Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-04-25

the appointment Of an industrial COM
missioner instead Of commission of
three as originally set forth. 1t also
makes the matter of going under the
provisions of the bill optional with
both employer and employe. The
state, counties, cities and towns are
put under the provisions of the meas
ure and stated amounts of compensa-
ton for injury and death are desig-
mated.
| Public Utilities Bill Killed.
The public utilities bill, by Senator
Crist of Clarke county, met with de-
feat in the house, after it had gone
swimmingly through the senate, but
in a much amended form from the
original draft. When the bill was
first sent to the house it was bounced
upon by Representatives Lund, Shank
land and others and so disfgured that
its original sponsors scarcely knew
it. The greatest change in the meas
ure was that the house made the
commissioners provided for elective
instead of appointive by the governor.
A conference committee of the two
houses worked on the bill several
days after the senate refused to con-
cur in the house amendments, the
result being a bill which obliterated
the present railroad commissioner,
making it the utilities commission,
and increasing the membership to
five, two to be appointed at once by
Governor Clarke and confirmed by a
joint vote Of the house and senate.
This bill went through the senate
without a change, but was easily
killed in the house, receiving but 27
votes.
Good Work For Schools.
The results of the work of the
Better Iowa Schools Commission be-
fore the general assembly will show
that more and better laws regarding
the public schools of the state have
been passed by this session than dur
ing all the sessions of the various
assemblies of the past twenty years.
The commission to carry forth this
legislative program was created by
the State Teachers association, which
met in November, 1911. The COM
mission was appointed by Superin-
tendent Deyoe, and from its men,
bership legislative committee COM
posed of former Governor Warren
Garst, former Senator B. w. New
berry, Bernard Murphy, Arthur
Springer and Jerry B. Sullivan. Bills
carrying out the plans of the COM
mission were introduced in the senate
and house under the care of the leg
islative committee, and it can be said
that no propaganda ever before the
legislature Of Iowa was better han
died than was the program planned
out by this committee. The school
laws of Iowa were practically rewrit-
ten and in an educational way the
state took great stride forward. An
outline of the accomplishments Of the
general assembly along this line will
be of much interest. The new laws
created are:
The Jensen law, authorizing the
state board Of educational examiners
to accept graduation from higher in
stitutions outside the state to equal
standard with accredited institutions
in the state.
The Enger-Neal law, which pro-
vides that high schools must be ap-
proved by the department of public
instruction before tuition may be COL
lected. Fixes the maximum amount
of tuition that may be collected from
any district at $3.50 a month.
The Jensen-Boe law provides that
normal training courses may be es-
tablished in any high school that
meets the requirements of the de-
partment of public instruction. Car
ries state aid of $3.50 annually. For
this an appropriation of 100000 was
made for the first year and $4,000
year thereafter.
The PickfordDarrah law provides
state aid to schools having suitable
grounds and equipment for teaching
of agriculture, home economics, man.
ual training or other industrial and
vocational subjects. Carries an ap-
preparation of 100000 for the first
year and $4,000 for each succeeding
year. Districts putting in this course
and maintaining two room schools
will receive $3.50 toward equipment
and 5000 annually; for three rooms
the equipment appropriation is $3.50,
with $500 annually; for four rooms
or more, $500 toward equipment and
$3.50 annually. The appropriations
cover q four year period.
The Dawson-Savage law reorganiz-
es the department of public instruc-
ton, providing for the appointment
of the state superintendent and fixing
his salary at $4,000, and his term at
four years. It makes the superin-