Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-21
no~ receives annually si,set ssAssa'

nov receives annually ol,3Oe fsNeNi
aid money 10 aid the work.
The senate committee on ways ana
means. Of which Senator Kimbsll. or
Council Bluffs. In chairman Will re-
port out for indefinite postponement
the K.nsland bill which would pre-
vent the taxation Of n land owner on
that portion Of his land which II
mortpaccd. similar measures have
been turned down by previous lesis-
latires.
Senator Frailey, has withdrawn his
measure TO prevent aliens from hold
lns or acquiring land In Iowa, lie
says no fas discovered that this Is
unconstitutional
Code Revision on Way.
Revision OF the Iowa code appears
10 he on its way The senate voted
FOR It unanimously Thursday and
there IL every indication that the
house will do Likewise.
The code revision bill adopted by
the senate Thursday was drawn by
the senate judiciary committee mum :
Der two Of which Senator Proudfoot
OF Warren county is chairman.
II will not require n special session
of the legislature to adopt the revis-
ion inasmuch as the code commission
provided for in the bin is not author
lied to change the wording In any
manner whatsoever of the present
laws as was the case In 1897, The
code commission OF three provided for
in this law will. according to sector
four Of the law, be authorized TO dc
the following.
said commission shall carefully
edit and codify the laws of Iowa omit
ting all laws or parts repealed. pu'
referring to all such repealed laws by
section references to the session re-
pealing the same. omittine all laws
Of local or temporary character ana
all annotations and decisions and col
lect such general laws OF Iowa In
GLIDING such laws OF the 3Sth Gen
eral Assembly. printed and bound IN
one, complete volume in such shape
as to be amended and adopted as the
permanent code of the staH.'
The commission Is further instruct
ed to print in the same volume an in
dex by sections. The commission
must also prepare and submit to
subsequent legislature a report callins
attention to such sections or portions
of the laws which have been d'scov
cred to he conflicting. redundant OF
ambieuous so such as will require
leg slative @ction to make clear anC
shall include, the recommendations OF
the commission or editor on the sub
ject of any part of the code. 1t Is on
these sections or clauses that a sub
seauent Legislature must act.
The code commission of three mem
beers IS to include the present reporter
of the supreme court who is also the
present code editor, and two mem
bers to be appointed by the governor
The members will receive S25. per
day and are to commence in April
and finish by December first aitho
the governor has authority to extend
the time Friends of the law how
ever say the commission will be thru
much sooner than that and that re-
vised code will be out some time dur
ing the coming summer.
In addition to the code itself and
the report prepared by the commits
sion the supreme court reporter az
code editor must also prepare book
Of anuotations Of the code to be
printed in a separate volume. which
shall continue to be edited by the CODE
editor from time to time and printed.
The law also makes possible the
keeping of the code up to date de-
claring.
"The code editor shall continue the
editing of the code and book of ammo
tations after each general assempl!
SO that the code and annotatfons may
be printed from time to time as or
dered by the general assembly to meet
II demands for the same"
In presenting the measure to the
senate Senator Proudfoot OF senate
judiciary committee number two de-
clared that it was an absolute neces'
sity to revise the code and that TINS
was the unanimous view OF lawyers
and laymen alike. This version was
agreed in by other members OF thf
senate who are lawyers.
Two years ago code revision faiieo
largely because it was made more OF
less Of a political Issue and factionai
ism prevented the bill then presented
from being considered on it's merits.