The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-31

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Entitled. An act to enable counties
to establish and maintain public hos
pitfalls, levy a tax and issue bonds
therefor, elect hospital trustees,
maintain training schools for nurses,
provide suitable means for the care
of tuberculosis persons. and TO make
possible the ultimate establishment
of an adequate supply of hospitals
with equal rights to all and special
privileges to none. Be 1t enacted by
the legislature of the state of South
Dakota.
Sec. /. Any county may establish
a public hospital in the following
manner: Whenever the board of
commissioners of any county shall be
presented with a petition signed by
two hundred t200) resident free
holders of such county. one hundred
and fifty (150) of whom shall not be
residents of the city. town or village
where IL is proposed to locate such
public hospital, asking that an an
nual tax may be levied for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of n public
hospital at a place In the county
named therein, and shall specify in
their petition the maximum amount
of money proposed to be expended in
purchasing or building said hospital,
such board of commissioners shall
submit the question to the qualified
electors OF the county at the next
general election 10 be held in the
county. or at a special election called
for that purpose. first giving ninety
days notice thereof In one or more
newspapers published in the county,
ii any be published therein, and by
posting such notice, written or print
ed. in each township of the county.
which notice shall include the text of
the petition and state the amount of
tax TO be levied upon the assessed
property OF the said county, which
tax shall not exceed one "a mill on
the dollar, for a period of time not TO
exceed twenty (20l years and be for
the issue of county bonds to provide
funds for the purchase of a site or
sites and the erection thereon of a
public hospital, and hospital build
ings; and for the support OF same;
which said election shall be held az
the usual places in such county for
eelcting officers, the vote to be can
vassed in the same manner as that
for county officers.
Sec. ,. The board of commission
ers of such county shall submit TO the
qualified electors thereof. at a regu-
lar or special election, the question
whether there shall be levied upon
the assessed property of such county
a tax of $500. mills on the dollar for
the purchase of real estate for hos
pital purposes. and for maintaining
same or for either or all of such pur-
poses. The ballots to be used at any
election at which the hospital ques-
ton is submitted. shall be printed
with a statement substantially as fol-
lows:
Yes
For a ,... mill tax for a bond is
sue for a public hospital and for
maintenance Of same.
No
III a majority of votes cast at such
election on the proposition so sub
mitted shall be in favor of a 49,.
mill tax for a bond issue for a public
hospital and for maintenance of same
the board of commissioners shall levy
the tax so authorized which shall be
collected in the same manner as other
taxes are collected and credited TO
the Hospital fund.-" and shall be
paid out on the order of the hospital
trustees for the purposes authorized
by this act and for no other purposes
whatever.
] Sec, s. should a majority OF all