Iowa Senate debates tax bills and new sifting committee
In Des Moines March 20 the Iowa Senate backed a sitting committee to handle all pending bills. Tax reduction supporters urged sending every bill to the committee while revisionists led by Senator Patterson fought to keep some bills off the calendar. The Senate kept tax reduction bills first with other tax measures following, as revisionists in the House prepared a unifying tax bill. The new Senate committee drafted a calendar of eleven tax reduction measures and voted thirteen bills with only seven no votes. Lieutenant Governor Kraschel praised the committee’s composition of nine members.
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Iowa General Assembly
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Nto
Patterson
Enate
House
Kraschel
John H. Valentine
Centerville
D. W. Kimberly
Davenport
Irving H. Knudson
Ellsworth
Henry O. Miller
Morley
Clyde
Wolfe
Board of Guardians
White House
Robert Flemming
Threadgold
Devil
Farm Holiday Association
Navestock Seethes as Disease Strikes Town
In Navestock a deadly fever spreads with rising deaths as officials and citizens clash over action. Wolfe refuses lax measures while Robert Flemming and Ursula Brandon organize tents, nurses, and a hospital. Wolfe confesses love to Jess Mascall and pledges tough reform to fight the outbreak.
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Iowa Farmers Union rally at state house prompts tax relief push
Several thousand delegates from the farmers union and farm holiday groups occupied the state capitol demanding tax relief, relief from farm mortgage foreclosures, and parity with banks and big business. They warned of potential further action if lawmakers did not pass the program, while tax reduction bills already moving toward approval aim to cut local and state levies by about 25 million and possibly 60 million with a further Bennett Beatty measure. The session also contemplates repealing Iowa prohibition and regulating liquor sales with careful licensing.
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Farm Holiday Organization
State House
House
Senate
Des Moines
Towa
Special
Iowa
G. A
Bennett-Beatty
Legislative rush as houses clear calendars rapidly
The Farm Holiday groups threaten disbandment while awaiting committee appointments. Both chambers sped through a long calendar this week and printed a new one. The senate adopted an unusual number of measures.
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Assembly
House
Senate
Beer and wine bill push seen after national approval
The passage of federal beer and wine legislation has intensified efforts to legalize beer and light wine sales in the state. Senator Matt Cooney of Dubuque sponsors the senate bill and waits on Washington results. With national approval, advocates may mobilize against prohibition supporters as senate votes are checked.
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Congress
Matt Cooney
Dubuque
Washington
Senate
Senate and House Clash Over School Transportation Bill
The senate refused to concur with a house amendment making transport of pupils optional in consolidated districts. The house again voted it down and sent it back. Amendments made transportation mandatory beyond 14 percent of miles and optional below that. A conference committee will decide. The assembly passed a bill allowing directors to arrange attendance and transport of pupils to neighboring districts when schools are closed and to advertise bids for transportation.
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H. Topping
Burlington
Matt D. Cooney
Dubuque
Vincent K. Harrington
Sioux City
EB. R. Hicklin
Wapello
M. X. Geske
McGregor
Beatty-Bennett
Senate
House
Herring
Assembly
County Lawmakers Reject Centralized Purchasing and Vacancy Amendment
Members oppose centralized county purchasing and wholesale buying for rural schools by the county board of education. They favor home merchants as taxpayers and note county boards already have purchasing authority. The 44th general assembly failed to push a constitutional amendment granting the legislature power to fill vacancies, as the 45th Assembly refused to approve the proposal.
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County Board of Education
General Assembly
House
Senate
Mortgage claim limits set by house on deficiency judgments
A Webster county bill passed 100 to 0 requires plaintiffs to prove mortgage claims are not equal to the value of the claim or deficiency judgments fail. If the judgment covers all mortgaged property, no further judgment is allowed. A Hancock county measure also shifts liquor fine proceeds from county attorneys to the county treasury.
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Mitchell
Webster County
House
Durant
Hancock County
Rural high school tuition cut to nine dollars
In Richland the general assembly voted to reduce rural pupil tuition to 9.00 dollars for city high schools, with compensation for local districts for revenue loss from tax exemptions. The Farm Holiday dispute was softened with amended resolutions reflecting sympathy for farmers.
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General Assembly
Assembly
Tax Revision vs Tax Reduction Faces Test
The article notes a noncontroversial package of bills including a fre written Beardsley tri tax measure backed by tax revision forces. Senator Patterson will back it as a step toward tax revision though not his preferred substitute for an income tax bill. The outcome promises a real test between tax revision and tax reduction camps.
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Patterson
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