vote of the members.
To require two-thirds vote for street
improvement by city councils of COM
mission governed cities having only
three eouncilmen.
To authorize smoke nuisance ordi-
nances in cities of $4,000 population or
more.
To provide that city clerks may be
deputy clerks of superior courts.
To provide for library boards Of
) five members in commission plan
cities.
1 To permit majority of voters to
authorize bond issues in cities less
than 10000.
i To provide for election Of hospital
trustees at regular city elections.
To provide for transfer on invalid
tax from county to city treasurer OF
i Des Moines.
1 To empower cities to establish fire
limits and fire regulations.
To require fling of assessment plats
tby cities within ten days after street
/ improvements are completed.
To provide that the office of city
solicitor shall be appointive in all
cities except those of the first class
To provide that 1000 signatures
j shall he sufficient for petition to
submit the question of aiding rail
4 road in cities Of $4,000 or more.
To provide that interest on debts
for public improvements shall begin
on the date CT acceptance of the work
iby the city council
i To empower cities to assess the cost
OF main sewers to property lying with
in the districts drained.
To provide that counties shall be
liable for total value in paying claims
for injuries to domestic animals
4 To authorize cities to levy tax Of 2.5
mills for park purposes and in cities
Iof more than $4,000 an additional tax
of mill to purchase park property
To authorize the creation of a de
lpartment Of public docks in water
front cities where the harbors are to
be improved
4 To provide for the assessment OF
cost against benefited property when
streets are vacated or improved.
To permit special charter, first class
and commissioned governored cities