Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-24
ELECTION REFORMS
BILLS ARE OFFERED IN HOUSE
BY BERG AND KERR TO
THIS END.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

Pierre.-Election reforms are sought
In two house bills presented Wednes-
day, n being by Berg, who desires
to strike the circle from the head OF
the ticket and require voters to eX-
press their individual preference all
down the line, instead of voting it
straight.
Kerr introduced a bill providing a
penalty to give or receive anything
of value for signing a referendum pc
tition for the purpose of enacting or
stopping the effect of legislation.
The old soldiers were looked after
ate to appropriate 500 TO- for the Ak
penses of sending the survivors of the
battle of Gettysburg resident of this
state to the celebration on that battle
ground mex year. The roll so far pre-
pared shows practically 115 such sur
vfvors living in this state.
House Passes a Resolution.
The house passed the Berg joint
resolution, which requires the appro-
priation committees of both houses
to report the general bills not later
than the forty-fifth day of the session
and prohibits providing for any board
or department created at this session
through the general bill.
The speaker appointed Groth, Pat
terson, of Corson; Ziebach, Anderson
and Wolzmuth as a committee to con-
fer with the North Dakota Legislature
as to a joint building at a Francisco.
The State Bar association begun it's
session here Wednesday and put in
the time discussing legislative re-
forms. They held a banquet at the st.
Charles hotel in the evening.
For the first time in the history of
the state an equal suffrage resolution
was passed by the senate without a
fight Wednesday morning. Only two
votes were recorded against the res
olution, they being by Wipf, of Hutch
inson, and Mather, of Brown.
Wipf to Offer Bill.
Senator Wipf, of Hutchinson coun
ty, says that he will present a bill for
the absolute repeal of the compiled
laws of 1908 and the session laws of
the sessions of 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909
and 1911, and to begin all over at this
SeSSlOu Will leSlSldLlOH VI liS StelS
on the theory that by such action a
lot of enactments which are of little
value would be eliminated, and the
state could work under a complete
code of laws to be framed now which
would leave out the nonessentials
which are carried on the books.
The members from the western, and
especially from the newly settled
counties, are not looking with favor
on the Swanson bill in the house for
the complete repeal of the state wolf
bounty provisions and the placing of
all bounty awards in the hands of the
counties alone, each caring for its own
bounties. They say that this would be
placing a heavy burden on the west
ern counties which sould be shared
by all, and that there is no reason in
talking repeal just because some of
the officers of the different counties
have been found guilty of tampering
with the law.
Waltner, of Hutchinson, has pre-
scented in the house a bill to grant
1-cent railway fare to volunteer fire
departments in their trips to attend
state tournament, which would allow
a larger number of the members of
the different companies to get to the
state meetings.
Bruce, Of Yankton, will urge legis-
lation for f%our-year terms for legisla-
tive members, and wants the matter
presented to the people at the next
general election. The proposition APP
pears to be gaining friends and it is
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the present session as a constitutional
amendment to be submitted to the
people next year.