Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23

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of cattle for tuberculosis.
Monument Not to be Moved.
The soldiers and sailors monument
will remain in its present location for
all time il the senate and house agree
to a bill, which was introduced by
Senator Ball of Jefferson, and ap-
proved by the senate committee Is
passed. This will interfere with the
capitol extension plans which had been
made to move the monument to the
east of the state house.
Bill Against Freak Bills.
One of the freakiest bills of the
present assembly is a measure de-
signed to prevent the introduction OF
freak bills in future legislatures. 1t
was presented by Senator Evans, OF
Butler county. The senator would
provide that each member who intro
duced bill in either house Of the as
sembly, must accompany the same to
the clerks desk with a dollar bill.
The money thus received is to be
turned into the state fish and game
fund.
Many Insurance Bills Await Action.
Nearly two score of insurance bills
are awaiting action in the committees
of the two houses. They range from
the measures to repeal the present
rating bureau law for fire companies,
and creating a state rating bureau
to measure that would give the state
insurance commissioner supervision
and control of new companies being
organized and of their stock selling
campaigns. Only one bill has gone
through both houses and been signed
by the governor. That is measure
giving state mutual insurance assO-
Citations authority to write insurance
against theft. An amendment to the
workmen's compensation act has
passed the house, and a reciprocal in
surance act has passed the senate
The fire rating bill ID to be fought out
in the house, the bill by Rogers. Of
Carroll, having been placed on the
calendar without recommendation and
the bill by Miller Of Boone, repeating
the law and creating a state rating
bureau, to be paid for pro rata by the
companies, having been recommended
for passage.
Nearly 1900 Bills.
When the time limit for the intro
duction of bills in the two houses ex-
PRED there had been presented more
than 1850 measures of all kinds for
action. OF these nearly two hundred
have been acted on favorably by both
houses, another two hundred have
been adopted by one house and await
action of the other and something
like two hundred have been fndefin-
itely postponed by the two houses.
Probably one hundred are duplicate
measures, the same bill having been
introduced in each house, leaving be-
tween 600 and 700 to be disposed OF
within the next three weeks, II the
adjournment is to come early in April:
Chase Has Road Bill.
The next and final battle on the
road question for the present as
sembly is to come in the senate within
the next week over the bill by Sen
ator Chase, which seeks to secure the
removal of headquarters of the state
highway commission to Des MOines.
The commission is to be composed of
three members as at present, but only
one is to draw salary. He is to be
named by the governor and is to be
an experienced engineer and road
builder. The other members are to
be deans of engineering at the state
university and the state college.
Appointments Confirmed.
Governor Harding has made the
following appointments which have
been confirmed by the senate: George
Messenger, Linden, state bank super
]. H. Strict, Sioux City
member state board of control; w. D
Sheean, Anamosa, member state board
of control The latter is to fill the
vacancy on the board caused by the
death of J. H. McConlogue. Messrs
MESSENGER and Strict take office Jul.
LIST.
What assembly Help Costs.
Senator Smith, of Winterset, has
taken notice of newspaper claims that
the present assembly is employing
help at cost of $3.50 per day in ex-
cess of the cost of help for the Seth
assembly. While he has not given
figures Senator Smith has declared
that the statement is erroneous. An
of the pay rolls for en-
ployes of the two assemblies demon
states that the Madison county states
man is correct If the present legis
lature is able to adjourn in 80 days
from the date of converting the actual
cost will be in round number $4,000,
Just what the Seth assembly cost, but
It will have made the record by ad-
journment a week earlier than the
seth adjourned. If adjournment 10
not taken until the 18th of April, the
total will be close to $4,000, or $2,s5s