Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-03-05
(By George Gallarno)

(By George Gallarno)
Des Moines, Ia, March 2.-Tne
Thirty-sixth general assembly will re.
convene Thursday morning. following
the usual spring recess of week
and the members will find their desks
piled high with work. When the
spring adjournment was taken last
week there had been introduced in the
senate 1856 bills and in the house 43s,
OF these a total of 16 had been passed
by both houses and enacted into law,
with the signature Of Governor Clarke
attached. The balance were all in the
hands of proper committees, or had
been reported back to the different
houses for action.
At the same date during the session
of the Thirty-fifth general assembly
the senate had 343 bills up for con-
sideration and the house had 5O4.
List of the New Laws.
The new laws created by the pres.
ent assembly consist of six legalizing
acts, two constitutional amendment
resolutions, prohibition and woman
suffrage, the repeal of the mulct law
and seven other acts of little import
ance. In the order in which they
were passed and signed they are as
follows:
Senate Joint Resolution No. 3.-Re-
lating to the selection of additional
employees of the Thirty-sixth general
assembly and fixing their compensa-
ton and defining their duties.
House File No. 45-by Kimberly
Providing for special election for fill
ing vacancies in city council in special
charter cities.
Senate File No. 33-by Foster. Le-
CALLING certain acts Of board Of di-
rectors of the Independent School dis
trict of Abel, and warrants thereof.
and authorizing the issuance of bonds.
Senate File No. S6-by Gillette
Legalizing bonds and acts and pro-
ceedings of the Independent School
district of Cherokee.
Senate File No. 32-by Foster.-Le-
CALLING acts Of the town of Abel, rela.
tive to water works bonds and war.
rants therefor.
Senate Joint Resolution No. Shy
Boe.-Providing for the preparation
and printing of classified index Of
legislative bills.
Senate File No. 42-by Head
Authorizing an exhibit at the Panama
Pacific exposition, and appropriating
SIS, 900 therefor.
House File No. 224-by Wenstrand.
-Legalizing acts of the board of su-
pervisors and county officers of the
county of Page relating to overdrafts
In bridge fund.
Senate File No. 3s.-Authorizing
conveyance and patent to p. N. Sucks
dorf for q certain tract of land and
correcting title thereto.
Senate File No. 14-by Gillette and
Crist.-Authorizing publication of in
dex to 1913 supplement to the code in
separate volume and fixing the price
ut $3.50 per volume.
House File No. 4S-by Griffin.-Re-
lating to the census and providing for
appointment of special enumerators
in cities of the first class.
House File No. 63-by Hall.-Legal-
izing ordinances 200 to 222 inclusive of
the town of Clearfield.
House File No. 79-by Johnston
Granting to townships right Of taxa
ton for improvement and maintenance
o. public parks acquired by gift.
Senate File No. by GARRISON
Repeal of the mulct law, and making
Iowa prohibition territory by statute
after January l, 1916.
Constitutional amendment resolu
ton for constitutional prohibition in
Iowa. Must pass Thirty-seventh as
sembly before submission to the peo-
pie.
Constitutional amendment giving
women right to vote in Iowa.
Urge Peace Move by Congress.
Senator Wilson, of Centerville. has
asked the adoption by the senate Of
resolution calling upon congress to
appoint a peace commission with
former Presidents Roosevelt and Taft
at its head, to take action with the
heads of the warning nations of Eu-
rope for the bringing about of IN
armistice, and eventually q world
peace agreement. The resolution 1t is
believed will be adopted when the as
sembly reconvenes next week. Copies
will be forwarded to Senators Cum
Minis and Kenyon and they will be
urged to bring the matter to the atten-
ton of congress. The Wilson resoiu-
ton is In line with . suggestion made
recently by Robert J. Thompson, an
Iowa boy who was until q month ago
American consul at AK La Chapelle.
Former Consul Thompson has since
his resignation written a series of
open letters to Secretary of State
Rrvan and has declared his belief