Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-02-14
PEN INVESTIGATION
STATE PRISON INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE SOON TO MAKE
REPORT.

| COMMITTEE SOON TO MAKE
REPORT.
Pierre.-The penitentiary investi-
eating committee have returned from
its trip to that institution, and will
shape up its report for presentation to
the two houses of the legislature.
The two new bills which will start
some things were introduced in the
senate Monday afternoon by Howe, one
of which proposes to eliminate the
state fire marshal department, the
other to prohibit any state officer
from drawing travelling pay for travel
outside the state except the attorney
general in going outside the state to
defend suits which are brought against
the state.
Miscellaneous Items.
| The constitutional amendment idea
has apparently not yet run it's course,
as three more resolutions to that eff
feet 60 in. One of these is by Patter-
son of Potter in the house, who asks
that one-half the leasing money on
state school lands may go back to the
district in which it is secured His
reasons for this is that in some Sec
| tons the state holds large tracts of en-
| dOwment lands which are not subject
to taxation, and school districts in
such localities cannot secure the rev.
enues needed for carrying on the
schools on account of these large
tracts bringing no revenue in the way
of school taxes.
| Two amendments in the senate are,
one by Norbeck which proposes to
create a state board of control for the
management of the various state insti-
buttons, and eliminate the three
boards now doing that work, the
board of charities and corrections, the
board of regents of education, and the
soldiers home board. Another senate
amendment is by Patterson of Greg
ory, and is called out by the suit last
fall testing the question of nomina-
ton of supreme court judges. In that
case, while three of the members of
the court were interested parties,
they elected to hear the case as there
was no other tribunal before which it
could be brought
Colgan Of Fall River has prepared
bill providing for the destruction of
prairie dogs at public expense, au-
thoriZing counties to employ men for
that purpose, at set per diem, the
total of which sail not exceed $500 a
year; and that townships may take
such action at a price not exceed $500
a year.
Thompson of Minnehaha introduced
his bill to wipe out the state immi-
grafton department.
Blackwell of Butte county asks to
have the state experiment work
through the agricultural college eX-
tended into a new field, as he asks for
the location of state cattle feeding
experiment station on the government
reclamation project near Belle
Fourche for the testing of feed to be
grown under irrigation on that tract,
asking for the purchase of not less
than so acres for this purpose.
Allen, the delegate" from Bennett
county, started his first bill on it's road,
it being to attach Bennett county to
the legislative district now included
in the counties of Trip and Mellette.
Under the resolution admitting him he
was authorized to present bills and
speak on matters affecting his coun-
ty alone, but gets no vote upon any
measure When his bill comes up for
action he will get his first opportunity
to appear upon the floor in any other
capacity than that of doorkeeper.
A bill is being prepared asking that
the surplus in the state game fund
which has accumulated in the time
since the enactment of the law, and
has not been used for the propagation
of game as intended on account of
defect in the law, be returned to the
counties which paid it to be used by
them for the propagation of game.
The investigating committee which
is looking into state printing con-
tracts is grinding away every day.
and so far has been working on w. j.
Mundt, the man whose claims of graft,
or overcharges started the investiga-
ton. He has been on the grill for
most of two forenoons and evenings,
and is being used as the principal wit
ness "for the state" by the commit
tee.
The house is making a different rec
ord in regard to progress of business
than that of two years ago. They
keep digging right along until their
calendar is cleared every day, and
! no bills left to drag over to the next
day and pile up the surplus work.
In the House.
In the house the committee report
ed adversely to the bill to add the
state treasurer to the capital cOmmls-