Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-09
PROGRESSIVE ROAD LEGISLATION
NOW AN ACCOMPLISHED
FACT.
BEST ENACTED 6Y ANY
STATE SAYS SPEAKER
Vehicle Bill Important Adjunct to Good
Roads derins Plants
Must Procure Licenses to Operate
No License Fees For Those Who
Fish.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April with the pass
age of the motor vehicle license Dill in
of the good roads bill in the house al
| so an accomplished fact, friends Of
progressive road legislation among the
| representatives are jubllant. 1t now
| remains for the senate tc complete the
work OF the house on these two meas
ures to bring into full force and effect
u road law which Speaker Arch Nc
f'ariane of the house declares is the
best road law and auto license regu-
| lation measure on the statute books
! or any state.
You can say for me that these two
| measures are the best road measures
ever enacted by any state" said
| Speaker McFarane enthusiastically
following the adoption of the motor
vehicle bill. Representative Becker. of
| Clayton county, and Representative
Alderman, of Story county, chairman
anu TduhlnS IleHlDeT VI tne HOusS
committee on motor vehicles and trans
portation, who handled the debate on
the floor of the house, were also in
| excellent spirits over the success Of
the motor vehicle measure.
The motor vehicle bill as passed by
the house Is substantially as original
~ introduced. 1t provides for the pay
ment of the license at the county treas
urers office ana the receiving of the
plates there and the reporting by the
county treasurer of the license grant
ed to the secretary of state. The fees
both for trucks and for pleasure cars
were left without change. This makes
| the minimum fee SIS, on both pleasure
cars and trucks. Pleasure cars cost
! ing more than $1,000 must pay an al
ditional IL per cent on the cost OF
the car over and above $1,000. The
PROPOSAL that trucks which operate in
! the city pay only two-thirds as much
as those which operate III the country,
which had been suggested as an
amendment to the bill as orlglnaiiy
| drawn wa not introduced.
The motor vehicle bill will be up in
the senate Thursday. The joint com
| mittee bill, which was the one passed
| by the house, and a bill by Senator
Kimball discussed on the floor or the
| senate a few days ago. are now In the
| hands OF joint judiciary committee
| of the senate OF which Senator Evans
| of Butler county Is chairman. Sena-
| tor Evans stated today that the COM
mittee would recommend some of the
| provisions of the kinball bill be In
corporated in the original bill.
Bills Passed BY Senate.
The Iowa senate has passed the Gun
derson bill previously passed by the
| house and which was drawn up by ne
| preventative Gunderson, of Pocahoh-
tas county, requiring all rendering
works to be licensed and to operate
| under laws as prescribed by the Iowa
animal health commission and further
| recurring that the CarcaSeS or ueau
! animals must be buried. burned OF
| cooked by the owners or else sold TO
a licensed rendering concern. All car
case must pc disposed OF WITHIN
,wentv-four hours after death or the
owner will be liable under this law.
The senate insurance committee
hill reouirinr that insurance compa-
MES adopt insurance ratings, such la'
| ings to be passed on by the state III
surance commissioner, has peen re-
! fer1ed to the senate committee OIL ap
| propriations. This means in fact tia'
| II will go to the sitting committee aS
all bills not already on the calehoar
| mr. reported out by Tuesday morning
arr. now in the hands Of the siftlnSs
committees. This bill would enact a
rating bureau law similar to the one
repealed, two years ago.
The bill by Senator BrOOkhart chang
| ing the name Of the county poor mousse
to the county home and providing tha'
! a tax not to exceed mills on the DOL
lar be levied 20 support such a nome
| vas passed by the senate TUESDAY
| The Whitmore bill, increasing the
nav of deputy county officers, making
the maximum in counties Of not over
20 900 the sum Of $500 and in coun-
ties of larger population fixing the
maximum as $1,7O0, was passed by the
senate. An amendment by Senator
Parker. Of Polk county, was lncorpor-
ated in the measure giving deputies
in counties with populations OF more
than 10000 population salary
amounting to IS per cent Of the salary
Of the principal
The senate Tuesday defeated a bill
by Senator Van Alstine. of Humboldt
county, which would have required
that fishermen as well as hunters take
out a license. she senate passed Dill
by Senator rrice, &c Monroe county,
| amending the law passed two years
| ago which authorizes that not to ex-
coed SO per cent of the hunters IL
cense fund may be used for. the pur-
| chase Of state parks. This was amend
ed to require that the purposes of the
fish and game law In the way Of In
creasing fish and game enforcing the
| laws be taken care of before any
| funds could be taken for the purchase
| Of state parks.
The number Of members OF a board
of supervisors may be changed under
q bill by Senator Haskall, of Linn
| county, passed by the Iowa senate and
which will also in all probability be
passed by the house. On petition OF III