Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-13
Lazy Husbands Face Jail,
and Deserted Wives May
Call for Pensions
ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Remedial Moral Laws
ged-Of Land Act-Ban
Placed on Fake Ads


by the 1913 legislature. with the ex-
ception of those carrying emergency
clauses, deal with appropriations or
provide for the submitting of consti-
tutional amendments at the 1914 gen.
eral election, went into effect The
list of new measures is of wide
range and almost every subject has
been handled in some form or other.
Hereafter lazy husbands" are
doomed to get into serious trouble,
for if complaint is made and they
are found guilty they will be COM
PEELED to labor for the county, while
the $3.50 per day that they earn will
be turned over to their families.
Thus, while hubby is busily engaged
getting board and room for himself
he is providing close to $40 month
for the support of his wife and chill
dren.
For the woman in destitute cir
cumstances, who has no husband but
who has children, the law provides
a system of mothers pensions.
Remedial Moral Legislation
The last legislature also put
through what might be termed re-
medal moral legislation. Not only
was the Iowa red light abatement law
passed, but the solons provided for
minimum wage commission, and
the 1918 session will be noted as
one that repealed the famous Brads-
bury corroborative evidence law pass
ed in 1907.
The fake, advertiser will have to
go out of business. At the same
time the trading stamp system will
be abolished. The lawmakers
brought about this change by allow
ing the assessment of $4,000 an
nual tax for each county in which
the system operates.
Insomuch as the automobile is be-
ing blamed continually for the tear
ing up OF roads, particularly the
heavy trucks, hereafter the tires will
have to conform to a certain size.,
Several other changes wanted in re-
gard to the automobile laws were
not put through, however.
To meet the trouble occasioned In
the elimination of dangerous grade
crossings, the last legislature put
this work under the jurisdiction Of
the public service commission. Now
all grade crossings of every kind are
under it's control.
Tax for Publicity
While the last legislature provid-
ed but 100000 TO rthe San Francis
CO and San Diego expositions total
of $4,000 was appropriated for pub
licity work to be done under the d.
rection of Secretary of State I. M.
Howell, and in addition second class
cities are authorized to levy a tax
for publicity purposes.
The lawmakers also have author
lied hereafter all duly licensed min
listers of any denomination to per-
form marriage ceremonies and an ex-
animation of the statute shows that
the town of Little Falls, in Lewis
county, gets the name of Vader.
Among other laws which took ef-
feet are the following:
Allowing Seattle one extra justice
of the peace.
Legalizing voting machines.
Requiring fishing licenses.
Goss anti-hanging law.
Now port district laws.
Minimum wage law for women.
Murphine logged-off land act.
Juvenile court act, providing for
boards of visitors and other new fea-
lures.
Laws making the initiative, refer
endum and recall operative.
Exempting property of the Y. w.
c. A. from taxation.