The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-03-10
STATE LEGISLATURE AOJ0URNS|
South Dakota Solons Accomplish Very Little-No lmpor-
tant Laws.

laws. Besides these, several minor
bills were enacted into law, covering
the management and control of mutual
companies operating in the state.
Frauds received their share of at.
tention from the session, laws being
passed to prohibit the operation OF
bucket shops; and defining a swindleT
and providing penalties for his actions,
Others We're to provide non-negOtiable
provisions for notes given to lightning
rod men, patent right dealers, mutual
insurance notes, and travelling doctors.
In all these cases notes so given are
to bear the words non-negOtiable
across their face, and failure to SO do
carries a penalty, and in most cases
the fact proven that the note was Civ
en- for any Of these purposes is a de
Tense if the paper is found in the hands
of an innocent purchaser"
While irrigation and drainage codes
covered ~antagonistic principles, they
were classed together through most Of
the session. The one is to provide the
necessary legislation for the carrying
on of the irrigation projects of the
government in the western part of the
state, and is drawn largely from the
codes of other western states govern
ing such matters. The other is for
the purpose Of getting rid of surplus
water in the southeastern part of the
state, and is framed largely on the
Iowa code, to cover the needs of an
other section of the state.
The caucus law, which was framed
after the failure of the primary cleo
ton law, which sought through the
provisions of the initiative, is one
which allows challenge for party rea-
son as well as for reasons which APP
ply in general elections. It's intent is
to prevent fraud in nominations, but
to do this it has. been made cumber-
some in many of its particulars, and
some of the smaller precincts of the
state will no doubt find it SO before
they get through with it.
The Parmley parole law is one
which is framed from the statutes of
different states using the system, with
the better features of all retained and
the Objectionable ones stricken out.
1t is believed that it will be effective
, in all its workings and show itself to
be a good measure when it's workings
are known.
The Irvine plant proposition was one
which the farmers particularly wanted,
and the building has been provided for
in a special appropriation, but the fund
for securing the stock to put it into
operation is to be provided by a spe-
cial tax levy which will be voted for
in a constitutional amendment which
will be submitted at the next general
election. That places the matter up
to the. farmers of the state to say
whether they want the plant in opera
ton by their votes at the next cleo
ton.
The capitol building law, while not
all that was desired, is one which pro
yides the funds for beginning work IN
a wing of the building, and which will
forever settle the controversy which
has kept legislative sessions in a tur-
moil for a number of years.
The effort on the part of Deadwood
to reach out for a water supply for
that city resulted in their railroading
through a bill early in the session
which was so far-reaching in its scope
that it aroused the opposition of the
whole of the Black Hills section out
side of their city, and brought a dele
CATION to Pierre which started in to
amend the first law passed, and sue
| ceeded in their work to such an ex
tent that instead of having secured
what they desired, the city of Dead
wood has not left to herself the rights
which she had before attempting 70
| make n move whatever.
Scores of minor laws have been
passed effecting the interests of indi-
vidual communities, but the ones
above mentioned W the really i'm
portant work of general interest which
has been enacted at the present SEES
sion.