The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-03-21
BILLS THAT PASSED
Measures OF Last Legislature Which
VIII Become Laws.

Joint Resolution -Memoriallzing coz gress
10 70 extend the time required to begin set
J.; R. Providing for the printing of leg
islative manuals and hand books.
az: 3: B. 8--Appropriating money for per
diem and mileage of members, and per
diem OF employees Of the legislature.
.. d. 43-Making orders OF the railway
conn S, ssi3n Presumptively legal and p!ac.
ing the burden of proof upon those who
J. K. 12-Memorializng congress to pass
laws providing for the safety of railway
employees and travellers.
.. IS. b-General antipas law prohibiting
the giving OF free transportation or serv.
Ice on railroads, teegraphs, telephones, ex.
press or sleeping car companies.
- Il. 6-Memoriallzing congress to make
Fort Meade permanent brigade post.
3. B. H-PrOvidng for the expenses Of
circuit ere judges to pay for rail transporta'
s. B; 12-General reciprocal demurrage
bill, relating to charge Tor demurrage on
9 snPpeTs srs and Of Tar"4ds n III.
Ninth judicial circuit
3. Is. 2iEXtendng the provisions Of the
parole law to the inmates Of the reform
S. B. 1O4-Granting to the state capitol
commission power to raise money and con.
struct capitol building on the grounds Of
the state at Pierre
J. r. 1-Mcmorlalizing congress to repeal
the tarlf on lumber and saw logs.
}. X. 3-Proposing and agreeing to an
uIHchulltut TO Inp state tSOnSututlOn 10
change the system OF taxation Of corpora.
tlon property, to allow applying the gross
earnings system Of taxation to railroads.
j. y. 9-Memorializing congress to amend
the interna revenue laws to prevent the
issuance Of government licenses in pro.
hlbltOry territory.
s. B. 13a-Legazng acts In the incor-
poration Of towns where there was error In
the procedure.
s. p. 13a-Providlng for an annual tax
OF two and half percent on premiums Of
Rf1 n1 ~ inc OnH n
premiums Of state mutual fire companies
as special tax for tiremen.
;. Is. o-Attaching certain lands to Union
county which have been cut off from Ne
braska by change In the channel Of the
Missouri river.
$. B. 65..Re,qulring filing of copies Of Ger;
courts In the office of the secretary Of
state.
s. u. 0o-Requlrng all mutual life insur
ance companies doing business in the state
to make annual accounting to their policy.
holders of the investment OF their surplus
5 b. 135-A general drainage and levee
code, under the provisions Of the cOnstitu
uonal amendment adopted last year.
j. r. 11-MemoI iaizng the president and
the general land department to modify the
order recurring the examination OF claims
of hOmeSteadcrs by a special agent before
patent issues
$. B., 130-Adoptng sections of the civil
code which were left out by the legislature
of 1905. when it adopted the work of the
code commission.
:. Il. lS1-PreventinG a druggist from fill
Ing prescription for liquor more thai
s. b. 1O5-making a single election pre-.
cinct OF towns OF less than FIVE hundred
population.
s. b. G7-Placing the supreme court libra.
ry under control OF the court.
s. B. 1S7-Declaring blind pigs and places
where games are played for money, chips
or anything Of value to be common null
sances, to ue suppressed as such.
s.. B. 2O6-Ffxing, fees for filing articles
Of incorporation and copies Of papers in the
office OF the secretary Of state.
5. b. 1lS-Requiring railroads to put ip
connecting tracks. at junction points. and
authorizing the railway commission to ma Ike
joint through rates for such connecting
roads.
s. B. .172-Granting to. towns greater
powers In enforcement Off local option
laws, making Illegal selling Of liquor mis-.
demeanOr. punishable as such.
S. B. 124-Provlding for the publication Of
the debates of the constitutional conven'
s. p. 12-Providlng the manner Of fund
Ing the Judgment debts of counties.
s. B. lGS-AuthOriZing the state board Of
charities and corrections to grant right
OF way to the Dakota Central railway
across the penitentiary farm at Sioux Falls
8. B. 1H-Defning the crime of burglary
the same.
s. b. s9-Defning what shall be due dill
gence in the collection of checks and
s. b. e2-Authorizng committing officers
TO subpoena and examine witnesses before
issuing warrants Of arrest.
S. r. 36-TO prevent the fraudulent use
Of emblCms and names Of secret societies
s. B. 14-Providng the manner of ap.
pOlntment Of mayors in cities where va.
cancy in that office occurs.
s. B. 17S-Providing penalties for unlaw.
frl OF water and gas.
S. B. 209- Authorizing consolidation Of
funds in the Oritcc Of the attorney general
$. r. 2l1-FiXing compensation Of county
assessors in counties Of more than 10000
inhabitants, when the county is not divided
s. p. 2C4-ProvidnC manner OF justflca.
tion Of securities in cases OF arrest and
S. p. 222-Crcating a state board of ostco-
paIhic examiners.
5. b. 70 Amending the laws in regard to
Incorporation of companies. 10 require the
appointment of resident agent in the
state.
S. B. 2-Providing that certain instru
ments shall . declared to impart notice
regardless Of Irregularities in aCknowledg-
mentS to the same.
$. h. S5-Cuanging the laws in regard to
admission to a bar. reducing the time Of
practice in another state from five to three
S b. 216-Providlng a means of dlssolu.
tion OF corporations.
Of the railroad commission under control
Of the attorney general. and the appoirt-
ment OF the weight and scale inspector IN
the hands of the governor.
S. b. 1872 Changing the name Of the Ag.
rlcultural College to the State College Of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
s. p. 13S-FiXing fees OF county survey.
OrS at 81 day.
$. b. 2GO-Lcgolizlng Irregularities in in.
corporations Of cities and towns.
s. b. 132 Providing for compulsory cdu
cation of the deaf and blind in the state
schools provided for that purpose.
:. r. 265-A deficiency appropriation for
the travelling expenses Of the public exam.
inerS department for the balance of the fis-
cal year.
S. b. 269-RcQuiring the secretary Of state
to make complete index of session laws.
s. r. 237-Dehnlng the term prison, plac-
ing city jailS In that class.
]. r. IS MemoriahZing congress to open
Crow Creek reservation 70 settlement
s. r. S2-Placing the fees from sales Of
state lands in the income fund instead Of
state general fund.
s. Il. 1O9-Appropr!ation for an electric
lighting plant for the state school for the
blind at Gary.
s p. 254-Providlng for the election Of
ovcrscers OF highways by the electors from
their various districts
s. b. Approprating deficiency In the
salary fund Of the public examiner.
s p. 15S-An appropriation to pay Lieut..
GOV. ]. F.. McDougall for his trip 10 Pierre
to meet with the state canvassing board