Senate met in regular session at 11 o'clock A. M., President Parrott presiding. Prayer was offered by Rev. C. L. Nye, Perry, Iowa. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Senator Hospers presented remonstrance of G. W. Anderson and others against the passage of House file No. 306. Referred to Committee on Railways. Senator Harriman presented remonstrance of Letts, Spencer Hoffman company in relation to pure food bill. Referred to Committee on Public Health. Senator Rowen presented resolution of Equality club of Eagle Grove, Iowa, in regard to the action of the Senate on equal suffrage. Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments. Senator Bonson presented remonstrance of citizens of Dubuque against any change in railway laws. Referred to Committee on Railways. Senator Hurst presented remonstrance of citizens of Jackson county on same subject. Referred to Committee on Railways. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. By Committee on Military, Senate file No. 423, a bill for an act to amend section 15 of chapter 58 of the laws of the Twentyfirst General Assembly, relating to powers of boards of soldiers' homes. Senator Craig moved that Senate file No. 423 be placed on the Calendar and made a special order for Thursday, March 26th, to follow the manufacturers' bill. Carried. On request of Senator Everall, leave of absence was granted Senator Byers until Wednesday. On request of Senator Kilburn, leave of absence was granted Senator Ellison until Wednesday. On request of Senator Hurst, leave of absence was granted Senator Hipwell until Tuesday. On request of Senator Cheshire, leave of absence was granted Senator Blanchard until next Monday. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. Senator Palmer, from the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred Senate file No. 411, a bill for an act for the better protection of game, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Fish and Game after the following amendment has been made: Strike out section 21; make section 22 section 21. D. J. PALMER, Chairman. So referred. MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred Senate file No. 100, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the laws in relation to certain police regulations, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed after the following amendments have been made: TITLE XII, CHAPTER 13, PAGE 510, OF PROPOSED CODE REVISION. Section 1, line 4, after the word "governor" insert with the approval of the executive council." Section 1, line 7, strike out the words test tubes or bottles" and insert in lieu thereof or other test tubes or bottles approved by the director of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station." Section 1, line 19, after the word "office" insert the following: "He shall have the power to inspect creameries, cheese or condensed milk factories, or premises where butter is reworked or packed, and examine into the sanitary condition of the premises, drains or sewerage, the ventilation, refrigeration and cleanliness, and purity of all milk, cream and products manufactured or handled, and as to the cleanliness of all machinery and utensils used in the manufacture of, or coming in contact with any such milk, cream or products. The commissioner shall have power to make all needed regulations for the government of city milk dealers, creamery, cheese and butter factory inspection, together with rules, regulations and requirements necessary, all of which shall be approved by the executive council." Section 3, lines 9, 17, 18 and 22, change “imitation" to "substitute for." Section 7, lines 12 and 13, strike out the words "it shall be at once returned" and insert in lieu thereof the words "the value thereof shall be paid by the dairy commissioner as part of the expenses of his office." Section 8, line 5, after the word "tester" insert the words "or other test tubes or bottles approved by the director of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station." After section 8 insert the following as section 9: "SEC. 9. Every city milk dealer, or the employe of such dealer, and every person or corporation, or the employe of such person or corporation, who operates a creamery, cheese or condensed milk factory, or reworks or packs butter, shall maintain his premises and utensils in a clean and hygienic condition, and shall make, upon blanks furnished by the dairy commissoner, such reports and statistics as may be required by the dairy commissioner, and such dealer, owner, operator or business manager shall make such returns and reports in the manner and in the time prescribed by the commissioner, and certify to the correctness thereof." Make section 9 "section 10." D. J. PALMER, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Senator Rowen, from the Committee on Penitentiaries and Pardons, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Penitentiaries and Pardons, to whom was referred Senate file No. 366, a bill for an act in relation to the sentence of persons convicted of a crime, and providing for a system of parole, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. Ordered passed on file. J. E. ROWEN, MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Penitentiaries and Pardons, to whom was referred the application of William Dilley, a life convict confined in the penitentiary at Anamosa under a sentence for murder, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the pardon of the said William Dilley be not granted. Ordered passed on file. J. E. ROWEN, MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Penitentaries and Pardons, to whom was referred the petition of Theo. Bushiek, a life convict confined in the penitentary at Anamosa under a sentence for the crime of murder, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the pardon applied for by the said Theo. Bushick be granted. J. E. ROWEN, Ordered passed on file. MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Penitentiaries and Pardons, to whom was referred the application of Joseph Mason, a life convict confined in the penitentiary at Anamosa under a sentence of murder, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the pardon applied for by the said Joseph Mason be not granted. J. E. ROWEN, Ordered passed on file. Senator Perrin, from the Committee on the Suppression of Intemperance submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Suppression of Intemperance, to whom was referred Senate file No. 90, being chapter 6, title ii, of the proposed Code of Iowa, relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be amended as follows and when so amended the same do pass. AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO CHAPTER 6, TITLE XII, OF THE PROPOSED Code of IOWA. In line 4, section 4, after the word "pharmacists," insert the words "physicians holding certificates from the state board of medical examiners.' In lines 7 and 11, section 5, strike out the word “may” and substitute the word "shall" therefor. In line 2, section 6, after the word “ petition" insert "signed by onethird of the freehold voters of the township, incorporated town, city or ward in which the permit is to be used." Strike out all of section 7. In line 15, section 9, strike out the word "fifteen" and insert the words "number of." In line 4, section 12, strike out the words "the length of time," and in line 5, after the word "force" insert the words "two years." In section 14, lines 5, 14 and 15, strike out the word "may" and substitute the word "shall" therefor. In section 22, line 6, strike out the words "to exceed ten," and substitute therefor the words "less than five nor more than twenty-five." In section 23, line 4, strike out the words "to the school fund;" in line 6 strike out the words "and one had been given," the word "and" and the word "any" after the word "of" and all of line 7, and substitute therefor the words "the amount so collected shall go to the informer and one-half to the school fund of the county." In section 27, line 7, strike out the words 'five hundred" and substitute therefor the words "two hundred." In section 38, line 4, insert after the word "selling" a comma, and after the word "another" insert the words "contrary to the provisions of this chapter," followed by a comma." In section 40, line 11, strike out the word "taxed" and substitute therefor the word "assessed." In section 42, line 5, after the word "giving" insert the words "contrary to the provisions of this chapter." In section 43, line 13, strike out the words "good faith," and after the word "holders" insert the words "thereof in good faith." Add to section 53 the words "any assessor wilfully failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs for each offense." In section 55, beginning in line 2, strike out the clause "and filed with him any time after the twentieth and prior to the last day of the months of December, March, June and September. Add to section 56 the following, "whoever is assessed under the provis ions of this act shall be liable at least for one quarterly installment of the tax herein provided for, notwithstanding any such person may discontinue the business when so assessed, and notwithstanding the fact he may have been in the business for a less period than three months and if he shall continue therein for a longer period than three months he shall be liable for an additional quarterly installment, subject to abatement on account of discontinuance of the business before the expiration of such second or subsequent quarter." Change all section numbers after and including section 8. Strike out all marginal and reference figures and underscoring of words and lines. W. B. PERRIN, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Senator Waterman, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred Senate file No. 314, a bill for an act appropriating money to pay the expenses of the Iowa Shiloh Battlefield Commission, appointed by the Governor of the state to locate and mark the position held by the Iowa regiments at the battle of Shiloh, incurred in the discharge of their duties as such, and to reimburse them for moneys expended in performing said duties, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. H. L. WATERMAN, Ordered passed on file. Chairman. |