Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-23
ATTORNEY GENERAL SENDS OUT
NEW LETTER ON SUNDAY
STATUTE.
AMATEUR SPORTS NOT
BARRED, HAvNER RULES
Sunday Newspapers May BE Published
and Circulated, and Bakeries, Gar
asss, Railroads and Public Utilities
tMsy Be Operated Without Fear Of
ssA r
Oetsrfersnes.

trade tending In any way to CONNER
cialize the Sabbath are barred by the
Iowa blue law" according to a letter
which Attorney General Havner Is
sending out to county attorneys and
other peace officers of the state who
have asked for definite interpretations
of the statute.
On the other hand, Havner's ruling
declares that Sunday newspapers,
amateur baseball, golf. railroads, gar
ages, public utility service corporations
OF all kinds, delivery Of milk. operation
of bakeries, and labor Of absolute
necessity may be permitted.
The letter was sent out in order to
obtain uniform enforcement Of the
law in all counties and to avoid wrong
full interpretations.
Some county attorneys and city Of
! ficials have held that the law should
be interpreted to include garages, rail-
roads, newspapers. telephone service,
church collections. etc.
Settles Some Disputes. 4
Tire list IL the first definite an
nouncemeht Of the position OF the at
forney generals office as to specific
forms OF Sunday activities. It clears
UP a large number Of disputed points.
and wil give little satisfaction to the
cigar men, druggists, refreshment par
iors. etc. who, are clearly barred from
operating on Sunday by the law as
construed by the attorney general.
Following is the text of the letter
..I am in receipt Of your favor ask
ing our opinion with reference to the
various matters inquired about under
SECTION 500. In reply thereto will say
the operation OF railroad trains, street
cars, interurbans, automobile service
stations and automobile garages for the
sale OF gasolene or such accessories as
shall be necessary for the traveller to
proceed upon his Journey are not in the
opinion of this department violation
OF the law.
Section 500 provides:
Nothing herein contained shall be
construed to prevent persons
!, travelling or families emigrating from
pursuing their Journey. or keepers Of
toll bridges, toll gates and ferrymen
from attending the same
THE term parsons travelling in the
opinion OF this department, covers all
persons who desire to travel or move
about from one splace to another In the
state, or. In other words. Is local travel
ing.
".Or families emigraAing from pur-.
I suing their journey.
"This expression Of the statute un-
I auestionably applies to the persons
who are travelling across the state and
1t makes special mention of this class
OF travellers and the other expression
IN the statute persons travelling must
mean those travelling locally. Tho
particular method Of transportation is
not referred to, nor do we think the
statute was intended to apply to any
one particular method or manner Of
travelling.
rs Garages May Operate.
THE courts have accepted general
As the proposition that the things which
were to care for the traveller, such as
hotels, and taverns, or places to care
for their horses, as livery stables, were
always exempt because of the fact that
they are necessary for the care of the
travelling public and to permit the trav-
eler to proceed upon his journey. The
railway train, the street car, the inter
urban, and the automobile are all means
Nof travelling in this state.
1--WE do not believe in principle
there is any difference between fur
-saishing the provender necessary for a
horse and furnishing the necessary
sprovender for an automobile. 1t is a
different kind OF provender, but is In
tended for the same purpose, and in
asmuch as 1t has been held to be law
full to furnish the horse provender, in
our opinion 1t must be held that it is
lawful to furnish the automobile gaso-
line Through the same line Of reason
ding, the man who operates the garage
may sell the accessories necessary for
the person travelling to proceed upon
Ibis journey.
For instance, il man operating
an automobile should have tire trouble
iaor break some part OF his automobile
$50 that his journey would be delayed
sor prevented by reason Of such defec-
tive part, unless he could purchase the
same from the garage the operator Of
zthe garage would be protected under
the expression work Of necessity
and also under the expression, per
sons travelling" for the dealer would be
simply selling that which was neces-
Danish Kitchen
Work and Worry
and save your strength for
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