The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-03-10

bills We're 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 swindler
and providing penalties for his actions.
Others were 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
facross their face. and failure to so do
carries penalty, and in most cases
the fact proven that the note was Civ
en- for any of these purposes is de-
Tense if the paper is found in the hands
of an "innosent purchaser"
While irrigation and drainage codes
covered antagonistic principles, they
We're 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
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 Southea stern part of the
state, and is framed largely on the
Iowa code, to cover the needs of an
other section of the state.
rlD 1p,, ,:al> i
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-
sons as we'll as for reasons which APP
ply in general elections. Its 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 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-
vides the funds for beginning work on
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 water supply for
that city resulted in their railroading
through a bill early in the session
which was SO far-reaching in it's 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 to
make any move whatever.
Scores of minor laws have been
passed effecting the interests of indi-
vidual communities, but the o.:es
above mentioned cover the really i'm
portant work of general interest which
has been enacted at the present SEES
sion.