Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-16
SOME NEW LAWS.


list Of few Of the new or amended
laws passed by the last legislature.
As we understand there will be no
Popular Edition Of the Session
Laws published this year, the only
way that people generally may know
just what the new laws are Is
/ through summaries in the news
! papers. Many Of the bills passed
! BY both houses carried emergency
paragraphs, and, having been signed
I by the governor. are already in
force. The regular edition Of the
Session Laws Of 1911 will not appear
/ for several months. and during that
time the citizens Of the state are
expected to obey statutes as to the
| provisions Of which they have not
the slightest know ledge. In Min
nesota the bills that have passed
both houses are. when signed By the
governor and thus made into laws.
at once published in the newspapers
Of the state. 1t would be impos-
sible. Of course, for each printing
| Office to handle the work. 1t is
done at central agency, or ready
print house, and the ready-prints
are used as supplements by the
newspapers The laws are circulat-
ed by the newspapers for lump
sum to each paper, and the entire
cost is but few thousand dollars.
In this way the people Of the state
have. within couple Of weeks after
the legislature adjourns, an oppor-
tunity to post themselves as to the
new laws they must obey
Three initiative and referendum
bills Tor. rather. concurrent resolu-
tons amendatory of the constitu-
tom passed both houses.
One provides for action on statu-
tory laws only; another. on statu-
tory laws and the constitution; an
other, on the statutes and the con-
stitution. but with recall feature.
These will be submitted to the next
session for passage or a selection
from the three. 1t seemed to be
the popular idea at Bismarck that
two amendments to the constitution
should finally be submitted to the
people-one with and one without
the constitutional provision. Should
this be done. there would be posi-
billy Of submitting, after trial of
more than t'weny years, the prohibi-
ton question to the people of the
state. a large majority Of whom
we're not here when prohibition was
adopted.
In addition to the recall provision
in one Of the initiative and referen-
dunn propositions to which refer
ence is above made, separate reso-
luton to am end the constitution and
provide for recall passed both houses
and will go to the next legislature.
1t provides that % per cent of the
voters may petition for recall of an
officer; wher eupon. unless such
officer resigns, a new election must
be held at the end of twenty-five
days. This would make things
mighty interes ting for candidate
where the re gular election was
close and perl1aps forty-nine per
cent of the vote RS had cast their bal
lots against hirn, as the twenty-five
per cent nece ssary to call another
election would not be difficult
to obtain. II, case of a recall petit
ton, the officer would have to go
through three campaigns primary,
regula and special which, although
it mif hit add to the gaiety Of ma
tlons " would leave the poor mans
pock et-book in appearance like unto
som ething that for time had re-
pos ed under the hoof of an elephant.
Another bill. introduced by Repre-
So NATIVE Billy" Price Of Fargo,
G tabishes uniform rate for the
publication of notices required by
aw. This statute is really codifi.
cation Of the laws relating to print
ers' fees, which had become so am
biguous and contradictory that the
publishers of the state. themselves.
were in some instances at sea as
to the correct charge for certain
kinds of publications. and lit was
all Greek" to those officers or other
persons required by law to have pub
LEGATIONS made. The new law. which
bore the emergency clause and has
been signed by the governor, is al
ready in operation. 1t makes a
straight charge off cents per line
of nonpareil type (s,uch type as the
Record and most other newspapers
in this state use for printing lega
notices. for the first insertion anc
cents per line for each subsequent
insertion. or cents per line 70,
first insertion when set in brewer
| type (such as is used i'll commits