The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-07-12
NEW LAWS in EFFECT.
GENERAL ENAcTMENTs BECOME
OPERATIVE JULY 4.
Antf-PasS, Antf-Bird and Pure FOOD
Bills, Passed by Last Iowa Gem
eral Assembly, Are Now I'm
Force.

came operative July 4. MoSt VI Tic
laws contained emergency clauses and
| became effective upon publication, soon
after they We're passed but several I'M
portant statutes went OH the books for
mally on that day.
Among them are the numerous stat
utes fixing the terms of State, county
and township officers TO comply witt
the recently adopted biennial election
amendment. There are about twenty
of these laws aud under them the term,
Of officers are extended or cut off, as
| the Legislature deemed best. 1t was
! hard job to reach an agreement on
these questions. Many favored four
year terms for certain officers. The
laws as passed provide not more than
two year terms.
The law providing for system Of
municipal K counting went into effect
July 4, but 1t really doesn't become
operative until April /, 1907. The aud
itor is authorized to name a commits
sion to draft and compile system. He
then sends out blanks explaining it and
1t must be used after the date men,
toned.
The anti-pass bill is another import
nations birthday. After July 4 no pub
lie official In Iowa, whether he be Of
the Federal government. State, county,
township or city, can use free transpor-
tatlon. The child labor bill also went
into effect on the same day, as did the
pure food bill. the bill limiting peti-
tions of consent to manufacture or sell
liquors to five years, the bill to protect
birds and others.
Two bills went upon the statute
books as lows July 4 but which do not
become operative Immediately are the
State teachers certificate and the gas
oline bills The teachers certificate
bill, which really reorganizes the school
teaching system of the State, becomes
operative Oct. I. The gasoline bill re-
quires big red labels on cans contain
ing gasoline. 1t goes into operation
Jan. ], 1907. 3D..
The following new statutes became
effective July A.:
Fixing the rate for legal publications.
Fixing the terms of State county and
township officers to coincide with the pro-
visions of the biennial election amend
ment.
Requiring county auditors to keep fee
book.
Authorizing additional levy for library
purposes.
Providing a uniform system of muni-
cipal accounting
Providing freedom Of worship to in
mates of charitable State institutions.
Removing the circle from the ballot IN
all elections. ...."
To exempt from taxation accumulations
and funds of fraternal benefit associa-
tions.
Providing for the taxation of State saw
ings and national banks.
To encourage the protection and plant
Ing of forest trees.
To encourage the use Of wagons with
wide tires by remission of part of road
tax.
Authorizing life insurance companies
to invest funds in construction of Office
buildings.
Prohibiting issuance of or acceptance
of free passes over steam or interurban
railways by such railways or public Off
cials respectively.
Authorizing registration of stations
and bulls.
Prohibiting the establishment of sa-
looms within 200 feet of cemeteries.
Limiting petitions of consent to sell or
manufacture liquor to five years.
Prohibiting child labor in certain cases.
Increasing powers and appropriation of
geological survey.
Increasing powers of the State dairy
commissioner.
Prohibiting the transportation and sale
of dead birds, their plumage, feathers,
skin, etc.
Prohibiting Importation into the State
of infected nursery stock.
Establishing course of clay working and
ceramics at State agricultural college at
Ames.
Raising the age limit for admission to
the girls industrial school from 10 to
Is years.
To preserve the public archives OF the
State.
Authorizing State institutions to accept
bequests.
To regulate assignment of wages.
Providing penalties for injury or de-
struction of sidewalks on Halloween
Prohibiting solicitation of patronage for
immoral resorts.
Prohibiting the sale and manufacture