Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-22
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Gill to Regulate Movies.
A bill to regulate the equipment and
operation Of moving picture machines,
to protect the operator and the ada
cent buildings passed the house of
the Iowa legislature. II was offered
by Kane of Dubuque. Every booth,
according to the bill, must be six feet
by six feet in size and seven feet
high. 1t will be impossible to use a
picture machine unless the provisions
of the bill are conformed to- The ma
terials to be used ! the construction
OF the booth are specified and the
manner of handling the machine and
the equipment is carefully set forth.
Halls in which machines are used
must be of a certain standard as to
terials to be used in the construction
chief of fire department Is required
to furnish a certificate that the pro-
visions of the bill are carried out. He
may revoke a license for violation.
Amendments modified the bill some
what 1t eliminated the section that
required building to abut directly
upon a street and to prohibit locating
of shows upon second floor.
Bill to Issue Bonds.
The senate passed the Parker bill
to permit public utility corporations
to issue bonds to the extent Of twice
the amount of the paid up capital
stock. This measure is intended to
permit the Des Moines Gas company
to finance improvements in its plant
which will cost between $500, 1000 and
81 100000 according to reports. Sem
ator Parker told the senate that the
Iowa law limiting utilities to issuing
bonds to two-thirds of the capital
stock has worked to disadvantage.
The corporations organize in other
states where the laws are more liber-
al. He said that the Des Moines Gas
company, organized in Iowa, wishes to
make certain Improvements. Being
an Iowa corporation it can not finance
the proposition as 1t could if it were
organized under the laws OF other
states, he said. The bill originally
referred only to gas and water COM
panies. Senator Head had an amend
ment added so as to take in street
car and interurban companies.
Votes Large Sum for Stock.
The house passed the bill drafted by
the animal idustry committee Of which
Representative Holbert is chairman,
appropriating $4,000 to pay claims
on stock ordered killed, or which may
be ordered killed before the next gen.
eral assembly convenes, in stamping
out the hoof and mouth disease. The
debate on the bill was featured by a
tilt between Holbert and Ring be-
fore the latter could have adopted an
amendment to the effect that veteri-
narians who aided in killing the stock
should secure a certificate from the
owners before the claims should be
paid The amendment passed and
the final vote on the bill was II to
in its favor. The state will pay
half the claims on the slaughtered
stock and the federal government will
pay the other half. II the senate
passes the bill the legislature will
have given practically fifth Of the
money 1t has to appropriate for the
fighting of the disease.
No Opposition.
The senate passed the McFarlane-
Grout city manager bill, which pro-
vides for radical change in the con-
duct of municipal government wher-
ever it is adopted. The vote was "a
to 0. The bill passed the house sew
eral days ago and is now ready for
the signature of the governor. The
citizens of Waterloo, who are anxious
to experiment with the new plan on a
broad scale, were instrumental in Sc
curing the passage of the measure.
The question Of adopting the plan
probably will be submitted to the citi-
zens of Waterloo in the next few
months, according to Representative
McFarlane. twenty-five per cent OF
the CllZcus VI q City may CduSt INC
submission of the proposition to the
people and an equal number may
cause the submission OF a PROPOSE
ton to reject 1t after II has been
adopted.
Commission on Salary.
The senate passed bill placing the
members of the state pharmacy COM
mission on salary of 1880 year. The
three commissioners are assigned to
districts in which they will have
charge of the enforcement OF the
pharmacy laws. An appropriation OF
s2,575 was voted by the senate for
William II. Neimann OF Charles City.
Neimann lost an eye at Camp Dodge
last summer The regiment band, in
playing a certain selection, fred re-
volver. The blanks we're exhausted
and loaded cartridge was placed in
the gun. The bullet struck rock
and bounded back, striking Neimann
in the eye. The Francis drug store"
bill was defeated. A motion was filed
to reconsider.
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