Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-02-21
AFTER COMMITTEE.
LAWMAKERS GET INTO TANGLE,
BUT RESOLUTIONS. FINALLY
PLACED ON CALENDAR.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts OF
the Sunshine State.

Pierre.-The house morning SEES
sion Thursday went after the ommlt-
tee on federal relations on it's adverse
reports on agreeing to the amend
ment to the national constitution IN
regard to the manner of filling vacan-
cies in the office of United States sen
ators, in a memorial asking for linn
tied terms for federal judges and in
a memorial for a national act in re-
gard to polygamy, all Of which ad-
verse reports went over and the reso-
lutions were placed on the calendar
after a contest in which a number OF
the members were tangled up before
the resolutions were finally disposed
of.
The house has the dance bill to dis
post of again, along with the bill to
cut out. publicity Of insurance state
ments.
Legislative Work.
The net output of the legislative
work up to o in the way of laws
and resolutions is comprised in Is
acts which originated in the house and
16 which originated in he senate,
practically all of them being small ap-
preparation bills to meet emergency
situations. Gov. Byrne signed the
state tax commission act Wednesday,
as that is the time limit for his TAX
ing action on such laws, and will, un-
der the provisions Of the act, within
ten days name the three commission
ers he has selected to fill the places.
To Destroy Weeds.
Senator Hicks has presented a bill
for the destruction of noxious weeds.
The present law in regard to that sub.
ject is changed very little in his new
bill. But it is made more effective in
it's workings. AS the law stands at
the present time it is made the duty
of officials to take the initiative in re
gard to such work, and many of them
do not care to stir sup local antago'
nism by pushing the enforcement OF
the law, but would be willing to see
that it is carried out if some n else
takes the initiative. The amend
ments to the law require action of the
local authorities in the destruction Of
noXious weeds on highways and unoc
cupied lands when they are SO peti
toned to do SO by three resident free
holders of the township. This gives
the town officers the initiative desired
to act, and the cost of any such work
of destruction is to be taxed to the
land.
To Better People.
M. A. Schuster of Miller usually
gets around at each session with {
bill which embodies his peculiar ideas
of government, or his ideas which ap
pear to be peculiar to most people
He is here with his latest idea which
is that of county and township or
CARNATIONS to force civic and mora
betterment of the communities
through regularly authorized public
organizations for that purpose.
Soard of Charities.
The members of the state board o
charities and corrections are in tn
city to make their last summary t.
the joint appropriation committees o
the two houses for the amounts the.
desire for their different institutions
for the coming biennial period. TIL
appropriation committees are grind
ing as rapidly as possible to get the
general bill into shape, and to shape
up what looks to them like PRACTICAL.
necessary appropriations for the DIFF
ferent institutions for the next twt
years, and after that is finally worked
out they will come as near as posi-
BILE to holding special appropriations
within the limit of estimated revenues
of the state for the period, and if the.
accomplish this they will of necessit.
cause disappointment to a number o
the different institutions of the state
Bank Guaranty Bill.
House bill 24O, by Morgan, is a banl
guaranty act, and besides the pro
visions which require banks to com
under an assessment fund, as mos
such acts require, it contains anoth
er feature not found in such g%uarant.
acts passed by other states which
have not placed themselves under tn
assessment and benefit fund provide,
by the law prior to January 1, 1914
shall be required to execute a suret.
bond to the state of South Dakota, II
trust for the depositors in the bank
in a sum not less than so per cen
of the deposits Of such bank, or depos
it with the state real estate securities
or government, county or municipal
bonds to that amount, such securities
to be approved by the public examin
er. This, while making the law OF
tional as to whether or not the bank
Returns from Visit to Capital.
Pierre.-Land Commissioner Brink
err has returned from Washington, D
c.. upon a visit of official business 70
the department, having been ava.