Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-01
many new STATE Laws
Go into EFFECT TODAY

useful or intended tC be Glsel in play
ing any game of cards, or faro, or
any other game of chance, upon
which property Or money Is usually
wagered or where persons resort. or
are permitted to resort for gambling,
or any disorderly house. The law
further provides that when such TACT
is established by any competent court
al injunction shall issue closing the
building for one year.
Ban on Medicines
Hereafter it will be unlawful to
throw patent medicines Of any kind
or the premises of any person who
has not requested them. This is AIM
ed at the practice of throwing such
medicines on the dOorstaps as alver-
Using features, and the aim is to pre-.
vent the danger arising from children
getting hold Of them and eating them.
The penalty is $25 to $3.50 fine and
81 TO 100 days Imprisonment.
Township Overscers
There will be but n road over.
seer in. each township hereafter in
stead Of one for each district Of the
township ranging from two TO four.
Where county superintendent OF
highways are appointed the township
Ovcr5e2rs become deputy superintend.
en,s for their township. BY another
act, the governor, the state engineer
and one person 10 be appointed by
the governor are to compose a state
highway commission which shall act
in an advisory capacity.
Care Of Poor @E.
Under provisions of a new law, the
care OF tile poor is transferred from
the county commissioners to the
township supervisors, each of the lat
ter being a poor overseer. The cost
is to be shared, the couAty paying IS
per cent. .
May Remove Officials
Officials who neglect their duty
may hereafter be removed by the gov
ernor, subject to appeal to the courts.
The officials subject to this provision
are county commissioners, clerk Of
court, county judge, sheriff, coroner,
county auditor, county treasurer, su.
r~erintendent Of schools, surveyor, adj
ministrator, register OF deeds, states
attorney, mayor, chief Of police, denu-
~ sheriff Or other police officers or
any custodian of public moneys eX-
cept the state treasurer.
The causes for which officials may
be removed are misconduct, malfeas-
'ance, crime in office, habitual drunk
enness and gross incompetency.
Whenever complaint is filed against
any such official, the governor shall
appoint a commissioner to take evil
dence and shall consider the evidence
and if he believes it is sufficient, shall
remove the official. The deposed Of.
1iclal may then appeal to any district
court in the state provided that the
trial be not hela in the county i'll,
which he resides. The official may
be suspended by the governor during
ihe process sof the hearing.
False advertising q ~
A new measure aimed at false adj
vertising provides that any person ad-
verttsing in any PAPER or by other
means must not make false or mis-.
leading statements relative to the
goods which they are seeking to sell.
The penalty attached is a fine of from
$40 to 800 for the first offense and a
fine of not less than $500 or inprison-
ment for go days for subsequent Of
ierses. 1~ "
Ac%countancy Board
Under another law, the board of
trustees Of the university are to an.
point a board of accountancy of three
members who shall conduct examina-
tons for candidates for the title of
certified public accountants.
County Budgets
Uner a law introduced by Senator
Williams, county budgets are provid.
ed. Each county officer is required to
file with the county auditor an esti-
mate of the expenditures in his de-
part:nent for the year. These esti.
mates are then to be turned over to
the board of county commissioners.
.~ Other Measure
Alter July l, sheritfs and chiefs of
police will have authority to take the
Bertillion measurements of criminals.
Cities are given authority to do their
own improvement work where the
bids received are considered TOO high.
Cities are also given the right to fur.
nish power and light for commercial
purposes. Elevators are required to
clean the sample of grain before test
ing it for grade when requested to do
so by the seller. Hail insurance poll
cies are to take effect "a hours after
the application IS taken by a duly au-
thorized agent except that the COM
pany may provide a shorter time. An
other law prohibits the sweeping of
railroad train coaches while they are
occupied unless the sweeping is done
with vacuum cleaner. Railroad ticket
sellers must hereafter have a license
granted by the state railroad com.
mission. Persons selling seed grain
which contain quack or couch grass,
Canada thistle, SOW thistle or dodder,
are guilty Of a misdemeanor.