Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-09
COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL
CALLING FOR COMMISSION TO
REVISE LAWS.
ADOPTION MIGHT RESULT,
s= IN SPECIAL SESSION
BiIigprevidss For Compilation Of Work
BY Jan. 1--Billis One Of Adninistra.
ton Msasures legislature May Not
Give .Approvsi-No Registration in
Small Cities.

Special to Times Republican.
Des MoineA, March 9.--The judiciary
committee Of the house will today re-
port out the Epps bill to provide for
code revision as suggested by Cover
nor Harding. Unless the house re-
fuses to adopt the committee report
which is improbable, it will be placed
on the caien1ar and will come up in
it's regular order. rs
The bill provides for the appoint
ment Of nine commissioning to revise
the code. Four of these are to be ap-
pointed by the speaker of the house,
three by the lieutenant governor and
two by the governor. The original bill
provided that they be ready to report
byOct. 1. AS reported out however the
bill will provide for their reporting
Jan L., The governor may call spe-
ciaI session Of the Legislature to re-
ceive the report and act on 1t or the
report may be held over until the
Thirty eighth general assembly In
1919. The bill leaves 1t optional WITH
the governor hs to whether or not
special session Is called. The COM
misstonefs would receive SIS per day.
This is known as one Of the admin
istration measures and was recon-
mended by Governor Harding. 1t was
enc Of the first bills introduced In the
house, having como In on Jan. 10,
which was the first day Of the present
session when bills necessary to be re-
ferred to committees could be intro
duced. It has therefore been held IN
the committee a considerable time.
Code revision is recognized as big
undertaking and whether or not 1t will
be authorized by the present legisla-
tufei Is a question. 1t Is considered
probable that the bill may be passed
by the house A companion bill by
Senator Van Alstine, Of Pocahontas
county, was the second bill to be in.
troduced In the senate coming In on
Jan. II. This Is now in the hands OF
a sub committee Of the senate judi
ciary committee consisting Of Senators
Gibson, Thompson and Eversmeyer.
This bill, however. creates commits
sion of only five members at SIS per
day to report to the Thirty eighth
general assembly.
The bill, also by Epps, known as Fl.
F. 4O4. providing for an increase in the
number of supreme court judges from
seven to eight will also be reported
out favorably by the house judiciary
coFnmittee.
4 S Registration Bill Passed.
The Klinker bill which takes out
from Eunder the registration law all
towns under 5000 inhabitants. thus
making 1t unnecessary for towns Of
less than 5000 population to require
registration before the holding Of cleo
tions, has now passed both branches
OF the Iowa legislature and will be
signed by the governor in day or so
and become effective on publication. 1t
win therefore permit more than thirty
Iowa towns, which have heretofore
been subject to registration under the
old law which required all cities Of
$500 or over to have a registration OF
voters, to do away with such registra-
ton.
Representative Klinker, who repre-
, serts Crawford county, today made a
list OF the Iowa towns which would
be relieved from registration under tho
new law and which have heretofore
had registration. The new law Is go
ing into effect In time to save them
the expense and trouble Of registration
for the spring election. The list fol-
lows: Abba, Algona, Ames Atlantic,
Belle PLANE, Carroll, Charlton, Chero-
kee, Clarinda, Clarion, DEBORAH. Eagle
Grove, Baskerville, Grinnell, Independ-