Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-01
MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE CON-
MirreE SUGGEST sscaE.
TARY OF STATE RETIRE.
INDICATES BAD STATE
OF AFFAIRS IN OFFICE
Treasurer hoyt Making Record in
Handling Auto Licenses and Show
ing What Allen Might Have Done
Road and Automobile Bills and Other
Measures Due For Disposal Soon.
.pecial 10 Times. Republ!san.


| the Iowa legislature turned down a bill
Monday 10 fix Apr!l ~ as the date OF
adjournment Of the Thirty eighth gen
eral assembly In the senate no bill fix
ing an adjournment date has as yet
been proposed but various senators
declared today there would be no ad-
tournment until the Rathhuu pardon
probe and the Investigations OF the
office OF the secretary OF stare were
auisaed and finally disposed Of
We Wi clear these matters up II
it takes II summer" said Senator
Rule today
The senate committee on depart
mental affairs now expects to submit
lts report about "Wednesday. dealing
with the office OF secretary Of state
Inasmuch as members of the com
mittee believe that the secretary OF
state should resign and have so in
Dictated 10 him. il is presumed that the
committee has found matter in con-
ne-tion with the secretary OF state
office which il considers serious.
--Halpi 4lptntt-cis Nl4SlI biu II va AAa'
senate committee on departmental at
fairs. said today that State Treasurer
HOEt in the ten days from March 10
To March % sent out more than Is
900 automobile license plates. while in
the ten days just preceding the trans
fer OF the department from Secretary
Aliens Office TO Treasurer Hoyt only
1000 or s.00s Gcens- plates had been
Issued Treasurer Hoyt Increased the
number Of clerks from twenty eis ht 10
thir:y-six. Since Treasurer Hoyt took
ovor the department he has deposited
about s4eG.191 in automobile License
money which is drawing two yer cent
interest .oT the state
Auto Sill Outlined.
The automobile hill as drawn by the
joint committee from the house and
senate has now been introduced IN
both branches. As previously out
lined il provides for registration VITA
the county treasurer in the county seat
towns and fixes the m!nimyrn Zee fer
both autos and trucks al SIS with
very material increases oYer this
amount for the higher priced cars ana
especially for the heavy trucks whose
fees depend on the weight Of the truck.
One-ton TRUCKS with pneumatic tires
must psy an annual fee OF So and
with two or more solid rubber tires
IS. The fee Increases for each ton in
capacity Up to tive-ton trucks. the Ii
censs being sf65 annually on five ton
pneumatic tired trucks, and for each
additional ton capacity. $50 annually
is added The same is added 10 the
five-ton truck with two or more hard
tires whose annual license fee is 500.
Consideration of the road bill was
ma de a special order in the house to-
day. The road bill is on the senate
calendar and will be taken up in a day
or so. After the road bills are disposed
OF the automobile license bill will be
considered
More Aid For County Fairs.
Increased aid TO county fairs is as
sured in the passage thru the senate
late Monday of the Santee bill which
has also passed the house. This pro-
vides that state aid be given 10 cOun-
ties or district, fairs to the amount of
70 per cent OF the first $1,000 offered in
premiums and 50 per cent Of the sec
ond thousand. provided however, that
in no case the aid exceed 1850
The state board Of agriculture has
been authorized by the affirmative ac-
tion Of both the house and senate to
purchase additional ground 10 the
north Of the present graudstand and
race track at cost Of $4,000 on
which the state fair board has an OPP
ton to be added to the fair ground
The board has also been authorized
to build a new cattle barn which will
cost $4,000. Secretary A. r. Corey
Of the state board. states, however
that work on the new cattle barn and
sale pavilion will not be started until
after this years fair is over since the
old barns are to be torn down and the
present location of the cattle barns
used for the location of the new cattle
barn and sale pavilion.
Curb on Stock Statesmen.
The activities OF stock statesmen are
aimed al in bill by Senator Foster,
of Guthrie county. which passed the
senate late Monday and is due to pass
the house without opposition. This
provides that any false representation
whatsoever regarding stocks offered
for sale or fraudulently concealing ma
terial facts adversely affecting the
value Of stocks promoted cold or Of
fered for sale, will be punishable by a
fine of $1,000 or sentence of one year
in Jail.
A movement to establish state
printing plant. has been inaugurated.
The house late Monday on motion Of
Representative Miller, of Boone coun-
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printing committee to Investigate I'M
mediately the ACCESSIBILITY OF estab-
fishing q state printing plant.
Other Bills Passed.
Two insurance bills were passed by
the senate Monday. One OF them au-
thorizes the writing Of insurance
against the raising Of checks by dis
honest persons. The other, extends to
mutual insurance companies the right
to have their companies examined by
state insurance inspectors If they wish
them examined.
The senate Monday passed the bill
by Senator Pruudfoot, OF Warren
county, which WIN extend the law pro
vidinS to tho contestfng Of elections
to those elections re,attnG to amend
ments to the constitution It was dis
covered when the woman suffrage
am4ndment election vote was eone
over following the election in June,
1915, that CONTESTS on elections on
questions which involved the changing
Of the constitution were not authorized
BY tho Iowa laws
"A bin by the senate committee on
appropriations providing FOR the MIR
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