Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-04-21

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UNDER THE GOLDEN DOME
Des Moines.-The Thirty-ninth gen.
eral assembly which adjourned April
., Is not remarkable for the passage
of any considerable volume of i'm
portant new legislation.
While total of 403 bills were
passed, the large proportion of these
were of minor importance, affecting
only limited field or a few specific
legal propositions.
Among the measures Of most vital
Importance enacted are:
The Whitmore-Weaver blue sky
law. Requiring the licensing and
bonding Of stock statesmen, prohibiting
the payment of more than Is per
cent promotion, and placing Iowa cor
porations under more stringent regu-
lations in regard to the sale and is
0ASSAASO VA oIOChS anu UOuOS.
Senate Joint resolution number 8
providing for the appointment Of q
committee of four senators and four
representatives to prepare complete
revision of the Iowa taxation laws to
be submitted at the special session,
or to the next general assembly.
Resolution fixing the state general
tax levy at 8 mills for the next
two years, an increase of 1.5 mills.
Passage of the Dodd bill legalizing
the sale of cigarettes. Licensed deal
ers may now sell cigarettes to all
persons more than p years old with
out violating the law. Sale to minors
prohibited under penalty of fine, i'm.
prisonment and application of the in
junction and abatement law. Lii
cense of $50 and 500 required OF
dealers, and cent state revenue tax
required on every package sold.
Passage of direct inheritance tax
providing for graduated tax Of
from one per cent up on all inherit
ances of more than $4,000.
The Doolittle vital statistics bill.
Requires the appointment by the
county boards of supervisors of regis
tIars Of vital statistics for each town
ship to record all births and deaths.
Report to be made to the state bureau
of vital statistics, and free of 25
cents each paid to the registrar for
each district by the county. Permits
Iowa to comply with federal bureau
Of census requirements for registra.
ton Of vital statistics.
The O'Donnell-Horchem Sage foun.
cation small loans bill Prohibits
charging of examination fees by small
loan firms, requires all firms engaged
in the business to pay state license
and submit to state inspection, and
permits a legal rate Of 31s per cent
per month ON loans Of less than $500.
The Knickerbocker bill appropriate
ing $4,000 per annum for the eradi-
cation Of bovine tuberculosis. Former
appropriation 100000 per annum.
Appropriation Of $4,000 per annum
to continue work of state in fighting
venereal disease.
Passage of the Mayne age of con-
sent bill raising the age of consent
from Is to 16 years, and to II years
in some cases.
Passage of the Hauge-P Parker bill
appropriating 100000 to permit Iowa
veterans of the civil war to invite the
national encampment of the G. A. r.
to Iowa.
Passage Of the soldier bonus bill,
granting to all veterans of the world
war save members of the students
army training corps a bonus of so
cents per day for ell time spent in
service during the war, and submit.
ting a $22,OOO,0O0 state bond issue to
the voters at the next general cleo.
ton.
The soldiers preference bill, ap-
plying to veterans of the world war
the provisions Of the present laws
granting to civil and Spanish-Amer.
lean war veterans preference in an.
pointments for state, municipal and
county positions.
The soldiers exemption bill, grant
ing world war veterans $500 exemp
ton from taxation.
Drainage
Requiring railroads and telephone
companies to give drainage equipment
free passage over right-of-way OF
through wires.
Providing for a closed season or
raccoons
Extending closed season on quail
prairie chicken and pheasant, until
1927.
County Officials