Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-01-21
governors Reoomne ndatIons.

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ineligibility for another successive
term by constitutional amendment
Reduce representatives in legisia-
ture from 10S to so and senators from
| so to 20, by constitutional amendment
| Reduce number of doorkeepers and
committee clerks OF general assembly.
Adopt rule in general assembly to
prevent smothering OF bills. Make rec
ord of committees public.
| Adopt law prohibiting sale of habit
forming drugs; provide injunction
remedy and make possession pre-
sumptive evidence OF intent to sell.
Shorten ballot-make railroad COM
missioner appointive.
Amend law to permit counties,
cities and towns to employ business
manager.
Public utility bill.
Repeal exemption OF bees from tax
ation-give bee keepers an appropria-
tion for experimental work.
Abolish treasurers OF four state
educational institutions-state treas
urer to handle funds.
Provide that bills OF highway COM
mission be audited-state, treasurer to
handle funds.
Return unexpended balances to
treasury at close Of each biennial
| period.
Relieve state treasurer OF collection
OF collateral Inheritance tax.
Repeal nonpartisan judiciary law.
Reform court procedure; prohibit
courts reversing judgments or grant
| ing new trials unless an error has In
juriously affected substantial rights
Of the parties; give courts control of
selection of Jurors; shorten time for
taking appeals; permit counsel to
comment on fact that defendant does
not take stand in own defense.
Give judges power to parole first
offenders. f't
Establish custodial farms.
Abolish contract convict labor sys-
tem-employ convicts on road i'm
provement work.
Sustain road law and adopt amend
ments to permit issuance OF bonds for
road work by majority vote OF the
people and provide method of estab-
fishing special assessment districts
for paving highways, part OF cost to
be paid by the public.
| Prevent pollution OF streams by pro-
viding enforceable provision for sew
| age disposal.
Adopt woman suffrage amendment;
also amendment for classification Of
property for state taxation.
Appoint commission to determine
fate OF lakes and lake beds; proceeds
OF lake beds to go to state instead of
county; and give state power to re-
tain drained lake beds for establish
ment Of custodial farms.
Appropriate s1,27S.94 for Gettys-
| burg deficit
Reduce millage taxes to correspond
with the increase in taxable values.
cosson Urges New. Laws.
Nineteen new laws are proposed by
Attorney General George Cosson in
his annual report filed with Governor
Clarke. ''s@'f' "f11'A
The repeal of the blue sky law is ]
recommended and the enactment o.
the new form OF blue sky measure
| adopted by the committee Of the as
ISOLATION of attorneys general OF the
United States is suggested by Mr..
| Cosson.
The attorney general earnestly ap-
proves the recommendation OF the
state highway commission providing
for the patrol system to secure the
dragging OF roads. He also approves
the abolition of the supervisor district
and providing for the election OF coun-
ty supervisors at large.
| The suggestions include a measure
providing that state banks may be-
come members of the federal reserve
banks.
The attorney general recommends
that the state recognize the chiro-
practors and require that persons
graduating from the chiropractic
schools be required to meet the same
standards as now required Of the
osteopaths. to secure certificates to
practice.
The other measures include recon-
mendation which Mr.. Cosson has
made to previous general assemblies.
|
First Payment Of Insurance Tax.
The first tax payment by an insur-
ance company for 1914 has just been
received at the state treasury. The
Eastern Iowa Mutual Hail association
Of Dewitt has the distinction OF being
the first company to pay. For years
the Farmers Insurance company OF
Cedar Rapids has been first Within
the next three months the insurance
associations doing business In Iowa
will send in more than $500, 600 In
taxes, 1t Is expected.
Want Bill Re-enacted.
The state board OF parole in spe-
cial report to Governor Clarke rec
ommends that the state sterilization
law which was declared invalid, be
reenacted by the legislature with
several changes in 1t at the coming
session. The board suggests that the
jail prisoners and inmates of county
homes be exempt from the law and
that the measure be not made man
datory.
Patents Granted Iowans.
The following patents have recently
been issued to residents Of Iowa:
Power driven hair clipper. Chas, p.
Beardsley. Reinbeck.
End-raising platform canvas, John
F. Brown, Mitchellville.