Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-06

work yesterday, owing to light attend
ance and the shutting OF OF QuarreIs
and the speech making contingent.
Some important measures were passed;
among them the following:
The senate passed the child labor bill,
somewhat amended but still in good
condition. The hard fight was to keep
it from being butchered by the senators
from some cities who wanted to fix 1t
up to exactly suit conditions in each
case. affecting chiefly the street occupa-
tons AS it was got thru it will forbid
boy under II or a girl under IA
working at any of the street trades in
cities over 10000 population. Children
under IA may secure work permits on
proper showing as to necessity or nom
interference with school. Night work
is cut out The work of messenger boys
Is put under the ban in cities. Children
under 16 can be employed only eight
hours q day.
The senate passed very important
hill hv Head which is companion bill
to one by Farr relating to creation OF
road districts for paving the roads. The
Heald bill provides for creation OF dis
tricts outside of city limits and ad-
jacent thereto and,taxation of the prop
erty in such district, which will include
city or town, or more than one such,
with issue of bonds against such taxes,
and with the proceeds the roads may be
paved The Farr bill provides in effect
the same thing just inside a city lin
it's. Between the two, if both are
passed. it would seem possible to make
districts covering almost an entire
county and thus effect the paving OF
all country roads. The senate at the
same time failed to pass Fosters bill
for bonds against the entire county,
but Foster expects to secure recon-
sideration. as 1t was lost on a light
vote. The senate passed the house
bill for highway drainage districts and
the bill 10 permit of the adoption of
the patrol system for care and dragging
of the roads. The house passed bill
stiffening up the law as to weed cutting
and intended to force township officers
to act.
The house passed the bill by the
committee on retrenchment and reform
for a board of audit to take over
much of the detail and routine work
of the state executive council and
handle it.
The Brady bill was passed by the
house defining switching service. An
effort was made to get this thing right
two years ago but the wording of the
law was such that the courts have held
it meant something entirely different
from what was intended. 1t is now
proposed to fix it 50 that a switching
service may be on one system or on
one line of track as we'll as between
different roads.
The Foster bill was passed by the
senate making it possible under the
general removal laws of the state to
remove all elective and appointive Of
fees. and this will include township
and city officials Of all kinds as we'll
as county officials.
A house bill passed yesterday by the
senate will permit an insurance COM
pany to employ an osteopath as an
examiner to pass on the fitness OF a
candidate for insurance.
The Kimball bill to permit cities
and towns to license electricians. the,
same as they may now license and
regulate plumbers. was passed by the
senate yesterday.
The house passed the Elwood bill
to give cities and towns the right to
regulate where automobiles may be
parked or left standing, and other
wise to regulate the traffic inside the
corporate limits.
A bill by Jones of Cerro Gordo. which
passed the house yesterday strength
ems the law as to the juvenile courts.
making better provision for notice to
interested parties and fair and open
hearing before any action is taken.
The Fraley bill for semi-monthly
PAYDAY for the railroad employees yes