Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-04-07

means committee for indefinite post
ponement, but was placed upon the
calendar by vote of IS to 2, and
will probably pass. 1t provides for
a $4,000 exemption for civil war vet
Grams $1,000 to Spanish American war
veterans, and $500 to world war vet
Grams. The civil and Spanish Amer
lean war veterans already have an
exemption, but none is provided to
the men who fought in the recent
hostilities. The bill is strongly back
ed by the American legion.
Cities and towns are authorized to
require soft drink parlors, temp bars
and similar establishments to pay
license, under terms of bill which
has passed both house and senate.
The blue skybill is having consid-
cradle trouble in the senate and is
likely to be defeated. Provisions of
the law would injure legitimate pro-
motion enterprises, it's enemies
charge.
Petit jurors will get 81 per day in
the future instead Of So as at present,
if the senate passes the Nervig bill,
already enacted by the house. The
bill got by the house with just SIS
votes One less vote would have
beaten it.
With the exception of the Olson
bill, which imposes a head tax of
three dollars upon every citizen, male
or female, over Fl years of age, and
which will probably be passed by.
the house during the closing days of
the session, no important legislation
relating to taxation will be enacted,
it now seems likely, with the excep-
tion Of the direct Inheritance tax
measure enacted some time ago.
A senate committee bill provides
for the reorganization of the present
system of state agents under direc-
ton of the governor and the attorney
general, and the creation of a state
detective bureau under the attorney
general. Its passage is likely, and
the old controversy over the state
agents and their employment is likely
to be thus ended for some time at
least.
The Ingersoll bill providing for a
standard gauge of four feet and six
inches for all bob sleds or sleighs has
been passed by both houses and SEN
ate, and will be law by Rext winter.
This bill has been before the legis-
lature every session for many years,
and is intended to proven. the cutting
up of roads in northern Iowa during
seasons of heavy SHOWS by sleds and
sleighs Of narrow width between the
runners.
The convention authorized by the
election OF 1920 for the purpose of re-.
vising the constitution of the State
of Iowa will meet in May of 1928,
under provisions of the bill which has
passed both the senate and the house.
The bill provides for the nonpartisan
election Of 108 delegates to the con-
vention, one from each county in the
state and two from each of the nine
counties having the largest popula-
ton, the basis being exactly the same
as that of the present house of rep
resentatives.
All bills which had not been acted
upon by committees were turned over
to sitting committee in the senate
upon Wednesday, March 80, and house
bills not acted upon went to SINH
lar committee day or two later.
These sitting committees take the
place of all Of the regular committees
save those on appropriations, and will
weed out such measures as are deem
ed worthy Of attention in the final
hours of the session, which adjourns
April 8. About 400 bills went into
the sitting committees, most of which
were regarded of little Importance,
or had little active support.
A bill presented in both house and
senate by the committee on print
ing would do away with the office of
state document editor, now held by
Ora Williams, and place the control
of state printing in the hands of a
printing commission pamed by the
governor, and would permit the let.
ing Of state printing by contract to
the lowest bidders. Present restric.
tions in legal rates, which have made
it impossible to order the printing OF
state reports would be done away
with. What action will be taken up
on the bill is doubtful, and the mat
ter is not likely to be settled until
just before adjournment.
The Rumley bill, requiring all chill
dren to attend the public schools
will not get by this session of the
assembly. 1t is now in the Sitting
committee in the house and will prob
ably not be reported out.
Defeat Of all proposals Tor net
income tax corporations. fer tax