Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-07-01
COUNTY ATTORNEY
JOHN A. GRAHAM
Receives Word of New State Laws
That Go Into Effect July 9TH
Many Important Changes

The coming of July 4th will wit
ness some important changes in the
laws of the state, particularly in the
liquor laws, the gchanges in which
were embodied in amendments pass
ed by the last legislature.
| One important amendment to the
liquor laws, which goes into effect
on the national holiday, is the one
providing for punishment for per
manent offenders" against the liquor
laws. This amendment provides that
after the first prosecution for a vio-
lation of the liquor laws, IL man is
arrested afain, he can, If prove nguil-
ty, be sentenced to year in reforma-
tory or penitentiary. The law is OARS
tic in that ii is state wide in its APP
plication, and effects man who has
been convicted for violation any
where in the state, so that previous
conviction anywhere else in the state
would put him under the provisions
of the law, and the record of the
case is regarded. under the law, as
sufficient evidence.
| Another amendment, also state
wide in its nature like the one told
of in the foregoing, is that which pro-
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joined anywhere in the state from
violating liquor laws, if he is found
guilty of a subsequent violation, is
liable to punishment for contempt of
court. This applies, as stated, il he
has been enjoined in one part of the
state and is charged with violation in
another. This law, it is expected,
will serve to help county attorneys
where public sentiment is inclined
to be wet and they can take the
case to the Judge and get an injune-
tion where they might not secure a
conviction from a jury.
The amendment which passed the
last legislature providing for four
special officers of the state, named
by the governor, whose business ii
shall be to help enforce all the laws,
and whose duties are state wide. is
also important. They are not named
by the law to especially enforce Ii
quor laws but 1t is generally regard
ed as the idea that they are to do that
and are to act more as spur to To-
cal officers to get after offenders UNI
der the law than anything else. They
are named, however, to help enforce
all laws of the state and the whole
state is their Jurisdiction.
One of the most important amend
ments of the liquor laws, whichsgoes
into effect the Fourth. is the one
which provides that every transpor-
tation company over whose lines Ii
quor is shipped must keep record of
the party shipping IL. its weight and
general character. what tits and the
amount and the name and residence
of the man who receives ii written in
ink in his own hand and that such
record shall be accessible at all times
to the peace officers of the state and
county to inspect at their will.
The amendment does not prescribe
the penalty but classes failure to live
up to il as a misdemeanori which, in
the absenceEof any<arescribed penal
lty, is punishable under the laws of
this state by a maximum fine of $500.
Another important amendment is
that which provides against any per-
son or transportation company car
rying liquor in the state for unlawful
purposes and this affects inter as well
as intra state shipments. This law
has already been in force but not SO
drastically as at the present made up.
There were also some amendments
to the road law passed, some of which
are already in effect and some of
which go into effect the Fourth. The
new law gives boards the right to con-
denim land for road except where
there are trees or cemetery, places
the highway commission under SIS,
900 bond each, makes townships pay
for the fills of culyerts and bridges
up to a stated sum, and makes other
changes.