Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

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The bill was in the following terms
"A bill for an act to prevent and
punish the Dissertation of the flag Of
the United Ststes-Be it enacted by
the general assembly of the state oil
Iowa:
Section l. Amy person who in any
manner, for exhibition, or display, shall
place, or cause to be placed, any words,
or figures, or numbers, or marks, or in.
scriptions or picture, or design, or de-
vice, or symbol, or token, or notice, OF
drawing, or any advertisement of any
nature whstever, upon any flag, stand.
ard, color, or ensign, Of the United
States, or shall expose or cause to be
exposed to public view any such flag,
standard, color, or ensign Of the United
States, upon which shall be printed,
painted or otherwise placed, or to
which shall be attached, appended,
affixed, or annexed, any words, or fig-
ures, or numbers, or marks, or inscrip-
lions, or pictures, or design, or device,
or symbol, or token, or notice, or draw
ing, or any advertisement of any nat
ure or kind whatever, or who shall ex-
pose to public view, or shall manufac-
ture, or sell, or expose for sale, or have
IN possession for sale, or for use, any
article, or thing, or substance, being
an article of merchandise, or receipt
acle of merchandise, upon which shall
have been printed, painted, or attached,
or otherwise placed, q representation
Of any such flag, standard, color, or
ensign, of the United States, to adver-
tise, or call attention, to, or to distin-
guish, the article. or thing, on which
so placed, or shall publicly mutilate,
trample upon, or publicly deface, or
defy, or de6le, or cast contempt, either
by words or act, upon any such flag,
standard, color, or ensign, of the
United States shall be guilty of mis-
demesnor.
Sec. 2. The words flag, standard,
color, or ensign Of the United States 90
used in this act shall include any flag,
any standard, any color, any ensign, or
any representation Of flag, standard,
color, or ensign, or picture Of q flag,
standard, color, or ensign, made of any
substance whatever. or represented on
any substance whatever, and Of any
size whatever, evidently purporting to
be, either of said flag, standard, color,
or ensign Of the United States, or
picture, or representation of either
thereof, upon which shall be shown the
colors, the stars and the stripes, in any
number of either thereof, or by which
the person seeing the same, without
deliberation may believe the same to
represent the flag, or the colors, or the
standard, or the ensign Of the United
States Of America.
"Sec. 8. This act shall not apply to
any act permitted by the statutes OF
the United States or by the United
States army and navy regulations, nor
shall this act be construed TO apply TO
the regular issue of newspaper or
other periodical, on which shall be
printed said flag disconnected from any
adveI tisement."
The bill was the same day given its
first and second readings and referred
to the military committee. Two weeks
it slumbered in the pigeon holes of the
military committee and was reported
back and referred to the com mittee ON
the Judiciary, February ~.
On the 30th day Of March, after forty
one days, the judiciary committee re-
ported the following substitute and
recommended its passage:
IAN act to prevent and .punishl the
Dissertation Of the flag Of the
United States"
Be it enacted by the general assem-
bly, of the state of Iowa Section L.
Misdemeanor. II any person shall
publicly mutilste, insult, trampls upon
or defile by words or act, any flag,
standard, color or ensign of the United
States he shall be deemed guilty of .
misdemesnor."
The words words or" in the substi-
tute reported show in the original re-
port on file heavy pencil mark drawn
through them which is explained by
the statement that Senator Bolter arose
to move to strike out those words and
the amendment was accepted by the
friends Of the bill with the idea Of fut-
ure amendment. So says Senator
Perrin. They thought they were saw
ing something out Of the wreck.
So the Law rs passed refers TO often
ces "by act" only and reads rs follows
Section 1.-Misdemeanor. If any
person shall publicly mutilste. insult,
trample upon or dsfle, by act, any flag,
standard, color or ensign Of the United
States, he shall be deemed guilty of q
misdemeanor."
The thirty lines Of the original bill
were thus cut down to two and one
half lines or thirty words, and nothing
was left Of it but the title, snacting
clause and part Of the 18th, the 10th
and the 18th lines. This was not &C.
complished by condensiug its provisions