The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-01
notatsd by Territorial, North and
South Dakota decisions.

notated by Territorial, North and
South Dakota decisions.
Under the Wisconsin provisions
for grain inspection at Superior,
the Governor has been authorized
to name amember of the Grain and
Warehouse Commission. The state
provides a small compensation in
the measure. Nc appointment has
yet been made.
The State Auditing Board has
also been authorized to issue $780,
600 of bonds in placeof the asylum
bonds which will be taken up in
April.
Two bills were passed requiring
all county and state officers to give
fidelity bonds, but both bills were
vetoed. A bill did pass requiring
the State Treasurer to give a bond
of 100000, the premiumto be paid
by the state. =
The old Shields Liquor Law was
amended, providing that druggists.
may sell a : pint t. instead Of a half
pint, and that the signatures of 60
per cent of the freeholders of the
city or upward and so per cent Of
the reputable women are necessary
to obtain. druggists permit. This is
a reduction from the percentage
required under the former law.
Among the other bills passed is
one requiring the census of the
state to be taken by the assessors;
a law regulating the. practice of OPP
tometry and amending the present
law. A law for the appointment of
a Dairy Commissioner, and amend
ing the present law relating to the
sale of butter and milk, intended
to get a better product in the state.
A state system Of weights and meas
ures is created, and appointment Of
an inspector authorized. The Sec
Of State was authorized to
copyright the session laws. Public
schools were directed to teach hui
name treatment Of animals for sew
eral hours each week. Boundaries
and terms of court were changed
in Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Judicial
Districts. The physicians of the
state obtained an amendment of the
present law relating to the practice,
Of medicine, imposing requirements
supposed to be in line with better
ethics. !
A new county was created west Of
the Missouri river, taking in much
Of the present unorganized territory
known as Mckenzie county, named
after Hon. Alexander Mckenzie.
The Governor was authorized to
appoint, within ninety days, the !,
commissioners and county officers.
Another Of the important meas
ures passed was that requiring
counties to pay a certain sum each
year for each person sent to the
hospital or to the school for
the feeble minded. The fees for
in the district court were !
to - per day from 81. Sal
aries of several officers were in
creased. among them the Commits
Of University and School
Adjutant General. Deputy
Commissioner Of School Lands.
Minimum interest charges to be
paid by the state and county de-
l~nsitaries was fixed. No change
was made in the Game Laws except
law providing for the protection
Of beavers until 1920. The oil in
spection law was amended in sev-i
eral important. particulars. Chem
ical tests Of oil were provided, and
the State Inspector Of Oils placed
upon a salary after the first Of April,
1906.
The time for the annual election
Of school officers was changed i'll
order that the school elections and
the primary elections may not oc-
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