Manchester Democrat., 1921-03-16
over 1000 BILLS
FACE LAW MAKERS
SENATE PROPOSED ADJOURNMENT
APRIL WORK SPEEDEp UP
RUNNING ON HIGHss
WORKING WOMEN ARE HEARD
Working Women Declare Against Spe-
cial PriyiIeges-TO Share and
Share Alike With Men
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going some" declared Speaker Arch
w. McFarlane as he brought down the
gayel with such a rap that members
of the house who had been slumber-
| ing during the long, tedious reading
| of 130 bills by titles awakened to hear
tthe announcement Of the Speaker that
| the dead line had passed and that no
further bills, except appropriation,
could be introduced at this session Of
the 39th General Assembly.
Members Of the Legislature return
ed from their vacations with their
pockets filled with new bills. After
consulting with constituents they
| learned that a number of sections of
the code had not been threatened
with amendments and new measures
were prepared to meet the emer-
gency. Tuesday had been set as
the last day for the Introduction of
general bills and the total number
were increased as follows:
Senate: February 25, total num-
ber of bills 1856
March (FinaD New bills 80
Total Senate bills 4S4
House, February 25, total num-
ber of bills 373
March s (FinaD New bills IT'S
Total House bills 54S
Total number OF bills in both
houses 1882
The last bill in the senate was in
troduced by Senator Foskett of Page
county S. F. 752 and relates to the
membership of the board of educa-
tional examiners. Representative
Sampson of Audubon had the distinc-
tion of introducing the last house bill
III. F. S21 relating TO qualifications or
applicants for teachers certificates.
The character OF these two bills might
indicate that education comes last in
the minds Of legislators but such is
| not the case. There are more bills
relating to education introduced than
on any other subject.
Running On High
Legislators returned from their re-
cess with renewed energy and pep"
and are now running on high. From
appearances in the lobbies the citi-
zenship of the state is well repre-
sented in an effort to have legislators
put on the emergency breaks in pass
ing over dangerous roads for them.
Two sessions are held daily with COM
mittee work being done evenings.
Legislation is speeded up to the high
est notch with an effort to complete
the session at as early date as pos
sible.
Sitting Committees
by providing for sitting COM
mittee in the Senate a definite pro-
gram will be outlined for the handI-
ing OF legislation. Important nea-
sures will be given preference and
appropriation bills will have the right
of way.
Cigarette Bills Introduced
Suddenly several cigarette and to-
bacco bills have appeared in the.
House. This was to be expected as
result of the complete failure OF
the present drastic anti-cigarette laws
which are not enforced or even re-
gard with respect, anywhere in the
State. One OF the new bills is by
Representative Dodd of Howard coun-
ty, and it provides for a high license
to sell sigarettes with such restric-
ton and safeguards to prevent their
sale to boys that its advocates be-
lieve it would be far more effective IN
that respect than the present laws,
which are prohibitive of cigarettes to
ANYBODY. Another bill is by Repre-
sentative Rankin of Lee county, and
provides for a license on all tobacco.
cigar and cigarette dealers in an
amount from $500 per year in the
larger towns, annually. 1t is said by
its advocates that this law would
shake out the bootleggers of cigaret-
tes who let minors have them by max
ing the licensed dealers guard
against that sort of selling, and that
the law would at the same time raise
revenue of 100000 year for the
state school funds. 1t is likely that
one or the other of these bills Will
pass, as there is demand for some
more workable law than the one at
present to stop the sale of cigarettes
to boys and at the same time not
make criminals of all the Legion men
and other users of cigarettes who are
going to have them even If they have
to ship them in from other states. At
present, Iowa Kansas and North Da-
kota are the only states having the
law prohibiting the sale of cigarettes
entirely
Farm Measure for Cities
Representative Springer's bill to
place rate fixing for public utilities
with city councils and boards of su-
pervisors subject to review by
court composed of three district
pudges named by the chief justice of
the supreme court of Iowa is meet
ing with general approval and both
sides of this disputed municipal and
state problem have so far been un-
able to pick many flaws. Mr.. Spring
er's original intention was to make
this process applicable to rural cleo
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