Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-03-07
Legislature in
BUSY SESSION
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statistics in all of the states that do
not now have such system.

not now have such system.
Dr. D.. L. Davis, representing the
federal vital statistics bureau, declared
that If universal military law is
passed in the United States is will be-
come mighty important to every boy to
be able to prove when he was born.At
the present time doctors and parents
are not required to register births, and
no provision has been made in Iowa,
except in few cities, to keep such
vital statistics.
No Registration in Cities With Less
Than 5000.
The Klinker bill amending the reg
istration law so that voters need not
register in places of less than 5000 in
habitants had but little opposition in
either house The present law requires
registration in cities of $500 or over.
Encourage the Growing Of Medical
Herbs.
The war in Europe has demonstrated
our dependence upon that country for
medicinal herbs. That many Of the
herbs required in pharmaceutical prep
arations can BE grown IN Iowa does
not admit Of a doubt, In order to en-
courage the growing OF such herbs,
Eecker Of Elkader, himself druggist,
has introduced q bill that has the en-
dorsement of the pharmacists Of the
state.
The bill increases the renewal Zee
bald annually by registered prama-
tists and assistants in Iowa to 81. One.
dollar Of this amount Is to be turned
over to the State Pharmaceutical as
ISOLATION for use in developing the
growth Of plants used in medicine. The
provisi0ns OF the bill are similar to
those Of the laws Of Minnesota, South
Dakota, Montana and other states.
Corn Doctors Want Recognition.
The chiropodists have their bill be-
fore the legislature after many days of
lobbying. It provides that all chiropo-
dists shall take an examination by the
board Of medical examiners. The
license fee is SO. 1t would prohibit
any surgery by chiropodists who had
not had at least two years in rscog-
Want to Retaliate ON Minnesota.
Members of the general assembly
from the counties bordering on Mime
sofa are besieged with appeals to get
laws passed that will treat the citizens
of Minnesota when they come into
Iowa like that states treatsN Iowans
when they 60 up there. That was the
object of the billErequiring non-resi-
dent auctioneers to pay a license. II
an Iowa auctioneer attempts to cry
sale in Minnesota he is Immediately
placed under arrest. The law up there
requires license fee of $40 per an
mum, but nobody can secure license
unless a resident Of that state for six
months, but auctioneers come across
the line into Iowa, conduct sales and
bring the home banker along to clerk
for him and the proceeds from the sale
all find place in Minnesota bank, !
There is a law in Minnesota compel
ling non-residents to take out a license |
before they can fish in the lakes or
streams, but 10000 citizens of Mime
sofa make pilgrimage to Spirit Lake
and lQkOhOji every season and no
license is exacted. That is why Game
Warden Hinshaw is so persistent in
having bill passed that will exact a
small contribution from the residents
Of that state And lastly, the bounty
on wolves Isl; only IS in that state,
whereas $40 Is paid in this state on
old wolVes,7s The charge is made that
owners Of packs of hounds make4it a
business to chase wolves into Iowa be-
fore capturing them so that thee in
creased bounty may be obtained. That
was what led to the passage of q
law in the Iowa senate reducing the
bounty on male wolves to $40.
Historical Society In Arms.
Senator Thompson of Burlington has
stirred up considerable of commo-
ton by his bill moving the State His
torical society from Iowa City and
merging it with the historical depart
ment in the historical building at Des
Moines and cutting off the $4,000 that
has been heretofore appropriated for
its use. Senator Thompson says the
Is in the iinterests ef economy.
He declared the society was getting a
good thing previously in the $4,000
appropriation, and overplayed the
by asking the present gen.
eral assembly for 100000.
To Sell WOpan's Reformatory.
The last legislature passed a law au-
thOrizing the state board Of control to
establish a. reformatory for women and
purchase tract of land suitable for
such a purpose Rockwell City, Cal
houn county, was chosen and con-
expenditure has been made.
Senator Hale of Jones county has in
Eroduced bill ordering the sale OF the
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