Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-03-21

tracts for water for fire protection
for twenty years; prohibiting minors
under 1S years Of age from playing in
or visiting pool or billiard rooms;
providing for the disposition Of estates
of deceased inmates Of the soldiers
home; new pure food law and a new
pure drug law, intended to make pro-
visions of former laws more effective;
a repeal Of the law giving priority to
liens over all other liens:
new law providing for three addi.
tional deputy bank examiners to han.
die the large increase in the numbers
OF banks and examinations in the the
state; change in the fees Of probate
judges; and also in several minor par
ticulars of the probate code; a law
permitting villages incorporated to re. |
quire the construction and repair of
Sidewalks; another law requiring the
state insurance commissioner to can
Gel the authority of any company to
do business in this state that removes
an action brought from this state to
the federal courts; measure providing
a little change in method of certif.
Gates; bill requiring the examina.
ton Of formaldehyde, paris green and
mixed paints to prevent their adultera-
ton and the sale of adulterated prod.
ucts, and a member of other measures.
In the way of new legislation, one
OF the more important bills Is the new
banking law providing for more
stringent examination of banks the
appointment of a state banking board
consisting of the governor, secretary
OF state and attorney general, who
meet once month to pass upon the
reports of the banks and thus insure
the enforcement of the provisions of
law. Another important measure is
the irrigation law which provides a
complete irrigation code for the state
and the appointment of a state enein.
eer at salary of $4,000. A. L. Eel.
lows OF Denver, Colo, a former mem.
Der OF the government reclamation
service, who is highly recommended
as an irrigation expert has been ap-
pointed irrigation engineer under this
act and has entered upon his duties
The law provides a total appropriation
OF $l2,OOO for the two years and per-
mits the employment of additional as
slstance when such may be needed.
Another measure and one which at.
tracted much attention, was the road
grader bill, in which authority to DUR
chase road machinery instead of being
conferred upon petition of residents
OF township or certain number Of
them, must now be conferred by vote
at the annual election. This bill en-
countered much opposition from the
road grader companies and persons
engaged in the sale of machinery and
enorts were made to have the cover.
nor veto the law upon the ground of
unconstitutionality and that it's pas
sage was a menace to the cause of
good roads. The bill, however was
approved and takes effect July st.
Another important step taken by the
legislature was that providing for the
publication of new code, the present |
edition being entirely exhausted. The
Dill provides for 1000 copies of the
code at a amximum price of a little
less than five dollars, the codes to be
sold by the state at Sc each. No at. |
tempt will be made at any recodifica-
ton, but the new laws will be com.
piled and the code will be annotated |
by Territorial, North and South Dako. |
ia decisions.
PROVISION was also made for the as.
sessment of street car companies by
the state in the same manner as rail.
road companies are now assessed.
Under the Wisconsin provisions for
grain inspection at Superior, the gov
ernor has been authorized to name
member of the grain and warehouse
commission. The state provides
small compensation in the measure
NO appointment has yet been made.
The state auditing board has also
been authorized to issue s15O,ooo Of
bonds in place of the asylum bonds
which will be taken up in April.
Two bills We're passed requiring all
county and state officers to give fideli.
ty bonds, but both bills were vetoed,
A bill did pass requiring the state
treasurer to give a bond of $500, 900,
the premium to be paid by the state.
The old Shells liquor law was
providing that druggists
may sell pint instead Of half pint,
and that the signatures Of so per cent?
Of the freeholders Of the city or up.
ward and SO per cent OF the reputable I