Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-03-28
Minors Under 20 Years
Could not Even Legally
Have Cigarets in
Possession.
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LEGISLATURE
Motion Picture Censorship
Bill a Special Order
Tomorrow.
(By The Associated Prcss.)

DPfOlC the mouse OF the iowa IeSlSla-
ture soon is a bill to license the sale OF
cigarets and cigaret materials, now in
the hands of the committee on police
regulations.
The measure in it's present status is
based on nhe Dodd bill, various provi-
si0ns of which have been altered in
committee. legislators say In its pres
ent form the bill provides that the state
executive council shall appoint an as
sistant to the state treasurer, the as
sistant to be the head enforcement Of
ficer for the new. law.
Sale of cigarets to minors under
20 years Of age would be prohibit
ed. A system of checking cigaret
sales through the registering Of tax
stamps to be placed on each pack
age of cigarettes would be estab-
lished-each tax stamp to be-
numbered with the number OF the
dealer to whom issued. In addition
any minor under 20 years of age
found to be using or having in his
possession cigarets, cigaret papers
or wrappers or any paper made or
prepared for the purpose of making
cigarets, would be compelled to tell
where he had obtained the mater
ial Refusal to divulge the required
information would be made mis-
demeanor punishable by fine not
to exceed s. or Imprisonment in
the county Jail for five days, on
both fine and imprisonment.
All dealers in cigarets and cigaret
materials would be required to obtain
permits upon which mulct tax OF
$50 a year would be imposed, and the
dealer required to furnish bond OF
$1,000 conditioned upon the faithful
observance of the law.
A state tax of one or two mills on
each cigaret and one cent on each 100
cigaret papers or one cent OH each 90
tubes would be imposed in addition to
the mulct tax, the latter to go to NUM-
cipalities.
Business property Of any dealer who
conditionally violated the provisions Of
the act would be subject to the same
procedure now provided for the enfOrc-
ing and abatement of Intoxicating liq-
uor nuisances.
Much Work Done.
During the past week the legislature
has accomplished much work. acting
upon many important bills. These in
clude measures relating to vital statist-
les. the primary law, highway commits
sion, gasoline inspection, corporation
tax, bonded warehouse and spur
tracks, consolidation of parole and con-
troll board. blue sky laws. regulation Of
telephone lines, public busses. judicial
salaries, reorganization of state fair
board and other measures.
This week the legislators have before
them the Kline bill to redistrict the
state into senatorial districts. 1t would
give cities much larger representation
in the senate. The measure has been
favorably recommended and will come
before the hOues soon.
More Normal Schools.
Appropriations totaling $275,OOO are
asked in bills for the setting aside OF
S25O,OOO for the establishment Of three
normal schools, $1,000 year to
help in the ST. Lawrence deep waterway
campaign, and $4,000 for the entertain
ment of the national encampment of
the G. A. r. in Des Moines this summer.
Public utilities bills to come up for
final action include measure passed
by the house giving the state railroad
commission authority to regulate tele.
phone rates; the Springer bill to
create court Of public service, to
come up in the senate Tuesday; bill
requiring public service corporations
to file within year complete tabula-
lions on valuation and cost of opera
ton; and the Lake bill to legislate
buses off the streets of cities.
The Lake boxing bill to legalize and
place under state supervision boxing
contests within the state, will come up
before the senate for final action Tues
day.
The senate is expected to act upon
the Hauge bill relating TO municipal
elections. and another measure to
place police chiefs under civil service,
during the present week.
The house has passed bill provid-
ing for the calling of constitutional
Of los partisan delegates.
This measure and another proposal
for a con-con are expected to be acted
upon in the senate within a few days. ;,
Tax Bills ''In Bad"
Tax bills have generally suffered de- I
feat in the legislature during the pres