Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-24

lsgaLe anQel0caAS purposes the anae
manner as other property. The New
Jersey law provides that the property
shall Be assessed locally and taxed i'll
local rates as heretofore andsthat tax
Of per cent. on gross receipts shall be-
assessed annually and apportioned by
the state board 81 assessors TO the taxing
districts in proportion ri the value d
property therein, on streets, highways
and public places.
Insane.
IN IIowat the Switchboard of control has
been authorizedsto ssuperyise county and
private institutions Tor Ii insane.
Massachusetts has folloWedsthe recent
example ofgNew York, Wyoming and
Ohio, ID proyiding for state support and
controlso q committed to institu-I
tions After January 4 1904, The Mas
sachusetts state board 81 insanity may
transfer the insane almshouses 81
other institutions not maintaiined and
controlled blythe state To state instisus
tions. Massachusetts, hassalso provided
for establishing a state colony for the
cronic insane, Tor which 1900 $500
acres ofland may be- bought.
Convict Labor.
On expiration D the present lease,
March 8 1901, the system Of leasing COM
victs nSLouisiana will be abolished. "A.
law of 1900 provides Tor a board Of con
troll of the state penitentiary consisting
8 three commissioners The board may
secure land forsconvictsf farms and factor-
les and may bid and CONTRACT the same
as private individual for the building
by theSconvictsSof state and local public
works.. s8Ss5 s@5a
Probation Z
8sA number of states have provided
probation oficersSWho may recommend
tina convicted Juvenile offenders be re-
leased on probation, and shall exercise
supervision over those s~oreleased.
Massachusetts in l89IsWas the first state
toextend this system to adult offenders.
Vermont followed in 1898 and New
Jersey during the present year.
Parole, Pardon.
$ssAninteresting Kentnckyla w provides:
that the board Of prisons commissioners
may parole conVicts ii the penitentiarys
for the frststime. Paroled prisoners are
notrequired foreman in8the state, but
fthey do 50 they arc required { report
their place Of residence and conduct I'd Il.
the boardof prison commissioners
throughsthe county judgeat least every
six2months. This provision should b
quite effective il diminishing the num-
berof ex-convicts ia The state. North.
Dakota has adoptedac onstitionalamend
mont establishing board Of pardo1nls
consisting Of the governor, attorney gens5
eral, chief jjustiice8of the supreme court.
andtW persons appointed 81 Sthee, gov
|ernor. s 8SSs3
State Insurance. S#ss
South Carolina has decided to make
an interesting experiment iii state insur-
ance. The state viii carrysit nsrisks
arcant acbnolhn,sas H.;
nary 1 1901, half the amountSnow paid
for premiums on city and county build
|ings win be paid IA khe comm;as;o,,ara
Iof the sinking find for 4 ;ns,,rancs
fund. when the Insurance fnnd Sreacbaa
100000 Id furkhar nrarn;,,na w;II IN
Epaid exceptst Is maintain Tia fnnd 81 th;a
amount,
Department Stores.
III 1899 Missouri passed al acJtdesigned
to prohibit department stores. The act
claassiifes merchandise ii rs classes and
2s groups and prohibits the sale 81 more
than d groupin cities st $1,000 except
nn ia q & 1;canaa "a sro,a sanns
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