Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-20
Plans LAID FOR
JUSTICE TEMPLE
FIRST MEETING or SPECIAL COM
MISSION IN SESSION At
DIES MolNEs.
MAY DEFER ERECTION
t UNTIL NEXT WEAR.
Commission 20 Adopt Plans and Decide
on loeation-Cost OF Building to Be
$1,000, ooo-To House Supreme Court,
Law Library, Attorney General and
Board Of Railroad Commissioners.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 2O.--The first
meeting Of the special commission APP
pointed by the last legislature 10
build the temple Of Justice was held
at the state house today Discussions
as to plans. the architect or firm OF
architects which is have charge of
the work and the probable location Of
the structure on the capitol extension
grounds occupied the attention OF the
comm! sson.
Chief Justice scott NJ Laid Of the
Iowa supreme court, is chairman of
the commission. As authorized by the
hi'n passed by the legislature Lieu
tenant Governor Moore as president
az the Iowa senate appointed Senator
kimball. OF Council Bluffs. and Sena-
tor Haskell. of Cedar Rapids, as the
senate members of the commission.
Speaker Arch McFarlane, Of the house,
appointed Representatives Moore. OF
Guthrie county. and Hauge of Polk
county as the house members of the
commission.
REPRESENTATIVES of the state offices
to he housed in the new temple Of
justice appeared before the commits
sion today as requested by Justice
Laid and gave their ideas of what
they considered necessary to house
their respective offices. Besides the
supreme court the building will house
the law library, the attorney generals
Office. the Office OF the clerk of the
l,a ,liI al
mission offices.
state Law Librarian \. J. small has
made considerable investigation OF
what other states arc doing in the
way Of housing their law libraries and
their high courts. Many Of them have
modern buildings erected at costs
varying from a half million to more
than two million dollars. He has COLI
lected pkotos raphs of these which he
showed to tho commission today.
The cost of the Iowa building viii
be $ 100000. II is possible the COM
mission may decide on the plans aad
the location OF the new building THIS
summer hut not let the contract until
later with view TO obtaining better
contract price at some later date thau
could be secured at the present time.
With the plans decided oil excavations
for the foundation could be made this
fall and the building proper not he
started until next season. II is
thought there will be some reduction
at least in the price of building ma
terials within the coming months ard
present labor difficulties will also be
adjusted so that once the binding i
90 Il without ,fgi1v
Changes in Compensation Law.
After July the workmen's con-
pensation cases coming under the
jurisdiction of Industrial Commits
sioner A. b. Funk will be under the
new law. passed by the Thirty-eishir
general assembly and effective on that
date.
Under this new law the basis of
compensation is increased from 80 TO
GO per cent of the average weekly
wages of the employe in case of, in
jury. This is probably the most far
reaching change in the law.
The new law requires that the en-
ployer when so requested by an in
jured employee or qualified official
must furnish reasonable surgical.
medical and hos p!tal services and sup
plies therefor not exceeding 500.
II death res,lte from an injury the
employer must pay the dependents
weekly payment equal to not more
than SIS per week nor less than So
per week for q period Of three hundred
weeks.
The law has been amended so as TO
increase the period of compensation
for the loss of the second or last eye.
it being contended by Industrial Com
missioner Funk and others favorins