Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1913-04-25
new SOLDIERS
HOME law
PASSED BY THE LAST LEGIS-
LATURE AT PIERRE.
MANY CHANGES APPARENT
COUNTY JUDGE IS NOW EXAMINER OF
ALL APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION
TO HOME.

TO HOME.
Since the adjournment of the LAST
legislature there has been considerable
discussion as to the new law passed by
that body governing the South Dakota
Soldiers Home. For the benefit of our
readers many OF whom are very much
interested In the Home we give below
the law as passed by both houses and
signed by the governor:
"An act entitled "An Act creating a
board of managers for the Soldiers
Home. fixing their terms of office and
compensation, prescribing their duties,
providing for county examiner. pre-
scribing the qualifications of applicants
for admission to the Soldiers Home,
and prescribing rules and regulations
for its government, and repeating
chapter 157 Of the session laws Of 1909,
and chapter 23O of the session laws of
1911.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. The South Dakota Sol
dier's Home shall hereafter be under
the control and general supervision of
the State Board of Managers, which
shall consist of three members, and
shall be appointed by the Governor and
confirmed by the Senate.
Section 2. The terms of office of the
members of the State Board of Mauag
ers of the Soldiers Home shall be for q
period Of six years from the first day
of April next succeeding the date of
their respective appointments. P rovid-
ed, that the members constituting the
first hoard, appointed in accordance
with the provisions of this act, shall be
appointed for periods of two, four and
six years respectively. Ali members of
the Board shall hold office until their
successors are appointed and have
qualified. The Governor shall appoint
persons to f1ll all vacancies which may
occur in the membership of said board,
and the persons so appointed shall
hold ofhoe until the next session of the
Legislature following their appoint
ment, "Provided, however. that moth.
ing in this act shall be construed as
affecting the term of years of any mem.
Der Of the present State Board of
Managers Provided that nothing in
this act shall change the terms of the
members of the present Board
Section 3. The compensation of each
of the members of the said Board of
Managers shall be $500 per day for
each day actually and necessarily en-
ployed. and all such expenses as are
actually and necessarily incurred in
the proper discharge of their duties as
such. Provided, that no mem Der of
the said board shall receive to exceed
the sum Of $500 90 as per diem In any
one year.
Section 4. Before entering upon the
discharge Of their official duties, each
member of said board shall take and
subscribe official oath, and shall fur
nish a bond in the penal sum of $4,000
payable to the State of South Dakota,
with good and sufficient sureties to be
approved by the Governor, conditioned
or the faithful performance of their
duties, which said bond shall be filed
In the Office Of the Secretary of State.
Section 5. The State Board of Man
ayers shall hold four regular meetings
each year, and such special meetings
as in their opinion shall be necessary
The regular meetings of said board
she'll be held at the city of Hot Syringe,
South Dakota, upon the first Tuesday
in January, the first Tuesday in April
the first Tuesday in July and the first
Tuesday in October of each year.
Section g. Said Board of Managers
shall have control and general super
vision and management of the Soldiers
Home. They shall provide for the
local management of said Home by the
appointment Of a superintendent, who
shall be q resident of the State OF
South Dakota Said board shall pro-
vide for the enforcement of all such
rules and regulations as are now OF
may hereafter be required by the
statutes of the United States, to enable
the State of South Dakota to receive
such aid as is usually extended by the
National government to states which
maintain institutions Of this character