The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-01-16
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Introduction 81 Bills in Rgsh Houses
ttGiiiBs d Large Amount of
a"rs for Legislators.

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Pierre. Jan. u Senator J. z
McIt1ag4lI. Of Marshall county
chairman Of appropriations IS giving
MS special thought 10 the safe ill.,
: ysstne1t Of tde schooE funds He is
ptU-iygoced in opposition 10 the sale
/. Of any more land and proposes TO
/. 6n6 Investment tor the idle money
! 5g permitting the state 10 b0IEoR
from the fund ghan il IS necessary !
! 10 real!Zs upon revenue warrants AMI
| to take OF the limit now imposed Cd
farm .Gans wbfEe they are negotiated
/ through the coanty commissioners.
IS the c~OunCy--is responsible for
/ every dollar of the money 81 loaned
/ ne thinks the restrictions upoa tie
/ county Commissioners which preclude
farm loans in exces Of one-haif the
assessed value. and restrict loans TO
! any one individual TO sl.uI1 in any
! case. are needless and DO not add 20
| the safstE Of the fund. He proposes |
TO give the county commissioners a
Z free hand and allow them TO loan
as much IS they see 1T. feeling sure !
that the fact that the county must
in ever case stand respons: Die for |
the n0neg will counsel them 70 con-
servatism. |
Martin. Of Union. has 4 bill for the |
latter purpose. said 10 have been
drawn ny Hon. E. c. Ericsson, Of Elk |
Point. one Of the first laxyecs in the
state
The celebrated scayenger TAX bill
Of TWO years ago d limited in its
terms 10 the sales upon specific days
lin 1901 Through c~arelessness and
iio- several causes several countisI
failed ~ make sales upon the DAYS |
specified ia the law and therefore |
were foreciosed from the benefits in
tended by the bill Senator Mont
gomeEs- OF bruIe. which is one of the |
counties desiring relief. has a bill
renewing the Ian to permit such
counties 10 take advantage OF il the |
coming Fear. |
kev. =. E. CaEnart, representing |
the anti->dioon league, MIS-. Pauline |
JohnsJ0, chairman Of the--iegislatis sc
committee Of the Womans' Christian
Temperance Union, and.Rev. Thrall
OF Huron. bUfed through the blockade !
Oh Thursday and have begun a cam
palgn for temperance and purity. |
They ask for al amendment to the
license law providing for county
Eoption and an act subjectiBg in
corrigible Inebriates to Incarceration
in the insane asylum Or sehoo! for
feeble minded for a term OF months. !
With d provision that they may be
paroled after thirty DAYS, but subject
10 oversight OF the full term Of
sentence. Also a bill regulating the
sale OF tobacco TO minors. providing |
that IL shall be unlawful to sci! to
minors under twenty Of years OF age
an9 also unlawful for d minor 10 use
the weed, and ~subjecIing him to a
5ne for 50 doing.
IN the ling Of social purity they
ask 10 have the age OF consent raised
TO eighteen years. and that keepers
OF. inmates OF and the patrons OF
houses Of prostitution be deemed
guilty Of felony and subject to peni-
Tertiary fines. 1t is said that this
is a copy OF the Iowa law. Nh. s.
.. Ramsey, OF Woonsocket. will
arrive tomorrow and with Mrs. John
son will begin a crusade to secure the
submission Of 4 suffrage amendment
to the constitution.
In the house Of Representatives
Bromley introduced a bill tending
toward an appropriation for the
erection OF a building for the state
at the st. Louis exposition.
Freeland. Of Minnehaha. introduce
ed a bill to license the BARRIERS OF the
state. It is done at the request of the
Sioux Falls BARRIERS. but the smaller
shops over the state will not stand
for the passage OF such a measure.