The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-08
THE LAST DAY
CLOSING BUSINESS OF THE
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGlSLA-
TURE-APPROPRIA-
TION BILLS.

a NV a . Va ~ Az G1AA
a message TO the legislature urging
passage of the general appropriation
bill with the $4,000 item for prose-
cutting the interest cases" against
former treasurers now pending. This
is a house amendment and most rep
resentatives are favorable, while the
senate turned down by a big majority
a special bill on the proposition early
In the week and is determined to
camp in it's seat until ID wins the
day. A large audience still remains
in the galleries. The governor said
For the legislature to attempt sur
reptitiously TO defeat these actions
now Is inexcusable. 1t il your plain
duty to complete these approprla-
ions and / urge il with all the We
hemenee In my power" The capitol
clocks were stopped at 1870 to de-
note continuance of the sixtieth and
last legislative day.
AT midnight the two houses were
d~eadlocked on the $4,000 %appropria-
ton to prosecute interest cases"
against former state t~reasurers, and
senators and representatives were
preparing to camp for the night. both
saying they will never give in.
A $4,000 appropriation to prose-
cute interest" cases against former
state ~treasurers, backed by the house
and refused by the senate. is holding
UP the general bill. n conference
committee having failed to agree and
many more are in prospect. other
wise the general appropriation bill
has been agreed upon. with slight
amendments. The senate had clean-
ed it's calendar by 6 and the house
by 9 o'clock, so that adjournment
hinges on the passage OF the general
bill and the %engrossing OF the recent
enactments.
Important special appropriations
are $4,000 for an artesian well at the
Springfield normal: $4,000 TO ex-
tend the wall, $500 for a quarry
and $500 for stock and barns at
penitentiary and $4,000 for a build
ing at the Spearfish normal. Pre-
ylous large specials we're $65 900 for
an addition TO the main building OF
the Northern normal; $4,000 for a
dormitory at the State college and
$4,000 for a model school at the
Madison Normal. Several hundred
thousand dollars worth of specials
were turned down.
The new banking law automatical-
ly legislates Examiner Wingield out
of office and the senate held an ex-
ecutive session to reinstate him.
! Pending decision on the general
bill senator's and representatives are
holding the traditional last night"
bedlam, parading the corridors,
n throwing innocent missiles and sing
I ing popular ballads.
e Mclean offered a joint resolution
& just before dinner requesting the
livestock sanitary board TO license an
v old practicing veterinarian. who had
! failed to get in when the new license
n law was adopted, reviving the age
Il long fight between the vets and
"hoss" doctors with victory lying
with the former. Senator w. III. Nc
4 Master conveyed the thanks of the
wife of Representative Day of Har-
o ding, who is in extreme illness. 10 the
II senate for aid and sympathy extend
~ ed. in a most impressive extempore
Al effort.
Appropriation figures for the SEES.
= sion show that the total authozed
a amount to be expended by the 1915
q legislature will fall below that of two
Ie years ago. Gov. Byrne has insisted
that the appropriations be held down
below the 1913 figures and has let II
be known that he would veto some
of the items ii the total amount went
beyond the sum of the %appropria'
lions of the last session.
# The special appropriations includ
- 49, g. .-sN,Nn hAflA
ings are 100000 or $4,000 less
than was appropriated two years ago
IL One of the larger amounts asked for
but not granted by the legislature
n. was $4,000 for completing the
main building for the institution fol
the feeble minded at Redfeld. Re
IN vised figures on the general appro
D. priations bill which carries the salar,
Of and maintenance items for two years
s. to come, show that 1t is approximate
la ly 5000, 900 larger than two years
De ago. This is in large measure due t.
Of various items cared for by special ap
preparations in 1913, but which have
r. this year been included in the gen
r eral appropriations bill. Among
f. these may be mentioned the S3O,00t
Sc for the tax commission. In miscel
laneous items and departments tn,
Of increase is $142,646 and the res
to goes to the educational. charitable
and penal institutions OF the state
This Is in line with the recommends
ce tions in the governors message. h
b. having recommended that less none.
e. be spent for public buildings ant
at more for increasing the efficiency o
the state institutions and depart
ments.
ir Among the items saved this yea
ny is the state appropriation of $4,000
for carrying out the provisions of tn
g. Richard primary" law, such as hold
lie ing proposal meetings and the like
which will not be necessary unde
the restoration of the old primer.
law.
Id The people will have a chance I,
vote again next year on the Richard
primary law as he has initiated thu