Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29
MEMBERS OF Oorh HOUSES re
5 Dc PICKED TO FORMULATE
Roads LEGISLATION.
SOME TIME REouIREo
TO PREPARE MEASURE
All state institutions Asking For In
creased Support Funds For Main.
tsrsnee OF Wsrds-oankers Push
Restrictions Gill and Measure
Bumps Against Strong Opposition.


of a Joint senate and house committee
ON highways will be made within day
or so and a joint road bill will be work :
ed out to he presented to the house and
senate as a Joint committee bill. The
Joint committee will be made up OF
members of the senate and house Nigh
ways committees. Senator Balkema,
chairman OF the senate highways COM
mittee, will choose the members Of the
senate side and Representative San
tee, as chairman of the house highways
committee. will select the representa-
tives of the house committee.
Probably it will require some time
for this special joint committee 10
work out its bill but when it is ready
it will be expected to meet the ap-
prevail OF the majority OF the members
Of both branches of the Legislature.
Increases in the support funds for the
various institutions Of the state which
come under the state board Of control
is provided for in n bill introduced in
the house by Representative Peters, II
Dallas county.
Institutional Needs.
For the general support Of the SOL
diers home at Marshalltown the bill
authorizes an increase from SIG per
month per capita support fund TO w.
The per capita support fund. at the
various other institutions provided in
this measure and the per capita prev
iously authorized follows: Glenwood.
81. was sl3: Independence. Clarinda
u y Il
respectively: AnamOsa and Fort Madi-
son. 81. has been s13; Soldiers OF
phans home. SIS per MONTH has been
SIS: Eldora, s24. has been SIG: Nit
chellvlile the same: Oakdale. increased
from s4o to $50 per person: Rockwell
City. S2J, was s15; Woodward, ga,
was SIS.
Bank Gill Opposition.
4 proposal from the state bankers
association thru it's secretary. Franz
Warner. to give to the state superin-
tendent Of banking authority TO refuse
q charter to new bank IN commun-
ity which is considered already well
served with banks and also giving the
power of appeal from his decision 10
the state executive council aroused OPP
The announcement came before a joint
committee meeting Of the bank COM
mittees of both the house and senate
held Tuesday afternoon.
Representative T. =. Harrington. OF
kossuth county. served notice that he
would oppose the measure. He said he
did not think it fair not did ne believe
it the part Of wisdom to place in the
hands of a state superintendent OF
banking the power to say whether q
bank should or Should not be estab-
lished.
This question came up several
months ago when persons in Bonaparts
attempted to prevent the establishment
of another bank there and appealed to
the state banking commissioner to pre-
vent it on the grounds that it was
against public policy. test case was
made of this question in the courts and
it was determined that no such power
was vested in the state banking conf
missioner.
Bills providing that cities and towns
may levy taxes thru budget system
were introduced in both branches
Tuesday in the senate by Senator
Walter Anderson, of Greene, and in
the house by Representative Perkins,
OF Sac They authorize that city
councils may certify to boards Of sup
ervisors a consolidated levy CONSOLE
dating all Of the funds into one or in
other words certify one tax out Of
which all Of the expenditures for the
city are to be made. The council would
then appropriate the revenue to the
various funds or needs Of the city.
The failure on the part of P. X. Hol-
brok, Of Onawa. member Of the state
board Of education, to present bill to
the state for his per diem and travelling
expenses over a period Of more than
two years for work on the state board
Of education now makes 1t necessary
for the legislature to allow him the
sum Of 35s1.50. A bill has been intro
duced in the house to proyide for this
expense.
Senator Kimberly. Of Scott county,
has introduced bill in the senate to
increase the pay Of probation officers
from s75 to $3.50 per month in cities Of
more than $4,000 population.
Representative Hansen, Of Scott
county. is fathering measure to pre-
vent the paying Of pension to mem,
bers Of the fire department until such
a member has actually retired from
service in the department
GOOD ROADS MASS MEETINGS.