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CHAPTER 181.

MILITARY CODE OF IOWA.

H. F. 265.

AN ACT to repeal section twenty-one (21) and to amend section twenty-four (24) of chapter one hundred thirty-one (131) of the acts of the thirty-third general assembly, relating to the powers and duties of the sheriff, and providing for the payment of the officers and men of the national guard.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Repeal. That section twenty-one (21), chapter one hundred thirty-one (131), acts of the thirty-third general assembly be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. Compensation and allowances for officers and men-stoppage of pay. That section twenty-four (24), chapter one hundred thirty-one (131), acts of the thirty-third general assembly be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "or sheriff of any county" in the second line thereof, also by adding the words "any funds in" after the words "paid out of" and before the word "the" in line twenty two (22) thereof, also by adding the words and characters "not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants drawn by the auditor of state', after the character comma (,) following the word treasury in line twenty-two (22) thereof. Also by striking out all of lines twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24) and all of line twenty-five (25) up to and including the word "force" thereof. Also by striking out the words "in the former case" in line twenty-six (26) thereof. Also by striking out the words "and in the" being the last three words in line twentysix (26) thereof. Also striking out all of line twenty-seven (27) and all of the words and characters up to and including the word "session" in line twenty-eight (28) thereof. Also by striking out the words "or county" following the word "state" in line twenty-nine (29) thereof.

Approved April 14 A. D. 1913.

CHAPTER 182.

MILITARY CODE OF IOWA.

H. F. 266.

AN ACT to amend sections twenty-six (26) and forty-three (43) of chapter one hundred thirty-one (131) of the acts of the thirty-third general assembly, relating to armory rent and making an appropriation therefor.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Armory rent-how apportioned. That section twenty-six (26) chapter one hundred thirty-one (131) acts of the thirty-third general assembly be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "eight" following the word "of" in line three (3) thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "ten". Also by striking out the figures "800.00" in line three (3) thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof the figures "1000.00".

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SEC. 2. Appropriation. That section forty-three (43) chapter one hundred thirty-one (131) acts of the thirty-third general assembly be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "forty" in line two (2) thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "fifty". Also by striking out the figures 140,000" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "150,000".

Approved April 14 A. D. 1913.

CHAPTER 183.

CARE OF NON-RESIDENT INSANE PATIENTS.

S. F. 259.

AN ACT to repeal section twenty-three hundred eight-a (2308-a) of the supplement to the code, 1907, and to enact a substitute therefor relating to the payment of costs and expenses of non-resident insane patients.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Repeal-cost and expenses-how paid. That section twentythree hundred eight-a (2308-a) of the supplement to the code, 1907 be and the same is hereby repealed and the following enacted in lieu thereof.

That in all cases where the commissioners of insanity of a county find to be insane a person who does not have a legal settlement within that county, the necessary and legal costs and expenses of the arrest, care, investigation and commitment of such person, including quarterly support in a state hospital during the investigation, or time required to determine the residence of such person, also court costs in suit to determine the legal settlement of such patient, together with costs of appeal, if an appeal be taken, and the person is found together with costs of appeal, if an appeal be taken, and the person is found to be insane on appeal, shall in the first instance be paid by the county in which such person is so found to be insane. If, upon investigation, such person is found to have a legal settlement in another county of this state, such necessary and legal costs and expenses shall be audited and paid by the supervisors of that county in the manner provided for the payment of other claims. If such person be found to have no legal settlement within this state such necessary and legal costs and expenses shall be paid out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, on vouchers executed by the auditor of the county which has paid them, and approved by the board of control of state institutions. Such vouchers. shall contain an itemized statement of the costs and expenses and payment shall be made to the treasurer of the county.

Approved April 14 A. D. 1913.

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CHAPTER 184.

ESTABLISHMENT OF CUSTODIAL DEPARTMENT AT KNOXVILLE AND COMPENSATION FOR LABOR OF PATIENTS.

Sub. for S. F. 161.

AN ACT in relation to the government and discipline of the state hospital for inebriates at Knoxville, Iowa, providing a custodial department for habitual inebriates, authorizing the board of control of state institutions on the recommendation of the superintendent to remove patients from one department to another and providing for compensation for the labor of patients. [Additional to chapter two-a (2-A) of title twelve (XII) of the supplement to the code, 1907, relating to 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. Custodial department. That there is hereby created in the state hospital for inebriates at Knoxville, Iowa, a department to be known as the custodial department.

SEC. 2. Certain patients committed. Said department shall be for the confinement of all male persons hereinafter committed to said hospital who have been discharged under the provisions of section twenty-three hundred ten-atwelve (2310-a-12), supplement to the code, 1907, all male persons committed to said hospital who are found by the court making the order of commitment to be habitual inebriates or drug habituates, and any person committed to the hospital who, in the judgment of the board of control of state institutions acting upon the recommendation of the superintendent, is believed to be a menace to the maintenance of the discipline of the hospital, and providing that patients of any department of the hospital who leave the institution or grounds thereof without due authority shall be subject to transfer to said custodial department upon order of the superintendent of the hospital.

SEC. 3. Release-transfer-when made. No non confined in the custodial department shall be released therefrom until he shall have remained a full term of three years, but may be transferred to any other department of said hospital after two years confinement, if, in the judgment of the board of control of state institutions acting upon the recommendation of the superintendent, such transfer would not be detrimental to the well-being of other patients or to the discipline of the hospital, and such transferred patients may be paroled as provided by law, provided nothing herein contained shall prevent the discharge of patients as is provided by section twenty-three hundred ten-a-twenty-nine (2310-a-29), supplement to the code, 1907.

SEC. 4. Habitual inebriates kept separate. All habitual inebriates as defined in this act shall be kept and provided for in buildings or apartments separate from all other patients of the hospital and shall not be allowed to mingle or associate with them unless it be necessary in the performance of their duties.

SEC. 5. Able-bodied patients employed-remuneration. All able-bodied patients of the hospital may be employed at labor on the farm, garden, grounds, in and on buildings, shops and other places owned or leased by the state and connected with said hospital when work can be provided, and each patient may be credited with the sum of seventy cents (.70) for each full day's labor satisfactorily performed. Fifty cents (.50) of said sum shall be deducted for

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his maintenance and the balance, twenty cents (.20), the superintendent shall pay monthly to those dependent upon him for support, if there be any; otherwise it shall be paid to said patient upon his legal release. All such payments shall be made from the general support fund of the hospital in the same manner as other obligations. Providing, however, that no patient shall be entitled to remuneration under this act until he is in the hospital ninety consecutive days, and then only during such time as he conforms to the rules and regulations of the hospital.

SEC. 6. Acts in conflict repealed. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are repealed.

Approved April 17 A. D. 1913.

CHAPTER 185.

PAROLE OF PATIENTS IN CERTAIN STATE INSTITUTIONS.

S. F. 162.

AN ACT providing for the paroling of patients in the state hospital for inebriates and certain female patients from state hospitals for the insane, and for the return of patients who violate their paroles, and repealing the law as it appears in section twenty-three hundred ten-a nineteen (2310-a19) of the supplement to the code, 1907.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Repeal-conditions of parole-violation. That the law as it appears in section twenty-three hundred ten-a nineteen (2310-a19) of the supplement to the code, 1907, is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof is enacted the following:

Any patient whom the superintendent believes to be cured, or so much improved as to make his release on trial advisable may be paroled, conditioned on said patient's signing a written pledge agreeing to refrain from the use of all intoxicating liquors as a beverage, and from the use of morphine and cocaine or other narcotic drugs during the term of his commitment, and shall avoid frequenting places and the association of people tending to lead them [him] back to his old habits of inebriety. And said paroled patient must make written reports to the superintendent of said hospital at the beginning of each month on blanks to be furnished the clerks of the district and superior courts for that purpose, to the effect that he has not during the month past in any respect violated any of the terms and conditions of his parole, which reports must be investigated and approved by the clerk or judge of the court which committed him, or if he shall have removed from the county from which he was committed then by the clerk of the district court of the county in which he actually resides at the time the report is made, who may demand from said paroled patient satisfactory evidence as to the truth of the statement. If at any time a patient on parole shall fail to make said report, or shall fail in any respect to fulfill all of the conditions upon which said parole was granted, he may, without any further proceeding whatever and on the written order of the superintendent of said hospital be taken and returned to the hospital, there to be detained and treated as provided herein. Said patient so violating his parole may be returned by any peace officer, or by any officer or person whom the superintendent of the hospital may direct so to do, and

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in every such case all of the expenses of such taking and return of such patient shall be paid out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated on voucher executed and approved as in other cases, unless otherwise paid. Provided, however, that the superintendent may parole patients into the care of reliable and responsible persons whom he may select, and in such cases the patient shall sign the written pledge, and monthly reports shall be made as in other cases, and it shall be lawful for the superintendent to take from the person into whose care such a patient is paroled an obligation in writing which shall specify the undertaking of the obligor and require him to pay all expenses which shall be incurred on account of the paroling of the patient and in returning him for a violation of his parole, and all the provisions of this act for returning a patient for a violation of his parole shall apply to patients paroled into the care of other persons. If the superintendent be satisfied in any case that it will impose an unnecessary hardship upon a paroled patient to secure the approval of the clerk of the district court to the monthly report he may waive such approval when the report is approved by some other public officer, to be designated by him.

SEC. 2. Female patients. The provisions of this act shall apply to female patients who have been or shall be committed to a state hospital for the insane under the law as it appears in chaper two-a (2-a), title twelve (12) of the supplement to the code, 1907.

SEC. 3. 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 Des Moines, Iowa.

Approved April 11 A. D. 1913.

I hereby certify that the foregoing act was published in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Capital April 14, 1913.

W. S. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 186.

INSPECTION OF HOTELS, INNS AND LODGING HOUSES.

S. F. 407.

AN ACT to amend the law relating to the inspection of hotels, inns and lodging houses as the same appears in chapter one hundred sixty-eight (168) of the acts of the thirty-third general assembly.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

SECTION 1. Hotels defined. That the law as it appears in section one (1) of chapter one hundred sixty-eight (168) of the acts of the thirty-third general assembly, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from the fourth (4th) line of said section the word and figures "ten (10)" and by inserting in lieu thereof the word and figures "four (4)".

SEC. 2. Hotels to be kept clean and sanitary. That the law as it appears in section six (6) of chapter one hundred sixty-eight (168) of the acts of the thirty-third general assembly, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto at the end thereof the following: