Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-15

The Barry bill, from the house, ex.
empting municipal county and school
bonds from taxation passed the senate.
AS an outgrowth of certain prosecu.
tons under the Iowa antitrust law
wherein it was found impossible to
secure conviction of anybody through
lack of responsibility the senate pass.
ed bill to apply the injunction pro.
cess to violations of the antitrust laws
and to prohibit combinations in re.
straint of trade.
A rewriting of the law as to steriliz.
alton of inmates of certain state in.
situations was passed by the senate.
This applies the law only to the In.
sane and mentally defective and under
restrictions.
The senate has passed the house
| bill requiring the street car com.
panies to supply toilet rooms for EN-
ployes.
The bill giving cities and towns the
right to regulate jitneys was amend.
ed so that city shall not have the
right to completely shut the jitneys
of any street where there are eet
cars. The intent, as explained by
Farr who offered the amendment, was
that the jitneys be encouraged not
only for city business but for interun
ban business.
The senate failed to-pass a bill want.
ed by Mason City for the raising OF
salaries of mayor and councilmen
there. 1t had passed the house but
had small support in the senate.
The Crist bill giving equity courts
very large authority over service and
rates of public utility companies pass.
The Balsema bill to give the pure
food department some control over
bottling works and similar places pass
ed the senate without opposition.
The senate passed two more high.
way bills that are good, but both ara
senate bills and of course stand small
chance of becoming law. One Affects
the status of county engineers and the
other permits changes in the county
road system.
Two important measures were de-
feated by the senate in its big raid on
the calendar. The first was the reso-
luton for constitutional amendment
to permit of separate taxation of rail.
roads and other classes of property
aside from the general taxation sys-
tenn. The other was the amendment,
looking to q simpler method Of regis.
tration of land titles. Both were In.
definitely postponed.
The house bill to forbid anonymous
campaign circulars passed the senate
without change. This is bill aimed
primarily at the campaign being mades
against the Catholics and the knights
of Columbus. It forbids the circula-
ton Of circulars or other literature
directed at any candidate unless the
name of the sender is attached there
to. It exempts newspapers. All this
literature will hereafter be mailed
from points outside the state.
Two increases in salaries were vote
ed by the senate yesterday. Ono was
an increase to Secretary Forrest Treat
of the board of control. II the bill
passes the senate he can get $4,000.
He has been with the board for fifteent
or sixteen years and the salary Is only
$4,000 a year. Yet there are others
in the service Of the state not worth
half of him with salaries much larger.
The other increase was in, the pay Of
the secretary of the board of educa-
tional examiners to $1,000 a year.
The house bill to make 1t unneces'
sary to have grand jury at every
term of the court, leaving 1t optional
with the judge as to every term except
one for each year. passed the senate.
1t is claimed that in many counties
there is no need Of a grand jury al
every term of court.
The senate backed up in its posi-.
ton regarding the support for the
orphans home at Davenport. Tho
senate had decided that $13 month
was enough and the house wanted $14l
month. The board of control had
reported that $13 was all that was
necessary. The rate was fixed at $13
month by agreement of the confer4
ence committee.
The city manager bill was amended
so that the charter cities will not be
affected thereby. In this form 1t was
agreeable to everyone.
The house passed the bill for $150ei
900 for the foot and mouth disease
settlement. The house also passed Q
number Of other small appropriation