The Dickinson press., 1909-03-06
ALL LAWS
Are made
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ned win the way the legislators have
used this branch.
The governor signed seven new meas
ures Saturday. as follows:
S. B. 27-Regardins the investment
of the permanent school funds of the
state.
s. B. l44-The Lakoure a%nti-cisarette
bill.
S. B. 106-Relatine to commissioners
of insanity.
s. B. 79-Prohibiting the soliciting
of orders for liquor.
S. B. 74-Penalty for the arrest and
conviction of violators Of the prohibition
law.
H. B. 63-Amendins chapter 155 re-
lating to the hotel inspectorship.
H. B. 46-Empowering state educa-
tional institutions to lease sites on the
campus to college fraternities.
Of these the. LaMoure anti-ciearette
bill is of the most general interest. It
prohibits any person in the state from
manufacturing, selling or giving away
any cigarette containing any substance
foreign to tobacco. It also prohibits
the giving, selling or furnishing of
cigarettes, cigars or tobacco to any per-
son under Is years or any minor pupil
in any school. college or university.
Any person under is years or any minor
pupil found smoking On the streets,
alleys or in public places, shall be
arrested and fined not more than ten
dollars or imprisoned not more than
five days.
The White primary bill, one of the
important measures which passed the
senate, failed to get through the house.
The committee on apportionment
could not agree on the division of the
state into congressional districts, and
a majority and minority report was pre-
sented, the committee being pretty
nearly divided.
Senator Simpsons bill, providing for
terms of court in the Tenth judicial
district, was passed after some amend
ments were adopted to make the bill
complete. ..
The house passed H. B. "a, a%ppropri-
ating money for the use of the state
live stock sanitary board in the sup
preston and control of dangerous, con-
taaious and infectious diseases of do
nestle animals. " .
At the session of the house Friday
afternoon, Representative Baker of
Stark county presided, Mr.. Baker is an
able presiding officer and conducted
the business of the house in a highly
satisfactory manner.
H. b. 303, making it unlawful to
allow stock to run al large was indef-
nitely postponed in the house.
Representative Bakers military code
bill was passed Friday in the house.
H. B. 315, appropriating $3.50 to pay
F. M. Baker for services IS assistant
states attorney passed the house. also
H. B. 80, prohibiting the operating OF
theatres, vaudeville theatres and moving
picture shows on Sunday.
The Hettinger experiment station bill
has passed both house and senate and
remains to be signed by the governor.
The freak bill regulating the width of
sled runners was killed.
In the senate. the majority report,
favoring the division of the state into
two congressional districts on the north
and south line was adopted and passed.
The bill for county live stock in
~spection was killed.
The house on Saturday passed a large
number of bills, including the appor-
tionment for the Dickinson experiment
station and the bill establishing q
mining experiment station at Hebron.
The full crew bill, requiring a train
crew of one conductor, one engineer, one
fireman, two brakmen and one fagman
on every freight train of more than IS
cars, was killed.
An effort was made by Mr.. Doyle of
Mcintosh. to have senate bill No. 81,
which provides for the establishment
of an agricultural experiment station
at Hettinger, reconsidered, but the
sediment was against him and the meas
ure remains in force.
The last week of legislature is always
a busy n and this year an unusually
large amount of business remained to
be cleaned up in the closing days of the
session.
The house on Monday passed S. B.
No. 1, relating to mechanics and mater
ial liens, also H. B. 258, making il
legal branding of cattle q felony. S. B.
119, the pure seed bill also went through
the house.
In the senate the congressional reap
p%ortionment bill occupied the principal
attention Monday. Senators Simpson
and Martin opposed the change as the
legislature will probably have to reap