Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21
MEASURE WHICH PASSED HOUSE
CERTAIN TO BE APPROVED BY
SENATE.
STEP IN DIRECTION
OF SCHOOL RETTERMENT
House Committee Recommends Pas.
sage Of Numerous School Measures
Senate Defeats Effort to Put Check
on Courts in Remsdying Defective
charlottesville Fall Of Suffrage.
al to Tires-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Feb. 2l.-Senators say
that the bill by Ring, Of Linn, which
has passed the house, providing Tor
Fairgrounds at school houses in the
country. will certainly pass the senate.
1t authorizes the school boards to pur-
chase land for Fairgrounds and recre-
aLlon at the various school houses, and
is one step in the direction OF that bet
terment OF the schools that is so much
desired. The house committee on
schools, headed by Mr.. Dawson, has
done quite bit of hard work on the
various bills presented. In addition
TO recommending the Ring bill it has
recommended Tor passage the follow
ing:
H. F. s, authorizing school loans up
to $4,000.
H. F. II, authorizing the board Of
educational examiners 10 accept col
lege diplomas as evidence of scholar
ship in granting certificates.
H. +. 80, authorizing change ii Ia:
ton law and fixing maximum at $3.50
per month.
H F. 81. to have nominations made
Tor school directors and regular bal
lots printed.
H. +. 100, 20 abolish the school treas
urers.
II. F. 1879, to reorganize the depart
ment of public instruction and make
the head appointive by the governor.
H F. 175. forbidding use of tobacco
by students in school
H. F. 275, permitting contract for
school superintendent for three years.
H. F. 319, to direct the teaching Of
elementary agriculture, domestic sci
ence and manual training in all
schools.
|, The senate debated at considerable
| length a bill which, il passed, would
have stood as check on the ability OF
the courts to rectify mistakes made by
the legislature. 1t was defeated. The
courts will still be able to check UP or
! legislative work. But at the same tinre
! there was on the bill books OF the
mem ers on their desks an illustration
! of how legislation is bungled some
times, and if bills were passed as in
| troduced what frightful mistakes would
occur. This is in the bill by Wilson, 0!
Appanocse, for a workmen's compen-
sa alton act In the bill is clause re-
/ pealing a law, which is set forth, and
which is not found in the Iowa code
but it is referred to as having been
passed March 3, 1S4s, and this gives
| clue to the fact that the law repealed
! is found only In the code of New Jer-
sew. The bill also has the word "ap-
proved" at the end, probably just as II
was written by Governor Woodrow
| Wilson, and the senators are wonder
! ing why the author Of the bill didn't
also include the name Of the New Jer-
sey governor as q part OF the bill. This
bill was introduced as bill Of the
coal opera tors 1t was, OF course, copied
| from the New Jersey statutes without
any modification.
| Bills to revise as to the bureau Of Ia
Dor statistics have been introduced
| One of the most important features is
tina. the proposal is to repeal what is
called the statutory blank sent out tc
employers Of labor on which to make
reports. The material called for IN
| this statistical blank is declared to be
practically worthless Mr.. Trick, the
next commissioner. desires that il re-
ports are occurred they shall be Of some
real value and has asked that the law
requiring certain things in the blank
be repealed. Then blank will be pre-