The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-02-21

! of milk from dairy herds after July 1,
1920, unless the herd mas been tested
| for tuberculosis. No animals can be
offered for sale for breeding purposes,
under this act which has not been
tested for tuberculosis. The animal
health commission of the state would
carry out the provisions of this act
The animals would be tested at state
expense. Certificates would be issued
to owners of animals free from this
disease. The commission may require
the retesting of herds every two years.
When animals react from the test,
thus showing the presence of tuber-
cUlDsis the owner shall receive the full
appraised valuation for such animal
not to exceed $500 for pure breds or
$3.50 for grades. The bill calls for an
appropriation of $4,000 for starting
the work of elimination and fixes
specific tax of 2 cents a head on all
cattle and cent a head on hogs to be
devoted to the state animal tubercu-
losis. fund created by the act, the mon
ey to be raised under special assess
ment to be used eventually for paying
back to the state the $4,000 appro-
priation. Estimates of the amount
the bill would save to the state vary
from S5,00O,OOO to $15,O0O,OOO a year.
The loss on the sale price of hogs
alone is said to amount to more than
$5,000,000 a year, according to State
Veterinarian J. I. Gibson.
Amendments to Compensation Law.
Much interest centers in the pro.
posed changes in the workmen's COM
pensation law. Former Senator Clark
son OF Abba is the author of the orig
inal bill and he has asked for hear
ing before the senate and house COM
mittee ON insurance. The proposed
amendments We're introduced by Sena-
tor Frailey of Lee county. The bill
is agreed to by the manufacturers of
the state and the Iowa Federation OF
Labor. The measure would increase
the maximum amount of compensation
to injured workmen to SIS week and
the minimum to $6 week The pc
riod of medical attention is in
creased to four weeks. 3
The Torrens System Of Land Records.
Senator Kingland of the Mitchell.
Worth Winebago district is sponsor
for bill for system of registering
land titles. 1t provides that. counties
may vote on adoption OF the. system
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holders of the county tor al election.
After adoption Of the system by any
county use Of 1t Is left optional with
titleholders. The committee. accord
ing to it's chairman, Senator Newberry,
is also preparing bill for the adop-
tion of the Torrens system which
may be presented as committee bill.
A Torrens system bill has already
been introduced in the house by Rep
resentative Stuart of Emmet county.
File Mortgages Rather Than Record
Them.
A new system of fling chattel mort
gage papers which is calculated to
save thousands of dollars is proposed
in a bill introduced in the senate by
Senator Van Alstine of Pocahontas
county The bill provides that the
original document shall be filed with
the county recorder because Of their
temporary nature, instead of being
entered in the county books.
Dogs Must Be Restrained at Night.
The bill Of Representative Anderson
of Davis to register all dogs in rural
districts and making all CANNES out
laws between sunset and sunrise
passed the house. 4 registration fee
of so cents is charged for each animal
and the county auditor is required to
issue tag. Sheep men are strongly
back of the measure and it will likely
pass the senate. '''"