Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-22
$50, Regulating building and loan ..socia-

S59. Regulating building and loan sssocia-
2e5. Memorial to congress.
easements in cities.
cities act
$50 Relating to the Jamestown investigation.
20 heiating to the settlement of accounts in
boundaries
272 Constructing the phrase successive
weeks"
70 Amending the seed wheat act.
roads.
10 Authorizing the adjutant- general to fur.
ni aan 100 muskets to the vermillion university
Abe Lincoln
~ Allowing probate judges clerk in
counties having population OF $4,000.
Ssa imposing u tax OF 81 per capita on dogs.
80 Allowing probnte judges a clerk, but
without nia compensation from the public,
JAG Relating to the investigation OF the terri.
toflal veterinarian.
34s Defining the duties of the railroad COM
missioners.
$50 Giving the right-of way for drainage pur-
poses through the grounds of the Sioux Falls
penltentary
s62; Defining the boundaries of Campbell
county
1863 Amending the Incorporation of cities
act.
3ba Appropriat,ng funds Tor fuel for the
1866. Appropriating 50 600 for the expenses of
the iirond and warehouse commissioners for
the ensuing two years.
Main Provisions of the Railroad Bill.
The Farmers allluEce bill, ter eli that has
been said about it, is a law. Among it's leading
points are these: The governor shall appoint
three commissioners. one from North Dakota
one from central Dnkotu and one from South
Dakota. No person shall be qualified who owns
bonds or stock III any railroad, or who is in any
manner pecuniarily Interested in any railroad,
publ1c warehouse or elevator. They shall have
general supervision of freight and passenger
traffic on said roads, and shall inquire into any
neglect or violation of the laws of the territory
by any railroad company, its officers, agents
ore o. employees, examine and inspect the cond-
and their secretary shnll have free transporter
ton on railroads. It provides for al open mar
ket and equal facilities for shipping; requires
side tracks and other facilities to connect with
tracks from mills or elevators. When unable
to supply all demands it provides for pro rata
distribution The provision OF the Interstate
is embodied in the bill. 1t requires reasonable
charges for transportation of property, for haul
ing or storage of freight, or for use Of cars ETC.
handling Freight, and for the decentralization a Of
passengers ut intersectfng points, interchange
Of cars, ETC., but no buildings shall be required
If there be no village having 100 inhabitants
and postoffice within one mile of the crossing.
Consignees are entitled to have twenty -four
hours free of expense for unloading cars. The
bill requires schedules showing the classifca-
tion, rates. fares and charges for the transporta-
ton OF passengers ana property of all kinds and
classes and joint schedules of fares. etc. ;
prohibits changes in the classification of rates.
fares or charges except on proper notice. 1t is
| the duty OF any railroad commissioner to ascer-
tain whether provisions of the law are violated
and to visit each line Of road often practica-
ble Any person, corporation or municipal cor
| Poration may make complaint. Suit can not be
dismissed excepting on consent of the attorney
general or commissioner. The attorney general
shall be exofficio attorney for said commission.
He may call upon any district attorney to as
sist. Severe penalties are provided for viola
tion Of the law and ample provision is made for
enforcing it. Statistical reports are required as
to every branch of business. as to lands, etc.