The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1913-03-14

heated furnace.
proven, with special tax of $500
against the property which must be
paid bofore any remission of a closure
order is allowable.
The temperance people have Sc
cured the enactment of laws which
will reduce the number of saloons in
the state by fixing a population basis
for granting licenses, and increasing
the license fee; and prohibiting the
licensing OF township saloon within
five miles OF No license town.
The enactment of a negotiable in
strument act. and one regulating the
disposal of stocks of goods in bulk,
which have been points at issue in
practically every session of the legis-
lature since statehood, were placed
upon the statutes and will no longer
fret the members unless in the way
of amendments or repeals.
While there has been long list of
railway measures introduced, ranging
all the way from harmless in the
railway view I'oint up to positively
vicious" there have been few of them
enacted into law, and the railway
representatives are frank to say that
they have been treated very fairly by
the legislature and haYe not been un-
duly hampered.
The investigation of charges of cor
ruption and graft in different state
departments called out several inves
tgating committees, and the one
known as the Law committee, of
which Senator Law was chairman un-
covered one specific case of misap-
preparation of state funds, and other
Irregularities which they suggest
should be remedied, and further in
vestigated by the committee which
is to continue after the session; the
committee to Investigate charges of
attempted use of money to secure the
enactment of law repeating the law
requiring publication of insurance
statements, found that no such "a
tempt was made in regard to any
member or officer, but that certain
parties were working for contingent
fund to secure such end,
The corrupt practices actn of the
senate which passed the house limits
candidate to $500 for expenditures.
of campaign, and prevents the use
of carriages, or treating, and limits
what candidate may do toward Sc
curing nomination or election. The
original bill prevents the use of cigars
as well as liquor, but the cigar clause
was cut out by the house.
The investigating of the charges
against the public printers found
nothing more than that the state
printing commission under the old
law was careless ard let contracts at
prices higher than they should, their
work resulting in a new printing law.
The game laws enacted provid for
state game preserve in the Black
Hills state forests; for dropping coun-
ty game wardens and creating state
game commission with state wardeDs
and prohibit the killing of quail at
any time.
A proposition for general revision
of the constitution has been put up to
the people, and among many other
constitutional amendments to be sub
mitted equal suffrage has place.
The matter of bank guaranty was
turned down by the senate after it
had passed the house, there being
strong representation of bankers in
the senate side, who did not look with
favor upon such legislation.
The administration measures" es-
pecially recommended by Governor
Byrne at the opening of the session
were bank guaranty, and tax COM
mission, the former recommendation
being further urged by special mes
sage, but it failed to get through,
though the tax commission has be-
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come reality.
The house made short work of the
senate "anti- pass" act which attempt.
ed to amend the present anti-pass law
to allow railway companies to grant
a pass to one attorney in each county
OF the state. This the different local
attorneys were anxious to get through
as it meant a nice little present to
them from the railroad companies but
the house de, lined to let up even to
the extent of giving relief to the suf-
fering attorneys to that amount and
swatted the bill hard with swatters
and any other weapon at hand when
it got into the open.