The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-06
MANY new LAWS
ARE effective
After Today Measures Acted
Upon by Legislature Will
Be Lawful.
AN INTERESTING BUNCH
One Covers Insurance Poiieyholeers;
One Requires Automobiles to Be
Numbered; One That Case
line Be Put in Red Cans.

Sioux Falls. 6. D.. July "A num-
Der OF new laws enacted by the state
legislature at It's session last winter
went into effect today. being those laws
which did not have clauses attached.
A number or the new laws are OF Inn
portance.
One OF them provides that after to-
day insurance agents I'm South Dakota
will he obliged TO change the forms OF
policies for IRE insurance TO meet the
requirements OF "A new law which was
among those which went into effect to-
day.
one OF the most important OF the
new laws. especially from political
standpoint. Ia what Ii known as the
caucus law, which In designed to take
the place or primary system. and
which throws safeguards around the
holding OF caucuses.
Students Not to Be Numbered.
Another OF the new laws provides
at the different state educational insti-
tutions shall not be listed for the pur-
pose OF the school census on which the
apportionment OF the state school fund
is made. The theory OF this law Is
that where school children or these
towns are being educated ut state eN-
pcnsc In the state institutions they are
not entitled TO be listed for the purpose
OF securing state funds for the local
public schools.
Heretofore any man who desired TO
get married could appear ia person be-
fore the clerk OF courts Cf "A county and
procure a license, the presence OF the
briac-to-be not being necessary. IN
der new law which has Just gone
into effect both parties Interested must
appear IN person before the clerk OF
courts andN make the application for a
marriage license.
The wholesalers or Chicago and other
cities are Directing 20 the construction
placed upon section OF a new pure
food Law which went into effect today
hv T.. W. Small. the state pure food
commissioner. The section IA dispute
reads as follows:
1T shall be unlawful for any person
TO sell. offCr or expose for sale any mr.
ticie OF prepared food unless the true
name OF the manufacturer and the To-
cation OF the factory where such arti-
Gle OF food Is prepared Is plainly printed
or stcncilcd on the package. box. can,
carton or other container."
Autos Must BE Numbered.
Another OF the new laws requires that
all owners OF automobiles In the state
shall register their machines and pro-
cure licenses for running them within
the limits OF the state. The speed OF the
machine Is also limited. Under the new
law the driver OF an automobile must
stop " the driver OF n horse whom he
meets on the road shall indicate a de-
sire by raising his hand. The law also
requires the machine driver TO render
all -ossible aid In case horses are
frightened by his machine. People who
run automobiles I'm the state regard the
new law as fair one. and are disposed
TO comply with Il rigidly.
Commencing today dealers In gaso-
line. by the terms OF n new law. Will
be required to deliver the liquid TO pur-
chnsers only I'm barrels. casks. pack
ages or cans painted red and bearing
the word gasoline" plainly stenciled
thereon.
Must Report Births.
Another OF the new laws provides
that commencing July every physi-
clan or other authorized person In the
state attending at the birth OF child
must report within ten days after the
event TO the bureau OF vital statistics
at Pierre.
One OF the new laws makes it unlaw-
full TO bury the corpse OF any person
dying within the state, or TO remove the
same from the state. without first OBJ
tanning burial or transportation per-
nit from the nearest justice OF the
peace In which the death occurred.
Another law provides that all that
portion OF the state lying between the
southern boundary OF Union county and
the southern state boundary OF South
Dakota, along the middle OF the main
channel o: the Missouri river as now
existing. shall be attached TO Union
county for judicial purposes.
Other new laws which went into ef-
feet today are: Inheritance tax. which
VIII affect estates: dealers I'm old metal
may be fined for purchasing old or
broken pieces OF brass or other metal
from persons under IS years OF age:
law governing trust companies: regu-
latlng fidelity and other life companies.
changing salaries OF county commits
sioncTs in some counties: changing
terms OF state circuit court I'm the sec
ond. fourth and eighth circuits: defining
duties OF owners; relating TO adulter-
atcd liquor: In certain cases prisoners
in the Sioux Falls penitentinry may be
paroici.