Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-03
HEN LAWS TAKE EFFECT
Laws of Last Legislature Take
Effect With Coming Of
This Month.
I1abitual Criminals Will Here.
after Get Twenty-Five Years
for Any Felony.
Bail Will Be Accepted Now in
the Worst OF Crimes 50.
Bruce Safe.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to -Republlcan.
Des Moines July 3.-With the
coming of July the new laws all went
into effect. The volume of session laws
is completed and few sent out, but
the general distribution has not been
just gone into effect is the habitual
criminal act. The statement has been
made in scme of the papers that a
sentence was inflicted under this law
the other day up in Howard county,
but Representative Howard, who was
here yesterday attending the meeting
of the code commission, called atten-
ton to this and said it was d mistake
because the law was not then in force
and could rot have been applied. The
law provides that where a criminal
has been twice sentenced to the peni-
tentiary, each sentence being not less
than three years, and he comes again
before any court for sentence on con-
viction of felony he must be sem
fenced not less than twenty five years.
If the crime for which he is sentenced
a third time should be murder in the
first degree he would get life imprison-
ment, but can not get less than twenty
five years for any felony. The previous
TWO convictions may have been in this
or any other state of the union. 1t will
probably be some time before the crim-
inal classes of the state learn of the
existence of this law, and there will
have to be d number of sentences un-
der the law before it is understood. The
ma iority of sentences under this rule
will be in the large cities. where there
are few habitHal criminals who can
only be dealt with in this way. The
law is now in force.
Another of the new laws which may
interest some persons is that relating
TO bail in certain cases. The law has
Seen for several years. or since the
adoption of the new code, that mo de-
fendant convicted of murder or charg
ed with treason shall be admitted to
bail" in the state of Iowa. Now the
law reads that mo defendant convicted
crime of treason shall be admitted to
bail" The difference is obvious. AT
first reading this would seem to make
the granting of bail to Mrs. Hossack of
Warren county illegal, but it was held
by the court that as she has been
granted a new trial she is now legally
in the position of one simply charged
with crime and supposedly innocent,
and therefore bailable.
The printing of the new edition of
the code of Iowa will be commenced in
few days. The work of making some
changes in the plates will not take long
and the plates of the code have, of
course, been carefully preserved. The
paper for the same has arrived, and as
there is a large amount of the paper
for the new edition of the code and the
supplement- the old question has come
up again as to who is responsible for
the paper while it is being handled by
the state printer and the state binder.
Last winter when there was fire in
the bindery and a small loss the state
and the binder both sustained some of
the loss. But there is nothing in the
law to indicate who is responsible. The
state gets the paper and leaves it with
the printer and binder while they are
doing the work. But in this case there
will be several car loads of the paper.
and to make sure of not getting into
trouble by possible loss State Printer
Murphy will receipt for only small
part at a time. But in the case of
State Binder Tedford, he will be com-
III ha> ha
on hand at once. 1t will be a big job
for the state binder-15.00O volumes of
the supplement- and $500 of the new
CODE all to be done at once. The work
will be as great as all the rest of the
state binding for the term. The code
commission has not yet decided about
the index and a few other matters re-
lating to the new edition of the code.
EN- Speaker II. NJ. Byers. of Harlan,
who is in the city. says it is all a mis-
take about there being trouble in the
Ninth district over member of the
state committee. AS far as he knows
there is no serious opposition to the re-
election of Senator Bruce. j. S. Dew
ell, of Missouri Valley, and George
Wright, of Council Bluffs. are reported
to have been considerd candidates for
the place.
The members of the capital COM
mission got together yesterday and
spent the day in talking over plans.
Senator Funk is chairman and MIR.
Shoentgen secretary. The commission
is an admirable one for the work In
hand. Senator l'unk's plain good sense.
his business ability. his enthusiasm for
everything belonging to his native
state. admirably tit him for the head of
the commission. Mr.. Schoentgen is an
active young man, filled with the en-
thusasm of youth and Jealous for do
ing in this work something that will
live in history. He is thoroughly
trained under the finest teachers OF
architecture in Europe. Mr.. Cumming,
the artist, is a anof great experience.
He is engaged in the work of upbuild-
ing art in this state, in encouraging
love of the beautiful. and perhaps the
most that he hopes to do on the COM
mission is to give to the people OF the
state of Iowa AN example of art that
will stand for a century as the admired
of all the people. The commission Will