UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. (!OWA.) 



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liquor, or aid in the delivery and distribution of 

 any intoxicating liquor so ordered or shipped; 



Erovided that nothing herein shall prohibit travel- 

 ig salesmen soliciting orders for the purchase, 

 sale, and shipment of intoxicating liquors from 

 persons legally authorized to sell or dispense the 

 same." 



The Supreme Court decides that the law is un- 

 constitutional in that it interferes with interstate 

 commerce. 



Legislative Session. The General Assembly 

 was in session from Jan. 13 to April 11. W. L. 

 Eaton was chosen Speaker of the House, N. E. 

 Lendall, Speaker pro tern., and W. F. Harriman, 

 ^resident pro tern, of the Senate. 



In the Senate were 11 Democrats and 39 Repub- 

 licans; in the House, 16 Democrats and 84 Re- 

 aublicans. 



The constitutional amendments proposed were 

 3 provide for biennial instead of annual elec- 

 tions, and to give to each county one member of 

 the House of Representatives and to such larger 

 counties as have the fixed ratio of population an 

 additional member, the number of members of 

 the House, however, to be limited to 108. 



Among the larger appropriations were these: 

 To the Board of Control of State institutions, 

 $716,557; to the State educational institutions, 

 $434,269; the Capital Improvement Commission, 

 $250,000; St. Louis Exposition, $125,000; National 

 Guard, $104,000; for erection of Vicksburg monu- 

 lents, $150,000; to finish Cherokee Insane Hos- 

 pital, $138,000; additional support for State in- 

 stitutions, $75,222 ; pavilion at State fair grounds, 

 i> 37,500; monuments at Chattanooga, $35,000; 

 State Library Commission, $12,000; State His- 

 torical Society, $9,500; for transferring patients 

 to Cherokee, $21,600. 



The levy of taxes for buildings at the State 

 educational institutions was authorized one- 

 fifth mill for the university, and the same for five 

 years for each of the others the Agricultural 

 College and the Normal School. Other acts re- 

 lating to taxation were : 



Making taxes on assets of any corporation, 

 partnership, or person which are placed in the 

 hands of a receiver a prior lien, and providing 

 that they shall be first paid in full by the receiver. 



Authorizing the levy of a 4-mill road tax. 



Providing that property not to exceed $800 in 

 actual value of any honorably discharged Union 

 soldier or sailor of the Mexican War or of the 

 war of the rebellion, or of the widow remaining 

 unmarried of such soldier or sailor, shall be ex- 

 empt from taxatio'n. 



Permitting communities to vote 5 per cent, 

 taxfes in aid of railroads once in ten years. 



Reducing the taxes upon foreign insurance com- 

 panies from 3J to 2J per cent, upon gross pre- 

 liums. 



Fixing the amount to be raised during the year 

 1902 by taxation at $2,300,000; during the year 

 1903, at $2,000,000. On the present valuation this 

 will make a levy of about 4 mills for the two 

 years. 



Repealing the section requiring boards of li- 

 brary trustees to fix a levy for the maintenance of 

 libraries and permitting a levy of 1 mill in cities 

 having 22,000 population and 2 mills in cities 

 having more than 22,000 for maintenance, and a 

 levy of 3 mills in cities of more than 25,000 for 

 building. 



Acts affecting railroads provided that railroads 

 shall report in the aggregate to the Executive 

 Council the following: Net income derived from 

 business originating in Iowa and terminating in 

 other States, from business originating in other 



States and terminating in this State, from busi- 

 ness neither originating nor terminating in Iowa, 

 but carried across a part of this State. All of 

 these items are to be included in one sum. 



The State mine examiners are required to ex- 

 amine every mine having an average 'output of 

 50 tons or more as often as once in six months; 

 and a board of 5 examiners is to be appointed 

 to examine candidates for appointment as mine 

 inspectors, mine-hoisting engineers, and mine fore- 

 men. Members of this board must hold certifi- 

 cates of competency and have had at least five 

 years' actual experience immediately preceding 

 appointment. 



The Board of Medical Examiners is required to 

 issue certificates to practise to qualified osteop- 

 athists. 



The age to which girls may be detained at the 

 Industrial School was raised from eighteen to 

 twenty-one. 



The Support fund of the State institutions was 

 fixed as follows : The Institution for the Deaf and 

 Dumb, at Council Bluffs, $22 a month per capita 

 for all purposes; $22 a month per capita for all 

 salaries and supplies at the College for the Blind, 

 at Vinton, for each resident scholar in that in- 

 stitution, for nine months in each year; the Sol- 

 diers' Home, at Marshalltown, $10 a month, for 

 officers and others; the insane hospitals at Cla- 

 rinda, Independence, and Mount Pleasant shall 

 not exceed $12 a month per capita; at Cherokee, 

 $15 when the population is under 600, $14 when 

 the population does not exceed 750, $13 when the 

 population is in excess of 900, and $12 thereafter, 

 provided, however, that all in excess of $12 shall 

 be paid out of the treasury of the State. 



The allowance at the Eldora Industrial School 

 was increased from $9 to $10 a month. 



Other measures were: 



Reorganizing the Supreme Court and increasing 

 the salaries of the members from $4,000 to $6,000 

 per annum. 



Increasing the salary of the Governor from 

 $3,000 to $5,000. The Governor receives house 

 rent amounting to $600 a year and $500 for serv- 

 ices on the Executive Council, so that the in- 

 crease is really from $4,100 to $6,100. 



To punish kidnaping by imprisonment in the 

 penitentiary by any term between ten years and 

 life. 



To provide that any person convicted of the 

 murder of another person shall not receive any 

 interest in the estate of the decedent as surviving 

 spouse. 



Punishing by imprisonment for not more than 

 twenty years persons who advise, counsel, encour- 

 age, advocate, or incite murder, although no such 

 killing takes place. 



Providing for a department in one of the State 

 hospitals for the treatment of inebriates, dipso- 

 maniacs, etc. 



Requiring children between seven and fourteen 

 years to attend school at least twelve school 

 weeks in each year. 



Recognizing corporations organized for the care 

 and placement of abandoned children. 



Making the laws of Iowa with reference to 

 negotiable instruments uniform with the laws of 

 other States upon this subject; among other 

 things this law practically abolishes the three 

 days of grace. 



Providing that savings-banks may loan not 

 to exceed one-half of their capital stock to any 

 person upon farm land worth twice the amount 

 loaned. 



Giving farmers' institutes $100 a year State aid 

 instead of $50. 



