Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
South Dakota Legislation.
List of Appropriations and General Measures Passed at
Session Which Closed It's Work Early Saturday Morn
ing.

! Procedure for division of school dis
tricts.
Compulsory education Ii weeks at
i tendance each year.
Condemnation of school house sites.
School taxes of territory not organ
lied for school purposes.
Consolidation Of school districts.
Publication of financial statements of
school districts.
Procedure for purchase of school
lands for school house sites.
Making first grade certificates good
for high school teachers.
Renewals. valuation and revocation
of certificates.
ELECTIONS.
Relating to return of poll books.
Procedure direct elections, United
States senator's.
Restoring circle to official ballot.
; Elections in commission governed
cities.
School bond elections.
Return of publicity pamphlet money
u~neNpcnded to candidates.
Establishment of election precincts.
Method of submitting laws,
and constitutional amendments.
Appointment of clerks of election.
Repeal of Richards primary and new
enactment.
GENERAL LEGISLATION.
Requiring protested taxes to be paid
before action.
Procedure in taking tax deeds.
General assessment act prepared by
tax commission.
Cancellation of tax sale certificates
after statute has run against them.
Extending powers of tax commits
sion.
Requiring amount of state tax to be
stated on each tax receipt.
Providing 500 a month expenses for
attorney general.
Resistry. care and prudence in
driving automobiles.
Administration bank guaranty bill.
Bankers initiated bill.
Democratic initiated bank guaranty
bill.
Relating to record of brands and
marks.
Transferring custody of capitol from
secretary of state to governor.
Taxes on capitol building lands.
Providing five assistant game war
dens.
Fish screens in irrigation districts.
General protection for game fish.
permitting game warden to offer re-
wards for violations.
Prohibiting hunting on state game
preserve.
Protection non-navigable streams.
Prohibiting practice of hypnotism.
Regulating sale of wood alcohol,
naptha. etc.
Authorizing board OF health to re-
turn fees in certain cases.
Regulating mausoleums.
Prohibiting sale of narcotic drugs.
Regulating sale of commercial feeding
stuffs.
Laying out count highways.
Highways along state lands.
Repeating right to plant timber up-
on highways.
Repeating the Richards information
bureau law.
Permitting county mutual insurance
companies to insure urban property.
Extension of corporate existence of
county lnutuals.
Investment of the funds of mutual
life insurance companies.
Investment of county mutual insur-
ance funds.
Uniform marriage licenses.
The 1909 miners lien law reinstated.
Divorced mothers eligible to mothers
pension.
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
Town treasurer to receive 2 per cent
of moneys for handling same.
F~ive-eighths of resident freeholders
necessary to increase Incorporated
town assessments.
Third class cities may abolish muni-
cipal court.
Defining municipal street improve
ments.
City may provide court house site.
Municipality may levy tax for musi-
cal concerts.
Municipalities may keep sinking
funds invested.
Municipalities may operate electric
light plants.
Municipalities may buy and sell cleo
trio current.
PENAL AFFAIRS.
Capital punishment abolished.
Horse traders and gypsies, made va
grants.
Newspaper liable only for actual
damage in libel action.
Penalty for grand larceny reduced
to five years in penitentiary or one
year in county Jail.
Shirt factory labor abolished.
Wife desertion made felony.
Defines third degree forgery.
Anticigaret law for minors.
Revolving Irvine plant fund to gem
eral fund.
MISCELLANEOUS.
General stores may handle common
poisons.
Estates of INDECENT persons liable for
their support.
Five-year limit for payment of land
purchased in probate.
Estates may be settled by depositing
in escrow claims Of absent creditors.
Executor must elect between COM
pensation provided by will and by law.
REMEDIAL ACTS.