The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-07-03
NEW STATE LAWS
AFTER JULY LIST
Important Acts of Last LegisIa-
ture Now i'm Operation

All statutes passed by the last leg
islature which did not carry the
emergency clause and which have
not been referred to the people went
into effect July LIST under the con-
stitutional provision.
One Of the laws which goes into
effect is that relating to automobiles
their driving and registration. A
registration fee of Sc. rs per cent of
which goes into a special county
road fund is charged annually for
registering the autos and different
collored plates are issued each year
so that no one will he able to use the
number plate of the previous year.
Two plates are placed on each ma
chine, one in front and one in the
rear. The law compels autoists to
give alarms and sound their horns
when about to turn at a street or
road corner and provides penalties
for reckless driving. No one under
Is years of age is permitted to run a
machine. Another law prohibits
drunken people from driving autos.
Blue Sky Law
Perhaps no law was more discuss.
ed than the blue sky law which is
designed to protect investors from
purchasing worthless securities. A
board is provided to examine INTO
the holdings of every concern which
wants to sell stock in this state and
this board has the right to refuse to
license any company which is
thought To be selling worthless
stock.
Bulk Sales Guarded
The prevention of fraud is the in
tention of the bulk sales law, which
provides that a merchant who wish
es to sell his entire stock, must give
all of his creditors due notice before
the sale. that they may prevent the
sale if they desire or think that he is
contemplating fraud.
More Railroad Laws
The railroads and the board Of
railroad commissioner will be great
ly affected by the laws that went in
to force Tuesday. Hereafter the
railroad commission must reside at
the capital.
The railroad commission is made a
court, in that no evidence can be In
troduced at an appeal from a decis-
ion of the commission which was not
presented at the hearing held by the
commission.
Railroads are required to give any
reports which the commission may
demand from time to time in order
to decide on rates.
Passengers may ride on all freight
trains except few through cefrig
orator trains and the railroads must
furnish cuspidors in the smoking
cars of all passenger trains.
The railroad commission is given
full power to make physical valaa.
tions of all telephone lines in the
state.
Miscellaneous Laws
A law going into effect today will
permit travelling men and others
who are away from home at the
time of the holding of an election to
cast their ballots by mail, by folio W
ing a certain procedure prescribed
in the law.
County commissioners may here
after levy a one mill tax for the
purpose of maintaining experiment
al or demonstration farms to demon
strate the most modern methods of
farming.
Persons charged with crimes and
who desire to plead guilty may call
upon the states attorney of the
county they are in to file their in
formation against them with the
circuit judges and be sentenced i'm
m~ediately instead Of waiting several
months in Jail before beginning to
serve their sentence.
No saloon in South Dakota can
now use an ~eleccric sign. The law
provides that a liberal amount of
other signs may he E5ed~bas-elisn-
mates the Illuminated advertisement.
Mothers Pension
Beginning today women who have
children and whose husbands r
dead, incapacitated or in prison and
unable to support them, will be en-
titled to support from the county.
The Law taxes away the sting Of the
usual county support and gives the
mother a pension of not to exceed $l5