Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-30
SUPREME COURT CALLED UPON
70 DEFINE ARCHITECTURE
OF MACHINES.
ARE SIDE AND HOOD LIGHTS
ON .FRoNT" or MAcHiNE7
Peculiar Complication Arises Relative
to Printing Of lows "Ysar Book
Attorney Generals Office VI Against
Hard Problem Presented by Nom.
Der Of Council in Small Town.
special to rimes-Republican.


Des Moines. April s0.-The supreme
court at the next term will have to
decide what constitutes the front of
an automobile. A case comes from
Page county where owners of automo-
Diles were prosecuted for failure to
nave lights lighted on the front of their
cars. They had lights up on the hood
IN front and then other lights down
on the dash boards. one on each side,
and these latter we're lighted but not
the former. The supreme court will
nave to decide whether these dash
board lights were on 1.-The front" of the
machine.
peculiar complication has arisen
because Of the making of an appropria-
tion in the omnibus appropriation bill
to pay for all printing ordered by any
department Of the state not otherwise
provided for. There has long been pro-
vision for the printing Of the Year
Book" OF the department of agricul-
ture In way different from the regu-
lar state printing and the job printers
have been demanding that this work
be let out to bidders. But there was
no appropriation for paying for the
same. SO 1t has been done by the state
printer. Now with the new appropria-
ton the work can be done outside. But
as matter Of fact the state printer
now has the work about half done. It
is up to the state officials to decide
whether he shall go on and finish the
1oo or whether the work done shall be
wasted.
Two of the new laws that were
passed by the legislature affect news
papers. and especially the county seat
papers Of the state. One Of them is
intended to reduce the size and cost of
original notices directed against
unknown claimants Of property. so that
the attorneys in preparing these no
tees will not have to set forth the
names of all the possible claimants and
mass Of other stun. It will reduce
the size OF these official publications
very materially. and correspondence
reduce the pay which the publisher
gets. The other provides that official
publications designated by county Of
nclals. may be printed In papers Of
foreign Language. This gives the Ger
man. Swedish and other papers a
chance at county printing OF all kinds.
sun another bill authorizes designation
of an official town newspaper.
fifth general assembly was not busy
whhe IN session. The total Of bills
passed was 40. ss against $50. the
previous legislature.
P<,r
highway law which the legislature
gave to Iowa." said Hon. Paul Still
man. former speaker of the Iowa
mousse. who was here yesterday.
The bill is long step forward, and
1t Will result in giving the road making
movement in Iowa splendid impetus"
he said The people Of the state are
taking hold of the work with fine
spirit and intend to make the most OF
the opportunity given them to nut
road building on business basis. In
every county where there is desire for
good roads they will now get them"
Assistant Attorney General Robbins
came up against the hardest legal
problem In the experience of the de-
partment yesterday. A man who had
DeeH appointed to be a member of the
town council in small town in central
Iowa wrote him to get the law straight
as to the duties Of aldermen. He
stated that he had been appointed. and
that in the line Of his, duty he went
to the town hall, looked in at the door
and saw the mayor and two aldermen
playing cards. He turned around and
walked out He puts it right up to the
attorney general to know if he did
right or to state Just what are the
duties of an alderman
The board of control has asked for
an opinion as to the necessity for
having registered pharmacist at each
one of the state Institutions. 1t seems
that at each place, especially at the
hospitals. there is an employee desis-
mated for compromising the prescrip-
tons and handling the large stores If
If they are to be registered
it is probable the board
will have to pay larger salaries than
have prevailed.