Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-03-21

cut the darkness higher than AZ inches
above the road for IS feet in front ot
the automobile. s'
A New Speed Bill.
The injunction penalty will be ap.
piled to persistent violators of the
auto speed laws If house bill intro.
duced by Ulstad of Wright county be-
comes law. The measure provides
that after speeder has been convicted
once, he shall be fined from SIS to
s25 and enjoined for thirty days for
the second offense. A third violation
will result in $50 fine and a perma.
nent injunction, restraining the guilty
person from operating motor vehicle
forever afterward Drunken drivers
are also hit by the bill. Before auto
lists can secure state application
blank, they must positively prove that
they never become intoxicated. Any
person driving car while intoxicated
will be subject to permanent injunc-
ton. Doctors, livery men and those
on special errands Of urgent import
ance are exempted.
Would Abolish Office of Game Warden.
Mooty, Of Grundy, has introduced a
bill providing for the abolition Of the
office of Fish and Game Warden, plac-
ing the propagation of fish and game
under the board of control, and max
ing sheriffs responsible for the en-
forcement of the laws for the protec-
tion of fish and game.
Same Late Bills. Ns,.. ~
Anderson of Greene-Compelling de-
struction of trees and shrubs growing
within a certain distance of tiled
drains. s
Eppos-Exempting from garnish-
ment only rs per cent of married
mems personal earnings instead of
entire earnings.
Gilbert-Permitting any three to
nine contiguous counties to band to-
gether, and establishetuberculosis hos
pital.
Ulstad-Authorizing organization
of road improvement associations and
requiring township officers to extend
certain aid to them. Al .s-.,
Helming- Requiring supervisors In
counties OF. 10000 or more to put in
their entire time and raising their sal
aries .taos1,2op a tangglYaaally. nglaaal.ly. y
Murray Providing for local option
on bond issues. Requiring Is per cent
petition of resident freeholders to in
sure election. Requiring APPROVAL of
people by vote on issuance of bridge
bonds in excess of $4,000 and road
bonds in excess Of $4,000.
Epps-Creating trade commission to
investigate food and fuel combines and
giving power to fix maximum prices.
Lee,-Depriving supervisors of right
to grant electric power franchises and
imposing that prerogrative in hands of
misunderstanding quarantine zone
for animal diseases to one mile from
affected farm and establishing partial
quarantine zone of four miles.
Henigbaum-American Sunday laws
to permit operation of necessary lines
of business, and also permit baseball
games, theaters, amusements parks
and moving picture shows, and giving
towns power to prohibit same by or
dinanc.
The Lineup In the House.
The contest over road legislation in
the house, resulting in tie of 81 to
54, affords an interesting study. There
were 81 republicans for the Elwood-
Mackie bill an democrats. For the
Pitt Johnston measure there were 43
republicans and II democrats. Clin-
ton county with two representatives
furnished vote for each side. Tuck
er, a linotype operator, was lined up
with the Pitt-Johnson following, and
Shaft, a farmer and banker, was with
the Elwood-Mackie crowd. In Scott
county similar condition obtained
and in Polk county also. From Scott
county, Kimberly, a retired farmer
and reputed to be the wealthiest man
in the house, voted with the Pitt
Johnston forces and Hansen, farmer
president of the farmers crop associa-
ton, Of that county, was fore the Ell
wood-Mackie bill. Weaver, of Polk,
was for the Elwood following and
Starzinger was with the other fell
lows. The alignment follows:
For the Elwood-Mackie highway
commission bill: Adkins, Anderson Of
Greene;' Anderson of Winnebago;
Baldwin, Bruce, Darrah, Dean, Dun
kelburg, Durbin, Elwood, Erickson.
Findlay of Webster; Finley Of Henry !;
Flenniken, Gilbert, Gilmore, Grason
Gray, Hansen, Harrington, Horschem.
Jackson, Jessen, Jones, ,Kepple, Klaus,
Klinker, Knickerbocker, Langfitt, Lar
son, Lee, McFarlane, Mackie, Mantz,
Miller, Mooty, Neff, Nichols, Nichol-
son, O'Donell, Price, Randall, Santee,
Shaft, Shortess, Slaught, Siossom,
Stone, Stuart, Weaver, of Wenstrand,
Wichman, Wigdahl, Wilson Of Louisa
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