Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-06-12
OFFICIAL PAPER SIOUX COUNTY
Summing Up the ssvsn

Every voter will pass upon seven
laws on June Goth. These seven
will appear on one ballot, and each
law will haxe to be approved or re.
jected by an X placed in a square
at the bottom of each law. Each
of the seven laws has already been
passed by the legislature and ap-
proved by Governor Lynn j. Fnz-
Ter. They are held up from going
into effect by the election which the
enemies to the farmers program
have demanded upon them.
Now the man who votes on these
seven laws will want information
as to the intent and purpose Of
each. What was this law intended
to do? What was the purpose back
Of it when the legislature passed il
and the Governor approved It? II
this can be stated in simple terms
and in few words, it may make
the laws better understood and vot-
ers may find it easier to decide how
they shall vote. Let US see il we
can put the thing in a few words:
The Industrial COMMISSIONING
tended to run the elevators, -four
mills and Home building ass ,cia-
ton. Without this commission the
other laws in the program can not
be put in force. This is the key to
the situation.
The Bank Of North Dakota-in-
tended to keep North Dakota money
at home, instead of Minnesota, and
allow its use to our own people.
Also intended to help finance the
industries we are starting, in case
eastern capital tries to shut us of.
immigration Law - intended to
bring settlers to the state and to
spend 100000 in letting eastern
people, know the resources and ad-
vantages of this State; :. also to over
come the falsehoods that have been
spread through the nation as to our
program and progress Of prosperity.
One Man Tax Commission Law
INTENDED to save the salaries Of
two commissioners now at 33,WN a
year. The law reduces this to one
at $4,000, and makes him respon.
sible to the State Board of Equaliz.
alton. Also intended to stop de.
lays caused by differences Of opinion
between three men, and gives one
man the right IT decision and ac-
tion-an important thing with the
new income tax coming in 1890.
The Printing Bili-Intended to
tai e the old gang off the neck of
the newspaper man and make a
really free press. Takes the club of
legal notice" out of the lawyers,
bankers and big business mans
hands and makes those legal no.
tees, as we'll as all other county
and state printing, part of the work
of an official paper, which the peo-
pie elect, as they do a sheriff or
an auditor, in 1920 and each general
election afterwards.
Board Of AID IN instr at ion
(known as the Educational Law)-
Intended to combine three boards,
Board Of Regents, Board Of Control
and Board of Education, now made
up of II persons, into one beard Of
B persons, and allow this board to
run the schools, colleges and in.
stitutions of the state Saves money.
stops strife between schools and in.
situations and permits them to be.
come harmonized as the constitu-
ton contemplates. Minnie Nelson
is given more power under this law
than she had before and her old
powers are reserved specifically to
her in the law. ~
Judiciary Re-Districtine Law
Intended to replace the present
district" Judge syste BY. a
circuit" Judge system, whereby
no one judge will hold court, twice
in the same place, consecutively.
The idea is to lessen appeals 70 the
supreme court. to give aneadiar