The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-25
Summary of Iowa
State Legislature
:: Proceedings ::

commissioner, is completely exoner'
ated OF all charges made against him
in the report OF the special Iowa In
surance investigating committee. The
committee report states that after ex-
aiming all evidence and witnesses
presented by both Senator Charles 5.
Browne of Jackson county and the de-
partment, the committee finds that
| Commissioner Kendrick instea dof be-
ing criticised is to be commended for
his enforcement OF all insurance laws.
! The committee also finds that the
commissioner is acting in the best
interest Of policyholders. The COM
mittee recommends thirteen changes
in the insurance laws which, 1t de-
veloped during the inquiry, appear ne
cessary. However, the committee
recommended that committee from
the senate be appointed to investigate
insurance laws Of both lows and other
states and to make a report to the
forty-first general assembly on new
insurance legislation. This means
that the special session will not take
up any additional insurance legisla-
| ton.
Agitation for a gasoline tax law at
this special session Of the legislature
is growing and a bill seems certain
| to get before one house or the other
before the session adjourns. A bill,
providing for a tax Of cents per gal.
lon, to be levied on gasoline at the
point Of removal from tank cars In
the state, has been drawn by the code
commissioners at the request OF num-
erous senators and representatives.
The bill provides for distribution OF
| the receipts of the tax as follows: one
third to the primary system In each
county in the proportion its primary
road mileage bears to the total prt
mary road mileage and two-thirds to
the county roads on the same distrt
butive ratio Of secondary county road
mileage to total secondary mileage in
the state. The money would be ex-
pended on secondary roads equally be-
tween county and township systems.
Miss May Z. Francis, state super
intendent of public instruction flung
the doors of her office open wide to
members of the legislature who caus-
ed the introduction Of a resolution in
the House for an investigation OF her
department. In a letter addressed to
the speaker of the House, Joe Ander-
son, she urged upon him to foster the
probe of allege dmalfeasance, bribery.
and other offenses which formed the
basis of the request for an investiga-
ton. Miss Francis told the United
Press that she had turned the matter
over to her attorney, A. w. Byers, Des
Moines. 81 want the House 10 go
through with the investigation" she
said
Motor vehicles would not be requir-
ed to leave tail and head lights burn
Ing while cars are parked on the pub
lie highways If the senate recedes
from it's amendment to that effect,
refused by the house. The measure
brought out a reoccurrence OF fight
In the house as that body did not want
the compulsory light measure. The
senate, however, adopted 1t and the
issue must now be worked out in a
conference committee together with
other objections to the motor vehicle
bill which the house has. Represen-
tative Mcclure, Mthaska county, led
the fight against the compulsory light
measure.
AS a result of the failure of the
house drainage committee to concur
In all amendments to the drainage
bill as passed by the senate, the bill
will doubtlessly go to conference as
il was believed that the lower body
would uphold the opinions of It's COM
mittee. The committee completed its
work and all of the amendments af-
fected are, however, of no great i'm
portance and 1t was thought there
fore that there will be little Difficult
ty in the house and the senate coming
to an agreement.
A commission of two members from
the house and two from the senate
have reported to their respective boz
dies following the return from Mount
Pleasant where an investigation was
made into the advisability of purchas-
ing the Willis farm for the use of the
state hospital at Mount Pleasant. Two
members of the commission believe
the land is worth $225 per acre, one
member considered II worth 5000 and
one SITS.
Some of the bills passed by the SEN
ate recently were: To authorize pur-
chase of the Willis farm at Mount
Pleasant by the state for the board of
control. Appropriations committee at
request of Brookhart. Animal indus
try. Animal industry committee. To
legalize establishment of county area
tuberculosis eradication plan. Agri
culture committee.
After arguing for two days on the
highway bill, members of the Iowa
house of representative again defer
-ed action to give opportunity for re.
fling several sections into a COM
promise measure.
Compulsory physical connection by
every telephone company with other
companies Is proposed in an amend.
ment to the transmission lines fran