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that it's provisions provide that the
voters Of a county NAV decide wheth-

that its provisions provide that the
voters Of a county may decide wheth,
er or not they will permit the sale
of liquor within the boundaries OF
their particular county. 1t is hardly
questioned that considerable por-
the salary of the attorney general is
thereby fixed at $1,000 per year. The
proposed amendment provides that
the attorney general shall be paid
a salary of $500 per year. 1t is
generally conceded that this sum is
no more than the attorney general
Is entitled to. 1t is pointed out that
an attorney performing the same du-
ties for corporation that he per-
forms for the state would receive an
annual salary OF at least $4,000, and
perhaps double that sum. The attor-
ney general has not been permitted to
suffer, however, under the present
constitutional requirement, as to
amount Of salary, as it has been Gus
tomary for that officers to appoint
his law partner as assistant.
The last legislature provided ST.
500 per year salary for the assistant,
and the sum of $1,000 per year for
clerk hire, stenographers and other
expenses of the Office
Proposed Revenue Amendment.
The other proposed amendment to
the state constitution to be voted up
on by the voters is intended to re-
move the present constitutional re-
striction as to the amount of state
tax which can be lawfully levied.
This limit now is mills on the dollar
with a provision that " mills may
be added for establishing binder
Irvine manufacturing plant at the
state penitentiary in Sioux Falls.
are paid by the counties arise from
the excessive use of Intoxicating IL
quor.
Those favoring the law ask why,
ii the people of county have to pay
these expenses, they should not have
voice in authorizing the sale. AS
the law has been heretofore eacn
city and town has decided for itself
whether or not liquor licenses shall
be granted.
Those who oppose the proposed law
point out that it would be possible, II
the proposed law was adopted, for
the voters of county outside OF the
cities and towns to prevent licenses
being granted by the cities and towns
and that the outside voters, who pay
not cent in the cities and towns,
would thus be able to legislate for
the cities and towns and take away
a considerable part of their revenue,
even If the vast majority of the vot-
ers of the cities and towns were in
favor Of liquor licenses being grant
ed.
Salary of Attorney General.
One of the proposed amendments
to the state constitution which will
be submitted to the voters on Nov
ember relates to increasing the SAL
airy of the attorney general. The sal
aries Of the state officers are fixed
by article FL of the constitution, and
Section 2 at present provides that
all taxes shall be uniform on all real
estate and personal property, The
change proposed by the amendment
is to make "all taxes uniform on the
same class of subjects This would
make it possible for the state assess
ment authorities to place on an equal
footing with other property the prop
erty Of several corporations which
now escape paying their just proper
ton of the taxes.
Section of the proposed amend
ment is something new for South Da-
kota, being nothing more or less than
the imposition of an inheritance tax.
Section provides for an income tax
law. Section of the proposed
amendment reads as follows: "The
legislature shall provide for rails
ing sufficient revenue to defray the
ordinary expenses of the state by
an annual tax, as nearly uniform
from year to year as practicable. And
for the purpose of paying the public
debt the legislature shall provide for
levying tax annually sufficient to
pay the annual interest and the prin-
cipal Of such debt within ten years
from the final passage OF the law
creating the debt"
The above two proposed amend
ments to the state constitution and
the four proposed laws will be sub
mltted to the voters on a separate bal
lot.