The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-07-05
NEW LAWS TAKE Il. ECT july 4.
Put Into Force on Ma
tionaI Anniversary.

Des Moines, June 2S-Among the
laws passed by the last general as
sembly which become effective July
especial interest attaches TO the
liquor laws and the road laws.
The Foster road patrol law, said
by many to be one of tie most i'm
portant laws passed by the last legis-
iature, becomes effective July 4. This
requires boards Of supervisors to APP
point road patrolmen to have charge
of certain roads and to be responsible
for their beng Kept in first class
condition. These road patrolmen
must therefore be chosen by the
boards Of supervisors at once, II they
have not already been named, and
begin their work rlgnt after the, 4th.
The work Of these road pauo!men
should soon be apparent on Iowa
roads They are to drag or see that
the roads are dragged promptly at
Ter every rain. They are to keep the
roads free from ruts, impedlments
and the like, keep the bitches along
the sides OF the roads clear, the
bridges in good condition, the creeks
free from opstructlcns near the road
ways or where they. cross the road
ways under the bridges, and in fact
to do all the work necessary to keep
the roads in the best possible cOndl-
ton.
OF the other road laws passed by
the last legislature the only one in
which there is much general interest
is the one which authorizes Iowa to
accept federal aid in road building
and provides for the apportlonmehl
of money from the automobile tund
to match the apportionment made TO
building, This law will become Ell
fective July 4. The general admins
tration of the law will be directed by
the government through the state
highway commission.
Bone Dry" Laws
The two liquor laws known as the
bone dry laws passed. by the !ast
legislature were those fathered by
Senator Whitmore, Of Wapello, coun-
ty. one of them making the pace OF
delivery the place of sale and the 9th.
err preventing the advertising OF
LIQUOR in this state. The former law
shuts out all delivery of liquor to
persons except permit holders. 1t
adds to and increases the present
aridity of the state as under this law
the ONLY way the ultimate consumer
can secure liquor is to go outside OF
the state and buy it and bring 1t IN
himself and then he must use it all
himself as he can not give 1t away,
let alone sell any of it.
Dentists and veterinarians Will be
allowed to secure permits and bring
in liquors for medical purposes the
same as physicians are now permit
ted to do.
The repeal of the anti-discrimina-
ton fire insurance rating law takes
effect July 4th, thus wiping this law
off the statute books. Insurance COM
panies however are claiming that this
will not make any changes in rates
materially except that in some in
stances they will go higher.
Vital Statistics Law.
The vital statistics law, providing
for registration of births, marriages
and alvorces in addition to the regis
tration of deaths as required under
the existing law, becomes effective
with the new grist and is one in
which there is much interest, particu-
larly among women's organizations.
This makes it the duty Of the clerk
of the, district court to see to it that
all births are reported to his office as
well as to keep record of marriages
and divorces and report all of these
to,the state board of health
The game laws providing for five
years closed season on quail and also
on prairie chickens up to November,
1922, will become effective but of
course are not liable to be thought
much about until the fall season
comes when it has heretofore been
customary to shoot these birds.