Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-26
FAILURE OF sPEAkER TO SIGN
REpLIGHT BILL HAS NO
EFFECT. ~
COURTS NAVE DECIDED
POINT IN OTHER STATES
Hold That Il Would es Assumption Of
Veto Power and Dc Extended to
Several Minor state oNieia''-D.-
sire to Kill Law Emanatss IN Dss
Moinss- Capital News.
Special to Times Republican.

DeS Moines, May 26.-SOne amusc.
ment has been offered by reason Of
frantic efforts made to have it appear
that the law relating to injunctions
against property on account Of vice
conditions is not a part Of the law OF
the state. because Of the fact that the
speaker of the house did not certify it
to the governor.
The precise question was raised in
Kansas where the speaker had failed
to sign within the time specified. The
Kansas supreme court took the ground
that if a bill could be defeated and de-
stroyed in this way by any one Of the
several persons who are supposed to
that five or six people have veto
power. In fact, the court pointed out.
the veto power Of the presiding officers
OF clerks of each house, would be more
easily exercised than the veto power
of the governor. Hence the court held
that a law could not be nulIlfled in any
such way.
Just why there is such great desire
to have this law nulliffed in Des MONIES
does not appear on the surface. 1t mas
not been invoked here by the fact OF us
being on the books has caused an I'M
mence amount of loss Of revenue to
some real estate dealers who formerly
rented their property for immoral pur-
poses but who do not dare do SO now.
DR.. Herman Stabler, of Washington,
D. c., will probably be the man sent by
the federal government to Iowa 10
make study of the pollution OF river
waters and the purity Of the water
supply for cities.
The women's clubs had Dr.. Stabier
before them. DR.. Guilford II. sum
ner, Of the state board Of health was
present also and had consultation
with the representative Of the govern
ment. DR.. Sumner was greatly pleased
with the interest manifested by inc
women in the subject Of the survey OF
the state with regard to pure water.
DR.. stabler spent two years in ONO
working in conjunction with the state
board of health and two years IN Con
necticut. If he comes to Iowa 1t VIII
be as a part Of the work being done pS
the geological survey. The Iowa leg
.islature provided for the cooperation
of the state board of health in this
work in Iowa.
Forty or fifty offers have already
been made the state in connection WIN
the purchase of grounds for the ex-
tension of capitol park and room TOT
the monuments and memorials the
state will erect. Property owners are
coming in nicely with their proposals
and offer Of terms. Joshua Jester is IN
charge of this work and is securing
offers for making the preliminary par
gains. In each and every case the
nronerty owner or his representative
viii have to deal directly with the
governor and others Of the state exec
utiye council before any agreement OF
contract is made. Where an olle' -
made the state proceeds at once !"
have an appraisement made Oh 'ne IN
provements by competent pelsoh' -
this way the council Will nave soo.
idea of the value of the property anu
be able to deal fairly with all parties.
Judge Mcpherson held practically
that tho suit of the Prairie Gas anu
Oil Company against the Mlsslssipp,
River Power Company was not IN soou
faith, and it is not likely TO De dam
aged any great sum. He Will permit
closing the dam and opening OF na'l-
cation and later the question OF Dam.
ages will be settled in his court ae
Keokuk.
A state official the other day re-
ceived letter from friend askihk
him for a copy of the law Wnich re-
stores the right to employ tax 1erfe's
to each county of Iowa :
Inquiry failed to discover any s"cl
law The error seems TO have grown
out of story which has been gwen
that the new law enlarsihs
the powers and duties Of the state ex-
ecutiye council in regard to corpora
ton and assessment matters, OF rathei
giving them authority to spend money
10 make original investigations WAS
a tax ferret law in disguise. But there
was no repeal to the clause Oh the
law which specifically forb1ds any
contract for tax ferreting. Only by
a wide stretch of the law could 1t pc
used to authorize counties to engage
in tax ferreting.
The Iowa weather and crop report
for this week will not be optlnlstlc.
have been about as pad as
thew could well be the past few weeks
and reports from the northern part OIL
the state. and for that matter from
almost every part of the state, snow
that the heavy rains were highly IN
furious to crops. The gardeners ABOUT
Des Moines are already declaring that
there will be light crop of vegetables.
The ground Of Iowa has not been SO
saturated with water Tor q
great many years as at the present
time.
Two of the annual encampments OF
the national guard have been dehnte-
ly located-one at Washington, the
other at Charles City.
1t is probable another will be located
at Storm Lake. as a proper offer mas
been made and inspection OF the camp
site has been ordered.
The other one is wanted three Diff
ferent places in southwestern Iowa
The board of control visited Fort
Madison last week ana gave instruc-
tons az to che continuance Of work
on the new cell house. The work is
being rushed az rapidly as possible 80
that the new and modern cells can be
occupied as soon as possible.
he &: es::.:::cs there
has been no trouble whatever with
Haley since he gave up and notified
th< ,yo rdou ~ s.r,siid e.pSev Sthe rrfsOn