One stenographer at a salary of.... One watchman who shall be janitor, at a salary of.. 780 780 For the Historical Department— Assistant curator at a salary of 1,020 Second assistant curator, clerk and stenographer at a salary of.. 900 One museum assistant at a salary of.. 720 One janitor for the historical building at a salary of.. 720 One night watchman at a salary of 720 For the Executive Council One secretary at a salary of One clerk at a salary of .... One clerk at a salary of. One mail-carrier with team and wagon who shall perform the duties assigned to him by the Executive Council at a salary of. For additional clerical assistance not to exceed.... For the Board of Control One chief bookkeeper at a salary of.... One storekeeper and clerk at a salary of One estimate clerk at a salary of One secretary and clerk at a salary of.. For the office of State Mine Inspector One clerk at at a salary of..... For Weather and Crop Service Director's salary Clerical assistance not to exceed For the office of the State Board of Health One clerk or stenographer at a salary of For the office of Supreme Court Reporter- 1,800 1,400 840 1,200 900 1,600 780 780 720 900 780 780 720 780 1,500 .$ 900 .$ 780 .$1,500 720 780 720 For the office of the Library Commission- One clerk and stenographer at a salary of . $1,200 720 800 For the offices of the attorney general, adjutant general, railroad commissioners, horticultural deparment, State agricultural society, State board of health, pharmacy department, dairy department, mine inspector, labor bureau, Executive Council, the G. A. R. department and the geological survey, there may be employed five janitors. All janitors shall be employed and assigned to duty by the custodian subject to the approval of the Executive Council. The custodian shall provide the necessary janitor service for all parts of the Capitol and historical build ing, not otherwise provided for, and the salaries paid shall not exceed the amount of $720.00 per annum for each of such janitors so employed. The janitors employed in the Capitol under the provisions of this resolution shal at all times be subject to the orders of the custodian to perform any additional service, by way of rendering assistance to the State house engineers, State house carpenter, supply department, historical department or any other labor that may be necessary about the Capitol or upon the Capitol grounds, at such hours as they are not necessarily employed in their regular janitor work, and it shall be the duty of the custodian to assign such janitors to such extra service, and he may discharge any janitor for incompetency, neglect or insubordination. The custodian may employ such other employees, as follows: One chief engineer at a salary of.. One assistant engineer at a salary of One carpenter at a salary of .$1,500 1,200 Additional engineers at cost not to exceed. 600 1,000 One janitress of ladies' toilet rooms, not to exceed three months per year, at a rate of...... 660 Three laborers for the Capitol grounds and other State grounds, at a salary, eight months in the year, at a rate of All necessary firemen for the boiler rooms each at a salary of............... One elevator tender at a salary of.... 720 780 720 720 One janitor for storage building at a salary of. All clerks in the departments named in this resolution shall be under the control of the head of the department and may by him be transferred to such work as he shall direct in assisting other clerks in the different branches of the service of the department. Any head of a department may at any time discharge any clerk, or other employe in such department, for negligence, insubordination or incapacity. Was taken up and considered. President pro tem Smith was called to the chair at 9:45 A.M. Senator Courtright moved that further consideration of this bill be postponed until tomorrow morning and that it be published in the Journal. The President resumed the chair at 10:05 A M. On the question, Shall the motion of Senator Courtright prevail? The motion was carried. HOUSE MESSAGES CONSIDERED. House file No. 457, a bill for an act requiring a report from the State University, State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and the State Normal School, and appointing a committee to inspect and report upon said institutions. Read first and second time and referred to the Sifting com mittee. House concurred in Senate amendment to House file No 150, a bill for an act to amend section 586 of the code, relating to the powers of township trustees. Passed on file. Senate file No. 313, a bill for an act appropriating the sum of $7,500 to be paid Chas. B. Fountain, Harold Fountain and Amil Hoch in settlement of all claims against the State of Iowa by reason of the death of Mrs. Chas. B. Fountain and Mrs. Amil Hoch, who were killed by an accident which occurred in one of the elevators of the State House on the 26th day of February, 1904. Passed on file. Senate file No. 317, a bill for an act providing for the appointment of a State agent and defining his duties and making an ap propriation therefor. Passed on file. Senate file No 325, a bill for an act making an appropriation to defray the mileage and expenses of the members of the various. committees sent by the Thirtieth General Assembly to visit the several State institutions, the School for the Dea', the grounds of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis and Old Camp. McClellan at Davenport, Iowa. Passed on file. House concurred in Senate amendments to House file No. 389, a bill for an act to provide for the approval of policies or contracts of life insurance companies. Passed on file. House concurrent resolution relative to the inspection of gypsum mines of Iowa. Passed on file. Senate concurrent resolution relative to bill pending in the Congress of the United States to establish a library post. Passed on file. House insists upon its amendments to Senate for Senate file No. 300, a bill for an act relating to offenses by persons in this State, attempted to be consummated or consummated elsewhere than within the borders of this State, and to offenses by persons out of this State attempted to be consummated or consummated in this State, and requests on part of the Senate conference committee. Passed on file. Senator Ericson offered the following concurrent resolution: CONCURREnt resoluTION. WHEREAS, The State of Iowa is a part of the territory of the Louisiana purchase, and having made an appropriation for the purpose of participating in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in the city of St. Louis; and, WHEREAS, It seems highly desirable that so full an historical collection as may be possible should be sent for suitable display, other commonwealths of the Louisiana purchase are making historical exhibits, and it would seem especially fitting for lowa to do her share; therefore, Be it Resolved by the Senate, the House Concurring: That the Executive Council be, and is hereby authorized to prepare for shipment to St. Louis such articles as they may decide to be suitable for the historical exhibit from the historical department of Iowa. Senator Ericson moved the adoption of the concurrent resolution. Adopted. The President announced that he appointed as members of the conference committee to conter on Senate file No. 300, Senators Courtright, Whipple, Dowell and Jamison. Senator Dunham, from the Sifting committee, recommended for consideration House file No. 352, a bill for an act in relation to objectionable advertisements in the vicinity of public school buildings, and moved the adoption of the report of the committee on Suppression of Intemperance recommending amend ments. The report of the committee was adopted. Senator Dunham moved the adoption of the following committee amendments: That the word "placed," being the last word in the second line of section 1, be stricken out and the words ''distributed or posted" be inserted in lieu thereof, and that said bill be further amended by adding to section 1 the following words: Provided, however, that nothing in this act contained shall apply to advertisements in newspapers of regular publication, distributed to subscribers or purchasers thereof." Adopted. Senator Dunham moved that the rule be suspended, and that the bill be read a third time now, which motion prevailed and the bill was read a third time. On the question, Shall the bill pass? The yeas were: Senators Bleakly, Brooks, Bruce, Courtright, Crawford, Crossley, Dowell, Dunham, Elerick, Ericson, Gale, Gillilland, Harper, Hasselquist, Hayward, Hopkins, Hughes, Jackson, Jamison, Jones, Kimmel, Lewis, Molsberry, Newberry, Saunders, Smith of Des Moines, Smith of Mitchell, Spaulding, Stirton, Stookey, Stuckslager, Taylor, Turner, Warren, Whipple, Wilson of Fayette, Wilson of Clinton, Winne, Young of Lee, Young of Washington-40. The nays were: None. |