The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-08
Fort Dodge Attorneys Say Law Meth.
er Goes Into Effect July 4 or BY
Publication Notice AS
i Required.
WAS THIS INTENTION?
Some of the Lawyers Seem To Expect
To Have the Law Declared Un-
constitutional For This
Cause.

prohibition law? Some Fort Dodge
attorneys are wondering over thls ana
base their ideas on the fact that the
, constitution Of the state says that
new laws passed by the legislature
will go into effect July fourth follow
ing, or if emergency laws, on publica-
ton notice. These Fort Dodge attor-
news point out that the law does not
go into effect July 4, and that the
publication appropriation has been de-
feated. Therefore comes the query
as to whether there is a joker in the
deal.
The constitution Of the state or
Iowa provides that the laws or the
legislature shall become effective In
two ways.
What are known as emergency laws
and, intended to go into force at once
are validated and made OF immediate
effect upon publication. Few general
laws, however, have the publication
clause attached, and these go into Ell
feet on the Fourth Of July first lol-
lowing the term Of the general as
| sembly which adopted them.
The prohibitory law, which is de-
signed to go into effect January l.
1915. falls under neither one or the
OCNeT Ol THESE ploNlSioh"'
1t has not been published.
It does not go into effect July 4.
All Depends On interpretation,
| II all depends whether the recent
! prohibitory law passed by the last
, general assembly complies with the
provisions Of the state constitution.
! Several Fort Dodge attorneys think
that it does not. while practically all
| interviewed admitted tho possibility
of 1t being declared invalid.
1.-The decision rests with the state
supreme court" said one attorney:
"On January ! next. I believe all OF
the saloons will go out Of business
| There is little doubt, however, that
! someone will contest the law. This
will then be carried up to the SUI
tpreme court for decision. The opin
ion of the court will determine wheth
err Iowa is to be dry or not
No Fund For Publication.
The Fort Dodge lawyers who ex-
pressed doubt as to the validity Of the
enactment of the state legislature,
based their claims on the failure OF
the assembly to provide any fund for
the publication of the laws. a fact
which in itself has received much
criticism from lawyers throughout the
state. .... f.. .....
The constitution Of the state pro
vides that: mo law OF the general
assembly. passed at regular session.
of a public nature, shall take effect
until the fourth day of July next. af-
ter the passage thereof. If the gen
eral assembly shall deem any law OF
Immediate Importance, they may pro-
, vide that the same shall take effect
by publication in newspapers in the
| state"
The question now which is puzzling
members of the Fort Dodge bar Is
which provision OF the constitution
this prohibitory law comes under. II
no specific time was mentioned. the
law would go into effect on July 4.
But certain time was mentioned and
because of this particular feature Of
the law, is it necessary for publfca-
ton? II this is true, then the law
; cannot go into effect because the leg
islature did not publish the law or
provide funds for publication.
Il am inclined to believe the whole
thing is a joker deliberately planned
to knock out the law" said one at
torney at may be that someone Sc
cured the defeat Of the publication ap-
preparation just to defeat this pro-
nibitory law. l would not be surpris-
ed TO see the law declared invalid"