and are declared to inhere to the state except where they have been developed in full or in part prior to Jan. 1, 1920.
The following constitutional amendments were adopted at the 1909 and also the 1911 session and will be submitted to the people at the general election in 1912:—
Permitting municipalities to acquire land within or outside their limits, for park or other public purposes and to plat or sell any part of such land for the purpose of adding to a fund for the maintenance of parks, playgrounds, etc.
Permitting the state legislature to remove the five per cent limit upon the public debt of any city, county, town, village or school district, when the debt is incurred for the purpose of purchasing and improving public parks, etc.
The following under the heading "Public health and welfare," show what was accomplished in this line:
Empowering county boards, with the consent of the state board of control, to erect upon grounds of county insane asylums, hospitals for the care of chronic insane affected by pulmonary tuberculosis.—Chapter 461.
Authorizing the secretary of the state board of health to provide biennially for a state conference of health officers and health commissioners of cities and villages.—Chapter 465.
Empowering county boards of supervisors to purchase sites and establish quarters for the treatment of persons suffering from tuberculosis in advanced or secondary stages.—Chapter 457.
Specifying the manner in which the state shall care for dependent, neglected, and delinquent children.—Chapter 460.
Making pandering a felony and providing a penalty therefor.—Chapter 420.
