Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-17
Believed That Referring of
Tax Commission Bill to
Retrenchment Committee
Means Fall Meeting.
SENATE AMENDS
FIVE MILL BILL
Will Honor Present Permits
of Iowa City Saloon Men;
County superintendent
to be Appointed.

Des Moines, April 16.-Referring the
tax commission bill to the committee
upon retrenchment and reform is con
sidered by many legislators as an in.
dication that an extra session will be
called, convening some time next fall.
The senate took this action and it Ia
understood that large number OF
other measures left unfinished will be
sent to this committee to be con.
sidered until another legislative meet.
ing is held.
The committee Is not instructed as
to procedure concerning the tax com.
mission, but members of the commit
tee expect to extend the development
of the past two years and make q
firmer foundation for new laws upon
taxation subjects.
The house and senate, though both
have passed resolutions to adjourn
Thursday, cannot do SO unless two
thirds vote in favor OF adjournment
can be mustered to suspend the rules.
Both houses have passed their own
concurrent resolutions. One OF these
must be passed by the other house be.
fore it can become effective.
Immediately after the house con
iyened. Jamison of Des Moines at
tempted to call mp the senate concur
rent adjournment resolution. He wai
ruled out OF order.
When the order including senate
resolutions arrived, the resolution was
read. Temporary Speaker Brady
waited moment. but no one evinced
any disposition to force immediate
consideration, so It was laid over for
a day, under house rules.
The house resolution cannot 30 over
to the senate, because a motion was
filed to reconsider this morning.
Honor Their Permits.
Z The house spent just three minutes
on the senate amendments to the five
mile limit bill this morning. The
amendments were concurred In and
the measure will become law on
signature Of the governor.
Amendments provide that Iowa City
saloons may operate until their
present permits expire.
office to BE Appointive.
County superintendents of schools
have been removed from the open
political arena by action of the Iowa
legislature and In the future will be
The compromise In this
measure Is the result of the work OF
a conference committee in harmonic
ing the work OF the senate and house.
XIII Important Bills.
Two important pieces of prospective
tax commission bill
and the agricultural board bill
virtually were killed for the present
session by action of senate Tuesday,
but the action is believed practically
to insure special session OF the leg
islature next fall In accordance with
the recommendations Of the retrench-
ment and reform committee.
On motion of Smith of Shelby, the
tax commission bill as revised by COM
mittee, was referred to the committee
on retrenchment and reform. The
vote was 80 to is and it was taken
after more than an hour Of debate.
The agricultural board bill which
would provide the retirement OF the
present board in favor Of a commits
sion OF three, was referred to the same
a little later. The COM
mittee will have little or no chance to
report either measure out before ad-
journment.
The senate resolution providing ad-
journment of the legislature at noon
Thursday was concurred In by the
house this morning, So to AZ.
The action virtually finally orders
at that time.
For the first time In the sessions
of the legislature the house is ahead
of the senate in work accomplished.
The senate has been working on
calendar, but this morning the calen-
dar and all bills to be reported were
given to the sitting committee.
Speaker Cunningham will probably
not take further part in the proceed
ings of the thirty-fifth general as
sembly. He has been confined to his
room for three days, threatened with
Physicians believe an
operation will be necessary.
Mitchell on Committee.
Representatives Ring. Griffin and
Mitchell and Senators Sullivan. Crist
and Gillette will have charge of the
OF the session laws of the
last three Iowa legislative sessions
and the code supplement Of 1907 into
the code supplement Of 1913. The COM
mittee members will appoint code
editor.