Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-26
NUMEROUS uNExPENoED BAL.
ANcEs IN STATE TREASURY
MAY BE CHARGED OFF
WILL. 90 AWAY WITH
NEEDLESS BOOKKEEPING
investment Brokers Of State Hold
Meeting to Consider Pending Lesis-
s.tion - Mrs. Towner Appeals For
Larger Support For Travelling Ii
hrary Of Stats-Lesislative News.

yes Moines, March 26.-If a bill just
introduced is passed the state treasurer
and state auditor will clear up their
books of a number of old accounts.
The bill directs that there be charged
or certain unexpected balances of old
Appropriations. in other words, that
the money never having been used, 1t
will no longer be held available for the
use originally proposed. 1t will not
add anything to the sum of money in
the state treasury but it will close
lot of old accounts. The total will be
over 100000. The principal item IS
one of about $4,000 appropriated for
the Vicksburg monuments and not
used. Others are: Soldiers and sail
prs monument $1,000; improvement
of capitol grounds, old, $4,000: equip
ment of power house, $4,000; finish
ing storage building, $4,000; decorat-
ing offices, $4,000; Kirkwood statue,
$4,000; Harlan statue, $4,000; Keokuk
monument, $4,000; census returns,
$500; Okoboji DAM $1,000; elevators
in state house, $500: land for build
ings, $500; soldiers monuments,
$500; time clock, $1,000: proceeds Of
sale of state square, unknown.
The investment brokers of the state
hId a meeting here this week to con-
slider what to do about certain pending
bills. They are especially affected by
the new bluesky bill and the farm
mortgage bank bill. They would rather
not have either of them, but at least
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cation of both.
Members Of the legislature are in
receipt of letters from Mrs. H. NJ.
Towner relative to need of larger sup
port for travelling library work of the
state. The increase asked is $4,000 and
this is because Of the large increase
in the growth Of the travelling library.
The books loaned thru this department
increased from ~, 900 in 1soe-10 to S.
800 in 1884. which makes the present
hook supply wholly inadequate. There
are still twenty three county seats and
sixty towns with population of over
1000 with no free public Libraries, and
the travelling library helps to supply
their needs. The askings for this
work are quite modest
II Is a question whether or not the
age Of consent bills will not all be
killed by their friends rather than to
have them passed as amended in COM
mittees. Several thousand petitions
have been received favoring these bills,
the object Of which was to raise the
age Of consent for girls. Good women
of the state have been working for
these bills long time. 1t was pro-
posed to raise the age to Is years. The
house has the bill on the calendar and
the senate has it In a committee. The
house report raises the age to ls years
all right enough, but it has clause
added which the authors say is to pro-
tect the boys" This provides that 1t
shall not apply as to any boy under
tie age Of 10 where the girl is 10 or
over and whatever he may do Will not
be an offense under this section" Some
Of the friends of the bill say this
would leave the law worse than at
present.
The doctor vs. doctor controversy
which from time to time immemoral
has been fought out over the heads OF
members Of the state board Of health.
IS still unsettled for this session. The
doctors who do not like the way the
state board of health has been or
sanized are still at work with schemes
20 again remodel the board. There
was complete reorganization at the
asst session. Now another is wanted.
An effort is being made to have some
committee bring in a hill at the la st
moment. at time when discussion can
be prevented, to effect reorganization
SO that the faction Of doctors that is
out may get in and the ms become the
outs. In the meantime the legislature
is favorably considering the bill to
grant to the boards Of health greater
authority In the matter Of stopping the
pollution Of streams The law seems
to be clear enough now, hut lawyers
differ as to what it means and the
courts are said not to have given 1t
uniform Interpretation. The bills to
give greater power to inspect incom-
ing goods and chattels end to head
off dangerous diseases has made no
progress apparently.
The governor has reappointed Albert
L. Urick to be labor commissioner for
another two years, term to commence
the first of next month. Mr.. Trick
was for several years head Of the state
federation of labor and for this reason
his appointment in the first place was
harsl1ly opposed by organizations that
were fearful that he would be biased;
but not one Of these would now OPP
pose the nomination and retention OF
Mr.. Trick in the office. 1t is generally
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