The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-01
THE LEGISLATURE
Land Department Bill Killed
After Explanation by
Representative
Urdahl

Pierre, March lone of the meas.
uies which it is declared was urged by
the department of public lands, was
quietly killed by the house last night
after Representative Urdahl had ex-
planned its workings. The bill was
apparently simple and followed the old
law with one single exception and that
was the substitution of the word ''Ie.
moved" for the word sold" Urdahl
pointed out that the present law for
bids the commissioner of school and
public lands to sell more than 25,
600, 900 feet of timber in one year.
The bill, by substituting the word
removed" for ''sold," removed the
restriction as to sale and that would
have permitted the commissioner to
sell all OF the state timber. Urdahl
also pointed out that the commission
or had already advertised for sale
of 100, 600, 600 feet of timber, the
bids to be opened on February 1s,
but that as the law had not Deen
changed by that time, the bids had not
been opened. The killing of the bill
win prevent the sale of this large guam.
tity of timber.
The senate passed the Oregon plan
bill for the election of United States
senators by u big vote. 1t is expect
ed that the bill will pass the house.
THIS bulk sales law was also passed by
the senate today. The house will act
on 1t Friday. By a vote of 80 to 7 the
senate today refused to repeal the Rich
ards primary and substitute the former
law. The house devoted the entire SEES
sion tu consideration of the general
appropriation bill. An effort to strike
out the appropriation for the immi-
grafton department was voted down
The first serious effort to repeal the
initiated Richards primary law came
upon the floor of the senate this after
noon with the supporters of the bill in
no way sparing in the criticism of that
law, in which they charged that ii
would be utterly impossible to work
under IL. Richards was an interested
spectator il the senate gallery and was
pleased at the result when the roll call
showed but seven votes in favor OF
the bill.
Senator Russell, who introduced the
first resolution Of the session for an in
vestigation of the affairs of the differ
emit departments of the state in regard
to expenditures. which was defeated
by the house which took up and passed
the Anderson resolution under which
the committe is acting. started some
thing else this afternoon. II was
common talk that a message would
come in asking that the committee be
continued after the session and an ap-
propItion asked for that purpose. Rus
sell saw an opportunity to get in his
resolution first. Norbeck was In the
game himself and opposed the Russell
resolution, and after a contest it went
over until tomorrow, by which time
the message from the governor will
be in and ready to act upon.
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