The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-03
THE LEGISLATURE
An Interesting Collection of Bus.
mess Transacted at
Pierre


has demanded an investigation of the
charges made by Brinker and declared
before the committee that he had not
solicited any pribe.
Governor Bryne announced the fol.
lowing appointments today and they
were confirmed by the senate:
Homer NJ. Derr of B~rookings, state
engineer to succeed s.. FL. Lea.
August Frieberg of Beresford. mem
Der of the board II regents to succeed
himse If.
Marcus r. BeeDe. of Ipswich, to
succeed III. r. Rinehart Of Eureka as a
member of the board of regents.
A bin was introduced to appropriate
81, 600 for the Investigation CT state de-
partments and install a commission of
three to be appointed by the governor.
The Investigating committee is to
have charge of the work and go back
into the records for the past two years.
The liquor interests have secured a
radical modification in the senate com.
mittee for the Thousand to one"
house saloon bill, allowing two saloons
ia any town regardless OF size, and
reducing the license maximum to a
thousand dollars instead of twenty-five
hundred dollars.
Governor Byrne sent a strong mes
sage to both houses urging the passage
of a bank guaranty law and asserting
that it was the duty of the legisla-
ture to provide such a law for the
protection of the people. He outlined
plans for bank guaranty.
The senate appropriated $50. 900 for
the state fair at Huron.
Gcv. Byrne decided upon Fred Hep
p%erleo. of Eureka, as the mar to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of State Land Commissioner Brinker,
and will make the appointment. Mr..
Hepperlee Is in the city and will be
ready to take un the duties of his
new office as 500 as he qualities.
The new commissioner has heen a
state senator from Mcpherson county,
and was u of the primary candidates
for secretary of state last June. He is
a prominent merchant at Eureka.
Gov. Byrne sent a message to both
houses of the Legislature urging that
they enact a bank guaranty Law before
the close of the session. de asked the
same thing in his message at the open
ing of the session. The governor calls
attention to the fact that the state re-
quires security for it's funds from banks
in which ii makes deposits and he
demands the same for the money os
the people.
The general investigating committee
has about completed it's work in regard
to the state land department and will
make a report to the legislature. They
have not attempted to cover any other
department specifically than the land
department. and will leave further
investigation to the committee which
the legislature is expected to provide
for before it ~adjourns.
The house passed the mothers pen
sion bill which provides a payment
OF SO a month for one dependent
child and 81 a month for each addition
al child under Ia years of age, the fund
to be secured by general taxation
through the counties.
Both houses with congested calendars
are putting in night sessions and at.
tempting to get things out of the way
before Friday night of next week.
Although the printing investigation
committee has reported, it is fighting
over the provisions of a new printing
code which is to be presented as n
joint bill of the committee of the two
houses.
A bill in the senate by the public
health committee prohibits the manu-.
failure, sale or giving away under o
pretense whatever of snuff iu any form
In this state. 1t is even a stronger
bill than the one now causing a 6gbt
in the North Dakota legislature.
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Fills you with warm, tingling vitality.
Most reliable spring physic. That's
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. the
worlds regulator. Ask your druggist.