Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-29
The State Marshal Law.

The state Marshall convention on
Friday: January 2lst, agreed upon .
oil which will be presented to the
legis.atur and pressed for adoption by
hose who are anxious to get their
dpgures into the public treasury. The
main features of the bill are as fol-
.vwt:
7 he state is divided into five mar
sh.,l districts.
Che marshal shall be appointed for
each district.
The terms Of Office for the marshals1
ilrst appointed shall be one year in
District No. l, two years in District
No. 2, three years in District No. 81
and four years in Districts Nos. 4, and
D. Afterwards the term OF those ap-,
point. d shall be four years.
Deg uty marshalS may be appointed
IN one district and transferred TO an-p
,tber.
District marshals shall enforce thea
Stale liquor laws. They shall report
violations to the district attorney,
who will commence prosecution; OrI
they may prosecute the case themi
selves.
District marshals aae to be vestedS
With the power of peace officers andt
may discharge their duties at anyI
pace in the state.
District marShalS have power to EN-,
ploy attorneys to prosecute caSed
where the county attorney shall rail-
o act and the attorney fee shall bel
taxed as costs In the case and on conf
yictlon as Judgment against tiae de-
endant. Ii not paid by defendant they
lee comes from the state treasury.
MarShals Shall have power to appoint
deputies and special deputies.
Duties OF state marshalS shall nOH
re ieve other peace officers OF their rel
possibility.
Druggists holding permits to self
Iiiquor shall file with district marshals&
cnpies of reports filed with county auls
dit r.
Compensation of marshals and depul
ties left for legislature to fill In.
Must file itemized accounts Of exT
p nses, etc. with the state auditor.
OF the mulcG tax collected by thd,
,uunties 5000 In each instance must bd
q mitted to the state treasury as q
fund to pay the expenses of the stata
u arShals' department. Of the state
Overnment.
Legal fees now taxed in liquor prOSI
Iecutions for sheriffs shall be taxed fol-
services OF the marShalS and their dep
II les and Shall be paid into the Btatsr
| treasury.
Should the assessor fail to make
the mulct assessment the district MARI
shall can doSo.
| Deputy shall make report8,
to the district marshals and the disl
tricr marshal shall make annual rely
ortS 70 the governor. Section Is ld-
Gates the Office headquarters OF tho.
various district maIShals.
All district marShalS appointed
must be confirmed by the state Senatf
met ore taking Office. =
he hosts that are gathering at Deg
MONIES to force the so-called RankiE
law through the legislature are IikelJ
to be disappointed. They will bf
treated with civility bordering upol
obsequeousness by the leaders OF th1
republican party, which, after TIL
failure Of their purpose, will disarn
hostility. These suave republicai
leaders say I'VE once allowed the prd
hibttion element to take controlof thi
Republican party in Iowa, with TIL
result that the state was turned ovef
to Horace Boies, and democracy.k
These republican leaders say, Nov
we have the control of the state and
The active support OF the GermaI
element of Iowa nearly solid. which
when the prohibitionists controlled
The party gave theirsupport to HoracIl
Boies. and we can not allow this follj
to be repeated, ald that element 81
political strength to be again lost Il
the republican party" This is Til
way the republican leaders argue snd
state the question among themselves.
and the almost certain probabifitte|
r. that the Rankin proposition viii
be turned down.