Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-10
SENATE TURNS DOWN REQUEST
FOR APPROPRIATION FOR VAL
uATIoN or RAILROADS.
HOUSE REFUSES MONEY
FOR COLLEGE ARmoR'Es
Appropriation Of $125, 900 For Ames and
Iowa City Schools Defeated After
Being Passed by Senate-senate
7. Votes to Increase Per Diem Of coun-
ty Supervisors to IS Per Day.

Special togIimeS- RepuDllCan.
Des Mones, April 10.-There is to
be no appropriation for valuation
of the Iowa railroads made by the
present legislature. The senate yes
terday defeated the bill to grant $2o,-
900 to the state railroad commission
for this purpose. Governor Harding
recommended in his message an APP
preparation of 100000 for this purpose
but he afterwards consented that this
amount be reduced.
This appropriation was to provide
for a valuation which would enable
Iowa to check up with the valuation
now being made of the railroads IN
this state as well as all OF the states
by the interstate commerce commls-
sion and by the railroads themselves.
The valuation Is to be used as a basis
for all future work by the interstate
commerce commission.
The house yesterday defeated the
bill to appropriate $25O,000 for the
erection Of armories at the state uni
at Iowa City and at the state
agricultural college at Ames which
was passed by the senate Friday.
. No action has as yet been taken on
the 100000 appropriation to Returned
over to the Alnes extension depart
ment for statewide promotion OF crop
growing and food conservation as dis
c,,ssedt IN the conference in the COVER
nor's office last week 1t is possible
some suchrtapprop riation will be made
The idea is to form state
organization which will co-operate and
assist in every way with the state
agricultural college, farmers and pro-
ducers in general to secure the great
est production sof fopd SUITS possible
this season.
The senate passed the bill recon-
mended by the committee on county
and township 8 affairs increasing the
pay of county supervisors from 81 per
day to So per day. 1t was argued that
this compensation was fixed many
years ago and that the amount offtime
now required Of members. was such
that a higher price should be paid
them.
The senate also passed the Neff bill,
previously passed by the house, per-
hitting the organization, Of mutual In
surance companies in Iowa. This hill
was voted down by the senate last
week but was passed yesterday when
it was brought up for reconsideration
a So CIR g5+S ri
The senate yesterday passed the bill,
previously passed by the mouse pro-
viding for the appropriations for the
state educational institutions. Some
were made, however,
which will require 1t to go back to the
house.
The senate amended the section
which appropriated money for the
support funds making it read annual-'
ly for the next biennial period instead
of annually hereafter. Senator Fos-
ten. objected to the annually hereafter
clause. He said the educatio insti-
tutions had been increasing their sup
port funds ny this method. That the
state university was now RECEIVING
over 100000 annually and
that the bill under discussion added
100000 annually hereafter which
would fix 1t over 100000 for the years
to come unless changed by some fut-
ure legislature. SO the senate amended
the bill to read for the next biennium
period.
The appropriations as passed by the
senate follow:
State university, general support,
1920, 900; improvements, equipment and
purchase Of lands, $270,000.
State agricultural college. general
$175,O00; improvements,
equipment, repairs, animal husbandry
farm and equipment, additional prop
erty, $335,O00.
Iowa State Teachers College, gen.
eral support, s94.5O0; equipment, fur
niture, repairs. $62,70O.
College for the blind, general sup
port. $500; industrial! building, eqnisA
ment, laundry equipment, s23,500.
Z The support fund appropriations are
annual for the next biennial period.
Modification of the Iowa blue laws"
will get another inning in the Iowa
house, the senate committee bill per-
hitting cities to hold local option
elections on Sunday baseball, theaters
and amusement parks being reported
out by the house judiciary committee
yesterday afternoon without recon-
mendation.
A determined effort was made to
kill the bill in committee. The house
has already defeated one bill along
the same line by a heavy majority.
The vote in the committee was II to