MERCHANDISE. 8. F. 47. Penalty for selling seeds at a fictitious price. Publication. CHAPTER 78. PUNISH AND PREVENT FRAUD IN SALE OF GRAIN. AN ACT TO Punish and Prevent Fraud in the Sale of Grain, Seed and other Cereals. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That whoever, either for his own benefit or as the agent of any corporation, company, association or person, obtains from any other person anything of value, or procures the signature of any such person, as maker, indorser, guarantor or surety thereon, to any bond, bill, receipt, promissary note, draft, check, or any other evidence of indebtedness, as the whole or part consideration of any bond, contract or promise given the vendee of any grain, seed or cereals binding the vendar or any other person, corporation, company, association, or the agent thereof, to sell for such vendee any grain, seed or cereals at a fictitious price, or at a price equal to or more than four times the market price of such grain, seed or cereals; and whoever sells, barters or disposes of, or offers to sell, barter or dispose of, either for his own benefit or as the agent of any corporation, company, association or person, any bond, bill, receipt, promissary note, draft, check, or other evidence of in. debtedness, knowing the same to have been obtained as the whole or part consideration for any bond, contract or promise given the vendee of any grain, seed or cereals binding the vendor or any other person, corporation, company, association, or the agent thereof, to sell for such vendee any grain, seed or cereals at a fictitious price, or at a price equal to or more than four times the market price of such grain, seed or cereals, shall on conviction thereof be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than three years, or be fined in the sum of not more than $500 nor less than $100, or both, at the discretion of the Court. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance, shall be in full force and effect from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Des Moines Leader, newspapers published at Des Moines Iowa. Approved April 9, 1888. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the lowa State Register and Des Moines Leader, April 17, 1888. FRANK D. JACKSON, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 79. PREVENT FRAUD IN THE SALE OF LARD. AN ACT to Prevent Fraud in the Sale of Lard, and to Provide Pun- H. F. 62. ishment for the Violation thereof. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: must be SECTION 1. No manufacturer or other person or persons Impure lard shall sell, deliver, prepare, put up, expose or offer for sale any med lard or any article intended for use as lard, which contains any "Compound". ingredient but the pure fat of healthy swine in any tierce, bucket, pail, package or other vessel or wrapper, or under any label bearing the words "pure", "refined", family", or either of said words alone or in combination with other words of like import, unless every tierce, bucket, pail, package or other vessel, wrapper or label, in or under which said article is sold, delivered, prepared, put up, exposed or offered for sale bears on the top or outer side thereof, in letters not less than one half inch in length and plainly exposed to view, the words "Compound Lard", and the name and proportion in pound and fractional parts thereof of each ingredient contained therein. for violation of SEC. 2. Any person who violates any provision hereof shall Punishment be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor for each violation, and law. upon conviction thereof shall be fined for the first offense not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and every subsequent offense under this act shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Approved March 10, 1888. CHAPTER 80. IN RELATION TO FLOUR AND MILL PRODUCTS. AN ACT to Prevent Fraud in the Sale of Flour and other Mill H. F. 582. Products. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: marked on SECTION 1. That in all cases where flour, meal, and other Weight to be mill products, are sold by the sack or package purporting to package. weigh a certain number of pounds, the weight of such sack, or package shall be plainly marked, or stamped thereon. And if Penalty for omission. any such sack or package sold, shall weigh less than the amount marked thereon, the person so selling the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five dollars, or more than twenty five dollars, in the discretion of the court. Approved March 30, 1888. S. F. 257. Section 4, CHAPTER 81. TO AMEND CHAPTER 83, ACTS OF TWENTY FIRST GENERAL AS- AN ACT to Amend Chapter 83 Acts of the 21st General Assembly Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. That Section 4, Chapter 83, Acts of the 21st General Assembly be and the same is hereby amended by adderal Assembly, ing to the end thereof the following, amended. Concentrated to be labeled "poison". "Nor from selling concentrated lye and potash, provided lye and potash however that if any person sell or deliver said concentrated lye or potash without having the word "poison" and the true name thereof written or printed upon a label attached to the vial, box, or parcel containing the same shall be punished by imprisonment in the county Jail not more than thirty days, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, but they shall not be compelled to register the sales of said lye and potash as required by section 4038, Code of 1873. Publication. SEC. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall be in full force and effect on and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and Daily Des Moines Leader, newspapers published in Des Moines Ia. Approved March 28, 1888. I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Iowa State Register and Des Moines Leader, March 31, 1888. FRANK D. JACKSON, Secretary of State. MISCELLANEOUS. CHAPTER 82, PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING. AN ACT to Amend, Revise, and Consolidate the Various Acts Re- 8. F. 251. lating to the Public Printing and Binding and the Publication and Distribution of the Public Documents and the Journals of the Two Houses, and Relating to the Election and Duties and Compensation of State Printer and Binder. Binder and Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: SECTION 1. The State printer and the State binder shall be Election of elected at each regular session of the General Assembly, and Printer and shall hold their offices for two years from the time they enter Term of office. upon the duties of such offices, which time shall be on the first day of May in the year following that in which they are elected; but from and after the year 1893 the term of each of the officers named shall begin on the first day of January in the odd numbered year. SEC. 2. They shall keep their respective offices at the seat of Location of government sufficiently equipped to enable them promptly to offices. print and bind the laws, Journals, reports, and to do all other printing and binding required for the State officers, or by or for the General Assembly, or either branch thereof; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed as including letterheads, envelops, or postal-cards, nor as interfering with the authority of the executive council to apportion so much of the Institution public printing and binding as it may deem advisable to have Dumb. done at the Institution for the deaf and dumb. Deaf and work SEC. 3. All such work shall be done in a neat, substantial, Work to be and workmanlike manner and promptly delivered to the proper done we and officer, so that the public business shall not be delayed or suffer prompt. from any failure to have the work done in a reasonable and proper time. Printer, SEC. 4. The State printer shall promptly deliver to the State Duties of binder the printed sheets of laws, Journals, and other publica Binder and tions as the work progresses, as well as all other work requiring Secy of State. stitching or binding and the State binder shall, upon completion of the work as required, deliver the same to the Secretary of State, taking his receipt therefor; and it is the duty of the secretary of State to see that the proper number of copies is so delivered. All printing which does not require binding shall be Regular form of order to be used. Becy of State to make examination of work. promptly delivered by the State printer to the secretary of State, or the officer ordering the work. SEC. 5. No work shall be ordered of the State printer except upon a regular form of blank furnished by the secretary of State, and kept in his office. Whenever printing is ordered by either house of the General Assembly the secretary or clerk thereof shall immediately notify the secretary of State of such order, and when such printing is done the same shall be delivered to the secretary of State for distribution subject to the instructions of the house ordering the printing. SEC. 6. The secretary of State, upon the completion of any printing or binding for the state, or the presentation of any bill for such printing or binding, shall make examination of the work done and ascertain whether it has been done in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If he find there has been a compliance herewith, he shall certify the same, stating the amount to which the officer presenting the bill, is entitled. In case such work has not been properly done, or any item in said bill has not May refuse to in his Judgment been earned, he shall refuse to certify as to such certify. item, or shall state what reduced amount, if any, the officer is entitled to, as compensation for such defective work. Warrant for work done. Biennial reports. Reports due Reports due Reports due Reports due Reports due SEC. 7. The Auditor of State, upon presentation to him of the foregoing certificate, shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer of State, for the amount therein stated to be due. SEC. 8. The regular biennial reports of the various officers, institutions, commissions, &c. required to be made by law, shall be laid before the governor of the state, in the odd numbered years, at the times following: (a) On or before August 15. Those of all boards of trustees of State institutions except the Agricultural College. (b) On or before September 15. Those of the fish commissioner, the board of health, the commission of pharmacy, the oil inspector, the mine inspectors, the visiting committee to the hospitals for the insane, the wardens of the penitentiaries, and the board of curators of the State historical society. (c) On or before October 1. Those of the State librarian, and the commissioner of labor statistics, and that of the secretary of State pertaining to the State land office. (d) On or before November 1: Those of the Auditor of State, the Treasurer of State, the superintendent of public instruction; the State university and the State normal school. (e) on or before December 1: That of the board of trustees of the agricultural college, that of the Adjutant General and that of the Secretary of State pertaining to criminal convictions. |