CH. 96] LAWS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY. CHAPTER 95. ADMISSION OF PATIENTS TO HOSPITAL FOR INEBRIATEJ. 8. r. 216. AN ACT to amend chapter eighty (80) of the acts of the Thirtieth General Assembly in regard to the admission of patients in hospitals for inebriates. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Admissions. That section 5 of chapter 80 of the acts of the Thirtieth General Assembly is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "Provided, however, that whenever in the opinion of the board of control of state institutions it shall be necessary to restrict the number of admission for lack of room, said board may notify by mail each district judge and each clerk of the district court in the state of the fact, and that patients will not be admitted except on application approved by the superintendent, and after such notice is given it shall not be lawful for the clerk of any court to issue a warrant for the commitment of any patient to said hospital unless such clerk has been notified by the superintendent in writing that the patient can be received, and until such notice from the superintendent is received the order of commitment shall be suspended The superintendent shall in such cases grant applications for admission in the order in which they are received. When the board of control is of the opinion that the necessity for such restriction has ceased to exist it may discontinue it and give notice thereof as was required to establish it, and when such notice is given the restriction shall cease. In effect. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Daily Capital, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 9, A. D. 1906. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Daily Capital, April 14, 1906. W. B. MARTIN, CHAPTER 96. EXPENSES OF PROSECUTING PATIENTS WHO WITHOUT AUTHORITY LEAVE THE STATE HOSPITAL FOR INEBRIATES. H. F. 250. AN ACT to amend section fifteen (15), of chapter eighty (80), acts of the Thirtieth (30) General Assembly relating to the state hospital for inebriates. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Costs and expenses of prosecutions - how paid. That section fifteen (15) of chapter eighty (80), acts of the Thirtieth (30; General Assembly, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "The board of supervisors of the county in which such prosecution is had shall certify to the board of control of state institutions an itemized statement of the costs of prosecution and maintenance incurred by the county wherein such prosecution is had, which certificate shall be indorsed by the trial judge, stating that the amount, as shown by said certificate is correct. On receipt of such certificate, the said board of control shall order a warrant issued in favor of the treasurer of the county wherein such prosecution is is had, for the amount of the costs and expenses so incurred, which shall LAWS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY. [CH. 98 be payable out of the support or contingent fund of said hospital for inebriates." In effect. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in full force on and after its publication in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved March 15, A. D. 1906. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, March 17, 1906. W. B. MARTIN, CHAPTER 97. PAYMENT OF TRAVELING EXPENSES OF PATIENTS PAROLED OR DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITALS FOR INEBRIATES. B. F. 829. AN ACT to provide for the payment of certain expenses of indigent patients paroled or discharged from the state hospital for inebriates at Knoxville, and the hospital for female inebriates. [Additional to the law as it appears in chapter two-A (2-A) of title twelve (XII) of the supplement to the code and chapter eighty (80) of the acts of the Thirtieth General Assembly, relating to the detention and treatment of dipsomaniacs, inebriates and those addicted to the excessive use of narcotics.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Traveling expenses of paroled or discharged patients. That when an inebriate patient is paroled or discharged from the state hospital for inebriates at Knoxville or from any state hospital in which female inebriates are kept and is unable to furnish or obtain money for the necessary traveling expenses from the hospital to the place of commitment, the superintendent of the hospital with the approval of the board of control of state institutions may furnish said patient with transportation to the place where he or she was committed or to any other point he or she may select which is not more distant from the hospital than the place of commitment. SEC. 2. In effect. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register and Leader and Des Moines Daily Capital, newspapers published in Des Moines Iowa. Approved April 9, A. D. 1906. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Des Moines Daily Capital, April 14, 1906, and the Register and Leader, April 19, 1906. CHAPTER 98. W. B. MARTIN, REGISTRATION AND PUBLICATION OF PEDIGREES. 8. F. 109. AN ACT to repeal sections two thousand three hundred forty-one (2341) and two thousand three hundred forty-two (2312) of the code, relative to the registration and publication of pedigrees, and to enact a substitute therefor. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Repealed. Section two thousand three hundred and fortyone (2341) and section two thousand three hundred and forty-two (2342) of the code are hereby repealed and the following enacted in lieu thereof: SEC. 2. Registration of pedigrees-fee. Any owner or keeper of any stallion or bull kept for public service, or any owner or keeper of any stallion CH. 99] LAWS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY. kept for sale, exchange or transfer, who represents such animal to be pure bred. thorough bred, standard bred or registered, shall cause the same to be registered in some stud book or herd book recognized by the department of agriculture at Washington, D. C., for the registration of pedigrees, and obtain a certificate of registration of such animal. He shall then forward the same to the secretary of the state board of agriculture of the state of Iowa, whose duty it shall be to examine and pass upon the correctness and genuineness of such certificate filed for enrollment. In making such examination, said secretary shall use as his standard the stud books or herd books recognized by the department of agriculture at Washington, D. C., and shall accept as pure bred, thorough bred standard bred or registered any animal registered in any of such stud books or herd books. And if such registration is found to be correct and genuine he shall issue a certificate under the seal of the department of agriculture, which certificate shall set forth the name, sex, age and color of the animal, also the volume and page of the stud book or herd book in which such animal is registered. For each enrollment and certificate he shall receive the sum of one dollar, which shall accompany the certificate of registration when forwarded for enrollment. SEC. 3. Posting certificate of registration. Any owner or keeper of a stallion or bull for public service who represents or holds such animal out as pure bred. thorough bred, standard bred or registered, shall place a copy of the certificate of the state board of agriculture on the door or stall of the stable where such animal is usually kept, and shall furnish to any patron who shall request it a copy of such certificate. SEO 4. Transfer of certificate-fee. If the owner of any registered animal shall sell, exchange or transfer the same. and the purchaser desires it, he shall transfer in writing the certificate issued by the state board of agriculture to the purchaser of such animal, and upon filing such certificate so assigned and accompanying the same with a fee of fifty cents, the secretary of the state board of agriculture shall issue a new certificate to the then owner of the animal, and all fees provided for by this act shall go into the treasury of the department of agriculture. SEC 5. Publishing false pedigrees-penalty. Any person who shall fraudulently represent any animal, horse, cattle, sheep or swine to be pure bred, thorough bred, standard bred or registered, or any person who shall post or publish or cause to be posted or published any false pedigree or certificate, or shall use any stallion or bull for public service, or sell, exchange or transfer any stallion, representing such animal to be pure bred, thorough bred, standard bred or registered, without first having such animal registered, and obtaining the certificate of the state board of agriculture as herein before provided, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Approved April 10, A. D. 1806. CHAPTER 99. COLLECTION OF MULCT TAX. AN ACT to amend section twenty-four hundred and thirty-nine (2439) of the code, relative to the collection of the mulct tax. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. When delinquent-sales for-redemption-title in the county. That section twenty-four hundred and thirty-nine (2439) of the LAWS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY. CH. 100 code be amended by inserting a period (.) after the word "sale" in the last lire thereof, and by striking out the words, "to the highest bidder", and by adding the following: "The treasurer shall appoint, prior to such sale, three appraisers who shall appraise the value of any and all property to be offered at such sale, taking into account any superior, valid lien thereon, and file a separate appraisement for each parcel; and the cost thereof shall be added to the penalty. If at the sale an amount less than the tax and penalty and less than the appraisement is offered, the property shall be sold to the county; at the appraised value, if it is less than the tax and penalty; or at the tax and penalty, if they are less than the appraised value. The provisions of sections fourteen hundred and thirty-six (1436), fourteen hundred and thirty-seven (1437), and fourteen hundred and thirty-eight (1438) of the code shall apply to the redemption; but the supervisors may allow redemption for any amount deemed advantageous to the county; and in default thereof after notice to redeem as provided by section fourteen hundred and forty-one (1441) of the code, the treasurer shall execute a deed to the county, without fee, and such deed shall have, so far as applicable, all the effect as provided by section fourteen hundred and forty-four (1444) of the code as to vesting in the county all the right, title, interest and estate of the former owner in and to the land conveyed. On redemption or on final sale of the property the proceeds shall be applied as provided by section twenty-four hundred and forty five (2445) of the code. While thus acquiring title the county, to protect its interest, may bid in the property at ordinary tax sale and acquire title under the same terms and conditions as other tax sale purchasers.” Approved April 5, A. D. 1906. CHAPTER 100. ESTABLISHMENT OF SALOONS NEAR CEMETERIES. AN ACT to amend the law as it appears in section twenty-four forty-eight (2448) of the code, relating to the establishment of saloons within certain distances of specified buildings and places, and to include cemeteries among the places affected by the provisions of said section. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. "Cemetery" included. That paragraph two (2) of section twenty-four forty-eight (2448) of the code be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after the comma following the word "schoolhouse" in the seventh line of said paragraph, the words or cemetery", and by striking out from said seventh line the word "or" after the words "church building", and before the word "schoolhouse" in said line. SEC. 2. In effect. That this act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register and Leader, and Des Moines Capital, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 5, A. D. 1906. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, April 6, 1906. W. B. MARTIN, CH. 103] LAWS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY. CHAPTER 101. SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. 8. F. 276. AN ACT to amend section twenty four hundred and fifty (2450) of the code relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors under the mulct law. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Limitation of consent petition. Section twenty-four hundred and fifty (2450) of the code is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "When said petition of general consent is found sufficient by the board of supervisors or the city council, as the case may be, it shall, unless revoked under section twenty-four hundred and fifty one (2451) of the code, be in force and effect for the period of five years only; and all petitions and statements of general consent in force and effect previous to the first day of July, nineteen hundred and six (1906) shall, unless revoked under section twenty-four hundred and fifty one (2451) of the code, be and become null and void on and after five years from July 1, 1906." Approved April 5, A. D. 1906. CHAPTER 102. COMMISSIONER OF BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. 8. F. 807. AN ACT to amend section two thousand four hundred sixty-nine (2469), and to amend the law as it appears in section two thousand four hundred seventy (2470) of the supplement to the code, relating to the bureau of labor statistics. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Commissioner-term of office. Section two thousand four hundred sixty-nine (2469) of the code is hereby amended by striking out of the fourth line thereof the word "even-numbered" and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "odd numbered"; and by adding to said section following: "Provided, however, that the term of office of the labor commissioner which shall commence on the first day of April, 1906, shall expire on the 31st day of March, 1907." SEC. 2. Biennial report. The law as it appears in section two thousand four hundred seventy (2470) of the supplement to the code is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "He shall make a report to the governor during the year 1906, and biennially thereafter. The report for the year 1906 shall cover the period only from the date of his last preceding biennial report." Approved April 10, A. D. 1906. CHAPTER 103. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILD LABOR. H. F. 74. AN ACT to regulate the employment of child labor and to provide for the enforcement thereof. (Additional to chapter eight (8) title twelve (XII) of the code.) Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Child labor in factories, mills, etc-age limitation. No person under fourteen years of age shall be employed with or without |