The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-05-15
ERROR MADE IN
PUBLISHING BILL
MEASURE PROVIDING FOR ROAD
DRAG FUND FAILS IN SENATE
WARNING is SENT TO TRUSTEES
Secretary of State viii Notify County
Auditors That Bill Is Not Law
Mistake Is Traced to Desk Force
Of House Of Representatives.

Des Moines, May 13.-If any board
of township trustees has transferred
surplus of road drag fund to the
general road fund of the township 1t
will be compelled to reverse its &C.
ton. 5...-"
A bill authorizing that this be done
was published April Il as a new law,
but 1t was discovered yesterday that
the bill failed to pass the senate. The
original mistake was traced to the
desk force of the house of representa-
tivec. ... ...a .r. ~ "lF
w. S. Allen, secretary of state, said
last night that he will notify all coun-
ty auditors of the mistake made. This
will be done to put township trustees
on their guard. . .aa
"Of course. | had no way of telling
whether the bill had been indorsed,"
Mr. Allen said. The enrolled COPY
was certified in the proper way to me.
1t was my duty to publish the bill.
The mistake was not discovered in
my office
Gov. George W.Clarke did not learn
of the mistake until late yesterday.
He said that the signature of the
er of the house was evidence to him
that proper action had been taken on
the measure.
81 have not had time to investi-
gate" the governor said. 1T is likely
that the president of the senate knew
what he was doing when he signed
the bill. 1t may be that the bill was
passed by the senate and that the &C
tion was not recorded by the desk
force. The senate journal does not
show what was done" ..s.....
The original bill, which accompan-
led the enrolled bill on its journey,
is properly Endorsed. 1t was intro
duced by Dunlap of Clinton. April
the house passed the bill by a vote of
SO to 1. The bill was sent to the SEN
ate. 1t was referred to the sitting
committee and reported to the senate
show that the vote was 81 for and ID
against the bill. Twenty-six votes
are necessary in the senate for con-
stitutional majority.
The bill was returned to the house
by the senate. In the proper place
on the cover of the bill A. C. Gustaf-
son, chief clerk, wrote failed to pass
senate" and attached his signature.
The senate Endorsements were signed
by Joseph E. Meyer. secretary of the
senate.
The engrossing book of the house
shows the following:
April 4, the bill was passed by
a vote of 81 to 1.
April Is, returned from the sen
ate without amendments.
April II, the joint committee on
enrolled bills reported bill cor
rectIy enrolled, the bill was sign
ed by the speaker and sent to
the governor. .s-.
The senate engrossing bill shows
the following:
April Is, the bill was rejected
by vote OF 81 to IA.
April II, the report of a joint
committee on enrolled bills receiv-
ed and adopted bill signed and re-
turned to house.
This report was made to the house
by Joseph E. Meyer, secretary of the
senate, on April 16:
81 am directed to inform your
honorable body that the senate
has failed to pass the following
bill in which the concurrence of
the senate was asked"
Then follows the title of H. F. No.
52S by Dunlap -,a."
FWhen the bill was up for consider
alton in the senate enough votes to
pass it were recorded, until it was
noised about the bill might result in
neglect of road dragging in some
townships. Enough senators changed
their votes to defeat the measure.
Kulp of Palo Alto, a member of the
house, was instrumental in defeating
the bill in the senate