Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-02-19
CAPITAL NEWS.
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WAEA Use DklA knMkIh% Tic h&lE&HO1E
the state flower came up for final pass
age III the house Saturday, an amend
meme was made that the flower be the
sunflower; another that il be the wild
rose. There seems "a be a growing sem
timent against the flower named in the
bill at present, which q large number of
people claim il 20 very poor excuse for
u weed, and unIesg it passes D the
may meet the relegation il de-
serves.
Al bill has been introducedin the house
in conformity with an editorial in the
Reporter and Farmer some time before
the session. The bill provides that the
county auditor shall keep a transfer
record of all properly OF the county.
This bin ought to pass. There is agreat
deal Of property in South Dakota that
still shows on assessors' books az belong
ing to Uncle Sam, which has been
proved up on for years, and the own
ers thereof are thereby escaping their
inst burden Of taxation. The only fault
that we have to find with the bill is that
it should have been passed by the very
first Legislative session of South Dakota.
"A bill that passed the house Saturday
chat we think manifestly unjust is that
bill forbidding the use OF firearms by boys
under the age Of fifteen years. Had the
legislature made the are twelve years
we could have approved, but the age
limit is tool high. We viii gamble all
the delinquent subscriptions due this
paper against the salary of any member
Of either house, that either member of
the firm that runs this great moral edu-
Gator could at the age Of fifteen years
make a better record with q gun in the
field than ainety-nine per cent Of the
members Of the Legislature. We hope
the senate will kill or amend the bill,
but do % look for either.
The last chapter in the Judge Bennett
salary case il now reached The SUI
pFeme court has decided ia his favor and
a bill has been introduced in the house
TO reimburse him for the salary due him
for the past two years. Theambitions Of
OK Seward, who was an attorney at the
last term Of the Day county court, are
responsible for the extra expense this
case has been to South Dakota. The job
berry of designing politicians ii often
very expensive to the people, The pres
mi legislature TINS far, has discovered
the most Of these jobs, ii not all, and
nipped them in the bud. There are some
to come mp later in the session, bat we
predict failure for them and their pro-
motors.
A bill that seems manifestly wrong is
the n which increases the bond OF the
state treasurer 70 large an amount
without making a Like increace in the
salary Of that officer. If the laws Of
South Dekota, like the rsIss of large
corporations, compelled surety bonds,
the salary Of the state treasurer for his
entire four years, which is usually al
tottesl, would ID pay for his bond for
one year. Now he is compelled to get
his friends from all parts Of the state to
20 on his bond as a personal favor. We
believe III larger bonds, hut we also be-
lieve ia salaries chat correspond. Speak
ing Of this matter Of salaries, we do not
that there IL Il single state off
or head Of a state institution, that
receives a salary commensurate with the
duties and responsibilities of his Office,
and we would like to see them all raised
che lime of the house was occupied
Monday with the bill which makes the
state board Of equalization and assess
ment supreme in the matter of fixing
values npcn all real and personal prop
erty Ia the state Of South Dakota. Rep
resentatiye FaIlmer, Of Day county. he'd
the opposition TO the bill, and made a
strong fight and gave many good and
valid reasons why said bill should not
pass. TTe was assisted by Representa-
tive Gross, OF Potter county The bill
was pushed by it's introducer, Repre-
sentative Csrroll, of Kingsbury county,
and Representative Bromley, Of Sphinx.
The o~ratoricaI battle was waged for
severed hours, the bill finally passing
with the emergency clause stricken of.
The contention of the opposition to the
bill is principally that the resident as
SCISSOR, from personal observation, Is
better able to fix the exact value of per-
sonal property than Is the state board
Of equalization Of five members, who
have never seen the property, sitting in
Pierre.
Notice Of Sale of Municipal
Bonds.