Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-06
Laws OF Interest To Women
Passed By The Last Legislature

school aid. 1t escaped veto on an un-
dertsanding that no new agricultural
schools should be established in this
biennium, but only those already in
existence be maintained.
Senate Bill No. SO brings school
elections under the Corrupt Practice
act. 1t also specifies that. candidates
for school ollcers must file their
names with the clerk not less than
five days before such election.
Senate Eli No. 50 provides a teach
erS' insurance and retirement fund.
This is a new measure and assess
ments are optional for teachers now
teaching in the state. All persons be-
coming teachers in the public schools
after January !, 1914, will have as
sessments deducted from their sal
aries as follows: "One per centum
per annum, but not more than twenty
dollars per year, for each OF the first
ten years of service as a teacher, and
two per centum per annum, but not
more than forty dollars per year, for
each successive year Of service as a
teacher, until such teacher shall have
had a total Of twenty-five years OF
teaching service. when said assess
ments shall cease" The annuities
paid are based on the average annual
salary for the last five years of SER
vice, and vary from three hundred
and fifty dollars to seven hundred
and fifty dollars. 4
Senate Bill No. PIG extends the
tine in which grammar grade studies
must be reviewed from the last
semester to the entire senior year.
Senate Bill No. 236 creates a state
board OF education consisting Of nine
members to discharge the following
duties: II Ill
|. TO have charge of the state ag-
ricultural high schools. These are the
classified public high schools formerly
in charge of high school board.
3. TO have charge Of the county
agricultural high schools such as
have been voted by the people in
Walsh and Benson counties.
8. TO have charge of work former
ly done by the state board of eXamin-
ers.
a. To have charge of the classifica-
ton of rural and consolidated schools.
Senate Bill No. 342 if enforced will
have far reaching effects. 1t pro-
vides for the inspection on request
Of county superintendent of SANTA
ton of school buildings and mental
and physical condition of pupils.
Senate Bill No. 345 permits the
lengthening of the school term when
requested by the patrons Of any
school averaging eight or more pup
lis.
Senate Bill No. 347 provides for
granting second grade elementary GER
tificates to persons holding diplomas
from North Dakota high schools.
Senate ELL No. 376 is an effort to
solve by a system of zones the vexed
question Of transportation Of pupils
to rural schools. Different grades Of
transportation are established.
,,. s Health. ,. .
Among measures for public health
should be classed Senate Bill No. 33
and Senate Bill No. 342, already men
toned under educational measures.
Other health regulations are as fol-
lows:
House Bill No. sc requires inspec.
ton Of sanitary condition of hotels.
Among the requirements r "All
sheets shall be at least eight feet
in length" Each guest shall be fur
nished with two towels" Carpets
must be cleaned at least ono each
year. No rusted tin or iron vessel
may be used in cooking. Where fifty
cents or more is charged a night for
lodging, the sheets and pillow cases
must be changed for each guest and
the mattress must weigh not less
than thirty to %thirty-five pounds and
be Of a grade not lower than cotton
felt combinations. In the public
wash room individual towels or paper
toweling must be in full view.
House Bill No. 81 prohibits the