Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-17
LEGISLATURE Can't Quit At Time Set


| day was one authorizing the state
superintendent to revise and print
| school laws every FIVE years II deemed
| necessary: also bill raising the limit
! of Indebtedness Of independent school
districts from 10 8 per cent of the
valuation; also bill authorizing an
exchange of witnesses between this and
other states on certificates from court.
etc: also a bill to give cities authority
to regulate slaughter houses; a bill to
permit of payment Of expenses Of peace
| officers who are directed by a county
attorney to investigate crimes; bill
fixing the eligibility Of teachers so that
twelve weeks training in normal work
will be needed; bill permitting an in
crease in the salary Of the secretary
OF the department of agriculture; a bill
permitting the purchase Of land for
school gardens; bill to forbid placing
trot line within 800 feet of dam; a
bill to forbid taking explosives into a
building with intent to commit burglary
and two bills making the law as to the
state board Of health conform to the
necessities of smaller board which
mas Deen provided.
The code commission whic!l will
have charge Of the preparation of the
new supplement 10 the code 1913 held
It's first meeting a noon yesterday and
organized. The members are Messrs.
sullivan. Ring. Mitchell, Gillette, Grif-
fin and Crist The commission elected
sullivan chairman. Ring vice chairman
and Mitchell secretary. The first and
most important task is to elaCt a code
editor Immediately after the session
ends the commission will have to get
busy on the preparation of an entire
ne" code supplement to include all
that was in the last one and the laws
OF the last three sessions.
The committee Of TIL. colored people
made a last appearance before the APP
preparations committee yesterday for
the purpose Of urging the appropriation
for aid in the celebration OF the semi
centennia! of the emancipation. They
ask only very small appropriation SO
as To give a starter, after which they
contemplate securing funds for an in
dustrial exposition to show the pro-
greSs made by Colored peop.e in the
fifty years Of freedom.
The senate again took up he Whit
ney bill that was once SEM - the gov
ernor and has for its purpose the elm
nation of graft and COLLISION in con-
tracts for city improvements. An
amendment offered by McManus vas
adopted which amendment penalties
lie contra ctOrs ; per cent OF The Con
tract price when it is found they have
been guilty of coilus!J1. Inder the
Ill as i was the entire con,r;lc- price
a. confscated.
The bill for ;aN aid cor the electric
st ton of the railroads from Fort
rodge to Spirit Lake Hiiica passed the
senate d few days ago. was yesterday
passed By the house. There had been
an error in regard to passage thru both
houses before. Now the way is open
for the enterprising people in the Tor-
thern part Of the state to get an ex-
tension Of the longest electric line of
the state thru a half dozen good coua-
ties.
The township unit bill failed see
ord time in the house yesterday. The
bin had once before lacked major
ity and reconsideration was secured.
This is the bill that would make the
township the unit IF school organiza-
ton in the country and provide L
school board of five elected al large TO
have fun charge of all the scnoo!s OF
rounshiu. 1t was one of the bills rec
commended by the better schools COM
mission.
Speaker Cunningham has been III
and appendicitis was feared. but yes
,erdav he took the gavei again and re-
manned for a part of the afternoon al
his chair. Senator Jewell, whose III
ness kept him from work III the senate
a large part Of the session, has peen
steadily gaining strength the past Few
weeks and has been abe I, be at ms
desk most of the time. Senator tran-
cie vino suffered a severe Illness from
neuri,is during the early part OF the
session has fully recovered ard latter
" has been as active and vigorous as
any member Of the senate
Tho senate Yesterday passed an i'm
no-+ant house bill by Huff under wnlcn
!, will be possible for the governor 10
exercise his par donins power over o.
tenders who have been sentehceH 'oi
a first orfense and the sentence sas-
pended by the court. Al presen. theFe
seems to be no way Of getting at these
cases for full pardon.
The dinner TO the legislators at the
savorv the other night was thor
oughly enjoyable affair. There was
much singing OF songs and much sooo
speech making. 1t was an occasion toi
laughter and shouting and joking ana
everyone was IN good spirits, the
o'clock closing law not applying IN TINS
case. There was much joshlng OF
members and many trusts BACK ana
forth between the two houses But
the conspicuous feature was the sooo
natured roast" Of the Des Moines edi-
tors When the first speaker. a Des
Moines man, had spoken out plainly IN
hearty and sym pathetic CONNIE ndatlon
of the work Of the legislature and mao
bestowed praise where 1t was due,
senator gravely moved that he be per-
mitted to print his remarks in the Des
Moines papers One OF the best feat