Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-07-08


| AS they had been published. The re-
! naming 166 became effective yester-
| day
Happily. the great majority OF these
new laws are of such a nature that
the ordinary man never knows that
they exist. but some 40 are OF more
than passing interest and 20 of these
40 will make q difference in the conduct
OF affairs with which practically ev-
cry citizen of Iowa has something to
do.
Cosson Laws First.
Most important of all these new laws,
Perhaps are the cosson acts which de-
tine the duties of county attorneys.
she,ffs and other officials who have
police powers and supervision of the
laws designed to keep the peace. Brief
~. these new laws give any five citi-
zens the right To start impeachment
proceedings against officials who do NOT
enforce the laws against immortality
and decencv
The sheriff, county attorney, mayor
or police official who knows of a gam
bling or-violations of the saloon or dis
orderly house laws. is compelled by the
new Cosson acts to take the initiative
and prosecute the Violators.
i Although lowa's legislature failed to
enact prohibition laws last winter the
measures placing new restrictions
around the saloon business are highly
important. None OF these has excited
more comment than the Moon law,
which limits the number OF saloons to
be licensed in a city to one for each
1000 inhabitants. This law will not
! have the effect of closing any of the
4 saloons now in operation. nl., when the
resolutions of consent expire the num-
Der will be gradually cut down until
the city with 10000 people will have not
more than % saloons.
Breweries Have Moro Time
Senator Benefits bill. which was
| framed for the purpose of preventing
breweries from owning or operating sa-
looms, does not become effective today
contrary to the general impression
I After March 1, 1910, no one except a
qualified elector OF the town. city or
township in which the business is CON
Quoted shall engage in the sale of in
toxicating liquors at retail
County auditors must furnish num-
bered certificates to druggists with
duplicate numbered stubs. These must
be used to record every sale of liquor
: The senate railroad committee played
joke on Senator James f. Bruce when
! 1t rewrote his bill which proposed to
give conductors on passenger trains the
I power to make arrests when their pas
4 sensers became disorderly as the result
( of drinking. When the bill came out of
the committee 1t was unrecognizable
and prohibited drinking on trains
whether in diners. buffet cars or pas
senger coaches. Although this was not
what Senator Bruce wanted at ALL the
measure passed both houses and be-
comes known and effective as the Bruce
law.
Representative Fred Hunter of Polk
county. fathered the Trimmer club bill,
4 which provides that search warrants
may be issued for the discovery of
cigarets or cigaret papers when there
IS suspicion that they are being kept
4 for sale or distributed contrary to the
law lnasmuch as the attorney gem
eral has recently ruled that it is un-
lawful to sell cigarets or cigaret pa
pers within the borders of Iowa, re-
CARELESS of the payment of the $500
annual tax. this law will be of more
Importance than was accorded it when
it was passed last winter.
No More Cigarets.
Senator Proudfoot's anti -cgaret law
prohibits minors from smoking cgarets
except when in company with their
parents or guardians, and also prevents
others from giving or selling cigarets
to minors.
= Senator Cosson's law which makes
the owner or agents of buildings used
for immoral purposes equally liable
with those who conduct houses of an
Immoral nature. has been referred to
frequently as the most important piece.
of legislation enacted by the Thirty
third general assembly BY its provi-
sions. 1t will be possible TO secure an
injunction against these resorts and
their owners. and if the injunction is
not obeyed the guilty parties are sub
ject to a fine of 5000 and imprisonment
Tor SIX months. A permanent injunc-
tion may issue and a tax of $500 may
be assessed to operate as Il perpetual
lien against the property.
Senator Saunders two bills to pro-
hihit the white slave trade, also be-
came effective
Senator Peterson's employers liabil-
ity law becomes effective. as does also
Senator Clarkson's assumption of risk
law. These two bills We're fought with
bitter determination by the railroads
and other corporations during the leg
islative session and the assertion was
frequently made that the t,larkson
measure would force manufacturers to
leave Iowa and keep others away from
the state. 1t provides that employers
Shall be responsible for injuries to EN-
ployes on account of improper work :
Ing conditions or imperfect machinery
or appliances whenever the employer
or his agent could. by the exercise of
reasonable diligence know that such
Senator Peterson's employers liabil
ty law affects only railroads and pro-
vides that the fact that an elnploye
who is injured or killed in the rail-
roads service has been guilty of con-
tributory negligence shall not bar re-
covery of damages. The amount OF
damages, however. shall be governed
by the degree of contributory negli-
gence of which the employee shall be
found guilty.
Doors Open Outward.
The doors of all public buildings in.
Guiding .heaters churches, schoo
! houses, lodge halls hotels, etc. mus
swing outward. in accordance with tn,
law framed by Senator Burgess.
The hotel law provides that rop,
fire escapes must be furnished In CUES
rooms and that a state inspector ant
his assistants must see that the Law
is obeyed with relation to fire pro
lection and sanitary conditions.
The marriage of first cousins is un
lawful in Iowa from this time on.
Bucket shops are no longer permits
sib!e.
There are to be no more secret fra
ternities in the public schools of tn
state.
Hunters must obtain license in or
der to chase the game bird or angle i
the streams. Residents of the stat
must pay license of 81 and non-r resi-
dents $40.
Changes in the primary law provid
ing for a rotation of names accotdin
to initial letter, become effective at thi