The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-07

merous special appropriation bills
that are coming in. The senate
anti-pass bill was passed BY the
house Saturday by q vote Of 70 to
| 2 after amending it BY inserting q
provision authorizing newspapers
to make advertising contracts with
railroads, accepting payment ia
mileage. An effort was also made
TO eliminate the emergency clause
but this was voted down. The
senate refused to concur in the
amendments and the bill is now ia
the hands Of . conference commit
tee.
The primary bill! was up for con-
|sideration in the house Tuesday.
The senate on Saturday passed a
bill appropriating $500, 900 for the
new capitol building, but providing
that most Of the amount shall
come from the sale of state lands.
The bill provides that South Dako-
to stone shall be used in the build
ing providing the cost does not ex-
,ceed 5 per cent above the cost
of outside material. An advan-
tage of five per cent on South
Dakota material the senate very
justly considers, is all we can
afford to pay for sentiment.
The special appropriation bills
call for an expenditure aggregating
close to three quarters of million
dollars, and it is safe to say that
there will be some wedding done
before they are passed.
Representative Foncannon Of
MCPHERSON county is pushing the
bill providing for a more rapid sale
of school lands. He would have
one twentieth of the lands sold each
year until one fourth of the lands
shall have been sold. In reply to
to the argument that the state
should hold these lands in order to
realize from the rapid advance in
price, Mr.. Foncannon calls atten-
tion to the fact that the land sold
sixteen years ago brought only a
little over $13 per acre, while that
sold in 1906 brought about $26 per
acre. From this he argues that the
interest received on the land sold
sixteen years ago would bring the
receipts up to the price of the land
sold in 1906 showing that there was
really no loss to the state from the
early sale. There are two points
that Mr.. Fonoannon seems to lose
sight of. One is that the receipts
from this land constitute perma.
nent investment while the interest
is expended from year to year.
Hence while the interest for a linn
tied time might equal the rise in
the land, as a permanent invest
ment the state will be the loser by
selling while it is cheap. The 9TH
er point is that the land sold six
teen years ago at $13 per acre was
located in counties where today
land is selling at $5O.per acre, 80
that in computing the loss from
the sale of this land sixteen years
ago it is not fair to compare it with
the price received for that sold in
1906 located in the newer counties.
The house committee repo rted
favorably on a bill to donate the
grounds and buildings at the
Springfield Normal school to that
city for educational purposes. This
means another fight to save the
normal school.
The Latbrop divorce bill now be-
fore the legislature provides for a
residence within the state of one
year before action for divorce can
be commenced, three months of
which time must have been in the
county where the action is brought.
It also provides that all hearings
shall be open to court and mot in
chambers as is the usual custom at
present. These provisions are
good as far as they go but they
would not add any restrictions to
parties who are permanent resi-
| dents of the state. A provision