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Other Resolutions.

by both houses providing that CON
mission be named by Governor Hard
ing to prepare and submit design
| for state flag for the state of Iowa
setting aside July "a as state flower
day; in the senate resolution apol.
ogizing for the exclusion of w. F. Par.
rott of Waterloo, from the senate
| chamber. Mr.. Parrot was talking
with members in favor of the passage
of the bill to create five years closed
season in the state on quails, and two
members invoked the rule against
lobbyists. Later came the apology.
Chase Injunction Bill Beaten.
Senator Chase's bill providing
against the issuing of injunctions
against labor organizations, called the
model injunction law, and backed by
the labor leaders of the state, was
defeated in the senate. Before the
bill went into the scrap heap it was
radically amended. Floods of oratory
were spilled by both sides and the
final vote was 25 in the affirmative,
one less than necessary to adopt
Mix.up on Office Building.
The office building bill which passed
seemed on fair way to get through
the house, was tossed up in the air by
the action of the senate in repeating
the capitol extension tax law. The
Office bill, fathered by Senator Kim
ball, of Pottawattamie, provided for
the erection OF a supreme court and
general Office building at cost not to
exceed 100000, and also provided that
the funds for the building be taken
from the taxes collected on the capitol
extension levy, authorized to run for
five more years. Senator Whitmore
who opposed the Office building in
sisted on consideration of his bill for
the repeal of the tax levy law, and
when the matter was considered he
found. friends enough to put his bill
through. II the house passes the re-
peal bill and also the kimball Office
bill it will be necessary to adopt q
third measure making specific appro-
priation for the. building.
Loosen Up the Sunday Laws.
After the house had by a large ma
jority vote refused to amend the Sab
bath observance laws of the state, the
senate passed a bill based on the one
turned down in the house, which will
permit the operation Of amusement re-
sorts, the playing of baseball and the
conduct of theaters and moving pic
ture shows. Under the senate measure
NJ, oS$1 <rxr NJ
lation will be permitted to vote on the
question. The bill may find favor in
the house, but the chances are that 1t
will 90 into the discard with scores
of other measures in the hurry of the
closing days of the session.
PrOhibitOry Election In October.
The senate bill providing for the
submission to the voters of the con-
stitutional prohibitory amendment at
q special election to be held on the
18th of October has passed the house,
as have most of the Whitmore bills
placing new regulations about the
temperance laws of the state. II the
prohibitory amendment should be de-
feated, it will not mean the return of
saloons to the state unless the 3Sth
general assembly in 1919 should let
down the statutory bars.
State Inheritance Tax.
It is probable before final adjourn
ment of the legislature is taken on
Saturday law will have been enacted
which will enrich the state treasury
about $1,5OO,OOO a year. This will be
in the form of direct inheritance
tax on all estates of $4,000 value or
more. The bill was prepared and
placed before the legislators of the
two houses by the joint committees
on ways and means. It has been fig
ured that tax of one per cent on
estates up to $4,000 and increasing
to four per cent on estates of more
than 100000 would yield the amount
indicated. ~
Printer and Binder Bill Enacted.
The bill which will abolish the Of
fees of state printer and state binder |
In 1919, and provide for the printing
and binding for the state to be done
by contract after that time has passed
both houses and has the approval OF |
the governor. The bill which orig |
mated in the house was amended by |
the senate fixing the time of expira-
ton of the present system as January
/, 1919, and providing that all work
In the hands Of the printer and binder |
on that date shall be completed Dy |
them. The vote for the measure was
nearly unanimous in both houses.
FavOrs TOrrens Land Title Bill
The senate with only nine votes in |
The negative, passed the Torrens land |
title bill, seeking to simplify the sys-
tenn of transferring real estate with |
put the assistance Of abstracters of |
title. Under the provisions of the
measure the title to land in transfers
would come from the clerk of the dis
trict court The adoption of the sys-
.em is left optional with the counties
If the state. The bill In its entirety
covered fifty printed pages and was
one of the longest ever introduced in