Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-20
TOTAL OF FORTY. EIGHT MEAS.
uREs PASSED BY ASSEMBLY
AND MADE LEGAL BY HARDING.
THIRTY MEASURES NOT
YET GIVEN APPROVAL
Majority Of Bills Passed and Signed Of
Minor lmportanoe-List Of Measures
Adopted and to Be Added to Statutes
Of State-Some Become Effective on
Publication, Others July l.,
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Des Moines, March 20-The house
judiciary committee will report out ia
vorably today the code revision bill with
minor amendments which Governor
Harding advocated at a special confer
ence held last week. An effort was
member of the commission was to re-
ceive from s25 per day to $40, but this
was left at S25. 1t was amended to have
the commission report on December
instead Of January l next.
The military committees of both
branches held a joint session yesterday
afternoon to discuss the question of
memorialiZing congress TO require COM
pulsory military training in the public
schools.
The house yesterday passed the Rob-
erts bin to appropriate Sl5000O for the
erection of building at Iowa City to
care for the children admitted there
under the Perkins law. The house also
passed the Grason bill making the law
against fraternities and societies in
high schools apply to all organizations
whether secret or not.
The senate yesterday afternoon de-
feated the motion Of Senator Evers
meyer made several days ago to recon-
slider the bill fixing Oct. is as the date
for the special election on the prohibit
tory amendment. SO far as the senate
is concerned this is the date decided on
1t is probable the house will also pass
the bill.
Representative Arch McFarlane, of
Black Hawk county, who is interested
in the bill to have closed season on
quail and prairie chickens for five
years, has received a telegram from
Theodore Roosevelt declaring that he is
in favor Of this measure. Two speakers
who are especially informed on this
question will appear before the senate
committee today on this bill and argue
for its passage.
Iowa counties may get an additional
100000 for good roads building during
the next two years, II a bill reported
committee yesterday afternoon becomes
law.
The bill, by Anderson Of Davis, re-
quires the distribution to the counties
Of all motor vehicle license funds from
the 10 per cent now granted for the
use Of the state automobile department
and the highway mmssion to the
counties, just as the other 80 per cent
of the revenues are distributed.
This residue now goes into the gen.
eral fund, and the amount accumu-
lated for the past biennium is s1O7 900,
according to Representative Davis.
A provision similar TO this was con-
tanned in the Larson -Shortess and Ell
wood Mackie bond bills.
The committee reported for indefinite
postponement the Dean Dill abolishins
township road systems and making the
county supervisors the one road build
ing authority OF each county.
Representative r, J. Wilson OF Ma
haska county, was the only friend Of
the bill in committee, voting against
its death,
fSueI4lLS VI LOW IL " ia LtJO4NS IIIdA inc
Latter bill raising certain fees which
sheriffs can collect IN addition 10 their
salary will, on July l. become law
Governor Harding signed the measure
yesterday.
The principal change in the Jaw in
creases the travel expense allowed
sheriff from? cents TO 10 cents mile,
for the entire distance travelled. eX
cept in cases where 1t Is provided that
the sheriff shall collect actual eX-
penses.
The allowance for feeding prison
eTs is increased from I2A2 cents g meal
TO 10 cents. Lodging is also increased
to Is cents This does not mean that
the jail bill Of fare will be improved,
however. Sheriffs claim that with the
increase In cost OF all foods they have
been losing money in feeding prisoners
at l2lz cents meal,
The provision IN the former law
which gave The board of supervisors
power in counties Of over $4,000 to limit
the amount permitted the sheriff for
feeding prisoners was dropped when
the law was rewritten In future the
Polk county sheriff may charge for
feeding prisoners. There is consider
able velvet IN feeding prisoners a Is
cents a meal in counties where the Jail
population is large, officials claim.