People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1896 — Iowa State Legislature. [ARTICLE]

Iowa State Legislature.

Des Moines, lowa, Feb. 26.—The age-of-consent bill will probably be called up in the senate to-day for final discussion and vote. Yesterday the senate passed the bill by Killburn giving school districts the authority to vote to furnish free text-books to all pupils. On motion of Senator Carpenter the Carney primary-election bill, defeated by the senate last week, was called up, the vote reconsidered and the bill recommitted for amendment and modification, after which the opinion is general that it will pass. The appropriations committees have commenced their work in earnest. Unless an enormous amount of additional revenue is provided the bills so far introduced will have to be scaled down an average of 50 per cent. The appropriations asked for amount to about $1,800,000. The only safe thing the appropriations committtees can figure oh at present is about $850,000 for extraordinary appropriations. This is on the basis of a 2%-mill levy.