Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-07
CHASE BILL AIMED At STATE
AND COUNTY OFFICIALS
ADOPTED.
BARS EMPLOYMENT OF
oFFlclALs RELATIVES
Amended to Exclude Present City and
County officers-WouId Affect Mum.
Der Of Present State Officials, In.
Guiding Secretary, Came Warden and
Food Commissioner.
Special to Times-Republican


Des Moines. March TAT it's ses-
sion yesterday the senate Of the Iowa
legislature passed the Chase bill by a
'ote Of 81 to providing that no en-
,ploye Of public office can employ a
relative in that office. If the bill is
passed by the house 1t will become a
law July I Of this year.
BEFORE passage by the senate the bill
was amended to exempt from its pro-
visions city, county or municipal Off
GERS now holding office. 1t will apply
to all newly elected or appointed Of
tcers, however, after July 4. n
Senator Foster. Of Guthrie county,
made q strenuous effort to exempt
county officers from the operation of
the law. He said the salaries in coun-
ty offices were such that often COM
petent men could not afford to take
certain offices unless a larger income
Was secured from the office than that
OF the principal thru the employment
of members of his own family. He de-
clared that such members were usual
~ efficient officers.
II the bill should become a law 1.
will affect a number of state offices,
including that Of the secretary Of
state, state dairy and food department.,
clerk Of the supreme court and the Of
flee Of fish and game warden Fully an
hour was consumed in the debate on
the bill.
Building Trades Measure.
A safety measure for the building
trades known as senate file No. 81, by
Senator Whitmore, passed the senate
yesterday morning by a vote Of 81 to
0. This will require contractors in
erecting buildings to put up safe scat
folding and in cases Of high buildings
to put in false floor after the build
ing MAS reached some height in order
to protect the workmen who are en-
lioyed on the upper part Of the build
ing. This Is one OF the bills favored
by the labor unions.
The house yesterday defeated one
labor bill known as the shot firers
bill, fathered by Representative Epps.
Of Wapello county. by vote OF 4S to
%. Under the present mining system
the shot firses are paid by the miners
and the same man is paid by the en-
ployers as an examiner. Under the
Epps bill he would be paid by the en-
ployer. The principal objection urged
against It was that the operators would
have to pay damages in case of accI-
dent.
Chirop distsswill be licensed under Z
bin passed by the senate yesterday in
tr0duced by Senator Mitchell, OF Ma
haSka county. Il requires that all
practicing chiropodists must at first
obtain a license thru examination un-
der the state board Of health. II passed
by the house and signed by the gov
ernor 1t will become operative in Au-
gust, 1917.
School House Sites Bill Passed.
. Senator Newberry's bill was passed
providing that school house sites re-
vert to the original owners or their
heirs In cases where the sites were
donated for school purposes and later
given up. Another bill by Senator
Newberry providing that the state
railroad commission print 10000 copies
OF the state railroad map for distribu-
ton was passed. This bill carries an
appropriation OF $4,000.
Lieutenant Governor Ernest r.
Moore yesterday took occasion to re-
mind the senate on its reconvening
that no bills carrying appropriations
could be introduced now except COM
mittee bills. The appropriations COM
mittee Of the senate, Of which Senator
Foskett, OF Page county, is chairman,
is now working hard on the appro-
priation bills to list them all and total
them up SO that the members Of the
legislature~can see how much money is
asked and for what purposes: Seventy
one bills carrying appropriations have
been introduced thus far III both the
house and senate.
The legislature will be holding both
morning and afternoon sessions from
this time CT. The senate convened at
10 o'clock yesterday morning and did
not adjourn until $3.50 except for an
hour at noon. The house did not hold
an afternoon session yesterday but will
probably start doing so today. The
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