Two Hundred New Laws Enacted by Thirtieth General Assembly
Resume of the session lists about two hundred laws enacted by the thirtieth Iowa General Assembly. Highlights include major insurance reforms, stricter policy approvals, new criminal penalties, and commissions to study indeterminate sentencing and tuberculosis spread. Notable appropriations fund state institutions, Knoxville detentions, agricultural buildings, and a large state exhibit. The article notes tax and road materials provisions, municipal options for bonds and levies, and expansion of public library and park powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Birtieth General Assembly
Theeneral Assembly
Temple
State Board of Control
Knoxville
State
St. Louis
Board of Control IH
Council Bluffs
United Totes
Fuvonile
Legislative docket items for local public works and finance
A compilation of proposed acts on sidewalk construction and paving costs, town and county levies for bridges and public buildings, salary scales for county officials, school district indebtedness, sewer and flood control powers, publication rules, and election policing. Highlights include tax limits for water works and sewers, funding for insane asylum expenses, and publication provisions for foreign language papers.
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Aloa
Creachouty
Chassell
Smaaller
Welden
Bshaffer
Mott
Temple
McClurkin
Bixby
Dow
Manning
HH. F
Stoltenberg
District Court
Teachout
Des Moines
Crose
Marmbleton
I. F
Chasseil
H. F
Morris
Boards of Supervisors
Skinner
Wright
W& “Viaduct Fund
Cummings
Drainage Legislation Promotes District Organization
A synopsis outlines H. F. 16 detailing drainage district formation by petition to county boards, survey by an engineer, and Damages assessment with appraisers. It covers appeals to district court, benefit assessments, bids, bonding, and cross county cooperation, plus provisions for sub districts and railroad rights. H. F. 460 adds power for county supervisors to establish pumping stations and pass costs to benefiting properties.
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Hartshorn
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
Supreme Court
R. M. Wright
Fort Dodge
Webster County
Nichols
Iowa appropriations list for state maintenance and projects
A lengthy roster details acts and joint resolutions for the Thirtieth Iowa General Assembly. It itemizes hundreds of appropriation proposals including capital improvements at the capitol, state hospitals, schools, veterans homes, the dairy and agricultural exhibits, and the university system. Several measures fund census work, public buildings, and indigent care, with publication clauses attached to many entries.
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Capitol
General Assembly
Iowa
Davenport
Hall of Representatives
Railway Commissioners
State
Benouret
Des Molinos
Iowa School For the Deaf
Wright
Chuassell
States’air Grounds
H.W
Jepson
Maux City
Frudden
Dubuque
St. Louis
Iowa G. A. R
S. F. 67.—An Act Giving the State Dairy Department
State Board of Control
St. Louis Exposition
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Soldiers’ Orphans
Board of Control
Enchant
Mitchellville
Knoxville
H. F
Koontz
Historical Society of Town
State House
Executive Council
College For
School For
Soldiers’ Home
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Iowa City
Ames
Cedar Falls
William Roedder
Boyal Industrial School
Somenfteen
Charles Fountain
Harold Fountain
Ami Hoch
Iowa National Guard
Constitutional Drainage and House Membership Resolutions
Joint Resolution No 6 by Head would amend the constitution to let the legislature enact laws allowing landowners to build drains and ditches, form drainage districts, assess costs, and condemn land for these purposes. Joint Resolution No 2 by Temple seeks to increase House membership to 108 with one representative per county and an extra seat for the nine most populous counties. The joint resolutions outline the proposed constitutional changes and related provisions.
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Temple
House of Representatives
New Iowa House Crimelaw Proposals Across Agencies
A compilation of legislative summaries lists multiple new criminal law proposals in Iowa. Notable items include raising penalties for assault with intent to murder, criminalizing docking horses, unlawful tampering with electric and water utilities, and restricting narcotics and weapon transport into state facilities. Other measures redefine penalties for tearing newspapers, require investigations before dismissing illegal liquor suppression actions, establish a juvenile court, extend compulsory schooling to sixteen weeks, define bootlegging via injunctions, ban liquor and tobacco ads near schools, and criminalize night-time chicken theft from enclosures.
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Hambleton
Hart
Skinner
Iowa
Mattes
Buchanan
Insurance bills aim to empower Iowa state auditor
A series of bills in Iowa target insurance regulation, proposing state auditor oversight, examinations of companies, consent requirements for consolidations, and licensing of agents, with provisions for sworn testimony and charter revocation where needed.
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Lowrey
Committee On Insurance
Iowa
Military measures and pension bills in Iowa legislature
The Iowa legislature considers H. F. measures funding National Guard running expenses to 1904 and upgrading veteran pensions. Bills propose old soldiers preference in public appointments, restoring pension rights after reformations, funding a Confederate prison monument, aligning National Guard statutes with Dick law, paying guardsmen during drills, and ensuring burial for indigent ex-soldiers.
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Committee On Military Affairs
Iowa National Guard
Bealer
Iowa
Cummings
Andersonville
Hart
National Guard
Trust Company Capital and Foreign Ownership Proposals
Legislation H. F. 2 percent by head requires corporations using the word trust or executing trusts to maintain capital similar to savings banks. H. F. 163 by Jepson allows foreign and non resident alien stockholders to hold privileges in real estate and property matters.
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Jepson
State Tax and Railway Reporting Proposals Bill Titles
A compilation of proposed measures on taxation and corporate reporting includes H F 264 requiring non resident aliens reports to the state executive council, H F 805 classifying railways for assessment, and 8 326 asking freight lines to report car miles for tax bases. Publication clause H TW 425 regulates securities and investment contracts by firms and individuals other than insurers and building loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Telegraph and Telephones
State Executive Council
Wise
Executive Council
Iowa
Kling
Fish and Game Laws Proposed Season Extensions
Legislation outlines extended trout fishing from November 1 to 16 and trot-line season to December 16. Quail season moved to December 15 from January 1. Bills propose prohibiting shooting live birds from traps and broadening daily kill limits to include wild turkey, ducks, geese or brant. Also an act would permit taking buffalo and carp from large lakes under game warden direction. Publication clause. Approved funding of 13,600 dollars for fish and game warden salaries and expenses.
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Mattes
Chagsell
McDole
Wanna
Railway liability and stock car passes proposed by railways act
A historic item notes proposed rules on railway liability for shipments across lines allowing claims for loss even when damage occurs on connecting lines and assigns fault to lines failing to prove non fault. It also outlines a plan to issue library passes for livestock shipments and required caboose toilet facilities within a year.
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Wright
Hart
Concurrent resolutions favor Hepburn-Dolliver bill passage
A concurrent resolution urges rapid passage of the Hepburn Dolliver bill in Congress and supports creating no library post in the federal structure.
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Congress
Miscellaneous measures and proposed acts in Iowa legislature
A compilation of multiple bills and measures from the Iowa General Assembly. Topics include voting rights for executors and guardians, meeting schedules for the state board of health, recording errors in instruments, school grounds access, election appeal procedures, code exchanges, tuition for nonresident students at state schools, and various authorizations for state councils, railroad rights of way, and public health regulations.
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Wright
Supreme Court
Leech
State Board of Health
Lamiin
Martin
Council Bluffs, Tabor & Southern Electric Railway
School For the Deaf
Maben
Secretary of State
Iowa
Executive Council
Green Bay Township
McNie
College For the Blind
Vinton
School For
Council Bluffs
Yead
Towa
Hambleton
Mina
Clary
Cummings
Marshalltown
Benler
State Square
Jacobson
Temple
Dick- Ingen County
United States
Engiigh
Polk County
Legalizing Acts and Local Incorporation Notices
Legalizing acts across multiple counties include city council actions in Dubuque on special assessments and West Des Moines school bonds. References cite election for incorporation in Leroy Decatur County Lost Nation Clinton County and towns in Harrison and Monona counties, with tax levies and district formations.
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Dubuque
West Des Moines
Aiateict
Board of Cups
Crawford County
Leroy
Decatur County
Lost Nation
Clinton Coun Independent
Motdler
Monona County
Sol
Deep River
Clayton
Perala
Harrisoni
O Reia
Hason
Pernia
Harrison
Board of Supervisors
Im ‘Dalaity
Arnold's Perks
Wek Tionkas
Owe
Q Tonka
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Thirtieth General Assembly of
Elmira
Commissioner of Labor
Bureau of the Census of the
Eneglish
House
Senate
Kendallh
Fish and Game Laws
Railways
Sale
Cheney
Weeks
Missouri River
Isari Vyalus
Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Representatives’ Chamber
Gregory
Christianson
Oltica
Robinson
Summers
Purpo
Jones
State Agricultural College
Amesa Highway and Drainage
State University
State College of Agriculture and Medianic Arts
State Normal ‘School
Bpidora
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