Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-03-10
Laws Already Passed.

Laws Already Passed.
Among the more important meas
ures enacted are laws providing fol
| the licensing of chiropractors, au
thorizing the sale of the grounds an6
buildings Of the former state inebri
ate hospital at Knoxville, extending
the present law relating to salaries
OF public officials and granting them
the same salaries as are now being
paid fer another two years, providing
for the licensing Of dogs by county
auditors, requiring land owners to
keep up partition fences and hedges,
extending the closed season on prai-
RE chicken for five years, authorizing
the use of the primary road fund for
the building of bridges and culverts,
permitting contractors to file person.
al bonds up to Is per cent of the
amount of the contract, permitting
county treasurers to retain auto
license fees in their home banks sub
ject to call of state treasurer when
the state fund is depleted, authoriz.
ing purchase of a prison farm near
Anamosa, permitting the charging OF
six per cent interest on school bonds,
and a law permitting graduated lie
ense fees on automobiles purchased
according to the number of months
remaining in the year.
The above list includes all Of the
really important bills passed by both
houses up to the beginning of the Sec
ond period of the session. Most Of
the more important bills are still in
the hands Of committees, and the big.
ger share have not been acted upon
by either house or senate.
Moving picture censorship is having
hard shedding so far in the house
and senate, and the Olson Greenell
bill will be radically amended If it is
passed at all.
The bill provides for a very drastic
censorship and licensing Of all NOV
ing picture films displayed in Iowa.
Action is anticipated soon on the
Russell Sage foundation bill regulat-
ing loan sharks in the state, passage
of which is expected without material
opposition. The Bill provides for the
licensing and state supervision Of
loan companies making loans in
smaller amounts than $500.
Whether or not professional boxing
will be legalized in Iowa now de-
ponds upon the action of the senate
upon the Lake boxing bill, which has
passed the house, and which will go
to the senate for action within the
next two weeks. Favorable action is
anticipated in the senate.
Legislation Of direct Importance in
rural communities is still conspicuous
by its absence. Relatively few bills
relating to agriculture have been pre-
sented. Road legislation also is quiet.
Such measures as are presented tend
to reduce to some extent the powers
of the state highway commission, but
there is no considerable strength eyi.
dent to make drastic changes in the
| laws.
Salary increase measures are re.
ceiving very little favorable con.
sideration, and few, if any, bills along
these lines will be enacted. District
judges are asking an increase of their
salaries from $4,000 to $500 per an
mum, and may succeed in getting a
portion of this amount. This is one
of the few bills along similar lines
which has even a moderate chance OF
| success.
Failure of the present congress to
pass the congressional reapportion
ment act means that no action will,
be taken to redistrict the state at this
session so far as congress Is con.
cerned Bills are being prepared
however, to revise the state senatorial
districts on basis, of population
which would result in several changes
from the present plan. Passage Of
this bill will be attended with many
difficulties.
Blue sky legislation has not vel
been reported out Of committee A
new bill introduced by Senator Frail
ey would confer additional powers
upon the attorney general to regu
late promotion of new corporations.
The bill recommended by Walter
Ramsay, secretary of state, is being
considerably amended in committee
So far blue sky legislation has not
attracted the interest of the mem
bers to the extent that was anticipat
ed when the session commenced.
Only two important bits of sump
tuary legislation are attracting any
particular amount of attention. One
Of these is bill backed by the w. C
T. U. providing for commission te
pass upon patent medicines and sim
liar preparations sold ostensibly TO,
| medicinal purposes, but which in fac