The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-02-20
WEEKS NEWS
OF LEGISLATURE
SATURDAY WAS LAST DAY FOR
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
BY MEMBERS
A NEW PRINTING LAW HAS BEEN DRAFTED
The Game Law is Having a Hard Time
In Both Houses-Many Bills Aim
ed at Railroads are Introduced

Pierre, February 17.@Saturday
marked the last day which members as
individuals might introduce bills, all
others now must come through a CON-
mittee and from the rather remarka-
BILE way in which both house and SEN
ate have finished their calendars day
by day, there will be no delay at the
end of the session and good time can
be put in on the committee bills which
are the most important of all measures
introduced. Up to date the governor
has signed Appropriation bills mount
ing to SOL, O46. ga, which sum includes
the legislative expense of the present
session, and a large number of minor
matters, the big Appropriation bill not
yet being introduced for maintenance
of the state generally and institutions
therein.
The bill relating to the publication
of insurance statements caused the
most excitement in both house and
senate this 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 Stan
ley, has introduced several measures
which will make the working of the
new law feasible; one limits the
amount Of money which any taxing dis
trict may raise under the new to
102 per cent of the amount which
might have been raised under the as
sesment 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 1t possible
at the existing levy limits for munich
palities to produce about FIVE times
the former revenue. Another measure
limits the salaries OF county officers
which are based upon assessed valua-
ton.
The senate killed the bill prohibit
ing overdrafts at banks, but another
measure is up making 1t fraudulent to
remove from n place to another
while there is an overdraft check out,
and this measure il 1t passes will keep
some persons from paying up accounts
and leaving on the night train while
said checks are Of no worth.
The democrats are insisting upon a
bank guaranty act, and Hale of Meade,
and Larson in the house have both
introduced such measures. Morgan OF
Charles Mix, this week introduced a
measure giving banks an option or
either entering in the guaranty essociar
ton or else putting up surety bond for
the benefit Of depositors.
The senate passed a bill providing
that if school teachers who have sign
ed up their contracts to teach break
them, they cannot teach anywhere else
in South Dakota for one year follow
ing. This won't prohibit teachers from
getting married if they wish and break
ing their teaching contract of course,
nor from going into another state to
teach, but just because a girl decides
she would rather teach in another
town, she will not nov be permitted
to follow that course.
The legislature did not take from
the Aberdeen Normal the right to o
duct a two years college course in
that institution, though there was a
determined fight for such a measure
led by EIDE Of Beadle. The board Of
regents also have stated that the insti-
tuition should only have manual and
normal training in their efforts not to
duplicate work in the state, but Aber-
deem citizens were wroth over the idea
and the charter of the institution per.
hitting such a practice was upheld by
the house. H, A. Robinson.