Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-11
SWAPPING LAW GOES
OUT Of BUSINESS ON
JIG Time ENACTMENT
Emergency Clause Attached B.
Both Houses to Make Repeal
Effective at Once.

Pierre. S. D.. Feb. 6.-South Dakota
must get along without it's ~fanroIl
swapping law" In order to get rid 4
tt as quickly as possible the house has
passed an amendment adding tlsy
emergency clause. The senate nov has
~concurred in his amendment and ths
law, which is the product of X. q.
richards. of Huron. will be repealed
as soon as the governor signs the bin,
incidentally, the several counties ~
the state will nave on hand som" eX-
penslVe blank filing books in which 4
was hoped by the author Of the bin than
laboring men would record their coed
OF work n employers their need ot
labor, with the result that the jobs
and the Jobless would be brought to-
gether. The law never fulfilled its rur-
pose and so few made use of it thai i;
was practically a dead letter.
Nepotism Bill Killed.
bill, with only one protesting vote ard
stale officials may employ relatives. II
they so desire, without any restrictions,
The bill for 3 o'clock closing Of pool
halls did not even get one lone sup
porting vote when the adverse coin-
mlttee report came in and it is a dead
measure. the opinion of members helna
That local boards can regulate this is
sue.
The house committee ON education
refused to go on record on the house
bill to wipe out the Springfield normal
school. and it comes in without any
committee recommendation. The Rose,
bud people have been holding thei;
normal bill back until they find whal
action is taken on the Springfield in
stitution.
Hot Springs representatives in force
We're before the house temperance com
lnittee protesting against the house hiN
to prevent the sale of liquor within
five miles of the soldiers home. They
protested that it was not fair to single
out Hot Springs as the one particular
town in the state to force prohibition
ON. and that any such statute, if enact
ID, should apply to all state institutions
alike.
New Blue Sky Plan.
The nav law which is being worked
out to prevent the selling of blue Sky"
a South Dakota provides for a different
method of checking questionable sales.
Inde the present law it is left to the
securities commission to determine
whether investment companies seeking
TO do business in the state offer a
reasonable chance for investors TO earn
interest on their money The plan now
5 merely TO provide severe punishment
Tor frauds In investment offerings. II
Is alleged that no commission can ac-
rurately determine the value of an in
Nestment, Instead OF passing on in
vestments they are now 10 enforce laws
and it is believed the heavy penalties
provided for fraud will check the dis
position of fraudulent companies 10 on
trate disposition of fraudulent companies
60 operate in this state.
Working On Salary Bill.
Senator Whittemore moved q re-
consideration of the vote OF tho la
srevious by which the bin giving The
legislature power to fix salaries of ;totn
officials was amended to make ,h,. me-
rssarv. ma ioritv three-fourts instead az
two-thirds, He said a tbraa-fo,r,h 9
vote of the senate was "a. The cheroksa
strip might defeat any PROPOSAL bv TIE
legislature to fix n salary Sfe,1tenroth
said no larger ma ioritv should he ~
nuired on "A salary nronosition than for
The need of Ga fee,,,rding tha +ra,s1nn~.