Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13
ONLY FIVE BILLS OF lMPoR-
rANcE PASSED AND SIGNED
~ GOVERNOR.
PRoHlBIToRY MEASURE
@I LEADS IN IMPORTANCE
Nearly 600 Bills Introduced in Both
Houses Since Legislature Convened
HOUSE Committee Prepared to
Smother HoIdoesel's Highway Bill
State Fair Board to BE Investigated.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 13.-Only five bills,
other than legalizing acts, have been
passed by the Thirty-seventh general
assembly and signed by the governor
thus far, Tie most important Of these
lis the prohibitory constitutional
endment which was signed by the
governor Thursday of last week.
The resolution by Senator Kimball
to provide for the appointment by
the governor of Dodge memorial
commission to solicit funds and look
after the erection of monument to
the memory of General GrenviAe N.
import to receive the governors sig
nature
The bill by Representative Nichol-
son OF Winneshiek county, authorizing
the use of the motor vehicle fund for
CLING roads outside of cities and
towns, in addition to the uses already
specified, has been signed by the gov
ernor and will become a law on pub
LEGATION.
Representative Elwood's bill, which
makes possible the use of I mill Of the
Q mill levy. for roads for grading and
for building bridges, has received the
governors signature 81
The Starzinger bill, which extends
the period Of time for which cities may
issue bonds to fifty years, is the fifth
bill of any Importance to receive the
governors signature.
Two other bills of minor import, not
included in the above, have been
signed, one Of them providing the state
document editor shall prepare and
publish a legislative index and the
other authorizing the help employed
by the present assembly,
Out of this grist Of new laws the
one. providing for constitutional pro-
hibition, if the people so vote, is the
one real important measure. Senator
Wilson's bill to fix the date on which
the people shall vote on this at Oct. Is,
will no doubt be adopted as this is
considered the best date which can be
selected.
There have been 307 bills introduced
in the house and 252 in the senate
since the legislature convened on Jan.
8. In fact most Of these bills have
come in since Jan. 16 when the house
committees were announced.
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Senator HoldoegeIs bill which was
passed by the senate of the Iowa leeis-
lature several days ago to give the
state highway commission authority
to say whether or notscsits or falls
ordered by supervisors shall be made,
may never get out of the highway
house committee unless it is called out.
The committee yesterday seemed in
clined to report the measure out for
indefinite postponement but evidently
feared that minority report might
get the bid on the floor of the house.
So it decided to let the bill rest with
the committee for the time being. The
house highway committee as it is now
constituted is against any extension Of
the powers Of the highway commits
sion. Rather it would curtail these
powers.
Representative Lake, of Woodbury.
county, will get his bill for an investi-
cation Of the state fair board before
the house as 1t will be reported out
favorably today. He declares that the
board is extravaganza in its expendi-
lures of state funds. He does not
charge any graft. He says that $50, 900
in salaries was expended in 1916 Of
which the Office force received $1,000.
He warts to know how the other
SIS, 900 was expended during the con-
duct Of the fair.
A bill has been introduced providing
that the members of the state board
Of agriculture be elected by congress
sional districts instead OF by the state
at large as is now the case. A similar
bill has been before previous legisla-
lures but has never been passed. The
board of agriculture is now asking for
an appropriation of $4,000 for a
cattle barn and for the purchase Of adj
ditional land for the fair grounds.
The Tucker bill providing for an
eight hour day on public works will be
reported out today for indefinite post
ponement by the house Judiciary COM
mittee. The Meredith bill, to place the
telephone and telegraph lines under
the control Of the state board Of rail-
road commissioners will be reported
out favorably by the house judiciary
committee today.
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Proposal for the turning over to the
state animal health commission the
entire matter of handling the problem
Of tuberculosis in Iowa cattle and
swine and for taxing the owners Of the
animals specific amount for each
head, the state to pay for animals
slaughtered, was made in a bill read
before the senate committee on agri-
culture yesterday by Or. A. E. KEEP
ford, state tuberculosis lecturer.
1t is planned to nave tiie bill intro
duced as committee bill though some
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