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An act providing for the nomination, by political parties, or

organizations, of candidates for various offices, and the

election of delegates to conventions of said political parties!

or organizations, and the election of party committee men,

by a primary election, and for the holding of conventions

by such political parties or organizations, providing penal-

ties for the violations thereof, and repealing chapter forty

(40), laws of the Thirtieth General Assembly, and chapters

forty-five (45) and forty-six (46) laws of the Thirty-first

General Assembly, relating to primary elections. Approved |

April 4, A. D. 1907. . . . .

An act to repeal section eleven hundred and sixty-four (1164) |

of the code in relation to recording abstracts of votes in the

office of the secretary of state, and to enact a substitute

therefor. Approved March 27, A. D. 1907.

An act providing that chapter eight (8) of title six (VI) of

the code, relating to removal of municipal officers, be made

applicable to special charter cities. Approved February

22, A. D. 1907..

An act to amend section thirteen hundred and four (1304)

of the code, relating to exemptions from taxation. Approved

April 1, A. D. 1907....

An act to amend the law, as the same appears in section thir-

teen hundred and four-a (1304-a) of the supplement to the

code, relating to the exemption of property from taxation.

Approved March 27, A. D. 1907...

An act amending section thirteen hundred and thirty-three

(1333) of the code supplement, in relation to taxes paid

by insurance companies other than those organized under

the laws of the state of Iowa. Approved April 4, A. D.

1907 ...

An act to amend the law as it appears in section thirteen

hundred and thirty-three-d (1333-d) supplement to the

code, relating to state tax on gross receipts of insurance

corporations and associations. Approved March 27, A. D.

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An act to repeal section thirteen hundred and forty-six-d

(1346-d) of the supplement to the code relating to the

assessment of express companies for taxation, and to enact

a substitute therefor. Approved April 13, A. D. 1907.... S. F. 349

An act to repeal chapter forty-eight (48), acts of the Thir-

tieth General Assembly, relating to the vocation of ped-

dlers, defining the term peddlers, so as to include transient

merchants and itinerant vendors selling by sample or by

taking orders for immediate or future delivery, and to enact

a substitute therefor. Approved April 5, A. D. 1907.... S. F. 201

An act to amend section thirteen hundred seventy-three

(1373) of the code, relating to the correction of erroneous

assessments. Approved April 6, A. D. 1907....

An act relating to the assignment of certificates of purchase

at tax sales, and providing for the issuance of duplicate

certificates of purchase in case of loss or destruction of

original, amending section one thousand four hundred

thirty-two (1432) of the code, repealing section one thou-

sand four hundred thirty-three (1433) of the code and

enacting a substitute therefor. Approved March 19, A.

D. 1907...

An act additional to title seven (VII), chapter two (2), of

the code, authorizing county treasurers to commence and

prosecute ordinary actions at law for the enforcement of

tax liens, and the collection of taxes in addition to all the

other remedies now provided by law for the collection of

taxes and for the issuance of a writ of attachment in

certain cases without bond for the purpose of enforcing

the payment of taxes whether due or not due, and collecting

the same. Approved April 10, A. D. 1907..

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An act to repeal section fourteen hundred and sixty (1460) of

the code, relating to the statement by the auditor of state

of the county treasurer's account with the treasurer of

state. Approved April 13, A. D. 1907....

An act to repeal section fourteen hundred and eighty-three

(1483) of the code relating to roads and highways, and to

enact a substitute therefor. Approved April 1, A. D.

1907

An act giving certain powers to the board of supervisors in

relation to the alteration or straightening of highways, and

to prevent the encroachment of streams thereon, and to

condemn land necessary for said purposes. [Additional

to chapter one (1) of title eight (VIII) of the code.] Ap-

proved April 1, A. D. 1907...

An act authorizing the board of supervisors to grant to

municipalities the use of the public highway for the laying

of water mains and pipes, and fixing the liability for

damages arising from the construction thereof. [Additional

to chapter one (1) of title eight (VIII) of the code.] Ap-

proved April 13, A. D. 1907......

An act to amend the law as it appears in section one thousand

five hundred and thirty (1530) of the supplement to the

code, relating to county road fund and how it is to be paid

out. Approved April 13, A. D. 1907...

An act to amend sections two (2), four (4) and five (5) of

chapter fifty-three (53) of the acts of the Thirtieth General

Assembly, in regard to motor vehicles. Approved March

19, A. D. 1907..

An act to authorize and direct boards of supervisors in the

state of Iowa in counties adjoining and bordering upon the

state line to meet the authorities in control and charge of

the public highways in adjoining counties of other states

and agree upon and assign the portion or part of each

public highway upon the state line between such states to

be kept in repair by the authorities in the state of Iowa

and such other states. [Additional to chapter two (2)

of title eight (VIII) of the code.] Approved April 13,

A. D. 1907.....

An act to amend the law as it appears in section sixteen hun-

dred and ten (1610) of the supplement to the code in rela-

tion to corporations for pecuniary profit. Approved April 6,

A. D. 1907....

An act to amend the law as it appears in chapter one (1), title

nine (IX) of the code, relating to corporations for pecun-

iary profit. Approved April 4, A. D. 1907........

An act to prohibit the making or publishing of false or ex-

aggerated statements or publications of or concerning the

affairs, pecuniary condition or property of any corporation,

or joint stock association, which said statements or publi-

cations are intended to give or shall have a tendency to

give a less or greater apparent value to the shares, bonds

or property, or any part thereof, of said corporation or

joint stock association than the said shares, bonds or

property shall really and in fact possess, and providing

a penalty therefor. [Additional to chapter one (1) of

title nine (IX) of the code.] Approved March 26, A. D.

1907

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An act prohibiting any corporation doing business within

the state or any officer, agent or representative thereof

acting for such corporation, from giving or contributing

any money, property, labor or thing of value, to any mem-

ber of any political committee, party or employe thereof,

or to any candidate for any office, for campaign expenses or

political purpose whatsoever, or to any person, partnership

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or corporation for the purpose of influencing or causing said

person, partnership or corporation to influence any elector

of the state to vote for or against any candidate for public;

office or candidate for nomination for any public office or

to any public officer for the purpose of influencing his

official action. And prohibiting any member of any political.

committee, party or employe thereof, or any candidate for

any office from soliciting, requesting or knowingly receiv-

ing any such contribution from any corporation for cam-

paign expenses or political purpose whatsoever, and provid-

ing a penalty for the violation thereof. [Additional to

chapter one (1) of title nine (IX) of the code.] Approved

March 26, A. D. 1907....

An act regulating the election or appointment of the directors

or other persons by whom the affairs of corporations

organized on the stock plan for transacting the business

of life or fire insurance companies are to be conducted, so

as to

secure proportionate representation to minority

stockholders, and providing for the election of directors,

nominated by a minority of the stockholders; additional to

chapters one (1), four (4), six (6), seven (7) and eight

(8) of title nine (IX) of the code. Approved March 26,

A. D. 1907...

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An act to amend the law as it appears in section one thousand

seven hundred and forty-three (1743) of the supplement to

the code, relative to the removal of goods and merchandise

covered by insurance. Approved March 23, A. D. 1907. H. F. 345

An act providing for a uniform policy to be used by all fire

insurance companies doing business in the state of Iowa.

[Additional to chapter four (4) of title nine (IX) of the

code.] Approved April 13, A. D. 1907......

An act to regulate the soliciting and using of proxies by in-

surance companies. [Additional to chapters four (4), five

(5), six (6), seven (7) and eight (8) of title nine (IX) of

the code.] Approved April 4, A. D. 1907....

An act to amend the law which appears as chapter fifty-six

(56), acts of the Thirtieth General Assembly, relating

to examination of insurance companies. Approved Febru-

ruary 9, A. D. 1907. . . . .

An act relating to the capital stock of insurance companies,

providing the conditions under which such companies shall

operate upon the stock plan, prohibiting the advertising of

an authorized capital, and providing penalties for the vio-

lation hereof. [Additional to chapters four (4) and six

(6) of title nine (IX) of the code.] Approved April 4,

A. D. 1907..

An act to repeal chapter five (5) of title nine (IX) of the

code and enact a substitute therefor. [And to repeal sec-

tion seventeen hundred and fifty-nine (1759) of the code as

amended, and sections seventeen hundred and sixty (1760)

to seventeen hundred and sixty-seven (1767), inclusive, of

the code, relating to mutual assessment associations.]

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proved April 13, A. D. 1907....

81 An act to amfend section seventeen hundred and sixty-eight

(1768) of the code, relating to life insurance companies.

Approved March 27, A. D. 1907...

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An act amending section seventeen hundred ninety-four
(1794) of the code, relative to fraternal accident associa-

tions. Approved February 9, A. D. 1907....

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An act to provide a method whereby assessment life associa-

tions may be reincorporated as legal reserve life insurance

companies. [Additional to chapter seven (7) of title nine

(IX) of the code.] Approved March 21, A. D. 1907...... H. F. 48

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An act regulating disbursements of domestic life insurance

companies. [Additional to chapter eight (8) of title nine

(IX) of the code.] Approved March 12, A. D. 1907...... H. F. 47

An act to prohibit misrepresentations by life insurance com-

panies. [Additional to chapter eight (8) of title nine (IX)

of the code.] Approved March 28, A. D. 1907...

An act relating to rates of fraternal beneficiary societies.

[Additional to chapter nine (9) of title nine (IX) of the

code.] Approved March 15, A. D. 1907. . . . .

An act to permit fraternal beneficiary societies, orders or asso-

ciations to purchase and own real estate; to erect a building

thereon and to occupy and rent the same. [Additional to

chapter nine (9) of title nine (IX) of the code.] Ap-

proved April 4, A. D. 1907....

An act to provide for the investment of the funds of fraternal

beneficiary societies, orders or associations. [Additional to

chapter nine (9) of title nine (IX) of the code.] Approved

February 14, A. D. 1907..

An act to amend Senate File No. 22, as passed by the Thirty-

second General Assembly February 8, 1907, and approved

February 14, 1907, providing for the investment of funds

of fraternal beneficiary societies, orders or associations.

Approved March 26, A. D. 1907...

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An act limiting the indebtedness of state and savings banks

and repealing section eighteen hundred and fifty-five

(1855) of the code. Approved April 3, A. D. 1907..... S. F.

An act to repeal section eighteen hundred sixty-nine (1869)

of the code relating to pay of, and loans to, officers of state

and savings banks and to enact a substitute therefor. Ap-

proved March 23, A. D. 1907....

An act to amend section eighteen hundred and seventy-three

(1873) of the code relating to publication of reports of

banks. Approved March 12, A. D. 1907.. . .

An act to amend section five (5) of chapter eighty-three (83)

of the acts of the Thirty-first General Assembly, section

nineteen hundred and eighty-six (1986) of the code as

amended by section six (6) of chapter eighty-three (83) of

the acts of the Thirty-first General Assembly, and section

nineteen hundred and eighty-five (1985) of the code, and

to amend chapter two (2) of title ten (X) of the code,

relating to United States levees, as amended by chapter

eighty-three (83) of the laws of the Thirty-first General

Assembly, to promote the public health, convenience and

welfare, by leveeing, ditching and draining the lands of the

state, and providing for the assessment and collection of

the costs and expenses of the same, and issuing improve-

ment certificates, or issuing and selling bonds therefor.

Approved March 19, A. D. 1907....

An act to amend the law as it appears in chapter sixty-eight

(68), acts of the Thirtieth General Assembly, and in chap-

ter eighty-five (85) of the acts of the Thirty-first General

Assembly in relation to levees, ditches, drains and water-

courses. Approved March 19, A. D. 1907...

An act amendatory of the law as it appears in chapter sixty-

eight (68) of the Thirtieth General Assembly and

amendatory acts of the Thirty-first General Assembly,

relating to levees, ditches, drains and water-courses and

amending sections two (2), fourteen (14), eighteen (18),

and nineteen (19), of said chapter, and providing for the

place where ditches and drains shall be located; how

appeals shall be tried in appellate courts; for the employ-

ment of counsel to represent the drainage district in ap-

pellate courts; for the crossing of railroad rights of way;

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for the building of culverts and bridges at the place of

crossing and payment of the cost thereof; for the assess-

ment of benefits, and making the provisions of this act ap-

plicable to chapter two (2), title ten (X) of the code. Ap-

proved March 28, A. D. 1907...

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An act to amend section two thousand twenty-two (2022) of

the code, relating to cattle guards at private crossings of

railways. Approved April 5, A. D. 1907.....

An act to repeal section two thousand and twenty-six (2026)

of the supplement to the code, and chapter eighty-seven

(87) of the acts of the Thirty-first General Assembly, and

to enact a substitute therefor, relating to street railways

over highways. Approved April 13, A. D. 1907....

An act defining, regulating and conferring rights and powers

upon automobile railways, additional to chapter four (4),

title ten (X) of the code. Approved April 4, A. D. 1907.. H. F. 435 103

An act amending section two thousand and fifty-one (2051) |

of the code, relating to the conditional sale or lease of

railroad or street railway equipment or rolling stock, so as

to provide for the conditional sale or lease of power house

and electrical equipment of interurban or street railways

or of electric light and power companies or of steam heat-

ing companies. Approved April 4, A. D. 1907...

100 An act to repeal section two thousand and fifty-seven (2057) of

the code, relating to fences required to be constructed by

railroad companies, and enacting a substitute therefor. Ap-

proved April 1, A. D. 1905....

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An act to amend section one (1) of chapter eighty-nine (89)

of the laws of the Thirty-first General Assembly, relating

to actions against joint carriers. Approved April 13, A.

D. 1907 ..

An act to repeal sections two thousand seventy-six (2076)

and two thousand seventy-seven (2077) of the code, and to

enact substitutes therefor, relative to classification of rail-

roads and passengers transportation charges thereby. Ap-

proved February 28, A. D. 1907....

An act to safeguard the traveling public and employes upon

railroads by limiting the hours of service of employes there-

on, additional to chapter five (5), title ten (X) of the code.

Approved April 2, A. D. 1907...

An act to authorize and require street railways, and inter-

urban railroads operating street railways, to permit inter-

urban railroads to use their tracks and terminal facilities

and to furnish power to interurban railroads in cities, and

providing for fixing the compensation therefor, and author-

izing street railways to furnish power to interurban

railroads. [Additional to chapter five (5) of title ten (X)

of the code.] Approved April 5, A. D. 1907.. . . .

An act for the better protection of farm lands from the infec-

tion of foul seeds and to require railroad corporations to

cut and burn or otherwise destroy certain noxious weeds

growing upon its right of way. [Additional to chapter five

(5) of title ten (X) of the code.] Approved March 27,

A. D. 1907....

An act to repeal section twenty-one hundred thirteen (2113)

of the code relating to the powers and duties of the board

of railroad commissioners and enacting a substitute there-

for. Approved March 27, A. D. 1907...

An act to amend section two thousand one hundred sixteen

(2116) of the code, relating to the duty of railroads.

proved April 4, A. D. 1907....

An act to enlarge the powers and further define the duties of

the board of railroad commissioners. [Additional to chap-

ter six (6) of title ten (X) of the code.] Approved April

10, A. D. 1907....

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