Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-02-27
THE LAW
MAKERS
Few Of the Most Important Bills
Introduced or Passed so far
by the State Solons.
NO MORE "BONNY HUGS
The State Game Law will Prob
ably Lose its County Warden
Attachment in the Schuffle.

Last Saturday marked the last day
upon which members as individuals
might introduce bills, all others now
from the rather remarkable way in
which both House and Senate have
finished their calendars day by day,
there will be no delay at the end OF
the session and good time can be put
non the committee bills which are
the most important of all measures in
troduced.
Up to date the governor has signed
appropriation bills amounting to $1O1,-
046.64, which sum includes the legis-
lative expense of the present session,
and a large number of minor matters,
the big appropriation bill not yet be
ing introduced for maintenance of the
state generally and institutions there
in.
The bin relating to the publication
most excitement in both house and
senate last week, the measure being
a house bill by the Insurance Commit
tee cutting out the publication OF such
statements. The bill was lost, how
ever, in the house.
In connection with the creation of
the tax commission, Bielski of Stanley
has introduced several measures that
will make the working of the new law
feasible one limits me anis'a7.- OF
money which any taxing district may
raise under the new law to 1O2 per
cent of the amount which might have
been raised under the assessment OF
1912, because in raising the assessed
valuation now from about 20 per cent
of the real value to the full money
value will make it possible at the ex'
listing levy limits for municipalities to
produce about five times the former
revenue. Another measure limits the
salaries of county officers which are
based upon assessed valuations.
The big game bill which comes uE
each session appeared as usual bu'
was so extensively amended by the
farmers that the game law leaders
finally Joined them and defeated the
measure so that the large fund in thai
department of 1000 still remains
and there is no provision for the dis
posal of it.
Both of the houses have passed thu
dance bill prohibiting the new dances
of bunny hug" etc. and any other'
which may be immoral, and there Ii
a heavy penalty attached for the VIC
lation thereof, so the public will hav'
to be very careful from now on in re
lation to the variety of dances per
mitted in any place.
The senate killed the bill prohibit
ing any overdrafts at banks, but an
other measure is up making it fraud
ulent to remove from one place to an
other while there is an overdraft chec
out, and this measure if it passes WI
keep some persons from paying u
accounts and leaving on the nigh
train while said checks are of n
worth
Haafke and artine have both intro
duced rate bills, Bartine's being HI
measure of two years ago, providing
rule for determining a distance tariff
and Haafkes places definite rates fc
classification and distance in tn
measure itself This session has nj
so many railroad bills before it
usual, those introduced being onl
mild and moderate measures, Whlc
most any railroad would gladly cor
ply with for their own good and tn;
of the public.
The democrats are insisting on
bank guaranty act, and Hale OF Mead
and Larson in the house have bot
introduced such measures. Morga
of Charles Mix this week introduce
measure giving banks an option
either entering into the guaranty a
sociation or else putting up a sure
bond for the benefit of their depos
ors.
The Senate passed bill providil
that If school teachers who have sig
ed up their contract to teach, bre'