The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01
Most of Enactments Which A.
feet Railroads Are Amend
ments to the Existing Laws
!. On Statutes.
BANKS CANNOT NOW
PLAY ANY POLITICS
Some of the New Acts Try to
Protect Prohibition States
From Having Liquor Ship
ped in to Them.
(American News Service)


Washington. Jan. 1.-Some of the
work of the joint congressional com
mittee on revision of the laws of the
sUnited States appear in the recent act
to cOdify, amend and revise the laws
of the country, which become effec
tive today. With the New Year sew
nseral important new laws and revisions
and amendments of old laws will ap
Rpear for the first time on the statute
books.
Most Of the enactments which eff
feet railroads are amendments to ex
listing statutes. Probably the most
Important one becoming operative to
day Is a penal statute which forbids
Nany national bank to make money
contribution of any kind in connection
I with an election to any political of
flee. Another clause OF this statute
lsays that it shall be unlawful for any
corporation to make a money contri
button in connection with any elec
ion at which presidential electors
ice presidential electors, representa-
tives In congress or United States
senators are to be voted for.
II corporation violates this Law
It may be fined $1,000 and the corpor
alton officer making the contribution
be individually fined $1,000 and i'm
prisoned In penitentiary for one
year. The National lawmakers be
lieye that this statute will effectually
6renasub the practice OF corporations
contributing to campaign funds.
Prohibition Assisted.
An effort has been made by congress
to protect prohibition states from in
terstate trade in alcoholic fluids within
their borders, sent in from wet
states. A new statute, operative TO-
day. forbids railway employees, express
company employees or persons work
ing for other common carriers, deliv
ering alcoholic liquors of any kind 9th
er than to the person to whom the
shipment is confined.
' A fine of 5000 with two years. i'm
prisonment, is the penalty for viola
On of this law, which is designed to
bOlish the blind tiger business hith-
erto carried on through express offices
IN prohibition states. Every package
Of spirituous liquors must also be plain
ly marked to show Just what it is. II
It is whiskey the law declares it must
be SO labeled.
Among amendments to existing
statutes are revisions OF the treason
laws and other offenses against the
government, including filibustering
criminal correspondence with foreign
governments by citizens of the Unit
hd States, and offenses against the neu.
trality of other governments.
Some Other Statutes.
Offenses against public Justice, in
cluding bribery OF judicial officials
and perjury, are provided for in revis.
Ion of statutes which already existed
the penalties being made more severe
in nearly every offense. Statutes on
counterfeiting are made more strin-
gent, the postal laws are revised in
many clauses. There are revisions OF
the laws governing foreign and inter
state commerce. Peonage and ad
miralty regulations have also received
attention in various revisions of ex-
listing laws. All the foregoing chang
es in the laws are provided for in one
general act, which was approved by
President Roosevelt March 4, last.