Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-10
MANY LAWS in
CODE, ARE NEW
ALL ACTS OF LAST LEGISLATURE
COMPILED IN RECENT SUP
PlEMENT.

/ Several strange laws, new to many,
are contained in the supplement- to the
Iowa code, which includes all acts OF
the the thirty seventh genera! assembly
and which has been distributed to the
county officers.
These in addition to the many amend
ments OF previous laws make lengthy
publication which will keep lawyers
busy arranging their work to cores
pond with1the changes.
Among the laws which went INTO
force July l., and which are included IN
the new code, are the following:
Keep Motor Records.
A law relative to motor vehicles re-
auires, all garage owners and employees
to keep a public record Of the number
Of motor vehicles and their engines and
the names and addresses of the owners
Of all such machines brought to the
garage for selling, rental, livery, stor-
age or repair II the proprietor or en-
ploye fnds an engine number which mas
been obliterated he shall at once con-
cede the machine to have been stolen,
and must notify the sheriff or police Of
flcers of the proper county. The law
provides that no record need be kept
IL the same machine is brought in a
second time or the owner is known to
the garage authorities. The penalty Tor
violation Is fine not to exceed 500.
Another law in the new code is one
which prohibits the dissertation of the
American flag by marking any device
upon a flag for advertising or other
purposes, or using the flag or seal OF
the United States as a trademark or
part Of an advertisement, etc. This law
goes into great detail as to the manner
in which the flag may be so desecrated,
and provides for fine Of not more
than 500 and penalty Of $50 for every
instance Of the offense committed. Tne
law excerpts the use OF the flag design
in jewelry, books, newspapers, diplomas
private correspondence, etc.
Must Label Mattresses.
Another new law provides for the
or kept for sale in the state, to tell
exactly the nature Of the material OF
which the mattress Is made. The law
states that only new material shall be
used in any manufactured mattress.
The penalty is a fine over $25 and not
more than $500 :.
Another new law provides that all
new insecticides and fungicides must
be made and sold unadulterated and cor
rectly branded, 1t being the duty Of the
dairy and food commissioner to deter
mine whether or not such an article is
adulterated The law contains COM
plete requirements for the correct for
mulae of the various mixtures COM
monty sold.
law providing for the organization
Of state poultry associations receiving
state aid in such communities as war
rant sufficient membership Is also in
the new code The requirement Is 10
or more members of local poultry as
socia ton.
Hits Train Robbers.
A new law Is added to the section
relating to conspiracy as criminal act.
which provides for the punishment OF
two or more persons who board railroad
locomotives or cars with intent to COM
NIT public ofYense. II it is shown that
the boarding was the result OF con.
spiracy. This new law will take care OF
all train robbers if they operate in
pairs or more, and the penalty is not
more than five years imprisonment or
$1,000 fine.
The new permit to carry concealed
weapons law provides that all permits
issued by the sheriff or chief Of police
to proper persons who may carry
weapons must be renewed after the end
of the calendar year. In other words,
the said permit will expire on December
81. following their issue, and must be
renewed by the carrier.
The other new law relative to dan
gerous weapons provides that no per-
son or firm may display in shop win
dows before the public, any pistols, re-
yolyers black jacks, slugs, billies,
knuckles. daggers, stillettos or other
knives or dangerous weapons. The pen
alty Is a fine Of not less than $40 and
not more than 500.