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Section 2. That moneys hereby appropriated shall not revert until the repairs and equipment shall have been fully completed, and in any event not until June 30, 1923. Said funds shall be paid out on warrants drawn by the State Auditor based on duly itemized vouchers approved by the Board of Charities and Corrections.

Section 3. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the immediate support of the State Government and its existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act is declared to be in force and effect from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 1, 1921.

CHAPTER 120.

(H. B. 308.)

FOR YANKTON STATE HOSPITAL.

AN ACT Entitled, An Act Appropriating Money for Preliminary Plans, Excavation, and Foundation Work for the Construction of a Building for Disturbed Women, at the State Hospital for the Insane, Yankton, South Dakota.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for preliminary plans, excavation, and foundation work for the construction of a building for disturbed women, at the State Hospital for the Insane, Yankton, South Dakota, to be available in the second year of the biennium.

Section 2. Said funds shall be paid out on warrants drawn by the State Auditor based on duly itemized vouchers approved by the Board of Charities and Corrections.

Approved March 1, 1921.

CHAPTER 121.

(S. B. 292.)

RELATING TO YANKTON STATE HOSPITAL.

AN ACT Entitled, An Act to Appropriate Money to Pay the Compensation and Expenses of the Commissioners Appointed in the Matter of the Application for the Release of Simon Burg from the Yankton State Hospital.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the following sums of money to pay the compensation and expenses allowed to the Commissioners appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10084 of the South Dakota Revised Code of 1919, in the matter of the application for the release of Simon Burg from the Yankton State Hospital, to-wit:

James Roane

A. L. Wyman

$25.00

$25.00

Section 2. It is hereby made the duty of the State Auditor to issue warrants upon the State Treasury to the persons named in Section 1 of this Act, for the amounts set opposite their names respectively.

Section 3. Whereas, there are no funds available for the payment of the compensation and expenses of the Commissioners referred to in Section 1 of this Act, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 10, 1921.

CHAPTER 122.

(H. B. 237.)

FOR TRANSPORTING PATIENT TO YANKTON STATE HOSPITAL.

AN ACT Entitled, An Act Appropriating Money to Pay the Claim of Earl V. Jones for Conveying Bertha F. Jones, an Insane Person, to the State Hospital for the Insane, Yankton, South Dakota.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of forty-seven and 19/100 ($47.19) dollars to pay the claim of Earl V. Jones for conveying Bertha F. Jones, an insane person, from Perkins County to the State Hospital for the Insane, Yankton, South Dakota, being authorized by the Superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane to bring said Bertha F. Jones to Yankton, instead of a regular employee.

Section 2. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the State Government and its existing enstitutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in force and effect after its passage and approval.

Approved March 1, 1921.

Artesian Wells

CHAPTER 123.

(S. B. 241.)

RELATING TO LOCATION OF TOWNSHIP WELLS.

AN ACT Entitled, An Act to Amend Sections 8364 and 8367 of the South Dakota Revised Code of 1919, Relating to Location of Township Wells.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That Section 8364 of the South Dakota Revised Code of 1919 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 8364. Location by County Surveyor.] It shall be the duty of the County Surveyor to locate the wells in any township in his county in the manner provided in Section 8326, whenever requested so to do by the State Engineer, and when any such well is so located by the County Surveyor he must join with the State Engineer in signing the report of such location. The State Engineer may, for good cause stated appoint any other licensed surveyor to do the work, and his certificate shall be of equal force with the County Surveyor's certificate. Such services shall be paid for by the township in which such well is located.

Section 2. That Section 8367 of the South Dakota Revised Code of 1919, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 8367. Substitute for State Engineer.] Whenever for any reason the acts herein designated to be performed by the State Engineer so far as relates to the locating of wells cannot be performed by him, he shall have power to appoint some competent person to perform that duty, and the county in which such duty is performed shall pay for such services, together with mileage for distance necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the township in which such wells are to be located. In locating wells under the provisions of this article the township board shall furnish the State Engineer with the necessary chainmen and help in locating such wells.

Approved March 12, 1921.

Assessment and Taxation

CHAPTER 124.

(H. B. 132.)

RELATING TO PLACE OF ASSESSMENT OF ROAD CORPORATIONS.

AN ACT Entitled, An Act to Amend Section 6677 of the South Dakota Revised Code of 1919, Relating to the Place of Assessment of Railroads, Street Railways, Plank Roads, Gravel Roads, Logging Roads, Turnpikes and Bridge Companies, and Declaring an Emergency.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That Section 6677 of the South Dakota Revised Code of 1919 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 6677. Street Railway and Other Companies.] The track, road or bridge, and the equipment and appurtenances thereunto belonging, of any railroad, street railway, plank road, gravel road, logging road, turnpike or bridge company, or of any person or corporation owning and using any such tracks, roads or bridge as one of the facilities for the transaction of its business, when such track, road or bridge lies wholly within one county, shall be assessed in the county, city, town or district where such track, road or bridge and the appurtenances thereto are located. Provided, this Act shall not apply to the property of any railroad company in this State whose property is assessed for the purposes of taxation by the Tax Commission.

Section 2. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the immediate support of the State Government and its existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. Approved February 25, 1921.

CHAPTER 125.

(S. B. 140.)

RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF ASSESSORS.

AN ACT Entitled, An Act to Amend Section 5982 of the South Dakota Revised Code of 1919, as Amended by Chapter 103, Session Laws of 1919, Relating to Assessors, Fixing Their Compensation and Declaring an Emergency.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That Section 5982 of the South Dakota Revised Code of 1919, as amended by Chapter 103 of the Session Laws of 1919, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"Section 5982. In counties fully organized into civil townships assessors shall be paid by the townships, and the amount of such compensation shall be determined in the discretion of the township super

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visors. In counties in which any territory is not organized into civil townships, the county, township, city and town assessors shall be paid by the county, and the amount of their compensation shall be determined in the discretion of the County Commissioners.'

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Section 2. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the immediate support of the State Government and its existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 1, 1921.

CHAPTER 126.

(S. B. 314.)

RELATING TO CORRECTION OF ERRORS AND OMISSIONS.

AN ACT Entitled, An Act to Amend Section 6771 of the South Dakota Revised Code of 1919 Relating to the Correction of Errors and Omissions in Assessment Rolls or Tax Lists.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That Section 6771 of the South Dakota Revised Code of 1919 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 6771. Errors and Ommissions Corrected.] If on the assessment roll or tax list there be any error in the name of the person assessed or taxed, the name may be changed and the tax collected from the person intended, if he be taxable and can be identified by the assessor or treasurer; and if there shall be any error in the description or quantity of real property assessed or taxed such error may in like manner be corrected and the tax collected in the proper amount as determined by computation. When the Treasurer, after the tax list is committed to him, shall ascertain that any land or other property is omitted, he shall report the fact to the County Auditor, who, upon being satisfied thereof, shall enter the same upon his assessment list and assess the value, and the Treasurer shall enter it upon the tax list and collect the tax as in other cases.

Section 2. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the immediate support of the State Government and its existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 11, 1921.

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