Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-03-02
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DIES MONIES, March q 1905.
The bill providing for che esta 2 lish-3
mont Of a woman's reformatory AZ An
aroosa has met with such general ap-
| nrbval that the friends OF the .reforma-B
atorv system have framed q similar;
bin providing for 4 reformatory TOE
men. The Anamosa penitentiary -
far superior to the institution at Fort
| Madison and has been chosen as the
more suitable location for the. pro-
| posed reformatory. Senator Emmert
| has introduced a, bill in the senate
which provides for the necessary
changes in the institutions, and appro.
PIRATES $50. 900 for the. erection Of a
school, building the only additional
building required to change the Ana
I mosa prison into a reformatorv. The
older convicts and those who are
convicted repeatedly will be confined
at Fort Madison All conviets under
25 who have been guilty Of murder
burglary or other serious crimes are 70.
be sent to the reformatorY. Conylcts!
under 35 who are in for slight crimes
| and who have not been convicted
more than twice are also to be sentst 70
Anamosa. Inmates are to be graded
i according to their conduct. they are
| to be sent to school for q certain time
each day and are to be taught trades.
When they have reached certain.
grade Of department they may be pa
! rolled on good behavior.
Chris Hansen and Arthur Kyle, Off
GERS of the Retail Liquor Dealers asso-S
citation, accompanied by their attor-t
ney, Fritz Conrad, have filed for record
| with the county auditor the new sa-
loon consent petition on which the
association has been working for the
past two weeks. The petition carries
/ over 900 signatures. but of these the
association claims only 4, T36 are good.
| 1t requires 4,324 names to make the
petition good. If the figures OF the
association officers are correct the PEE
tition has majority of 4l2 names oyer
the number required. sssSaa
|: The total net collections of the Des
| Mones revenue Office for the month OF
February were $12, OBS SO, against Vi -
163.56 for February, 1899. The follow!
ing items make up the gross amount:
Cigar stamps, s.. 166, 30; obacro stamps,
! $l27.sO; documentary stamps. ~, 500. %;
proprietary stamps. $2,25nOs total,
| ST. .15O.l3; less discounts OF S74.3O,ss
leaving ST., O75 SO. There were twenty
! three business days in the month.
Average net collections per day, $685.. o..
Judge Conrad rendered an important
decision in the case OF David Andrews
| VS.. Mark Chiesa. In this case the
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! school fund, to recover $1,000 for sales
of liquor it is alleged We're made by
defendant to his father, an habitual
drunkard. The statute, before the
code revision, provided that where 9
sale OF liquor is made to . drnnkard, a.
minor, or to a person whose relatives
! have forbidden sales being mad thg
person aggrieyed might bring action.
!, for the benefit Of the school fund. and
recover 500 for every Illegal sale
|. shown 1t developed on the trial Of
/ case that the code commi ssion' s rec
port, that the statute be continued az
! it was, was not regarded by the leg is-a
! lature, and that it dropped out the
words, "for each otfense." Relying OH
this, the defense contended that it was
intended by the legislature that a per-
son could recover for but one sale
prior to the time Of bringing the action
and not for all the sales proven. 1t
was argued that in the past persons
! Interested have permitted sales to be
male in large numbers, that they
/ might sue for large amounts, and that
! the legislators. knowing this, were Of
! the opinion the intent of the law,
which was to prevent these sales. had
been violated, so dropped the words,
| intending thus to force suit to be
| instituted as soon as one sale is made,
and to revent the abuse of the rights
vested by the statute. Judge Conrad
held that this is the only interpreta-
ton of the statute, and directed the
| jury tVtind, if it found atall, for one
! sale only. He said that it was clearly
, intended that but one sale can be sued
upon at a time. and suit maintained
for only one sale made prior to the
commencement of the action.
A bin which abolishes the Office OF
! custodian of public buildings and
I grounds has been framed and brought
before the senate committee appointed
! to consider the name of J.. D. NECTAR
! raugh, whom Governor Shaw nomi-
mated for the Office Of custodian. The
bill stipulates that the person ap-s
pointed custodian must be q practical
4 electrician, an experienced engineer
and a man thoroughly versed in heat
ing and ventilation. In addition to
being custodian the man appointed 10.
also to act as engineer and have COM
plete charge of the lighting. heating
and ventilation of the capitol. 13
BRITISH MEET HEAVY LOSS.
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