The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-07
MANY new LAWS
ARE EFFECTl
After Today Measures Acted
Upon by Legislature Will
Be lawful.
AN INTERESTING BUNCH
One Covers Insurance Policy eyhoidsrs3i
One Requires Automobilss 90 ee
Numbered; One That Case
line BE Put in Red Cans.

aa N0W0otOoS OUOt u uNS ~ANS
line BE Put in Red Cans.
Sioux Falls, s. D., July 3.A nun-
ber 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 Of the new laws are OF tm- 4
pertance.
One of them provides that. after to-
day insurance agents in South Dakota 81
will be Obliged to change the forms OF
policies for fire insurance to meet the
requirements Of new law. which, was
among those which went into efrej Y to-
day.
One Of the most important tf the
new laws, especially from a pbli
standpoint, is what is known Jas the
caucus law, which is designed TO take a
the place of primary systetn Ind ds
which throws safeguards around the 81
holding of caucuses.
Students Not TO Be Numbt tsrsd.
Another OF the new laws 'nvovidesSt
at the different state education sstf-g
tuttons shall not be listed for the ~
pose of the school census OH which the
is aae TRe q fhaory s stass & 1
that where school childrel these
towns are being educated alt s,s,.,; ex-
pense in the state institutions they are
not entitled to be listed for the purpose
Of securing state funds fOn the local
public schools. III
Heretofore any man who ldesired
get married could appear in Rersont
fore the clerk of courts of ctSurs
procure a license, the prssenAe
bride-to-be not being fseees9a,
der a new law yh{(yEse has III
into effect both parEes interest
appear in person before the g
courts and make the application
marriage license.
Z The wholesalers of Chicago ans
cities are objecting to the constr
placed upon a section of new
food Law which went into effect
by p. w. Small, the state pure
commissioner. The section In disI
It shall Be Unlawful for any pers
to sci, csIser Or expose for sale any
ticle OF Prepared food unless the t,
name of the manufacturer and the
cation of the factory where such ar,
Gle of food is prepared is plainly printe
or stenciled on the package box, can,
carton or other container." A
Autos Must Be Numbered.
Another OF the new laws requires that
all owrsrs 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
.aW the driver OF an automobile must
stop if the driver of a 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 in the state regard the
new law as a fair one, and are disposed
to comply with it rigidly.
Commencing today dealers In gaso-
line. by the terms Of new law, viii
be required to deliver the liquid to pur-
chasers only in barrels, casks, pack
ages or cans painted red and bearing
the word gasoline" plainly stenciled
thereon.
Must Report Births.
Another cf the new. laws provides
that commencing July 1severy physi-l
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 zsl
One OF the new laws makes 1t 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 a burial or transportat ton per-
init 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
Dakota. along the middle OF the main
channel OF the Missouri river as now.
existing, shall be attached to- UniOnI
county for judicial purposes.
Other new laws which went into efa1
feet today are: Inheritance tax, which
will affect estates: dealers In old metal
may be fined for purchasing old Or
broken pieces Of brass or other metal
from persons under 1S years OF age; ;;l
law governing trust companies; regn-
lattng fidelity and other life comp anies;
changing salaries OF county cpmnisas
stoners In some counties: changing
terms Of state circuit court in the sec-ga
aond. fourth and eighth circuits; defining
duties Of owners; relnttng to adnlter-s
ated liquor: In certain cases prisoners
In the Sioux Falls penitentiary may b ~
paroled.
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