Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-02-07
SENATE ENAcrs A MEASURE,
A Revision of Dakota. Constitution
Called For.

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Pierre.-The principal feature Of
thursdays session of the legislature
IA the enactment by the house of
senate resolution No. 3, which pro-
poses and agrees to the submission to
the people of the question of a con-
s%titutional convention for the COM
plete revision of the constitution,
which has been patched up a great
deal since it was originally adopted
by the people in 1889. A number Of
efforts in that direction at past ses-
sions have met with defeat, but at the
present time the state finds the con-
%stitution a block in SO many lines of
endeavor that there was little oppo-
sition to the submission. ,
The house members of the joint
committee OF investigation of state
departments, especially as to double
salaries. were selected. They are
Representatives Patterson of Potter,
Otto, Wood, Jekyll and Sasse.
Senator Odland again started on its
way the bill for state hail insurance,
which passed the house two years ago
and went down in the senate. He will
push it. as the class of legislation
which the people of the state desire,
along with other states which are
working under the same law.
Two more bills, one by Eide, and the
other by Patterson of Potter, were
presented in the house, looking to
state aid to high schools in some form.
The Patterson bill goes down to grad
ed schools under certain conditions
named. EIDE presented his bill limit
ing saloons to one for each thousand
population, and fixing license fees,
this being one of the recommends.
tons of Gov. Byrne in his message.
Most Of the governors recommends
lions have been covered by bills in
some form thus early in the session.
Richards New Bill.
R. o. Richards of Huron has brought
with him to Pierre for Introduction a
draft of a bill for another organiZa'
ton law. His effort this time is to
secure a state bureau of information
for the purpose of enabling the people
of South Dakota to enjoy the benefit
of organized information relative to
the employment of labor and the buy.
ing and selling of live stock, grain,
seeds and more important items OF
farm produce.
The secretary of the state board OF
agriculture is to be the state commits
sioner of said bureau. The register
of deeds in each county is to be the
commissioner of said bureau for the
county. Anybody al register theil
wants for labor, live stock or cereals
ETC., with any register Of deeds as
buyers or sellers. This information
is to be forwarded on daily advice
sheets to the state commissioner, who
is to tabulate same and notify by pos
tai card the W. who come nearest
supplying each others wants. There
will be no expense in operation Of
the bureau for the first two years ex
cept postage and printing. 1t is claim
ed for the idea that when the people
become accustomed to the use of free
statewide information it will guarC
against much waste from lack of mar
ket, and it will foster an Independent,
rural market as a check on city mar
kets.
The bill provides in detail how the
state bureau can be conducted SO thai
labor may find employment, employers
may find laborers, sellers may fine
buyers and buyers may find sellers.