Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-06-03
REVERE THE DEAR OLD
STARS AND STRIPES

Be it enacted by tie General Assem-
by of the State OF Iowa:
Sect ON l. oea,-des eeration de
fined. That sc ton five thousand
twenty-eight-a (502S-a) OF the sup
plement OF code, 1907. be and the
same is he eby repealed, and the fol
lowing enacted in Lea thereof
Amy pe.son wao in amy manner,
Tor lhiibition or display shall place
Or cause to be placed, any word,
figure, mark, picture, design, draw
ing or amy advertisement of any
nature, upon a.y flag, standard,
color, or ensign of the United States
or stat flag of this STATE, or en-
syn, upon which shall have been
printed, pairtsd, CT otherwise placed
or to which shall be attached, APP
pended, affixed, or annexed, amy
word, figure mark picture, design,
or drawing, or amy advertisement
OF any nature, or who shall expose
to public view, manufacture, sell eN-
pose for sale, give AWAY, or have in
possession for sale, or to give away,
pr for use for any purpose, amy ar
ticle, or substance, being AN article
OF merchandise or article, or thing
carrying or transporting merchan-
chamdlse, or a receptacle of mer-
phandise or article or thing for
carrying 70 transporting merchan-
disc, upon whi Ii shall have been
printed, painted, attached or other
wise placed, a representation of amy
such flag, standard, color or ensign
to advert Sc call attention to, decor
ate, mark, or distinguish, the arti-
Gle or substance, ON which SO placed
OF who shall publicly mutilate de-
face, defile or defy, trample upon,
or cast contempt, either words,
or act, upon such flag, stamda ard,
color or ensign, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
be punished by fine notr exceeding
one hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment for not more TIL am thirty days;
and shall also forfeit a. penalty of
fifty dollars for each sul.ah offense,
to be recovered with costs in civil
ACTION, or suit, in any court hav-
ing jurisdi ction, and such action
OF silt may be brought by and in
the name of amy citizen of this state
and SUI [h penalty when collected,
aefs the reasonable cost and eX-
pense the reasonable cost and eX-
pease of Teton or suit and recover
to- be certifIei by the clerk OF the
district court of the county in which
the offense is comm tied. shall be
paid into the county treasury for
It e baEef.t of the sch.oi fund, and
two or more penalties may be sued
for a d recovered in same action
or suit The words, flag, standard
color, or ensign as used in this Sc
ton shall in ;lude any flag, st andard
color, IN ign, Or any picture or le-
pres enl.ation of either thereof made
of amy substa :ce, or represented ON
amy substance, and of any size, evI.-
IDENTIFY punp ortirg to- be either of,
sa d flag, standard, color CIR ensign.
of the United S ates of America or
picture or repreSen tat!on, of Ell
Their thereof, upon whi.h Shall be
SHOWN the colors, the stars, and
the strip s. in amy number of either
thereof, CIR by which the pers ON
-eing the same without delibera-
t on may belize the same to repre-
sent the flag, col)rs standard or
el2sign OF the q. ited States of A
merica
The possession after this act takes
effect, by, any person othe.' than a
publ ficer, as such, of amy such
flag, st Jndard, co.cr CIR ensign, on
which shall be anything made UNI
lawful by this section, or of amy ar
tscle or slbst lnce or thing ON which
SHALL be anything made UNLAWFUL
by tn IS section shall be presumptive
evidence that the same is in VIOLA
Ton of this section, and was made,
done or created after this act takes
efleot, and that such flag, standard
color, ensign or article, substance
or thing did not exist when this act
takes effect.
Section g In Fife t. This act shal
be i'm full force and effect ON and
after January LIST. 1914.
Approved April IA, A. d. 1913.