The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-25
s4lKEUP n AFFAIRS
,-c0mmENpATIoNs OF ATToR.
N.Y. GENERAL REVOLUTION.
AIRY IN CHARACTER.
oTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
erom ths Capitol CITY. the Various
state Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

Plrrrc.-In his report 10 the govern.
or ,ttorney General Johnson will
mako commentators for legislation
which. il enacted. will be nothing
slrrt OF revolutionary In the manage.
mont OF state affairs. His recon.
nrgdations are based largely on a
move 10 made nearly n year ago, In
which he asked the attorneys Of the
stare 70 write his department OF any
ds..ct or inconsistencies in statutes
and needed legislation covering these
poIgts. The report contains CT such
concentrations, many OF them ask.
irl for legislation TO correct manifest
errors and imperfections in existing
statutes. but in the list are several
concentrations which, II carried in.
10 erect by the legislature, will mean
the saving of thousands of dollars an.
nually 10 the state. One OF the princl.
plc ones is the recommendation that
4 constitutional amendment be sub
miitcd to the people for fourycar
terms of Legislative members. with
half the members retiring ut the end
of each session. the other half hold.
ink over; that the appropriation com.
miJtco be composed of holdoyer mem
hers. and that they meet in the capt.
toll fifteen days before the opening Of
tho legislative session; that state OF.
fccra and heads OF departments be re-.
ou'rod 10 submit to this committee on
The first day Of their session the csti-
mates rtr their offices and depart
monte. and that all appropriation bills
must be passed within the first thirty
ilgs OF the session. Anyone who has
ever attended a legislative session
would know what such action would
mean IN ihC way Of saving 20 the
state.
Some Radical cr-nucs.
u.h.r recon-. ordsi.CLs r...a
would u-au radical changes are:
A- auditing committee Of s0.c,toG
state o.ic, -9, 20 a"ss upon bills
.e. n.t tine state, with tho auditor re-
li.r.d from re possibility on Issuance
OF q warrant passed upon b. this
board.
That all moneys due the state FROM
any source DC paid into the general
"rd. and paid out only when properly
appropriated, and that Ill c]ontinu.ar
aad, FOR any purpose be abolished.
nul no appropriation be for a ionSD"
ported Than two years.
E.. admission Of n constitutions!
a.,'dwc-t providing for 4 state
board II control for all state iua,itl-
ions. and II this Is adopted the abol-
.shiu. of different boards now in con
troll of the different state institutions.
and ave the expense Of multipiicity
OF boards drawing pay from the state.
rCaierrinE tho duties Of the three
oil Inspectors on the state food and
drug apartment and cutting Off three
officers.
Reducing the three boards which
NAY" control OF medical examinations.
pharmacy and health TO one board.
and cut out the expense of three
boards, all doing practically tho same
class Of work.
Aholishing the state live stock sani-
iary board Of five members and plac.
ing their duties in the hands 'of the
state veterinarian. Along with this
The placing of deputy state veterina.
rians on a per diem basis and stop the
Complaints OF excessive fees. While
This may not be of much import over
The state, In many places 1t means
much at heavy shipping points.
The allegations required In an infor'
nation under the statutes OF this state
are shown in comparison with the
forms used In England and Canada.
The difference in a criminal informa-
ton as required being shown In 81
iypowritten lines. with the usual jun
bic familiar to all who attend courts.
ana an information containing the
same charge In the English form con-
tanning four lines. and the Legislature
u asked TO make the change for this
state. The repeal of chapter IL. laws
~ 1911. which Is n lawyers attempt
10 simplify practice. Is recommended
Tor repeal on account of the confusion
which has resulted. (While not men
TONED In the report, It Is n matter OF
supreme court record that w. a. Nor.
ris. who, as legislative member. urged
mis- act and secured its passage. was
one OF the first to attack II, and did so
on the grounds that the act is uncon-
Stitutional.)
Recommendations covering ROAD
legislation are that there Is a sur
plus in township general funds. a ie-
gal way be provided for getting TINS
INTO the road fund, where the taxpay-
crs want to get II, and along with tha'