The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-11

Used persons: prohibiting townships
from granting licenses within two and
ona.half miles OF Incorporated towns,
/" COUNTY option bill an antitveating
act and act absolutely prohibiting the
Manufacture o. sale OF cigarettes
within the state. and. a. before men-
toned prohibiting drinking OF gam
bling or passenger trains.
Agriculture.
South la!ota is distinctly An agrt-
cultural STATE and naturally the farm
crs ON IN for a good share Of attan
tion. Among the acts in their inter
est Is n 20 prevent the adulteratiOIi
NJ milk. cream and dairy products .
providing I bounty TO be paid by the
county commissioners for planting for.
est trees: ~rerealing the nursery
agents act. wtich required agents OF
foreign nurseries to procure , cartiti.
cate from the state and to put up a
bCrd Tor the protection OF their Gus
toners. The supreme court knocked
out the bond and The agents were us
n" 'hr certificates to impose Upon the
ppb,io by thus showing state author
=. prohibiting bringing diseased
sheep iHto the state regulating the
inspection OF horses for shipment:
providing tor the inspection oI bees;
a simple procedure for securing Darti
zion fences, a procedure for securing
right of way 10 isolated tracts; a gen.
eral drainage law; a general irriga
tion Law accepting the provisions OF
the Carey land and irrigation act and
requiring warehousemcn to exhibit
certificates OF weighing and inspection
OF al grain shipped.
Education.
This was an of year I'm educational
legislation. For fifty years Dakota
has passed an education code at one
session o. the legislature, t!nkering il
Up at the next and at the following
session passed a new code. This wa
A tinkeTIng ycar and the result vas
acts permitting nigh school boards 10
charge eighth grade graduates from
country schools 2 higher tuition than
the 81 per month which the home dis
;rict is compelled to pay; eXemptin2
the state superintendent from the ne
ccssity OF rendering legal opinions
fixing the date for the general school
election on the third Tuesday in
June: requiring school boards to EN-.
ploy certain teachers on a petition OF
a majority CT the patrons: requiring
vocal music TO be taught in all
schools: requiring county s~uperintend-
ents TO hold first grade or higher Ger
tifcates. allowing school houses &c
be Used for public meetings; provid'
ing that townships in the new coun.
lies may organize themselves into
school districts and, finally, refusing
&c accept the gift from the United
States government of the gilt of the
Chamberlain Indian school.
Counties and County Affairs.
An effort was made to subdivide the
Indian reservations into counties oi
proper size before the coming Of the
settlers with a view to avoid the com
plications that county making always
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fort was not wholly successful, buI
several new counties we're made. Al
that portion OF the Standing Rock In
dian reservation in South Dakota, en-,
bracing about eighty townships. wa
created as CorsOn county. The Chey
enLe River reservation was no
touched. AN of the counties west o
TrsrN nm thn pacahtIl and DinA Dtln.
agencies, were rebounded and Meye
county and the fragment OF Presho ~
ing north of it were constructed int,
Todd and Mellette counties and Iu
genbiel was changed to Pennett coun
~. Bills were passed fixing the sal
sIies of states attorneys on pOpula
tiOn basis; of county judges on popu
latioD basis: of auiltorS on valuation
basis; amending the sheriffs' fee bill
pertaining to the fees of county treas
nrers and increasing the per diem o
county commissioners to 81 per day.
Election Laws.
The operation of the primary cleo
ton law in its first test in a cam
paign developed some defects ia it
Some Of these defects were pOinte,
out by the supreme court in the les
cases brought, portions OF the Law
being held unconstitutional and otbe.
portions being found to be undulv ~
pensive. This Legislature endeavorr'
TO remedy the difficulties By a com
plete revision of the act. Another ac
provides for the immediate semi-ofi
ciai returns of each election. TO avOi,
the long delays to which we hay,
been subjected in this state. Anothe
provides that amendments and refer
endum laws shall be printed clea
across the ballot in a way 10 avoid
confusion at the polls; another pro
viGcs that in arranging party ticket,
on ballots it shall be done in the or
der Of the strength OF the parties a
the last election, and. finally. il +
provided that county commissioned
shall be elected from districts inStna,
of al large.
Highways and Bridges.
The senate was favorable 70 goo'