Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-21
THIS WEEK TO
BE BUSIEST IN
LEGISLATURE
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come before the legislature either Mon
day or Tuesday. Friends of the mea-
}sure are planning to amend it. They
assert they want to change it so that
those opposing the bill will be forced
to state whether their opposition is
Ito the combination of the two boards,
or to the placing Of woman on the
board They want. they say, by their
amendment to make the debate on the
issue matter of record.
Labor Bill.
| The senate committee on labor is ex-
pected to report back to the senate
on Senator Horchem'S bill providing
for the reorganization Of the state bll-
reau of labor statistics, and the author
ization Of the labor commissioner to
promulgate reasonable rules and regu-
lations governing safety devices, etc.,
| in industries. This measure is report
ed to have suffered heavily in COM
mittee. The committee, however. is
working hard on it. and comforting with
labor leaders and manufacturers. The
bill will probably be reported upon
! favorably. and in form not radically
different from that in which it was
introduced.
Farm Legislation.
The senate corporations committee is
isaid to be sympathetic towards the
Farm Bureau Federation's bill provd
ing for the organiZat ton of associations
without capital stock and not for pccu
MARY profit. The committee is work
ing hard on the bill, and rushing it
with the hopes of getting it before the
assembly sometime this week. There
are several other bills in the hands of
this committee providing for other
sorts of cooperative associations, which
are also expected to get before the
chamber before its recess.
Senator Pitt has announced that he
will attempt to fight through the sen
ate during the coming wook his mea
sure providing for Il new board of au-
dit. and requiring that the contracts
Of the boards of control and education
must also be passed upon by this board
of audit, which comprises the auditor
urer of state. Senator Pitt admits
that there is a great deal of OppSi
ton to his measure.
Other Bills.
Other bills which are thought certain
to get before the legislature during
this week are the direct inheritance
tax measure. the amusement tax bill.
the soldiers exemption bill, and sew
eral bills concerning Iowa's proposed
new temple of justice. The direct in
heritance tax measure is expected to
be favorably reported. The amuse-
ment tax bill places state tax of one
cent on every fifty cents of admission
to places of amusement within the
state. The soldiers exemption bill eX
tends to veterans of the world war the
same privileges and exemptions now
enjoyed by veterans Of the Civil and
Spanish wars.
The legislative committees on de-
partmental affairs. which have been
busy during the past two weeks inves-
tigating charges of alleged misconduct,
extravaganza and incompetence against
about half a dozen state officials, ex-
pect to conclude their hearings soon,
and make their report to the assembly
sometime this week. Senator Ander-
son, chairman of the senate depart
mental affairs committee, has an
nounced that the committee will make
no effort to suggest or advise the leg
islature in its report. but will simply
submit statement Of its findings.
Bills Passed Last Week.
The week just passed has seen the
passage of number Of important mea-
sures in the house and senate. On
Tuesday the house passed the Weaver
inheritance tax bill by the vote of
76 to %. Determined efforts to change
vital provisions of the bill were de-
feated Senator WhitmOre's bill fix
ing the automobile license fee accord
ing to the time of year the license is
obtained was passed by the senate.
Senator butchers bill fixing liability
of hotel keepers to guests for loss of
valuabes was passed Tuesday. The !
bill made the amount $500. The bill
providing for double election boards in
Iowa passed the house late Thursday.
The senate on Tuesday passed the Full
ton bill. cutting minority representa-
ton on the committee on retrenchment
and reform in half, after bitter fight
featured by Senator Whitmore's re-
fusal to vote on the measure and Lieu
tenant Governor Hammill's determine
ton to force him to vote. The senate
upheld Senator Whitmore.