The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-19
PRIMARY Law PASSES SENATE
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,.encies of the prisoner. Provision IS
also made in the bill that the same
law may he applied to any person out
\ Of employment. He may apply 10 the
! Superintendent Of the employment dls
trict and be set to work upon WhaC-
ever public Improvement may be avail
able. This would mean working the
roads in all communities outside or the
larger Cities. Prisoners sent to jail
now spend their time in idleness and
their families suffer. The proposed
law is very practical and workable.
4 insanity. to Be Grounds for Divorce
Strange as it may appear there is no
provision in the statutes for the allow
ance of a divorce in case OF incuraDle
insanity. Husbands or wives hopeless
H. insane must retain the marital re-
lation through all the coming years.
In. an Iowa town a mother was str1ck-
en- and her reason became dethroned.
In a. moment of sanity she implored
her husband that if she become hope
lessly. insane she hoped he would
marry her maiden sister that her chill
dren might be sure of love and atten-
tion and a good home. That woman
has been in the asylum for fifteen
wears. Her husband made a hard
struggle to keep the family together,
but every time he would get compe-
tent housekeeper gossips would start
their tongues to wagging and in sheer
desperation the husband put the
Younger children in an Orphanage,
turned the two elder ones out to 40
for themselves and he went on the
road as a travelling salesman. Sena-
tor John w. Foster of Guthrie Center
has introduced bill making incurable
insanity Just grounds for a divorce.
His bill provides that If either hus-
band or wife has been insane for ten
wears and in an asylum for five years
the marriage relation may be severed.
Increased Salaries An Issue.
"A score or more of bills have been
introduced providing for an increase
in salaries. These touch about every
phase Of the public service. State,
county, township and municipal OIL
Gals and assistants have asked that
salaries be advanced in keeping with
the increased cost of living. And Rep
resentative Morrow of Van Buren,
county comes to the front with bill
providing that the legal fee for mar
rage ceremony be raised from 81
to S..
Dragging Fund Increased
The bill by Senator Fosket of Page
county providing for larger fund for
road dragging passed the senate unan- |
imously The bill provides that town.
ship trustees shall not levy less than |
q one mill tax and may lexy double |
that amount The joint highway COM
mittee that is drafting a workable |
road improvement measure is making |
progress. .n....
Blue Laws More Stringent
II bill introduced by Hook of
lWinneshiew should become law Sun
day observance would be greatly I
strengthened His bill increases the
penalty and diminishes the list of Sun
day amusements prohibited by statute.
Under Hooks bill the following
amusements, which are prohibited in
the present statute, would be legal
lied: Carrying of firearms, dancing,
hunting and shooting:
Il The following Sunday amusements
would be prohibited by Hooks bill:
Theaters, dance halls, moving picture
shows, horse races, ball games or any
similar amusement where admission is |
charged. The new fine schedule would
be from $25 to 500, as compared with
q fine of from 81 to IS under the pres
emit statute. Is
Capitol Extension Expenditures Is
The state executive council has ex- ;
pended $1,172,69610 in the purchase {
of the properties which now enter into {
the capitol extension grounds. These {;
figures are given in the report Of the 6
council to the Iowa senate as asked
for in a resolution introduced by SEN
ator Whitmore of Wapello county. |,
The amount of money expended for {
The improvement of the capitol extern !
sion grounds totals $461 ,179. The new ,
paving cost $11S,S46. The viaduct to
The south of the state house over one S
Of the drives cost $74,512.34. The !
grading Of the grounds cost $S3, 483.39.
on the lighting system
amounted to $14,520.17 and on admin
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