The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-02
PASS SEED BILL
TO HELP OUT THE
NEEDY SETTLERS

lleS ASK Help OIL tlle
First Years Crop.
ABERDEEN LANDS
An Appropriation of $50, 600
Goes to Normal For a
New Building.
Pierre, S. D.-The house today
passed house bill to allow counties
to supply seed grain to needy set
tiers. bill very much desired by new
settlers in the western part of the
state.
The senate defeated the bank guar
|anty bill which was being pushed in
that body and passed special ap-
preparation of $4,000 for build
ing at the Aberdeen Normal. but only
latter a general protest on the part of
Gemmel against any special appro-
priations for the state normals.
Pierre, S. D.-The senate today
pushed through the bill to create a
state immigration department by a
vote of thirty to thirteen, and it will
go back to the house for a second
trial. They also In committee Of the
whole voted down all attempts to
change the committee bill, and 90
reported to the house, but action was
deferred and the house bill which
will be in the senate tomorrow will
be substituted and passed.
The senate also passed the resolu-
tion for constitutional amendment
for the recall for all state and coun-
ty officers. and the house will prob
ably accept 1t and make it one Of
the few propositions to go to the
people at the next election. The
Richards primary bill will be a
special order in the senate tomor-
row.
The house eliminated the propo-
sition to provide the state educa-
tional institutions with levy Of one
and one-half mills instead Of speci-
&c appropriations. the plan OF get
ting but eleven votes; and by a
scratch passed the bill granting SUI
preme Judges, expense accounts.
With their resolution through the
ST nate the women are working hard
among house members and claim
that they have show to get through
regardless of an adverse vote earlier
in the session.
Railroad Commission Will Give Up
Their Passes.
Pierre, S. D.-The general ap-
preparation bill carries q new item
this year in that of transportation
for the members of the state railway
commission and their secretary and
attorneys, the amount of $1,000 an
nually being apportioned for that
purpose. When the anti-pass Law
went into effect there was a special
exemption made for such officials
and they have all along been the
proud possessors of the only passes
which were carried save by railway
men themselves. But the senate
passed bill yesterday, which before
it finally went through was amended
to cut OF this privilege, and requires
the members of the commission tt
dig up for their rides. and the mon
ey is being appropriated for thai
purpose on the theory that the house
will accept the provision.
The plan Of House bill 403 to 81
an annual tax for the maintenance
of state educational institutions tt
be controlled by the state board O
regents Of education did not get yer,
far. as it jumped the amount To-
such purposes to practically doubl,
the amounts allowed these institu
tions two years ago and that threw
ia scare into the members which the,
could not get over. and only clever
were willing to vote for it when 1
came up for action. ~
i The House combine which. ha
signed up to hold out Of special ap
propriation evidently was NOT read,
to show its hand today when th'
first little special appropriation
popped out, 1t being for $4,000 70,
an addition to the girls dormitor,
at the state training school. Severa
Of the hackers of special appropria
tions had asked that their bills go ov
er. but when his bill was reached
Larson Of Aurora decided to push 1
along as the house was not in . kill
ing mood for the day. It has beel
. charged that many of the stat,
schools are only high schools for th'
towns in which they are located. an,
Larson denied that the school at BIT
town was principally for the resi-
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