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stitutional so far as it lias interfered with the sale 

 of cigarettes in the original packages in which they 

 are -hipped into Iowa: hut the decision does not 

 really allcct the sales in the State, heeause the ci- 

 garettes can not he shipped into the State in the 

 - in which they are sold. 



Legislative Session. The twenty-sixth Gen- 

 eral Assembly of the Legislature opened Jan. 13 and 

 closed April 11. The session was important, as the 

 revised code was to come before the Assembly, and 

 al>o the quest i< 'ii of resiihmitting to the voters the 

 ('institutional amendment to incorporate prohibi- 

 tion in the fundamental law of the State. 



United Slates Senator William 1!. Allison was 

 elected to succeed himself for the term beginning 

 March 4, 1^97. W. I. Habb was the Democratic 

 candidate. The resubmissioii question came up for 

 the first time Jan. 20 in the form of a resolution 

 in the Senate, which was referred to the Committee 

 on Constitutional Amendments. It was reported 

 from the committee Feb. 27, with the recommenda- 

 tion that the resolution to resubmit be passed and 

 naming June 3 as the date for the special election. 

 It was defeated in both houses. The amendment 

 proposed was passed for the first time two years 

 ago, when the Legislature enacted the mulct liquor 

 law. which is now in force. 



A bill to allow the manufacture of liquor in the 

 State on terms similar to those required by the 

 mulct law for its sale that is, providing that it 

 might be manufactured if consent were given by 55 

 per cent, of the voters in the city or county was 

 defeated in both houses, in the lower by a vote of 

 46 to 43 against considering the bill, and in the 

 Senate by 22 to 2. 



The Senate tabled a joint resolution to submit an 

 amendment to the Constitution permitting woman 

 suffrage. 



A House bill requiring the superintendent of the 

 new hospital for the insane at Cherokee to be a 

 homoeopathist was lost in the Senate. 



A bill was passed giving the Commissioner of 

 Labor authority to visit, enter, and inspect facto- 

 ries, mines, and other places, public or private, f9r 

 the purpose of securing data relating to wages, 

 hours of labor, wages received, and the sanitary en- 

 vironments of laborers, etc. 



A bill for governing building and loan associa- 

 tions was passed. 



Among other bills passed were the following : 



Changing the election law so that only five days' 

 notice is required for nominating papers. 



Exempting towns of less than 3,500 from opera- 

 tion of the registration law. 



Prohibiting combinations among fire insurance 

 companies or agents to keep up rates. 



Providing a tax of 1 per cent, on the gross earn- 

 ings of express companies. 



Declaring express companies common carriers 

 and subject to the control of the Railroad Commis- 

 sioners. 



Giving city library trustees authority to levy a 

 tax of 1 mill on the dollar for library purposes and 

 to make appointments as they may see fit for run- 

 ning libraries. 



Giving cities and towns power to regulate plumb- 

 ing and sewering. 



Declaring bicycles vehicles. 



Requiring thirty days' notice towork forfeiture 

 of contract for sale of real estate. 



Making a chattel mortgage invalid unless signed 

 by both husband and wife. 



Appropriating '$5.000 to purchase books to be 

 sent from the State Library to other libraries or 

 societies in the State for temporary use upon re- 

 quest, transportation to be paid by local libra- 

 ries. 



Authorizing kindergartens in independent dis- 

 tricts. 



Adding civics and economics to the branches in 

 which te.-ichers must be examined. 



Requiring levy of /-- mill for MX years for build- 

 ings for State University. 



Allowing school boards to supply text-books in 

 schools; election on the subject to be called by 

 petition. 



_ Giving aliens right to inherit property in the 

 State and to own any amount of city property or 

 320 acres of country property. 



Providing that in claims against the estates of 

 decedents the burden of proving the claim shall 

 not be placed on the claimant. 



Providing for a tax of 5 per cent, on all property 

 devised to any person other than blood or adopted 

 relation, charitable, educational, or religious insti- 

 tution. 



Forbidding sale of malt liquors by registered 

 pharmacists. 



Allowing common carriers to sell unclaimed 

 goods after three months. 



Ordering that the Russian thistle must be de- 

 stroyed by occupier of land before Aug. 15 ; fifteen 

 days later authorities must destroy and tax cost to 

 land. 



Requiring persons in charge of newly born in- 

 fants to notify a practicing physician of any sore- 

 ness of eyes within twelve hours of such discov- 

 ery. 



Placing secret society insurance under charge of 

 the State Auditor; requiring examinations and re- 

 ports, and giving the Auditor power to prohibit 

 their doing business if he thinks their insurance 

 feature is not safe in method or condition. 



Authorizing the State to accept gifts, devises, 

 etc., absolutely or in trust. 



Making Government currency taxable. 



Granting to the United States consent to pur- 

 chase and have jurisdiction over 25 acres of land in 

 Delaware County and land in any part of the State 

 for the purpose of establishing fish hatcheries. 



Providing for a commission to locate the posi- 

 tions of Iowa troops at Vicksburg, and appropriat- 

 ing $2,000. 



Raising the age of consent to fifteen years. 



Requiring prisoners under eighteen to be kept 

 separate from those older. 



Declaring to be nuisances houses used as opium 

 or hasheesh dens. 



Prohibiting the importing, printing, and dis- 

 tributing obscene literature and pictures : punish- 

 ment, $100 fine or a year's imprisonment. 



Prohibiting the manufacture and sale of cigar- 

 ettes and cigarette papers. 



Following are the principal appropriations made : 

 General, for State expenses, $2.800,000; Memorial 

 Hall, $25.000; hospital for insane, Independence, 

 $19,300; hospital for insane, Cherokee, $212.140; 

 hospital for insane at Clarinda. $199.300; hospital 

 for insane at Mount Pleasant, $49.100; State Agri- 

 cultural College, $54,500; State Xormal School, 

 Cedar Falls, $48.000; State University, $46.000; 

 Fort Madison Penitentiary. $13.200; Anamosa 

 Penitentiary, $66.198; Benedict Home, at Des 

 Moines, $9.200 : Soldiers' Home, at Marshalltown, 

 $51,800 ; Home for Blind, at Knoxville. $18.000 ; 

 Iowa Industrial School, at Eldora. $18,500; School 

 for the Deaf, at Council Bluffs. $17,000: Soldiers' 

 Orphans' Home, at Davenport, $18,800; industrial 

 school. Mitchellville, $17.000: Institution for the 

 Feeble-Minded, Glenwood, $65,800 ; College for the 

 Blind. Vinton, $10,500 ; New Orleans Exhibition, 

 refund to those that advanced moin-y. si 2.000; 

 Semicentennial Celebration. Burlington, slO.OOO; 

 Fish Commission, $6,000; infantry uniforms, $2,500; 



