Insurance Bills Pass with Joint Rate Legislation
Des Moines reports three Iowa House bills advancing without dissent. House files 361 273 and 274 impose annual accounting and surplus apportionment for life insurers, limit expenses, and define post 1908 policy surplus options with cash or premium credits. Stillman bill to curb grain elevator trusts passed and heads to the governor to prevent price fixing and uphold competition.
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Des Moines
Jones
House
Special Legislative Insurance Commission
Iowa
Eeme
Stillman
Mud Creek Boosters Fail to Fund St. Louis Trip
A Mud Creek booster club plans to send its bowling team to the national tournament in St. Louis by soliciting entry money and raising funds among locals. The manager advances funds after a partial drive yields only two contributions, revealing booster enthusiasm but lack of real commitment and money.
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Uncle Henry
Mud Creek
St. Louis
Boosters
Iowa
Northwestern
Mud Creek Boosters
Four Industrial State High Schools Bill Proposed
Senator Kinne and Representative Jones offer a bill to create four industrial agricultural and manual training high schools, one in each quarter of the state, funded by a tax not exceeding 25 cents per farm. The schools, branches of Ames college, would teach agriculture, judging, stock raising, forestry, horticulture, manual training, domestic capacity and standard secondary subjects.
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Senator Kinne
Representative Jones
Ames College
First Glass
Board of Trustees
Tipping To Be Stopped
The Hambleton anti tipping anti slide graft bill passed the house of representatives by a vote of 68 to 15. The bill imposes up to one year in prison or a fine up to 500 dollars for giving or receiving gratuities for services an employee should perform. It targets not only architects but also side grafts in material recommendations and related improper incentives.
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House of Representatives
New Tax Revision Commission Backed by Lawmakers
The house committee on appropriations favors passage of a joint resolution to appoint a commission to revise the state's taxation laws. Senator Jackson and Representatives McElrath and Harding of Woodbury County lead the push.
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House Committee On Appropriations
Jackson
McElrath
Harding
Woodbury County
Shift Districts for Congressmen
Representative Mercer introduces a bill to reorganize state congressional districts. The plan would swap Dawson and Asins, move Birdgal to the Tenth, and shift fanner to the Ninth, with changes in all districts except the Fourth. only named congressmen would be materially affected.
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Mercer
Dawson
Asins
Birdgall
Fanner
May Create Tax Commission Proposed by Senator Jackson
Senator John H. Jackson proposes a joint resolution to form a state tax commission. The panel, with nine members, would assess state and local taxation, study current laws, and recommend revisions by January 15, 1909. Members get no salary but reimbursement. appointments within 20 days of effect.
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Tax Commission
John H. Jackson
State Tax Commission
Senate
House
Senate railroads committee upholds joint rate bill
The committee reports the joint rate measure with recommitment from an earlier session. It omits the long and short haul clause, but allows the long line to meet the joint rate between two short lines without changing rates on the rest of the company’s lines except for the points within the reduced rate section.
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Senate Committee On Railroads
House Adopts Anti Pass Bill With Amendments
The house passed the anti pass bill by 81 to 20 despite many amendments. One amendment, by Moore of Linn County, grants officers and labor organization representatives entirely of railway employees the right to free travel.
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House
Moore
Linn County
Senate Bill Reforming Jury Lists For Polk County
The senate passed a bill to provide new jury lists across many counties saying old lists were improperly made. It will operate only this year and next, after which it ends. The court may direct the board of supervisors to prepare a special jury list and the jury commission will draw from it for regular panels.
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Senate
Polk
Board of Supervisor
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