Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-24
Nearly a Hundred Laws Passed
by Last Legislature Go In
to Effect July 4
JUVENILE LAW is IMPORTANT
Hege' ued as One oe the Most Import
ant Passed by the Last General AS
sembly - Several New Liquor Laws
Take Effect at That Time News of
Iowa.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to mes-Republican.
Des Moines, June 24.-Ninety-
of the laws which the last general as
sembiy passed will go into effect a
week from next Monday, that is July
4. The other 125 new laws went into
effect with their publication.
Among the new laws which go into
effect within two weeks is the one
which makes an assault with intent to
commit murder punishable by max:
mum sentence of thirty instead OF ten
years. This act was gotten through by
Senator Saunders OF Pottawattanlie
cation clause was attached 20 il is
not known. Ii it was good law and
really was desirable it would appear
to have been as valuable 10 have had
it apply to the assaults with inteat
to commit murder which have been
committed since the Legislature adj
journed ard will be committed before
a week from Monday as to the as
SuultS " ilich are committed after that
date.
Juvenile Court.
Thu juvenile court law is another
statute which goes into effect July 4.
Ut provides for the admin. 1".tiCa Ct
Il g or m.nal code as to Gil Iii N under
16 Years @; age. within the iisc,ct-t n
OF the q s.-ict court. At present youth
full Offenders must be tired ana sent
TO ptiser if found guilty just as their
o. lie, brothers in crime. The new law
viii leave something TO the discretion
of the ccur, If the juye.l,c offender
is under l6 and has not committed O
mnr.te,. the court may ailov him to
e.. may put him in Il nep- homo Ut
fnay place him in another state .n>litu
ito,
Will Get No Eeec.
Still another extremely important
law which is about to become effective
is that which provides that all boards,
commissions, departments and officers
of state inust turn into the state treas
ury all the fees that they collect and
to file with the executive council
statements of expenses and per diem
allowance, to be paid by the state. This
measure Will prevent boards from
paying themselves out of the fees they
collect bur will compel them to ac-
count to the state treasury for all fees
taken in. and requiring them to draw
their pay from the state treasury. It
was Thought that this would afford a
much better check on the state boards
which collect fees. 1t does not apply
to one CIR two.
Automobiles.
The act regulating the use OF auto
mobiles goes into effect a week from
Monday 1t limits their speed to twen-
ty miles an hour in the country. They
run at the rate of thirty now. more
the owners Of the machines to register
them with the secretary of state, and 70
get a number and license. 1t is esti-
mated that there are 1000 OF them N
the state A large number has regis
tered their machines already. but add.-
tional hundreds are expected In the
coming week.
Liquor Laws.
Three. very important laws relating
to liquor traffic go into effect July 4.
One provides that liquor injunction
prosecutions cannot be dismissed on
motion of the prosecuting witness and
without full explanation to the court
for the reasons for dismissal, such
reasons being satisfactory to the court
before dismissal is permitted. Another
provides that the auditor as well as the
treasurer of each county shall keep
track Of the mulct tax collections. This
act originated with Senator Newberry