Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-10
SWAPPING LAW GOES
OUT OF BUSINESS ON
JIG Time ENACTMENT
Emergency Clause Attached BY
Both Houses to Make Repeal
Effective at Once.

Pierre. $. D.. Fcl. G.zSouth Dakot.
must get along without its famous
swapping law In order to get rid &c
IT AS quickly as possible the house has
passed an amendment adding the
emergency clause. The senate now has
~ccIcutrcd in his amendment and the
law. which is the product of II. O..
Richards. of Huron. will be repealed
as soon as the governor signs the bill.
l~hcldentally. the several counties If
the state will have ON hand some ex-
p"nslve blank filing books i'm whic!n it
Mas hoped by the author of the bill that
laborlng men wOuld record their reed
or work and employers their need OF
tabor. with the result that the jobs
ana the lobless would he brought to-
se'her. The law never fulfilled its pur-
pose and so few made use of it thar it
WAS prlctlcally q dead letter.
Nepotism Bill Killed.
The house killed the senate %ncpotisiT
bin. With only one protesting Vote and
state officials mi employ relatives. II
theN so desire. without amy restrictions.
The bill for . o'clock closing o. pool
nails did not even get one lone sup
porting vote when the adverse CONF
mlttee report came in and il is Il dead
measure. the opinion of members being
that local boards can regulate this IS
sue.
The house committee on education
refused to so on record on the house
bill to wipe out the Springfield normal
school. and ii comes in without ANY
committee recommendation. The Rose
bud people have been holding Their
norma bill back until they find what
action is taken on the Springfield liz
stitution.
Hot Springs representatives in force
NNay.n hafnp.. t1a a,,- ,a,, ,. az, ,,, .,,,,
mittee protesting against the house hill
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 enart-A
cd. should apply to all state institutions
alike.
New Blue Sky Plan.
The new law which is being worked
out to prevent the selling of blue sky.
in South Dakota provides for a different
method of checking questionable sales.
Under the present law ii is left to the
securities commission to determine
whether investment companies seeking
to do business in the state offer Il
reasonable chance for investors to lawn
interest on their money. The plan now
Is merely to provide severe punishment
for frauds in investment offerings. 1t
is alleged that no commission can ac-
curatelN determine the value of an iu-
vestnaent. Instead of passing on in-
NeStnlentS they are IoW 10 enforce laws
and it is believed the heavy penalties
provided for fraud will check the dis
position of fradulent companies to or-
crate disposition of fraudulent companies
TO operate in this state.
Working On Salary Bill.
Senator Whittemore moved u re-
consideration of the vote of the day
previous by which the bill giving the
legislature power to fix salaries of state
officials vas amended to make the nee
essaiy majority three-fourts instead Of
two-thirds. He said Il three-fourths
vote of the senate was "a. The Cherokee
strip might defeat any proposal by tue
legislature to fix a salary. Stcutenro.h
said 40 larger majority should be re-
CURED on d salary proposition than for.
any other appropriations. Urdahl urged
h need of safeguarding the treasury.
The motion to reconsider failed. II to
81. McClintock moved an arnendmant{
to make the bill read instead OF 'iM
salaries" increase pay to AN amount
commensurate with the duties of thA
officials The amendment garfield
Stoner did not like the form OF the,
resolution. He believed salaries are too
low n wanted the proposed increases
named in the resolution. Browne
thought there was no more chance for
such an amendment than for the pro-
verbal SNOWFALL in regions below.
Hayes believed the people were in the
main generous and fair to public Of
ficials and that the synopsis of the
measure to be prepared Dy the attorney
general would make all clear.
No Contract Labor.
Another important recommendation
of Governor Byrne in his annual mes
sage was emphatically endorsed when
the senate without a dissenting vote
passed McLean's bill abolishing the
contract labor system for the work of
convicts at the state p~cnitentiary. AS
soon as existing contracts have eX-
pircd the system will be abandoned, If
the bill becomes a law. and measures
are under way to employ the prisoners
by doubling the capacity of the twine
plant and providing more farm work.
ANOTHER TRACE SECURED ;
OF MISSING ENGINEER
Huron. S. D.. Feb. ga new develop.
ment in the mysterious case OF iIngi-
nHer Gardner Splitter. of this city. VINO
disappeared while on the way to ba
married to a Miss Lawson. of Crandall,
$. d.. on December 13. came to light to-
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