Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-23
SOME NEW LAWS.

SOME NEW LAWS.
Compelling the building Of YVES
a. rairoai functions. anc. in the alb
sence Ct sueh yves. requiring the
railways carrying freight to charge
only the rate to destination that
wonld apply 10 the shortest distance
we're there slch wye and the car
vas transferred al the wye.
Strengthening the prohibition law
oy making il unlawful 10 give away
intoxicating liquor at auction sales,
etc.
Making il optional With eoun-
i boards Of commissioners 70 APP
poin, county superintendent Of
highways. placing road-eonstruction
work under his supervision. also.
providing for good-roads Institutes.
and requiring the state engineer to
cooperate with county road super
intenGentS. The idea is that coun-
y may. through its county commits
sioners, provide a system for doing
road ,york. instead of having dabs
of work done here and there, with
road: work patronage sometimes used
as a commissioner perauisite in
political campaigns. as it was used
in the First district of this county
last year. The county road super
lntendent is paid by the day only
for the day 5 the board employs him.
and his wages are fixed by the
board.
Prohibiting the granting of free
passes, franks by express companies.
etc.
To pay assessors for the time
spent in meeting with the county
auditor at the county seat to map
out their assessment campaign.
To authorize boards OF trustees Of
incorporated villages to regulate the
use Of streets, alleys and public
grounds by automobiles, traction
engines and other self-propeiled We
hicles. and providing for the regis
lrarion of the same at the expense
of the owners or operators. The fee
for each auto is So.
Providing that all deputy. state,
county and municipal officers and
members of official boards must be
citizens Of the United States.
Requiring railroad companies to
provide toilet-rooms at stations.
Increasing maintenance of pa
tients in asylum for the insane from
$40 to SIS per month.
Under the new senatorial-district
apportionment law, the Twenty
sixth District (Emmons and kidder
countiesJ has an increase in its
House delegation. At present the
district has a Senator and two Rep
resentatlves. The new apportion-
ment gives it a senator and four
Representatives
When in Bismarck, toward the
close of the session, Auditor Snyder
suggested a measure for the pur-
pose of preventing, if possible. the
getting away from the county and
state of people who had not paid
their personal-property tax, which
has run up into the thousands in
this county alone in the last few
years. The member of the House
from Emmons county prepared a bill
along the lines suggested by the
auditor, and it is now a law. 1t re-
ouires the transportation agents
throughout the state to receive no
household goods. live stock, etc.,
above 1000 pounds in weight, for
shipment. unless the shipper first
presents a tax receipt showing that
taxes have been paid on the proper
ty
The spring shooting OF geese is
allowed but not until the spring of
1912. as there was not the two-thirds
vote for the bill necessary to carry
the emergency clause, making the
bill a law when signed by the gov
ernor. All bills passed that do not
carry the emergency clause become
laws the first dav of the following
July.
He Got Her.