Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-04-14

black plague inaugurated during the
war, and which has been heretofore
financed almost entirely by the fed
eral government.
Bills for the. redistricting Of sena-
torial districts of the state were de-
feated, and their will be no change
in the present representation in the
senate for two years at least. A bill
was passed, however, giving Lee
county two representatives and TAX
ing one from Wapello, and continuing
the representation in the lower house
from other counties as it is at pres
ent. The law provides that there
shall be one representative from each
county and two from the nine coun-
ties having the highest population.
Lee county outstripped Wapello &C
cording to the latest census,
The house and senate passed Joint
resolution asking that Governor Ken
dali call special session to complete
the revision Of the code, and selected
committees to arrange for the organ
ization Of the special session. The
code commission bills, 273 in num-
Der, will be referred to the standing
committees of the house and senate
and may be studied by the members
during the period from now until the
special session is called.
Governor Kendall, however, is un-
derstood to be as yet undecided upon
the calling of the session. He objects
on the ground of eccuomy, and it is
quite possible that none will be held.
The senate was extremely conserv-
alive, and defeated all measure cal
culated to raise additional revenue by
taxation of corporations, occupation
tax, or similar methods. AS result
the state revenue will continue to be
raised through the usual levy, which
will soon be fixed by the executive
council. In all probability the state
tax levy will be in the neighborhood
OF mills for 1921 and 1922.
Following defeat of the proposal to
levy 2 cent per ton tax upon all
coal mined in Iowa, the proceeds to
be used for the aid of schools in min
ing communities, bill was passed
appropriating $4,000 per annum to be
apportioned among these schools at
the discretion of the state superin-
tendent.
The Weaver blue sky bill ran into
trouble in the senate, and as result
for day or two it seemed likely that
the session would take no action up
on this subject. A motion to defer
action until the special session was
defeated on a tie vote, "a to "a. The
Weaver bill was then redrafted by the
committee and passed, going back to
the house, which put in few more
teeth. The measure as it will become
law prohibits the payment of more
than Is per cent commission for pro-
motion, and safeguards purchasers by
requiring securities to be announced
as speculative in their nature unless
the company is already engaged in a
profitable business. Licensing and
bonding of brokers and stock sales
men is required.
Revision Of the laws relating to
state printing was accomplished
through bill providing for state
board of printing, to include the gov
ernor, secretary of state and state au.
ditor, and two practical printers, who
shall make specifications and let con.
tracts for state work. The office of
state document editor was abolished.
this position having been held by Ora
Williams, veteran newspaper man,
since the adjustment of the office of
state printer in the Thirty seventh
general assembly.
The old printing law was found to
be unavoidable because of the fact
that the maximum prices permitted to
be paid under the law were too low
to bring any bids. AS result very
little of the state printing has been
done during the past two years, in
Guiding most of the reports of state
officials.
The legalization of the sale of ciga-
rettes in Iowa was accomplished after
hard fight when the committee bill
passed the senate with amendment to
which the house agreed. Consider
able pressure was brought to bear
upon Governor Kendall to veto the
bill, which he has in his possession
at the time this article is written.
The bill permits the sale of ciga-
rettes to persons more than Fl years
Of age. A license fee Of $50 to 500
is required of all concerns selling
cigarettes, and the sale of cigarettes
to minors is punishable by fine, i'm
prisonment, and the application OF
the injunction and abatement law to
violators.
| A state revenue stamp of / cent
must also be affixed to every package
sold.
Iowa has forbidden the sale of ciga.
| rettes for many years but the law