Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-27
MENDMENTS
MAY Be ILLEGAL
Iowa Senate Bumps Up
Against Surprising
Possibility.
PUBLICATION NOT
ACCORDING TO LAW
All Measures Submitted as constitu-
tional Amendments at Last Session
Of Legislature May Be InvaIidated
and Submission Delayed Two Years
Secretary Of States Report on Pro-
posaIs Ordered Withdrawn.
pecial to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Jan. 27-The senate to-
day came up against the possibility
that the constitutional amendments
passed on at the last session have not
been properly submitted to the present
legislature because Of alleged defects
in the publication Of the same the past
year. A communication was received
from the secretary of state giving facts
regarding publication. but on request
was withdrawn with the explanation
that 1t shows that the publications
were not fully completed. This involves
all the amendments that were proposed
at the last session, including suffrage.
House Passes First Gill.
The house today passed the first bill
without a dissenting vote. 1t makes a
change in the law changing county"
to country" making It possible for
the proper release Of men held in a
country other than the United States.
Twenty-three bills were introduced,
including two bills to limit the hours
of labor for women, bill to establish
child welfare station at the state
university. bill prohibiting the killing
of grouse, prairie chickens and quail in
Iowa for five years, and another loan
shark bill.
The campaign TO- force early and
adequate consideration Of appropria-
ton bills was introduced In the house
when Crozier called up his bill to re-
port all bills promptly. He declared
the people did not approve the plan Of
hurrying appropriation bills to passage
in the last days Of the session.
9snake Passee Two Bills.
The senate passed two bills, one pro-
vidins for the publication Of the code
OF 1913 immediate. and tho other al
lows an appropriation Of $840.9e to
pay the inaugural expense. Fifteen
bills have been referred 10 the senate
committee on the suppression Of in
temperance. Eversmyer. Of Muscatine.
chairman Of the conmittee will insist
on open sessions. Other members are
said to favor secret sessions.
Repeal the muict law. limiting of
saloons to one to each 1000 Inhabitants,
and barring saloons In towns of less
than 1000 are among the more inn
portant bills to be considered.
Decision in all cases must be handed
down by the supreme court within Fix
months II the bill of Senator Whitmore,
of Ottumwa, is passed by the general
assembly.
1ootlssgers Hit.
A bill by Senator Francis makes
bootlegging misdemeanor. thus in
creasing the severity of punishment.
This is another of the measures to
tighten the bonds around the liquor
traffic and Is deemed necessary owing
to added restrictions the legislature will
probably place on the business. it is
said.
In the senate L. E.. Francis presented
a bill providing bills requiring an out
lay of money be held until such time
as all such bills are In and action by
the senate taken on them at the same
time. His measure provides that all
appropriation bills shall be in by March
5. and that by April ! the appropriation
committee shall list and notify the
senate Of all such measures -