Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-06

manufacture, sale, exchange, barter,
keeping for sale or giving away Of
cigarette, cigarette paper Or any pa.
per for the smoking of tobacco. The
penalty is ten dollars to fifty dollars.
House Bill No. so provides sanitary
regulations for railroad stations un.
der the inspection Of the state rail.
road commissioners or local officers.
Waiting rooms must be scrubbed or
washed at least once a week with
some standard d%isinfectant. The fine
for failing to comply is twenty dol.
lars to m hundred dollars.
House Rill No. 1913 provides fer the
care of bind children under school
age by The state board Of control.
House Bill No. 459 prohibits the
sweeping of railway c, .ches or ears
w.lle occupied by passengers The
penalty shan lot exceed $500
Senate Bill No. As regulates mar.
riages between women under the age
Of forty-five years and men Of any
age if either is a common drunkard,
habitual criminal, epileptic, imbecile,
feeble minded person, idiot, or insane
person,-..or afflicted with heredi-
tary insanity. %pllmoninary %tuberculo.
Sis in its advanced stages, or contag-
irur venereal di ;case. The affidavit
of a duly licensed physician is re.
Quired, and also Of some disinterested
c%reditable person. A license to marry
shall not be issued nor shall a mar.
riage ceremony be performed if either
party is under the influence of liquor
Or any narcotic drug. For making
examination and affidavit a physician
may charge a fee not to exceed two
dollars. The penalty for violation Of
this act 'lssfrom$ fifty to five hundred
dollars or i%marisonment not over
thirty days, Or both.
Senate Bill No. 40 provides fines
and imprisO nnent for the sale of adu!-
iterated Insecticides and fungicides.
Senate Bill No. 9S establishes a
first penalty of five hundred to one
thousand dollars for the manufacture,
sale, or distribution of snuff. Nur
subsequent conviction a Jail sentence
of not less than six months is pro-
vided.
Senate Bill No. 256 requires persons
as we'll as firms or corporations deal
ing in second hand furniture to dis.
infect the same before offering for
sale or exchange. The penalty is a
fine Of twenty-five dollars to one hun.
dred dollars, or Imprisonment Of
thirty to ninety days.
C~riminoIogy.
House Bill No. 329 authorizes sher-
ifs Or chiefs OF police, to. use the Ber-
tillon system Of prints and measure
nents to secure identification of per-
sons in custody.
House Bill No. 342 provides for ster-
ilization Of confirmed criminals, in
sane, idiots, detectives and rapists in
state institutions where the superin-
tendent and medical authorities shall
agree that the good Of the community
requires that procreation be prevent
ed. .''
House Bill No. 1863 provides for the
suspension or modification of SEN
tence Of persons convicted of first
offenSe or misdemeanors.
House Bill No. 42S specifies that
any person under twenty years of
age found guilty of any crime but
murder may be sent to the reform
school until the age of twenty-one is
attained.
Senate Bill No. 127 provides for the
establishment of the merit system in
the state penitentiary, grants extra
good time" and increases the pay
of %convicts from five cents a day to
ten to twenty-five cents. The wage
is to be sent monthly to any n de-
pendent upon the prisoner excepting
fifty dollars, one half of which is to
be paid him when his term expires
and the other half to be sent him
three months later If his conduct has
been satisfactory.
Senate Bill No. $50 extends the age
limit to 81 years under which girls
may be sentenced to the reform
school. ~