Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-03-26
ACTIVITIES Of THE
STATE Legislature
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by thousands by the members OF DOtH
houses. Banks and individuals and
farmer organizations everywhere have
been provided with copies Of the bill
and it is expected there will be a
change of sentiment in it's favor when
the people at home have had chance
to get at the truth concerning it in
stead of relying on statements Of
those who are prejudiced or frighten-
ed at the prospect of hard roads. The
fact is, nobody expects the bill to
pass with anything In it which will
force any county to pave a rod of
road unless the people themselves
vote to have it done, And the bill
does provide for such paving without
issuing bond or going in debt for
the improvements. It is a pay-as-you-
go measure, and the money is to
come from automobile licenses and
the federal aid money provided by
the congress with an assessment of
Is per cent of the cost against ad-
jacent and abutting lands that are ben
efitted by the improvement But, dear
reader, ask your bankers and others
if they have a copy of the bill you
can read, and when you petition your
member, don't. Don't bother him with
petitions, but write him your objec-
tons and tell him why and what you
don't like in the bill. That is the
way to get to him, and you owe it to
him to keep in touch with him as
much as he owes you in the same di-
rection.
The road bill will come on for pas
sage in the Senate some time next
week, probably Wednesday, the 26th,
and may take two or three days.
When the House got the state
agents bill back last week all9ruffled
up and ruined BY the Senate amend
ments, and providing for only $37,5OO
per year with which to pay state
agents instead of the $4,000 allowed
when the House passed the bill,for the
attorney general to pay state agents,
the members were mad. They spit
on heir hands and went to bat on the
bill again Thursday forenoon with the
result that the s7s;OOO provision for
law enforcement was restored and the
bill sent back to the Senate with the
message that that body could either
come across with the $4,000 or ap-
point a conference committee to meet
the House conference COMMITTEE
and peace conference will be held
to arrange such covenants as will
please the attorney general or there
will be no bill passed at all. At
least, that is the status, of the thing
as now interpreted by a prominent
member. 1t isn't hard to find other
members who now predict there will
be no bill passed at all, and that will
leave the governor and attorney gen.
eral with the same law they have had
for the past two years and $4,000 to
fight booze and bad women.
Regulating Consolidated Districts.
A new consolidated school law pass
ed the Senate this week, of which
Senator Smith of Winterset is the au-
thor, and it clears up the matter of
fixing boundaries for consolidated
school districts to take away many of
the abuses of the situations that for
merly came up. Under this new bill
consolidated district boundaries, must
conform to the boundaries of other
school districts, and the notice Of such
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in time for those interested to file OBJ
jections. Appeals may be taken from
the county superintendent to the coun-