Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
HARDING DEFINITELY DECIDES
EXTRA SESSION WILL NOT
De HELD.
WORK NOT PRESSING,
MONEY! CAN De SAVED
osvsroer says Code Work 10 Not IN
Shape for Disposal and That Next
Regular Session in January Can
% Work at Saving Of $3oo,ooo
TAKES Rap at His Critics.
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Special, to Tunes Republican.
Des Moines, March s.--Governor
w. l.. Harding today made public his
position on the matter OF n special
session of the legislature to revise
the code. In q letter mailed to all
members of the legislature and given
to the press for publication he de-
clnres that the work assigned TO the
code commission has been OF such
volume and so long delayed that 1t Is
now impracticable to call n special
session of the legislature to revise
the code.
"You are. therefore, notified that
no session will be called for the pur-
pose OF revision" declares the gov
ernor in his letter to the legislators,
after explaining that he was the first
to urge a revision Of the code, as he
did 50 in his message to the assem-
bly, in January, 1919.
IF session were called as late
as July L. he explains, lit would be
Il physical impossibility to get the
work completed and have the result
of your, effort printed in time for the
next regularly converting legisla-
ture."
Points to Big Saving.
The governor therefore recommends
that the work OF code revision be
taken up by the regular session
when 1t convenes in January, 1921.
which he says, can do the work of
both the regular session and special
session in the time usually consum-
ed by regular session and that
some 100000 can thus be saved by
the state.
that u regular session can take mp
the work of revision with very lit
tie inconvenience and with very lit
tie more time than would ordinarily
be required in u special session."
says the governor II have taken
occasion to go back thru the senate
and house journals and l find that
during the first half of practically
every session running back for q Pc
lIOu vi yGAi5 thC1 ioo oSSA Wv WV
hours OF session each day
1.-THE report of this commission, is
made in the form of bills" the gov
ernor points out. These will be on
the desks of the members so Chat In
regular session. after the prelilnin-
aries of organization, there is no
good reason why the legislature
can not meet from six to ten hours
day in the work of code revision.
In such session, whatever of
change in the way Of new law or
amendment Is desired, can be pro-
posed at the time and thus the work
Of the special session and regular
session can be done in the limit of
time usually occupied in the regular
session and at saving of about
100000 to the state"
Annexation Just Started.
The governor explains that the
compiled code was completed and
ready for distribution about Dec. /.
that the Committees report has been
prepared and is being distributed.
but that the book of annotations has
Just recently been started He ex-
plains that the supreme court has by
proper order extended the time for
completing this work to july 1. 1920.
which he holds Ia too late a date TO
permit the printing Of the revised
code in time for the NEXT regular
session OF the legislature. The gov
ernor exonorates the supreme court
reporter for any blame for the delay,
sayinx:
an farmers to the supreme court
reporter let me inform YOU he has
been busy ali OF the time as a. mem
her OF the code commission and has
not been In a position to do the work
assirned on the book of annota-
tons" saws Governor Harding.
Too Much "Loess Talk"
The governor roe. into the history
Of the code revision matter, pointing
to hts recommendations to the legts-
lature In January. 1919. a. proof that
he has consistently been in favor Of
been considerable loose talk about