Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-13

better schools commission IL not going
4 to be uHaCns even - parolhSsShs pres
ent legislature.
The Ream free text book bill has
been reported to the senate for q kill
ing. Hin hin "a polishing the office Of
school treasurer entirely and requiring
4 the county treasurer to pay out money
direct on school orders was recon-
mended for passas sc.
sss
! Harry NJ. Bremen, representative OF
the national child labor committee.
headquarters in New York City. was
| here yesterday looking into the status
| of the Allen bill for new child labor
faw in Iowa. The bill is in the hands
of SUBJ committee. rather favorably
| disposed toward the measure. 1t pro-
vides, substantially. that no child of IA
years or under shall be employed in
gainful occupations for hire. 1t does
not affect those who work at home or
| for parents or those on farms A child
between IA and l6 years of age, must
! have permit from the school superin-
! tendent to be sent to the employer be-
/ fore securing employment. This takes
the burden of responsibility off the
employer for looking up the right OF
| the child to factory employment. 1t
forbids child labor for more than 8
hours day or night labor. In the case
of minors employed as messengers in
! the cities the minimum age limit Is Is
years The bill is framed along lines
! ho al n
and are approved by the national COM
mittee interested in this movement for
! the conservation of child life.
The house yesterday concurred in
senate amendments Of the bill to au-
thorize the employment of superinten-
dents of city schools for a fve-year
period under certain circumstances.
The bill has publication clause and
will go into effect at once.
Senator Eversmyer reports that his
bill is coming along all right to provide
that in districts where there are more
district judges than counties there
shall be one for each county. In its
present form the bill will take care of
the situation in the Seventh district
| in case Of vacancy, and sub-com-
mittee headed by Farr is at work TO
frame clause to care for the situation
when the time comes for reelection
of district judges.
In the big bunch OF bills passed by
the senate yesterday the most import
ant was one which will restrict the is
sue of permits to carry concealed
weapons 1t was put thru by Editor
Caswell of Denison. 1t takes from the
mayors of towns the right to issue
these permits and lodges it with may
ors of first class cities and sheriffs. 1t
was declared that many permits have
been issued to persons wholly unfit to
be entrusted with weapons. It also
provides that the permits all expire
with the year and also expire with the
going out Of office of the person who
issued the permit.
An important bill passed by the
senate was the Whitmore bill intro
duced at the beginning Of the session
to permit district courts issuing search
warrants At present only justices of
the peace issue such warrants. In many
cases the amount Of property involved
is very great and there is no appeal
from these smaller courts.
Ex- Senator Hogre. of Monona coun-
ty, and delegation from the western
part of the state appeared yesterday
before a committee of the house to
plead for a law that will permit Of the
organization Of company to take over
control of bitches and drains after they
are completed, taking them away from
the boards of supervisors. having trus
tees elected by all the property own
ers in the district.
The Des Moines water works bill
was reported to the senate for indefin-
tie postponement. 1t was bill to do
what the people of the city have failed
to do by direct vote-get the water
works.
The senate committee on schools
recommended substitute for the
Thomas bill on county uniformity,
which embodies practically all the
features of the original bill
The Jones bill for regulation Of pri-
vate banking came from the commit
tee this morning and went on the SEN
ate calendar without recommendation.
There were votes enough in the COM
mittee, so it was stated, to have rec
commended indefinite postponement, but
there was an entire willingness to have
the bill considered on the floor. It is
the bill which would bring the private
banks under the same regulation as
state and savings banks.
The farm mortgage bank bill came
recommended for passage. This is the
bill framed by Dennis Hogan, former
member from Cass. and 1t embodies
the ideas gathered in Europe for the
formation of banks to be devoted
wholly to the handling of farm mort
cages II would enable farmers to Sc
cure loans at very low rates Of inter-
est.
The blue sky bill was recommended
favorably. This is merely a re- writing
Of the law that was in force at one
| time.
| The house committee on judiciary
| reported favorably today on the bill
to reorganize the office of supreme
court reporter. This would make the
reporter a more important parsonage
and give him added duties.