Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-04
SENATE REFERS EXCELLENT
BILL ~ klMeALl FOR MERGER
WITH COMMITTEE BILL.
MEASURE CONTAINS
MANY STRONG FEATURES
Would Simplify Method Of Procuring
Licenses, Retain Permanent Number
Plates and Make All Licenses Good
For One Year From Date-Measurs
to Be Reported Out Tuesday.
Special to Times Republican.


Des Moines, April i.-L!egtenan:
Governor Moore will within day or
so" announce sitting committee lin
the senate whose duty II Will be TO go
over the measures vet remaining to be
acted on AMI determine on what
measures are 20 be reported out and
those that are TO be thrown in the dis
card. The house has deferred action
on the appointment of such a com
mittee. The senate Thursday passed
a motion by Senator Whitmore provid
ing for the appointment of such com
mittee.
The automobile license legislation
took on new phase Thursday when
the bill by the ways and means com
mittee of the senate. which is in reality
the Kimball bill together with the bill
by the joint committee on motor We!
hicles, .was referred by action of the
senate to the senate joint judiciary
committee.
Wants Permanent Plates.
Senator Kimbali's bill provides for
permanent number plates regis tration
at the office Of the county treasurer
in which the machine is purchased
with the payment of the license at this
office on the anniversary of the taking
out of the license and placing Of the
basis of taxation on the weight Of the
machine.
No provision for the money received
be used directly for the improvement
Of roads was specified in the bill and
several senators objected because such
provision was not made. The bill does
provide that per cent of the money
received shall be used for the main
tenance Of the highway commission,
the remainder to be prorated among
the various counties in the state.
Under the system. as provided in
Senator Kimball's bill, a cord varying
in color according to quarterly divis-
ions of the year must be displayed by
which it can be determined on sight
whether or not the license. fee has
been paid.
The bill also arranges for a car be-
ing seized by any peace officer when
1t is apparent the lisense fee is more
than five days overdue.
Protection against theft is also pro-
vided in that a certificate issued by
the secretary of state giving the Ii
cense number, car number, engine
number, and factory number, with the
signature Of the owner. must be trans
ferred to a purchaserswhen ne is buy
ing second hand car
AS a matter Of fact the WAYS and
means committee bill, or the Kimball
measure. was drawn out of the in
vestigations made by the retrenchment
and reform committee into the needs
for some new registration law. It is
generally recognized as ,compre-
hensive measure and good bill 1t
was not given a areat deal of consid-
GRAFTON, however, by the members OF
the senate unit. it came up on the
calendar Thursday and its merits were
presented by Senator Kimball He
presented his case SO we'll that. in spite
of the prejudice against his bill, due
to the fact that it was the only auto
mobile bill which was not turned over
to the joint house and senate commit
tee to be embodied intoN one compre-
hensive measure, the senate voted to
refer it. together with the joint COM
mittee bill, to the senate joint judi
ciary committee.
The Kimban bill has many of the
same provisions as the joint committee
bill in that it provides for the licens-
ing of cars at the county seats and for
increased motor fees. 1t also provides
for the guarding against the transfer
Of stolen cars by requiring that a GER
tlficate of registration7a accompany each
car sold Senator kimball has another
provision which gets away from the
method now IL vogue of paying all OF
the license money between Jan. and
April 1, which is the custom generally
followed by motorists. His bill would
make the license good for year from
the time it is first taken ont. He would
also keep the list on addressograph
plates in the secretary of states Of
flee to facilitate the work Of CORES
pondence and CT keeping the records.
The joint judiciary committee of the
senate is to report back Tuesday on the
auto license measure, according to the
motion as passed by the senate. Sena-
tor Proudfoot Of Warren county, and
other members objected strenuously to
having these twins thrust upon them
hui to no avail.
Both the house and senate has APP
pointed a conference committee on the
Powers bill which would provide for
a course Of patriotic INSTRUCTION in the
public schools. The senate amended
the Powers bill Directing to 1t prin-
cipally because it was claimed to be
impractical. The school men in the
senate. including Senator NewberEy OF