Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-05-20
ONE QUESTION LEFT
CAN A LAW BE PUT INTO FORCE
AND EFFECT IN SECRET?
is EHE QUESTION.
ECHO OF LAST ASSEMBLY
Some OF The Laws Passed BY Last
Legislature viii Not Be Printed Or
Published In Any Form. Courts
May Have To Answer.

zen or a state be held to knowledge
Of the law when the state has provid-
ed that as to some laws that they shall
go into effect without any publica-
ton or publicity whatever? Putting
it another way, can law be put into
force and effect in secret?
That is a question which the courts
may have to answer in regard to the
work of the Thirty-sixth general as
sembly. 1t provides that some laws
should go into effect just that way.
The legislature decided that publ
cation Of the Session Laws" should
be discontinued. Law libraries hav-
ing these volumes from early days
will now he incomplete as to future
legislation. No provision has been
made for publication in book form OF
the entire list of bills passed, in the
form in which passed, and some Of
them will not be printed or published
in any form.
The provision for Supplemental
Supplement is that the laws OF a gen.
eral nature shall be printed entire,
where they are not amendatory Of
others; and where they amend Sec
tions OF the Code or Supplement, the
sections amended shall be printed as
amended. Then the appropriation
bills shall be printed in a pamphlet
The legalizing acts are nearly all
printed in newspapers and thus get
circulation. But some Of them are
not so printed, and these will not be
printed anywhere.
The Supplementary Supplement, to
be issued prior to July 4, will con-
tain not only new legislation and the
amended old sections, but all late an
notations from the court decisions up
to January /. 1t will not contain the
bills in full which purport to amend
the various sections, and the posses
sor Of the Supplementary Supplement
will have to make comparisons to
get the amended sections.
$50 Millions on Highways.
State, county and township govern.
ments in the United States spent
nearly s250,0oo,o 900 for good roads in
1914 alone. In the past two years the
single state OF California has appro-
priated $4,000, 900 for the improve
ment of her highways. All over the
country the good roads movement
has gripped the people-gripped them
in q most unselfish and patriotic way.
The unprecedented growth OF this
movement within the past few months
is not only encouraging-it is indica-
tive OF the foresightedness of the
American public. For the money
spent in betterment of roads will be
returned a hundred fold. Farmers
will be able to market their produce,
cities will be brought into closer
touch, the country will be united, land
will increase in value, and over every
road will pour stream of trucks and
pleasure cars that will surpass the
dreams of the founders of the goou
roads movement. The coming OF good
roads means prosperity-enduring
prosperity to all Americans. So i'm
bued with the good roads spirit are
the people becoming that individuals
and private concerns are appropriate
ing time and money to the cause.
Banking Business Steadily Growing.
State and savings banks, and trust
companies OF Iowa, have more than
four hundred millions of assets, &C
cording to report by the state bank
ing department. That Iowa's banking
business 10 constantly growing, and
along safe and conservative lines. is
indicated by the report. There were
fifty-eight banks in the above classifi-
cations organized in the state since
April last year the report shows,
and eleven Of these were started since
Feb this year. Something Of the
growth OF the banking business dur
ing the last few months is indicated
by the fact that the total assets now
show an increase Of $7,4S1, 62234 COM
pared with the assets Of Feb. 2, while
the increase over year ago April is
only s10,S9S, 3O5.01.
Changes Made In Area.
In report recently the Iowa COM
mission OF animal health states that
certain portions OF Buchanan and Linn
counties now under quarantine for foot
and mouth disease, will be changed
from the exposed area to the modified
area This permits a wider range in
regard to shipping stock. Certain re-
strictions that must be observed in
the exposed area are not enforced in
the modified. The commission has
also included all circus stock under
its ruling. Hereafter all deer, buffalo,
camel, giraffes and similar beasts will
be considered the same as farm stock
in the quarantined area.
VIII Appear Before Senate.
DR.. James !. Gibson, state veterin-
arian, has been requested by Senator
Kenyon to appear before the commit
tee from the senate that will hold a
hearing on the hoof and mouth dis.
ease in Chicago. In his letter Sena-
tor Kenyon said he Is particularly
anxious for Dr. Gibson to be present
as there 10 scarcity OF competent
witnesses. The senator is DESTROYS
of getting the Iowa situation clearly
before the senate investigating COM
mittee, he declared.
Care Of Insane Big Problem.
The state hospitals for the insane
10 pIsoq sasls gu, 'pspAoIo 6Ipsq sIs
control reports on its return to Des
Moines after the semi-annual inspec-
ton OF state institutions. There has
been an increase of 200 insane persons