The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17

Authorized cities and towns includ-
ing those acting under special chart
er and cities under commission form
of government to adopt a building
code and to provide penalties for
violation thereof.
To confer certain powers on cities
organized under the commission form
of government and on cities having
a population of 5000 or more organ
lied under chapter Of title 5 of
the code, and cities organized under
special charter, relating to the organ
ization, equipment and operations of
fire departments and providing for
the levy and collection of special
tax for the use and benefit of such
fire departments and granting power
to anticipate said tax and to issue
fire fund certificates or bonds.
To amend section 1872 and SJ4 of
the supplement to the code, 1907,
relative to the levying of taxes for
public libraries.
To regulate the levy and collection
of special assessments in cities and
towns and cities acting under special
charter and cities under commission
plan of government.
To amend section 931 of the code,
relating to the filling of vacancies
in the office of alderman in cities I'M
der special charters.
TO confer additional power upon
certain cities organized under chap
ter As of the acts Of the Thirty-sec-
ond general assembly Of Iowa as the
same appears in chapter 14-c of title
) of the supplement to the code,
1907, providing for the levy and col
lection of q special tax for the pur-
chase and maintenance Of apparatus
and equipment for use in police SER
vice in the department of public safe
tV.
To confer certain powers on cities
providing for the levy and collection
of a special tax for the purchase,
equipment, construction and main
tenance of a garbage disposal plant.
TO establish a department of pub
lie instruction.
nomination and election of judges
of the supreme, district and superior
courts of Iowa.
Providing for the election of Unit
ed States senators by the vote of the
people.
To provide for the appointment
of clerk of the supreme court, and
reporter of the supreme court, to fix
the term of Office of such officials,
and to repeal section 1867 of the
code.
To amend the law relating to the
registration of voters.
To amend the law relating to the
nomination of candidates for the Of
flee of senator in the congress of the
United States and of the canvass of
the vote for senator in the congress
of the United States, and providing
for nominations for such Office in
case of vacancy.
To provide for the election of dele
gates and alternate delegates to ma
tional conventions of political parties,
for the election of party and national
committeeman, and delegates to
county conventions, and for prefer
entail vote on president and vice
president of the United States (addi
tional to cnapter ga, title 6, supple
ment to the code, 1900 relating to
primary elections, and for submitting
to the voters of several parties the
question: "Shall the vote of the state
at large or the vote of the congress
sional district control?"
To amend section 1882 of the code
relating to the giving of bonds by
public officers and requiring that
bonds be given by county supervisors.
To amend section of chapter 60
of the acts of the Thirty-fourth gen.
eral assembly, relating to assessment
of stocks of national, state and saw
ings banks
Relating to the bureau of labor
statistics and providing for reports of
accidents by employers and prescrib-
ing a penalty for violation thereof.
To provide the method of construc-
ton and operating gypsum mines, for
escape shafts and for the ventilation
of such mines, to provide for the in
spection of the same by the state
mine inspector, to require operators
to report fatal accidents and to pro-
vide penalties for violation of this
act.
Relating to cold storage and re-
warehouses, the DISPOSE
ton or sale of the food kept or pre-
served therein, and defining the dut-
missioner in relation thereto. i
To regulate the sale of calcium of
carbide, or so-called carbide and pre-
scribe the manner in which the same
shall be packed and labeled.
Providing for the sanitation of
bakeries, canneries, packing houses,
slaughter houses, diaries, creameries,
cheese factories, confectioneries, res
hotels, groceries, meat mar
kets, and all other food-producing
manufactures, or
other places where food is prepared,
packed, stored, sold
or distributed, and vehicles in which
food is placed for transportation;
providing for the licensing of per-
sons, firms, or corporations operating
Or conducting bakeries, ice cream fac
tories, candy factories, canning fac
tories, slaughter houses, meat mar
kets or places where fresh meats are
sold at retail; liking such license fee
and the rights Hereunder; defining
food, regulating the wholesomeness
of food, manufactured, prepared,
packed, stored, sold, distributed or