Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-07-07
SOUTH DAKOTA LAWS
WITHOUT EMERGENCY
INTO EFFECT JULY |

Blue Sky Change, Inheritance
Rules and New vag Law
Are In List.
Pierre. s. D.. July 2.-The state
constitution of South Dakota provides
that all laws enacted by the legislature
without emergency clauses shall go IN
to effect July 1 following their enact
ment. Under this provision a number
of new n amended laws of import
ance. which were enacted by the state
legislature at its session last winter,
and which did not contain emergency
clauses, will go into effect tomorrow.
Among the new laws is an amended
blue sky aw doing away with features
OF the old law which were u~nconstitu-
tional. and making The act more eff
~tective. The personnel of the commits
sion is changed by the amended law.
substituting the attorney general for
%curitfes commission in future will be
composed of the public examiner. in
surance commissioner M attorney
general.
Another of the new laws makes a
change in the manner OF securing mar
rage licenses in South Dakota. and
fixes the form of the license. Accord
ing to the old law, the license consisted
Iof one certificate n q license, both
of which were filed with the clerk of
courts. The new law provides two
certificates and the license. The license
and certificate are to be kept by
the principals. while the other certi-
ficate Is to be returned to the county
court u This Law will necessitate
the purchasing of new marriage regis
tiers by the various counties of the
state. as the old form cannot be used.
School Reports Required.
All school officers in the state will
be interested in the provisions of a new
law which goes into effect tomorrow
South Dakota to publish an annual re-
port for each fiscal ear ending June
~. In a newspaper published nearest to
the geographical center OF the district.
The law tS mandatory. A similar law
has applied to Independent districts for
q number OF years, and now is ex-
tended to apply to all school districts.
Another OF the new laws permits a
city commission to levy a tax Of not to
exceed l mill on all the taxable prop
erty within h city for the purpose of
providing a fund for the furnishing of
free musical concerts to the public. Be-
fore this may be done 1t is necessary
to file with a city commission a petit
! ton signed by at least 20 per cent Of
the electors, requesting hat the levy
ing of such a tax be submitted to the
voters at the next general election held
previous to the time the meeting is held
by a city commission for the purpose
of making the annual appropriations.
A majority only Of the electors voting
at such an election il required to au-
thOrize the levy.
Inheritance Changes.
The inheritance tax law. which has
been changed by succeeding legisla-
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legislature. and the amended law will
go into effect tomorrow. This cuts
down the exemptions of widows from
$4,000 to $4,000 and reduces the ex-
emptions Of other heirs. and estab-
fishes new rates for all classes. 1t
taxes in the hands of the state tax
commission, which will work locally
through the county court and the
county ,~tfeasurer's office.
A new vaRrancy law which goes into
effect July / is very stringent. and will
ficers to take care of undesirables that
have not heretofore come under any
specific regulation. The new law will
apply to the gypsy bands who each
summer roam over the state n make
themselves a nuisance to the towns
farms. Under the new law they a
be taken into custody as Migrants and
made to- work upon the streets or at
other public work.
An amended hotel inspection law
places more restrictions around the
| operation Of hotels. Among other
things II. provides that there must be
at least one window in q room that
a be raised or opened-a provision
to do away with the skyliGht room.
One Ut the new laws regulates the
sale. barter. distribution. storing or
I giving away of opium. coca leaves or
any compound or ~derivative Of them
and Is very strict in its provisions, and
1t Is believed will very materially sup
plement the drug act prohibiting the
sale of drugs to those who have be-
come slaves of particular drugs.
Another new law permits prisoners
confined in county jails to be put to
work on roads and in other ways. This
had been done In some counties in the
past, there was a question about the
authority for doing SO until the enact
ment of this law. which contained an
emergency clause and has been in eff
fect several months. The law IL prov
ing q great success. A great deal of
work has been done in Minnehaha
county and other counties Of the state
by prisoners who We're put to work
under authority Of this enactment.
+ CROP CONDITIONS. :
Eagle Butte. s.. D., June 3O.-This
section OF South Dakota has beer Wis
tied by frequent and heavy rains. and
al a consequence. crops OF all kinds are
| doing well. W. corn. which haS suf-