CH. 122] LAWS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. CHAPTER 121. BOUNTY FOR DESTRUCTION OF POCKET GOPHERS. H. F. 41. AN ACT to provide for the payment of a bounty for the destruction of pocket gophers. [Additional to section twenty-three hundred and forty-eight (2348) of the code.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Amount of bounty. There shall be paid from the general fund of the county a bounty not exceeding ten cents for each pocket gopher caught and killed within the county, provided that the person entitled to such bounty shall make, as hereinafter provided, proof of the destruction of such animal within thirty days after the same was destroyed. SEC. 2. Proofs required. The person catching and killing any such animal shall remove and present to the officers, before whom he makes his proof, both front feet and claws of each animal for which he claims the bounty, and the person claiming the bounty shall furnish written proof, under oath, that each animal for which he claims the bounty was caught and killed within the county against which he presents the claim for bounty, and the board of supervisors may require in addition to the above any other and further proof which it deems necessary and reasonable to show that each animal for which the bounty is claimed was caught and killed within the county. against which the claim is presented. SEC. 3. To whom presented. The claws and other proofs required may be presented to the county auditor; and the board of supervisors of each county may appoint registrars or other officers in other parts of the county to whom claws of the animal caught and other proofs of the killing may be presented. Approved March 15, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 122. SALE OR GIFT OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS TO MINORS, INTOXICATED PERSONS OR TO PERSONS IN HABIT OF BECOMING INTOXICATED. H. F. 476. AN ACT to repeal the law as it appears in section twenty-four hundred three (2403) of the code, and section twenty-four hundred three (2403) of the supplement to the code, and to enact a substitute therefor, relating to the selling or giving of intoxicating liquors to minors, intoxicated persons, or to persons in the habit of becoming intoxicated. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Repealed-sale or gift of intoxicating liquors—what prohibited. The law as it appears in section twenty-four hundred three (2403) of the code, and section twenty-four hundred three (2403) of the supplement to the code, is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof: "No person by himself, agent or otherwise, shall in any manner procure for, or sell or give any intoxicating liquors to, any minor for any purpose, except upon written order of his parent, guardian, or family physician, or give to or in any manner procure for or sell the same to any intoxicated person, or to one in the habit of becoming intoxicated." SEC. 2. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of section one hereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof LAWS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. [CH. 124 be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, and costs of prosecution, and shall stand committed to the county jail until such fine and costs are paid. SEC. 3. In effect. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect from and after its publication in the Register and Leader and Des Moines Capital, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 10, A. D. 1907. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, April 13, 1907. W. C. HAYWARD, CHAPTER 123. TAXATION OF PERSONS MAINTAINING AN OFFICE OR PLACE OF BUSINESS S. F. 338. AN ACT for the regulation and taxation of persons who shall maintain an office or place of business where intoxicating liquors are held in store and the purchase price thereof collected for the owner from those not authorized to sell same or from those to whom they have been conditionally sold. [Additional to chapter six (6) of title twelve (XII) of the code.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Annual mulct tax-quarterly installments. Every person, partnership or corporation that shall engage in the business of holding intoxicating liquors in store and collecting for the owner thereof the purchase price of said liquors from those to whom they have been conditionally sold or from those not authorized by law to sell the same, shall pay to the treasurer of the county where the business is carried on an annual mulct tax of six hundred dollars in quarterly installments on the first day of January, of April, of July, and of October; and such tax shall be paid for each separate office or place where such business is carried on, and all the provisions of the law relating to the levying, collecting and enforcing of what is known as the mulet tax shall apply and govern in the levying and collecting of the tax herein provided for so far as applicable. SEC. 2. First quarter payable in advance. No person, partnership or corporation shall engage in the business described in section one of this act without first paying the tax herein required for the quarter during which such business is carried on; and when the tax is so paid it shall go into the general fund of the county collecting the same. Approved April 13, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 124. SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS NEAR MILITARY RESERVATIONS. S. F. 330. AN ACT relating to the sale of intoxicants in the vicinity of military reservations, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof. [Additional to chapter six (6) of title twelve (XII) of the code.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Sale of intoxicants near military reservations-penalty. No person shall open, maintain or conduct any shop or other place for the sale of CH. 126] LAWS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. wine, beer or any other intoxicating liquors, or sell the same at any place within a distance of one mile from any permanent military post or reservation established by the United States within the state of Iowa; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars for each offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SEC. 2. In effect. This act shall take effect and be enforced immediately upon its publication in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Approved April 10, A. D. 1907. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader CHAPTER 125. FIRE COMPANIES. H. F. 102. AN ACT to amend sections twenty-four hundred and sixty-seven (2467) and twenty-four hundred sixty-eight (246%) of the code, relating to fire companies, and providing for a penalty for the violation of said sections. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Penalty for removal of fire apparatus. Section twenty-four hundred sixty-seven (2467) of the code is hereby amended by striking out all after the period in the fifth line of said section, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceding thirty (30) days." SEC. 2. Penalty for false alarms. Section twenty-four hundred sixty-eight (2468) of the code is hereby amended by striking out at the beginning of said section the words "If any", and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "No". By inserting after the word "persons" in the first line of said section, the word "shall". By striking out all after the word "cause" in the third line of said section, and by placing a period after the word "cause", and by adding the following words: "Any person violating the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.) or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days". Approved February 23, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 126. COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONER OF BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS AND S. F. 350. AN ACT to amend the law as it appears in section one (1), chapter eighty-five (85), acts of the Thirtieth General Assembly, relating to salary of commissioner of bureau of labor statistics and his deputy. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Compensation. That section one (1), chapter eighty-five (85), acts of the Thirtieth General Assembly be and the same is hereby amended by ན LAWS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. [CH. 128 striking out the word "fifteen" in the fifth line and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eighteen", and by striking out the word "twelve" in the sixth line and inserting the word "fifteen" in lieu thereof. 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 the Des Moines Capital, newspapers published in the city of Des Moines. Approved April 10, A. D. 1907. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, April 11, 1907. W. C. HAYWARD, CHAPTER 127. EXPENSES OF BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. H. F. 446. AN ACT to amend section on (1), chapter eighty-five (85), acts of the Thirtieth General Assembly, relating to the expenses of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Compensation of office clerk. That section 1, chapter 85, acts of the Thirtieth General Assembly be and the same are [is] hereby amended by striking out in iine eight (8) thereof the words "of sixty-five dollars per month" and insert in lieu thereof the following: "to be fixed by the committee on retrenchment and reform". Approved April 13, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 128. EMPLOYMENT OFFICES OR BUREAUS. H. F. 140. AN ACT to regulate the conduct of all employment offices or bureaus and provide for the examination of such offices or bureaus, and fixing a penalty for the violation of the provisions thereof. [Additional to chapter eight (8) of title twelve (XII) of the code relative to bureau of labor statistics.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Failure to procure employment-fee returned. Every person, firm or corporation who shall agree or promise, or who shall advertise through the public press, or by letter, to furnish employment or situations to any person or persons, and in pursuance of such advertisement, agreement or promise, shall receive any money, personal property or other valuable thing whatsoever, and who shall fail to procure for such person or persons acceptable situations or employment as agreed upon, within the time stated, or agreed upon, or if no time be specified then within a reasonable time, shall upon demand return all such money, personal property or valuable consideration of whatever character, except an amount not to exceed one dollar to be charged as a filing fee. SEC. 2. Copy of application or agreement furnished applicant. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to receive any application for employment from, or enter into any agreement with, any person to furnish or pro CH. 130] LAWS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. cure for said person any employment unless there is delivered to any such person making such application or contract at the time of the making thereof a true and full copy of such application or agreement, which application or agreement shall specify the fee or consideration to be paid by the person seeking employment. SEC. 3. Division of fees between employment bureau and employer prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or any person employed or authorized by such person, firm or corporation to hire or discharge employes, to receive any part of any fee or any percentage of wages or any compensation of any kind whatever, that is agreed upon to be paid by any employe of said person, firm or corporation to any employment bureau or agency for services rendered to any such employe in procuring for him employment with said person, firm or corporation. SEC. 4. Investigation by labor commissioner. The commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics, or his deputy, shall have authority to examine at any time the records, books and any papers relating in any way to the conduct of any employment agency or bureau within the state, and must investigate any complaint made against any such employment agency or bureau, and if any violations of law are found he shall at once file or cause to be filed an information against any person, firm or corporation guilty of such violation of law. SEC. 5. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act, or who shall refuse access to records, books or other papers relative to the conduct of such agency or bureau, to any person having authority to examine same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty days. Approved March 27, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 129. SALARIES OF MINE INSPECTORS. H. F. 141. AN ACT to amend section twenty-four hundred and eighty-three (2483) of the supplement to the code, relating to salaries of mine inspectors. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Compensation. That the law as it appears in section 2483 of the supplement to the code be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of the ninth line the word "fifteen", and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eighteen". Approved April 4, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 130. STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF POWDER IN COAL MINES. S. F. 81. AN ACT prohibiting the storage and transportation of powder into coal mines while miners or other employes are working therein. [Additional to chapter nine (9) of title twelve (XII) of the code.] Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. Transportation of powder into coal mines. That no person, firm or corporation, shall be permitted to transport, carry or convey by any |