Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-04-23
BILLS PASSED BY
IOWA LEGISLATURE
Thirty-Fifth General Assembly Com.
pleted Work and Adjourned Sat-
urday.
MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES
HAVE FAILED OF PASSAGE
Complete Resume of Bills Passed,
Comprising Great Variety of Sub
jects.

JCtbS.
The thirty-fifth Iowa General AS
sembly closed Saturday. While much
that was proposed has been left un-
done, the Thirty-fifth General Assem-
bly, has much to it's credit. Among
the more important measures enact
ed into law are:-
Workingmen' Compensation.
Arbitration and Cancellation of La
bor Disputes.
Presidential Preferential Primary.
Election of delegates to National
Conventions.
Non-partisan Judiciary law.
Establish state Epileptic Colony
Provide Separate Woman's Refor-
matory.
Appropriate for State Custodial
farm.
Keep saloons five miles distant
from State schools.
Extend privilege of commission
government to cities of 1000 or
over
Provide $4,000, 100000 extension to
Capitol grounds.
Reorganized State Board of Ed
ucation
Reorganized State Board of Health.
Enlarged the Supreme Court.
Widowed Mothers Pension.
Among some of the important
measures proposed by different COM
missions, organizations and officials,
Nxrh fai RI hn Of iaI
sanction of the Iowa legislature, are
the following:-
Permanent Tax Commission.
Direct Inheritance Tax
School Teachers Pension.
Political party Fusion bill.
Adjustment of Prison Labor Con-
tracts.
First and second choice election
ballot.
Three-fourths verdict in civil cases.
Compulsory state or county unifor-
nifty of text books.
Railway Terminal Tax Bill.
Public Utilities Commission.
More bills relative to elections and
appointments were passed than on
any other subject. Five Joint Reso-
lutions providing amendments to the
constitution were passed and will be
before the next General Assembly
for action. Should they then be
passed the subject will be referred to
the people.
According to the Auditor of State
the legislative expense for salaries
alone amounted to about $225,000.
Because of appropriations made
and millage taxes levied by the AS
sembly, the taxes in Iowa will be
increased 81 mills. OF this amount
IL mills is required to raise the
$1,250.000 increase of state expenses
made by the state and 1.5 mills is
made necessary by three half-mill
levies ordered. one for Capitol exten-
sion, one for Board of Control i'm
ments, and one for State Board OF
Education improvements.
Following is a list of the bills
passed, which we are sure will be
read with much INTEREST,"
Appropriations and Expenditures
Millage tax for enlargement of cap
itol grounds for ten year period.
Millage tax for purchase of land
and erection of buildings at state in.
stitutions.
Appropriation for buildings at state
institutions, $630,555.
Railroad commission for enforce
ment of rate laws, $4,000.
Deficit appropriation for state in.
stitutions, $39,500.
Pensions for survivors Spiri. Lake
Massacre, $40 a month
Pay for efficiency engineers i'm re-
fern probe, $4,000.
Increase support for state histori-
cal society.
Giving $4,000 to assist soldier
in celebration of Gettysburg.
Appropriate $500 for assistance IL
horticultural investigation.
Expense of publishing code supple
ment, $4,000.
Paving expense on streets near Mt
Pleasant hospital, $4,000.
Authorizing increase of pay county
treasurers in certain counties.
Aid for entertainment Of G.. A. r
encampment, Des Moines, $4,000.
Claim of A. w. Hamaker, $2,700
injury as reformatory guard.
Claim of Clara Bahis for injury al
school for deaf, $1,000.
Increase of armory rent to 81 ,00C
a year.
Settlement with certain land own.
ers, $203.
Reimburse railroad commission fol-
expense, $445.
Authorizing bee inspector to gel
$500 salary out of fees.
Giving $4,000 for department OF
state entomologist.
Authorizing increase salary of sec.
retary department of agriculture.
Appropriate for claim on account
of school land, Woodbury. county
$3.50.
Aid dairy cattle and beef cattle in
~dustry, $4,000.
Serum laboratory at Ames, $35, 900
Appropriation to pay for contests