The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-25

but which contained numerous fea-
lures over which the senators and
| representatives. differed. The confer
1nce report eliminates entirely the
provision that both parties to mar
riage must submit to physical ex-
animation and proposes instead, that
both parties be required to file. with
the marriage license clerk, an affida-
Wit declaring themselves free. to the
best OF their knowledge, from ven
3real diseases. The affidavits must
be filed five days before the issuance
OF the license. but where II Is desired
10 shorten that time, resort may be
had to the courts and the court are
empowered to waive the Ave day re-
luirement where II is shown no doubt
surrounds the statements of the affi-
davit. The bill also forbids the mar
riage OF idiots or imbeciles. All six
members OF the conference committee.
signed the conference report.
The budget bill now being consid-
cred by conference committee In
the Iowa legislature has reached an
impasse, according to members Of the
committee who expressed a fear that
the measure reported out might not
pass In either house. The committee
itself cannot agree on many of the
compromises yet necessary before the
bill can be reported out. The enforce
ment machinery set up by the house
bill and that proposed by the Smith
amendment have been set aside In
favor OF one man acting under the
governor as director of the budget.
The appeal from tax levies Is also
stricken and the committee, II Is re-
ported. cannot agree on the appeal
from contracts. Senate members Of
the committee are said to be sticking
for the appeal feature applying to
contracts and the house members
will not give In. These changes
would leave the bill with hardly a
vestige Of its semblance as passed by
either house.
Senaor Holdoegel requested the
code commissioners to draft a gasoline
tax bill and wrote Governor Kendall
" iCoAh "hCIuCA NCto IL Va
what kind of bill, II passed, he would
sign. Reduced to its last analysis"
the governor replied, "the measure
simply advances the cost of gasoline
to every motor user 2 cents per gal
Ion. The process by which this Is &C
complished may be denominated a II
cense', a levy or a privilege or
whatever substitute may be prefer
red to escape the disagreeable fact
that 1t Ia a sales tax upon oil employ
ed for the propulsion Of automobiles.
Such tax is offensive to me in any
event, but especially so at the pres
ent juncture, when the people of the
state and country are overwhelmed
with the common burdens of govern
ment."
An investigation of serious COM
plants from many sources In the
state that Miss May E. Francis, state
superintendent of public instruction,
has made rulings on the qualifications
Of teachers and according of schools
not in accordance with law or pre-
cedent was proposed in a resolution
introduced in the house Of the Iowa
Legislature. The resolution proposes
that the investigation be conducted
by the house judiciary committee.
The committee, II the resolution were
adopted, would be authorized to sub
poena witnesses and compel the pro-
duction Of any documentary evidence
it might deem necessary. The resolu-
ton was signed by Representatives
Yenter of Johnson, Held Of Plymouth,
Gallagher Of Iowa, Bradley Of Powe-
shiek, and Healy of Hancock.
Action by the senate wiped out the
differences between the two houses
on another measure-that relating to
the powers of county attorneys. The
senate had adopted an amendment in
terpreted by some members as giving
county attorneys powers of a grand
jury In the matter of issuing sub
poenaes and collecting evidence dur
ing the adjournment period of the
grand jury. The conference commit
tee added the stipulation that such
subpoenaes might be issued only up
on authorization of a court, and the
senate accepted the report, % to II.
Establishment of a rural credits
system by the state, was postponed
for at least four year when the Iowa
Senate voted to table the motion to
amend the constitution so that the
state might lend money on Iowa
farms. The amendment, before II can
take effect, must pass two sessions
of the legislature and then receive a
majority vote Of the people. 1t was
introduced on April IS, 1923, the first
day of the special session. While
technically the proposal is still alive,
it appears from the 80 to 16 votes,
that It will be practically impossible
to get II of the table for further con.
sideration this year.
The senate refused to concur with
the house In several amendments to
the taxation bill, the principal one Of
which was the amendment requiring
| assessors to take into account the pro-
ductive capacity Of property in fixing
it's actual value. A similar amend
ment was defeated in the senate when