Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-05
CONTROVERSY IN LEGISLATURE
OVER CATTLE QUARANTINE
INTERESTING.
SENATE GIGS BACK ON
REDUCING CLOSED AREA
Question Of Cost Of Maintaining Armed
Guards in Proposed Three Mile
Limit Alarms - kimball Court Ex-
psnss Bill Would Cost State Pretty
Sum.


In the legislature over the way to handle
the foot and mouth quarantine Is de-
veloping some interest The house
passed the resolution instructing the
board to make three-mile quarantine
but the senate after really passing the
same, gigged back and sent it to the
agricultural committee. The resolv-
ton was introduced by Greene. of
Clinton, in the senate andsby Ingwer-
son and Tucker. Of Clint6ns in the
house. It is as follows:
1--WE hereby request the federal
board of animal health to SO amend
their quarantine regulations in cases
of foot and mouth disease that the
closed area may be reduced from fve
to three miles. and that they are fur
ther requested to maintain strict
quarantine over the aforesaid three
mile area with armed guards.
some question was raised as to the
enormous cost of placing an armed
guard around a three-mile area, es-
peciaIly as compared with an armed
quarantine OF one farm. 1t was dis
closed in the hearing before the COM
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the quarantine area Is a circle with a
radius Of fifteen miles.
The Kimball bill TO require the state
to pay the travelling expenses of judges
ana shorthand reporters would prob
ably cost. the state $4,000 a year or
more. There are nearly sixty judges
and their expenses Of travelling. in
Guiding railroad fare and 50 a day at
hotels while away from home, would
certainly amount to $500 or $500 a
year: and the reporters would receive
paw at the same rate The bill pro-
vides for payment on certificate of the
judges themselves. the warrants to be
issued by the auditor of state directly
The bill passed by the senate In re-
gard to terms OF Office Of mine inspec-
tors merely corrects a blunder Of the
last general assembly. The senate
passed a similar bill fixing terms at 4
years and the house amended it to
mean six years. but the two houses
never got together, and yet the bill was
reported as passed and went into the
session laws. The Larrabee bill fixes
the terms at four years.
The senate enlarged the authority OF
the graft committee" and fixed it SO
that q considerable amount Of addt-
tional good COPY may b. provided for
the newspapers. The enlargement
makes 1t 30 that the committee may
probe into everything about the state
house. The Job Is big one Each day
the committee has before 1t someone
M several who have grievances and
who are able to point out how things
are going wrong in departments other
than their own.
Senator Crist is receiving encour-
agement for his bill to make it the
rule that funds Of banks-state, saw
fngs and private-shall be- used only
for banking purposes, that is, that no
loans may be made to the persons who
are themselves directly interested in
the management Of the said banks. At
first there was some opposition to this
measure because It was found that in
many cases officials Of banks have
other businesses which require accom-
modations at times. But it is now
stated that the feeling toward the bill
is becoming better and that It strikes
squarely at one weakness Of the bank
ing system.
The bill 10 appropriate $4,000 for q
sheep barn at the state fair was pre-.
sented by White. OF Benton, who is
deeply interested in livestock matters.
Tho bill also provides $4,000 for the
construction Of sewage system for
the state fair grounds. This latter is