The Yale expositor., 1915-07-08
REVIEW OF SOME NEW LEGISLA
TON THAT is HELPFUL TO
FARMERS.
JAILS OF STATE INSPECTED
Governor Ferris Asks Doctors OF
State to Give Services Free On
August 10th for tuberculosis
Examinations.
[By Gurd M. Hayes.l


lacking in influence as a large num-
Der of laws were enacted for the ex-
press benefit of the agricultural COM
munities.
One OF the important measures of
interest to the farmers provides for
the establishment of the Office of di-
rector of markets under the super
vision of the state board of agricul-
ture. The director will investigate
the marketing of farm products, assist
In the organization of cooperative
associations for improving the rela-
tons among producers, distributors
and consumers and render such SER
vice as relates to the standardization
of grading, packing storage and sale
of farm products. He will also supply
information as TO market conditions
in various localities. He will cooper
ate with the agencies of the United
States department of agriculture and
may establish auction markets. The
director of markets is also authorized
| to report to the state railroad COM
mission delays in transmission of
shipments and report to the attorney
general any violations Of the laws in
restraint of trade.
The last legislature repealed the
law providing for state inspection of
sugar beet testing, weighing and tar
| ing, as it was claimed that there was
no necessity for the law. The money
remaining from fees collected under
the old act was turned into the gen.
eral fund of the state treasury.
Another law of interest to agricul-
| tural communities excerpts fresh fruit
and vegetables from the act governing
! the sale of fruit by standard dry quart
measure.
Provision was also made that COM
mission merchants who fail or refuse
to take out the required state license
may be punished for such neglect or
| refusal as an amendment added a
penalty clause to the statute was
passed during the last session.
The state sanitary live stock law
was greatly strengthened in the mat
ter of suppression of epidemics of hog
cholera Boards of supervisors in
each county are authorized to appoint
upon the recommendation Of the live
stock sanitary commission person
! to be known as the live stock sanitary
agent, who is the district representa-
| tive of the commission. In case of
an epidemic of hog cholera the county
| agent of the state commission will
take charge of the situation and the
agents are granted extensive powers
| as to the quarantine and shipment of
| infected hogs, administration of serum
and sanitation on infected premises.
Another law provides for the quar-
antine of dogs in districts in which
an outbreak of any epidemic of con-
tagious disease of animals occurs.
| This bill also provides the shipment
| of horses into the state until they
have been subjected to the nahum
test for CHAMBERS.
Horse breeders are interested In
the new law providing for the enroll
| ment of stations which prohibits the
issuance to other than pure bred stall
lions after January /, 1917, and to
provide for an owners lien upon the
foal for the cost of service.
A bill backed by the state grange
that will become law in few weeks
establishes the Washburn & Maen
gauge as the standard guage for gal
vanized iron fence and to provide for
the testing of galvanized iron fence
wire
Numerous amendments were also
made to the drain laws and the high
ways laws of the state during the last
session of the legislature.
Every county jail and infirmary in
the state has been inspected thiR
year by Mari T. Murray, secretary Of
| the state board of corrections and
| charities.
During the six years that he has
been secretary of the board, every
county jail and inirmary in the state
has been inspected at least once
year Prior to six years ago inspec-
tions were not made with any degree
OF regularity and Il has been largely
| through the efforts of Secretary Muir
ray that bad conditions in some OF
the county jails have been remedied.
Each year Secretary Murray says
he becomes more impressed with the
idea that the state should establish
several prison farms where short
term prisoners and habitual drunkards
could be placed.
Murray, who has made quite a study
OF penal institutions during the past
six years has come to the conclusion
that while the average country Jail
is all right as temporary place to
keep prisoners while awaiting trans
fer, that they are of little value as
place TO keep thirty, sixty and nine
| ty day prisoners.
"In the first place there is little
or nothing for the prisoners In the
county jails to do except to smoke.
play cards and exchange questionable