Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-06


considerable mention as possible
candidate for lieutenant governor.
Des Moines women were .ticklsd
to death" when they heard OF the bill
introduced by Weaver OF Des Moines
which. il 1t should become law, Will
give them suffrage in the primary
election.
Long of Jefferson county introduced
a bill in the House which would give
cities the right t.. collect in the form
OF taxes delinquent bills due water
companies and other public utilities
owned by cities.
/ State regulation OF mutual insur.
ance COMPANIES Of doctors, dentists
and nurses for protection against NAL.
practice judgments is proposed in a
bill introduced in the House by Mantz
of Audubon county.
Action on the Dean bill appropriat.
ing $4,000 annually for the employ
ment and expenses of state agents Of
the department of Justice has been
deferred for some time. The bill was
IS,
but as several of the senators were
absent and Attorney General Havner
was not in the city it was not taken
up.
The biennial appearance OF laws to
change the taxing systems of the
state is being observed. Taxation be.
ing one Of the fundamental factors in
government. laws relating to it are
always in evidence during legisla.
tive session. Many students of this
question assert that Iowa is not up
to date in its methods OF assessing
taxes.
A bill introduced by Representative
Will King of Hardin, il made a law.
will make 1t possible for boys in the
industrial school who behave to get
out of the school before the sentences
are up. For each good behavior Is
points a boy gets his time is cut a
certain number of hours. This bill
has great deal Of merit and will
probably become law.
The public utilities bill has not yet
made its appearance. The only thing
heard Of 1t thus far was the request
by Senator Thompson OF Burlington
last week to have some $50 copies OF
the bill printed, which request the
senate granted. It is understood that
the utility men are working over the
state to get as many cities to endorse
the measure as possible before bring
Ing 1t into the legislature.
Eyes Of Iowans VIII not be assailed
by billboard and back fence posters
advertising patent medicine cures"
for sex diseases, If a bill introduced
by DR. Smith of Clinton is approved
by the assembly. The measure, would
provide a stiff penalty for any such
advertising. on the theory that gen.
orally 1t is dangerous to health, and
serves to keep diseased persons from
seeking the medical attention they
need.
W. P. Lanbertson, speaker Of the
Kansas house of representatives
visited the Iowa general assembly re-.
Gently. Speaker Lambertson's people
migrated to Kansas from Jackson
county, Iowa, and he has relatives in
this state. Although young man. he
Is serving his sixth session from
Brown county, in the Kansas legisla-
ture, part of the time having been
in the senate.
Adoption Of the budget system by
Iowa cities and towns would be an
thorized under a bill by Perkins of
Sac county passed by the house. Ov-
erdraft in the various city funds would
be eliminated by combining the funds
into one budget. At the present time
cities frequently face the problem OF
having heavy overdrafts in some
funds and large surplus in others.
Transfer of the funds is not permit
ted under the present statute.
A movement Is on foot among mem.
bers Of the Iowa legislature to create
fund of 100000 as a permanent
loan fund of the educational institu-
tons under the control of the state
board of education, to be used par.
ticularly for the present for enabling
returned soldiers to resume their
studies at once. A bill has been
drafted and will be introduced in the
house soon, probably by Representa-,
tive w. D. Miller Of Boone county
providing for the transferring to the
state board of education of $500, 900
remaining in the emergency war fund,
and making it Immediately available
for the use of student loans under
the direction of the board.
The work of the county agents in
Iowa is to be continued. This was as.
sured by the passage in the senate OF
the Thirty-eighth general assembly
OF the bin already passed by the house
making it mandatory for county
boards Of supervisors to appropriate
$4,000 as maximum for the work OF
the county agents. There vas con.
siderable debate on the question. A
law recently passed by the national
congress prohibits the use Of money
raised by subscription among farmers
for paying the salaries of county
agents. The present Iowa law says
that county boards of supervisors
may appropriate $1,000 for this pur
pose. It has been the practice OF
Iowa farmers to contribute in various
amounts to make up the deficit in the
amount necessary to carry on the
work.
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