The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-16
The 3Sth General Assembly will
Meet in Near Future to Pass on
Code Revision-Date Has
Not Been Set.
WILL HAVE MANY BILLS
No Official Statement Has Been Made
as to Number, But There Will be
Between Four and Five
Hundred OF Them.

DES MONIES, Oct 16-There is
more or less speculation here now as
to when the special session OF the
Thirty eighth general assembly to
pass on code revision win be called.
| In so far as the work of the code
commission is concerned, it is stated
in the commissions office that this
will be sufficiently complete by the
first OF January so that the legisla-
ture could convene on that date. All
of the copy for the compiled code has
been in the hands of the printer for
some time with the exception of the
index. which is being completed at
the state university at Iowa City.
The commission is now working on
the bills to be presented to the legis-
lature which will embody the changes
made by the commission and which
must be acted on by the legislature.
Some fifty OF these bills involving
the changes as made by the code have
already been completed. While no Of
fetal estimate lis being made as to
how many bills there will be. the
number will run probably between
400 and 500. Copies of these bills
may be sent out to the members in
advance so that they may have a
chance to study them before coming
to Des Moines and thus be ready to
act on them after their arrival here.
Sisty-Day Session.
There is at least a sixty day ses-
sion in sight and possibly ninety
day session. in the oponion OF officials
here 1t will have the advantage over
the regular session In that but little
time will be required for organiza.
ton inasmuch as 1t is already organ
lied, except for such vacancies as
may possibly need to be filled. The
organization of new legislature al
ways takes from two to three weeks,
so that it is usually about the first OF
February before regular session
actually gets under full head OF
steam There is no apparent reason
why the special session cannot be
running on high the second day after
converting.
While 1t Is apparent that the ma
jortty of the legislators hope to oe
spared from having to pass on any
thing but code revision, nevertheless
other legislation is sure to be pro-
posed and action on it can scarcely
be avoided. The new automobile law,
which undertakes to regulate every
thing pertaining to the operation OF
automobiles and revoludonize the
method of licensing, has some Qutrks
and turns in 1t which may require adj
d.tional legislation. and the same is
true of the road law. This is more
in the nature Of revision than new
legislation, however. But primary
suffrage is bound to be pushed by
suffrage leaders and the public utili- /
ties will probably make consider
able effort to secure some sort of leg
islation through which they might get
increased rates for their service.
The majority for the bills viii re-
duire considerable argument after they !
are reported on by the committees and |
some hard fights are in prospect on |
proposed changes Bills involving l
minor changes can be disposed OF (
quickly.
In the regular session last winter
there were 545 bills and eleven joint
introduced in the senate
and 5T3 bills and five joint resolutions
presented in the house, or total OF
1874 measures up for consideration.
Of this number POI senate bills ana
212 house bills and resolutions, or
total of 412 measures were enacted
into law. The legislature was in SEES
sion rs working days but 80 days In
from the time the session
first met on January 18th till adjourn
ment on April 18th.