Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1911-03-09
Three Members Comprise.B Board
Instead Of Five--Superinten-
dent to Have Charge.

oy the governor March 3rd. The bill
with those two minor changes is iden-
tical with the first and is known as
House Bill No. 249. Following is the
bill in full:
"For an act entitled AN Act Great.
ing Board Of Managers For the Sol
diers' Home, Fixing their Terms of Of
fee and Compensation; Prescribing
their Duties; Creating County Board
of Examiners; and Prescribing the
Qualifications of Applicants for Ad.
mission to the Soldiers Home.'"
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of
the State Of South Dakota:
Section l. The South Dakota Sol
diers' Home shall hereafter be under
the control and general supervision Of
the State Board of Managers, which
shall consist Of three members, and
shall be appointed by the governor and
confirmed t. the senate.
Section 2. The terms of Office of
the members of the state board of
passengers Of the soldiers' Home, shall
be for period of six years from tie
first day of April, next, succeeding the
date of their respective appointments.
Provided, that the members oonstitut.
ing the first board, appointed in ao.
oordance with the provisions of this
act, shall be appointed for periods of
two, four and six years respectively.
All members of the board shall hold
office until their successors are an.
pointed and have qualified. The gov
ernor shall appoint persons to I'LL all
vacancies which may OCCUR in the
membership of said board, and the
persons so appointed shall hold office
until the next session Of the legislature
following their appointment.
Section 3. The compensation Of
each of the members Of the said board
of managers shall be $500 per day for
each day actually and necessarily en-.
ployed, and all such expenses as are
actually and necessarily incurred in
the proper discharge Of their duties
as such. Provided that no member Of
the said board shall receive to exceed
the sum of $500. 90 as per diem in any
one year.
Section 4. Before entering upon the
discharge Of their official duties each
member Of said board shall take and
subscibe to the usual official oath, and
shall furnish bond in the penal sum
of $1,000, payable to the state Of
South Dakota, with good and sufficient
sureties to be approved by the cover.
nor, conditioned for the faithful per.
formance of their duties, which said
bond shall be fled in the office of the
secretary of state.
Section 5. The state board of man.
ayers shall hold four regular meet.
ings each year, and such special meet.
ings as in their opinion shall be neces.
sary. The regular meeting Of said
board shall be held at the city of Hot
Springs, South Dakota, upon the first
Tuesday in January, the first Tuesda
in April, and the first Tuesday in july
and the first Tuesday in October Of
each year.
Section &. Said board Of managers
shall have control and general super.
vision OF management of the Soldiers
Home. They shall provide for the 10.
cal management of said Home by the
appointment Of superintendent, who
shall be resident of the state OF
South Dakota. Said board shall pro.
vide for the enforcement Of all such
rules and regulations as are now or
may hereafter be required by the stat.
utes of the United States to enable the
state OF South Dakota to receive such
aid as is usually extended by the
National Government to states which
maintain institutions of this character.
It shall be the duty of said board to
prescribe the method Of local manage.
ment Of said Home, to make and pro.