Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-02-07
A BRIEF SYNOPSIS
SOME OF THE: BILLS RECENTLY
INTRODUCED IN THE LEGlS-
LATURE At PIERRE.

Pierre.-Two bills have been intro.
duced affecting county commissioners,
one to increase their pay in large
counties, and the other to go back to
the former system of election of COM
missioners by the vote of the whole
county instead of districts as is now
the custom. The one bill fixes the
ordinary limit of compensation of
county commissioners at not to ex-
coed $500 per year, with 500 travel
allowance. The change is to increase
this in counties with more than 30
townships to not to exceed $500 salary
nor $3.50 travel allowance; in coun-
ties of 40 townships or more salary
not to exceed $500 with 5000 travel al
lowance, the $500 and 5000 compensa-
ton going to commissioners of coun-
ties with $4,000 or more population,
regardless of size.
House bill 1872 intends to allow an
extension of the directorate of educa-
tional, charitable and hospital insti-
! buttons in the state up to a member
ship of 81.
Bills have been introduced in both
houses which seek to compel the state
board OF regents to establish certain
lines of instruction in the state nor
| NAL schools, which lines the present
| board has been attempting to keep
out of the normals, claiming that the
attempt is being made to place the
normal school in the university class
instead of devoting them to the lines
on which they should devote their at
tention.
The question of holding court at
other than county seat towns, which
has been upon the statute books in a
number of forms for years, subject at
any time to amendment to suit the
ambitions of some one town or anoth-
attempts to wipe the enactment out
absolutely, and require county bust
ness to be transacted at the county
seat town. Another is an attempt to
extend the distance which a county
seat must be from railroad to meet
this requirement, Representative Tit
land of Campbell county wanting it
extended to ten miles, so that Mound
City will not be affected by the law.
When the Dakota Central company
was constructed north from Sioux
Falls, the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul road proceeded to parallel the
new line through territory in which
the people had been appealing to that
system to build. This brought out an
enactment which prohibited parallel
lines of railway in the state for a,
greater distance than eight miles.
Later to meet emergencies this dis
lance was increased to twenty miles,
and now there is a bill in to wipe out
that statute completely, as it is claim
| ed that it stands in the way of pro-
gress.
If house bill 40 is enacted it will
mean sad falling off of revenues for
auto owners on election days. That
bill prohibits the transportation of
voters to the polls, providing PEN
atty for such transportation.
Up to the present there has been a
dearth of railway bills as compared
with past sessions. So far the acts
which have come along are to provide
method of securing farm crossings;
requiring unloading platforms for
heavy freight; and fixing minimum
train crews for operation of trains in
the state.
The insurance legislation so far pre-
scented is merely minor, or local, af-
fecting county and township mutuals
with the exception of two acts, senate
Is and 81 by Russell, which seek to
extend the powers of insurance COM
panies organized under the laws of
the state, SO far as making and hand
ling loans or their surplus are con-
cerned.
Law in the Case.
Since the beginning of time so far
as the state of South Dakota is con-
cerned, the regular legislative sessions
have brought into existence the me
gotiable instrument" bill, and at every
appearance it has been sent to obliv-
ion, generally by vote OF the house.
1t has come along for another appear
waiting to get it into the open to give
it the usual finish. One OF the sections
of the bill which is house bill IS. in
troduced by Youngquist, provides:
Section IA. When the instrument
is wanting in any material particular,
the person in possession thereof has
prima facie authority to complete it
by filling up the blanks therein. And
4 signature on blank piece OF paper
delivered by the person making the
signature in order that the paper may
,e converted into a negotiable instru-
ment operates as prima facie author
ty to fill it up for any such amount
IN order however, that any such in
;trument when completed may be ell
forced against any person who became
a party thereto, prior to it's compile
lion. it must be filed up strictly in &C
cordance with the authority given
Ventilation.
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