The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-03
Has Accumulated From Sales of Ii
censes as No Provision Was Made
For Its Expenditure.
BLUE SKY" BILL PROPOSED
Is To Be Modelled Along Kansas Lines
State May Vote on Woman
Suffrage.
~ United Press.

ny United Press.
Sioux Falls, s d., Jan. 3-The ses-
sion of the state legislature which
will convene in South Dakota on
Tuesday, January 7, promises to be
a busy one
In addition to the election of a
United States senator to succeed
Senator Gamble, whose term expires
March next, number of important
measures will come up for action.
The legislature will be controlled
by the Republicans, who have a large
majority, the Democratic members in
both houses numbering less than
twenty-five.
The game interests of the state
will demand the passage of legisla-
ton making a material change in the
present laws for the protection of
game and fish.
The chief feature of legislation de-
sired in connection with revised
game laws will be the disposal of
$4,000 which has accumulated in
the state game fund. AS the law
now stands there is no way to legally
dispose of this fund. The law fixes
the license fee for hunting deer and
other game, but makes no provision
for using the accumulated fund.
The Legislature also will be asked
to enact legislation which will per-
NIT greater spread for irrigation
projects proposed in the state Inter-
est in adequate irrigation laws CEN
tiers in western South Dakota, and it
is the members from that section who
will push such legislation.
The educational interests Of the
state will ask for the passage of laws
improving the educational system of
the state, and particularly providing
for state aid for centralized high
schools in country districts These
interests will also ask for a general
library act.
Among other proposed measures
which will be introduced early and
come up for action will be:
An adequate compensation act,
which probably will be modelled along
the lines of the Washington law; a
"blue sky act modelled upon the
Kansas blue sky law; and act for the
use of prison labor in the construc-
ton of good roads through the state,
or providing at least for a change
from the present contract system and
along with that so far as possible
changes in the present road laws of
the state, which are far from salts
factory
A state civil service law also is
proposed and will be given considera-
tion in the effort to work out some
thing along this line.
In addition to the above there will
be the usual number of bills intro
duced of minor Importance to the
state at large, but of more or less
Importance to the communities and
counties which the proposed acts
will be designed to benefit.
An effort also may be made to
have the percentage of signers to pc
titions calling special elections in
cities which are operating under the
commission form of municipal gov
eminent increased, 50 it will not be
so easy to have special elections
called. The percentage fixed by the
state law under which the commits
sion governed cities now are operat-
ing is five per cent, and it is believed
in many quarters that not less than
ten or fifteen per cent of the voters
of city should be required to sign
a petition before special election is
called.
Balloting for the election of a
United States senator will begin Jan.
FL. Thomas Sterling, dean of the
law department at the state univer-
sity at Vermillion for. many years,
was the successful Republican candi-
date at the June primaries, defeating
Senator Gamble, the present occu-
pant, by a few hundred votes. Since
that time Dean Sterling declared
himself for Roosevelt for president
and during the campaign made ad-
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