The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-10
Apportionment

mitted to bond for the purpose of sup
plying seed grain to needy settlers.
Apportionment.
The state was apportioned into leg
islative districts in such a name as
to take thirteen representatives away
from the southeastern section of the
state and add twelve to the region
west of the Missouri river. The state
was also equitably divided into three
congressional districts, the portion
west of the Missouri being one dis.
trict and the section thereof being
divided pom the second standard
parallel which forms the southern
boundary of Bookings, KingsbuIy,
Beadle, Hand, Hyde and Hughes coun
ties.
Banks and Banking.
There was a general revision of the
banking laws and other bills provided
fees required for the examination of
loan and trust companies and defining
the duties OF bank directors. Officers
Of banks h are notarieS public are
permitted to take acknowledgements
and administer oaths in the affairs Of
the bank and there is a further pro-
vision that either party to a joint
deposit may check upon it.
Courts.
Two new judicial circuits were es-
tabIished, the Eleventh comprising the
Rosebud and Lyman county and the
Twelfth the Cheyenne and Standing
Rock region, with Perkins and Har-
ding counties. The terms in the First
Fourth, Sixth. Seventh, Eighth, Ninth
and Tenth were also rearranged and
| provision was made for holding court
elsewhere than at the county seat in
cases where the county seat does net
afford reasonable provision for the
accommodation of the court. There
are a dozen or more acts affecting
procedure in court. These pertain tC
the disbarment of an attorney, evil
dence. the service Of process, and put
ting probate matters in circuit courts
in cases where the probate judge is
disqualified. Provides that probate
notices shall be published in the news
paper nearest the estate probated and
increases the fees of witnesses and
interpreters. In criminal procedure
acts were passed to expedite the ar
rest of horse thieves and relating to
bills Of exception in criminal actions,
the defense of insanity. indeterminate
sentences. the parole of convicts and
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lenses created prohibit %hypnotizing
minors, exclude minors from billiard
halls and prohibit interference with
electrical apparatus.
Cities and Towns.
There was some very important leg
islation pertaining to city admlnistra-
ton. A general bill provides for rule
by commission. n important feature
of which allows cities to reduce the
number of commissioners from five to
three, defines the power of cities to
borrow money for a sinking fund, and
creates a procedure for local improve
ments by which the commission may
order in any special improvement it
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protested out by 60 per cent of the
parties affected by it. All cities of
1000 population or more are permitted
to grant thirty-year street railway
franchises. They may also levy a l
mill tax for publicity purposes.
Counties.
The new acts affecting counties sup.
ply a procedure for the location OF
county seats, the establishment of
county hospitals, and establishing a
courthouse building fund. Counties
are provided to pay from the general
fund the premium on the county treas
urer's surety bond. The county OF
Zeibach was created from the former
Schnasse and Armstrong counties and
Todd, Mellette and Washabaugh coun.
ties were r%ebounded.
Corporations.
A procedure for terminating and
winding up the affairs of corporations;
provision for the election Of directors
and a method of distribution of the
dividends of cooperative corporations
were enacted.
conveyancing.
A schedule of fees for abstractors
slightly higher than the old scale was
adopted and a bill providing for uni
form co%nveyancing blanks was passed
Drainage.
This subject has come into a good
deal of prominence in recent years
and the new laws give a procedure
for the drainage Of school and endow
ment lands; empower township boards
to establish small drainage projects
and provide for the collection of drain
age assessments and the publication
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