Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-10-09
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| THE NEW CODE.
The New Code, which took effect
OF the first day OF September, makes
some radical and important changes
in the laws. Among others we note
the following of general interest:
| The penalty of tax sales hereafter
made is reduced from thirty to twenty
per cent.
| School houses erected or repaired at
a cost exceeding $500, shall be, by con-
tract, let to the lowest responsible bid
der after advertisement for four weeks
in newspaper.
Contingent fund, il in the treasury,
| may be used for the purchase of maps,
charts, records, and apparatus, but no
debts can be contracted for these pur-
poses.
Married women are placed upon the
same footing in reference to contracts
and the ownership and possession of
property, real and personal, in nearly
all respects, with the husband, and
their property is not liable for his
debts.
No divorce shall be granted OH the
testimony of the complainant alone.
No stay of execution is allowed ex-
ceeding ak months on judgments.
Existing contracts not affected.
Real estate is sold under execution
without appraisement to the highest
bidder, subject to redemption for one
year.
Personal property is to be appraised
and sold for two-thirds value. After
being offered three times it may be
sold for onc-half appraised value.
The sale, destruction, concealmcnt
or other disposal of personal property
by chattel mortgagor, is made lar
ceny.
Racing or fast driving on the public
highway is made criminal.
Change of venue is allowed on pre-
| liminary examinations, and in such
examinations the party accused is q
competent witness in his own behalf.
Incorporated towns have power to
license sales made by auctioneers and
transient merchants and to license and
tao vehicles kept for hire and taverns.
The rules Of law regulating pro-
ceedings before Justices of the Peace
shall apply to proceedings before the
Mayor.
All public and special acts or statutes
the subjects of which are revised in
the code, are repealed.
All judgments OH which stay is TAX
en- bear interest at ten per cent.
Where Judgment is stayed or app
pealed from, no redemption is allow
ed on property sold Hereunder.
No county can bond outstanding in
debtedness unless it has q population
exceeding seven thousand. -
Permits for the sale Of fnfOxfcs4ing
liquors are allowed by the Board of
| Supervisors instead Of the Circuit
Court.
The County Superintendent cannot
be a school director or county super
| visor.
No vendors lien can be enforced
unless reserved by conveyance, mort
gage or other instrument duly record
ed.
A husband or wife joining the 9TH
er in deed is not bound by its cove
nants unless expressly 40 stated.
Marriages between persons whose
marriage is prohibited by law, or who
have q husband or wife living, and the
legitimacy of the issue of such mar
riage is made to depend on the good
faith of the second marriage.
The following are additional causes
for attachment;
The defendant is about to remove
his property, or part thereof. out of
the county. with the intention of de-
frsuding his creditors; or,
That he is abont to convert his prop
erty into money for the purpose of
placing it beyond the reach Of his
creditors or,
That he has property or rights of
action. which he conceals: or.
That the debt 10 due for property
obtained under false pretenses.
No officer can demand an indemni-
fving bond for the levy Of an execu-
ton unless notified in writing by some
person other than defendant, or a claim
to the property, and the officer is pro-
tected in his levy until SO notified in
writing.
The following are additional ex-
emptions from executions and attach
ments:
One shotgun, musical instruments
and paintings not kept for sale, two
cows and q calf, six stands of bees,
one sewing machine and all imple-
ments of domestic labor, printing
press and newspaper Office to
the value Of $1,000.
Suits can be brought before JUS
tice of the Peace in the county against
actual residents of any other county,
except on written contract stipulat-
ing for payment at the particular
place where the suit is brought.
The statute of limitations bars all
crimina; prosecution before q Justice
Of the Peace in one year from the
commission of the offense.