The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-04-02

ilOW TO go TO waste any loou PiouuS
, without permission of the local board
of health or health officer.
The senate amended the bill by IN
serting the words, with intent to in
crease prices" and when this amend
ment is concurred in by the house
and signed by the governor, the bill
will be law. ..-..
During the debate, Senator Whit
more stated that he personally knew
of a carload of strawberries being
dumped in the river to keep up prices
Insurance Bills Passed by Senate
The bill by the senate insurance
committee to prevent rebatlng Dy
agents and to require that only those
licensed as agents be permitted to so
licit insurance passed the senate by a
vote of % to 16.
The senate also passed bill to re
move the discrimination in the com
putation of taxes as between mutual
and stock, fire and casualty compan
les by placing all on the same basis
as to the levying Of taxes.
A New Judiciary and Library Building
The bill had been amended to elm
mate all memorial features. The ap
preparation is to be taken from the
surplus in the capital extension fund
and will cause no increase in taxes.
- Sunday Laws Remain ~
One of the most heated debates
the session was over the proposed re-
! peal of the Sunday observance laws.
This bill was drafted by the commit
| tee on cities and towns in the senate
and passed that body with but little
opposition but it was badly defeated in
the house. AS to whether the attor-
ney general will again make an effort
toward enforcing the law depOenet
sayeth not. .,
To Abolish Parole Board
One of the most important bills OF
the session is that drafted by the SEN
ate committee on departmental affairs
and introduced in the upper house.
providing for the abolishment Of the
state board of parole.
The bill transfers the duties OF this
board to the board of control to be
performed in addition to their other
work and the secretary of the board
of parole, Sam D. Woods, is also
transferred to the board Of control,
under whose jurisdiction he will con-
tinue to perform his present duties.
The board is authorized to employ
such other employees as the executive
council may authorize to examine pa
rolled men and act upon commitments.
Section IL Of the bill says: Moth
ing in this act contained shall be con-
strued as imparing the power OF tae
governor to grant reprieve, pardon
lor communication of sentence in any
Case. Az ,l,s e. --as-'ss 8
=, Amend Traffic Law
Auto drivers may soon be compelled
to look to the right when they are ap-
preaching an intersection and give the
car crossing their path at right angles
from the right the, right of way.
The senate, by vote OF S5 yeas to
IL nays, passed q bill by Whitmore
amending the present law relating to
the operation of motor vehicles when
approaching an intersection.
Unions Are Exempted
Without dissenting vote the senate
passed a bill by Pitt, amending the
law relating to combination pools and
trusts, so as to exempt labor unions
from the operation Of the law.
Tie bill amends the present law by
adding that the labor Of the human
being is not commodity, or an ar
ticle of commerce.. and labor may form
unions for mutual benefit and increase
of wages without. coming under the
provision relating to trusts.
Conserving Dead Animals X
The Gurderson bill in regard to the
disposition of dead animals passed the
house by good majority. The bill
led to an interesting discussion dur
ing which the high price of soaps and
other commodities made from animal
fats was thoroughly gone over. At
present the law requires all hogs that
die from cholera or other disease to
be either. burned or buried. This law
was passed several years ago and be-
fore it's passage traffic in dead hogs
was quite a business, The new law
makes 1t the duty of those buying dead
animals and hauling them to render
ing establishments to thoroughly
sprinkle each carcass with some dis
infectant, thus preventing the scat
tering of the disease. Under the Dill
all persons handling dead animals
must procure license.
seed 6lII FaSSeS 0c1dtc
Without single opposing vote the
revised bill by Senator White passed
the senate. 1t provides certain stand
ards and shipping restrictions for all
farm seeds sold in the state. With
reference to seed corn, the bill pro-
vides that venders of the seed shall
place the name and address Of the
person or firm on the product; the va
riety; the year when 1t was grown and
the state and county in which grown;
when termination was made; whether
hand picked or taken from corncrib.
1t also gives the person buying the
seed corn, ten days in which to test
it and if it is found the seed does not
come up to the test as guaranteed the
purchaser may return it to the vender.
Buying Goods on the Insta'lment Plan
A bill by Senator Parker OF Des
Moines, providing that a person buy
ing furniture or other property on the
installment plan, who shall willfully
dispose of the goods in an effort to de-
fraud the person or firm from which it
is bought, shall be guilty of larceny,
passed the senate by 80 to vote.
Housing Bill Passes
The housing bill by Weaver of Polk
has passed both houses. It provides
regulations for the construction of all
classes of dwellings in cities and
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