The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04
NEW PRIMARY ACT
PASSES THE SENATE
WITH REGISTRATION
Senate Bank Guaranty
Bill Approved by
House
RESTORED
Houge Passes Senate Bill to
Put it Back on the General
Ballot
CIRCLE RESTORED
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Pierre, S. D.-The house this
morning reconsidered its vote KILLING
the senate bill restoring the circle at
the head of the party ticket and pass
ed it.
There is a fight to get a two-thirds
vote on the primary bill in the house
10 prevent its going to the referen-
dum and bringing on another cam
pa1gn under the Richards primary
act.
Pierre, S. DAT yesterday after
noon session the house rushed bust
ness, clearing the house calendar for
the first time in many days and tax
ing up the senate chamber.
Withee presented a resolution de-
claring it the purpose of the house
that where two like words appear in
a line of a bill, and an amendment is
adopted striking out one such word.
the engrossing force shall strike out
the first such word in the line, leav-
ing the other intact. This was ntend-
ed to relieve the problem of the en-
crossing force owe the bi~ble-reading
bill. Mcfarland opposed on the
ground that such a resolution was In
fact an attempt to amend the joint
rules of the two houses, and a move
on the part of the house to change
an act of the senate. The speaker
ruled that a vote could be taken on
the resolution but did not rule as to
its effect, and the resolution was
adopted.
On the third reading of House,
bills, II. b. 3O7, reducing the vote
required for issuance of bonds for
public utilities from three-fifths to
a majority, passed, as did II. b. 333.
a%ppropriating $2.671 from the local
and endowment fund of the Spearfish
normal to pay claims.
On third reading of senate bills,
s. b 159. appropriating s1,444 to
compensate assessors in unorganized
counties; 49,, appropriating ST.
616.60 to the photographic survey
fund; S. B. "a. appropriating $47
for printing extra copies of the sen
ate journal; S. B. IS, regulating grain
warehouse receipts and shipments of
grain; and S. b. IS, allowing general
dealers to handle commercial poisons
where no drug stores exist, all pass
ed.
Bank Guaranty Act Passes.
S. b. s, the administration bank
guaranty act, called out "a few minor
amendments which were accepted by
the house and was passed almost
unanimously.
S. B. 66, giving greater powers to
the state food commissioners in en-
forcement of sanitary regulations in
stores and markets where food is
prepared and sold, vent down with
but "a favorable votes, a like house
bill having been previously defeated.
s. B. 81, appropriating money to pay
the Deadwood Business Clubs eN-
pense of taking an exhibit to the
Minneapolis and Chicago Land o
at the request of j.. ID. Deets, was
lost by lack of m vote.
New house bills presented were
397, banking committee. allowing ma
%tional banks to act as trustees and
executors; and II. j. r.. 20, memorial
izing congress to pass the ship pur-
chase act.
Party Circle Loses.
The house passed S. j. r. 2. which
submits to the people a constitution
al amendment allowing the legisla-
ture to fix salaries of state officers
by a two-thirds vote; S. b. las, re-
quiring duplicate marriage cerSl1-
Gates. one to be filed with the CLERK,
the other to go to the. contracting
parties; lit, to prevent conflicting
of brands; ISL, allowing counties to
invest court house building funds; S.
b. rs. making the governor the Gus
todian OF the capital grounds with a
deputy to purchase supplies and s.
b. PIG, fixing the method of determ-
lining population for basing salaries
| of county officers. This was put at
the head of the calendar and rushed
through as an emergency measure as
the law governing this subject eN-
| pired yesterday. On reconsideration,
S. b. 81, appropriating money for the
Deadwood business club, was passed.
S. b. 81, replacing the party circle
'at the head of the ballot went down
| but was held open for reconsidera-
ton. Rinel.art opposed on the state
ment thai it was putting a ring in
the nose of the voters to lead them
to the polls to vote as The party ma
chine wants them to, and a long step
backward in ballot REFORM QUICK
stad and Martin of Meade opposed
the bill. with Anderson of Clark and
March in favor of it. The bill re-
ceived only 80 favorable votes, but
will be up again.
New Primary Bill Passes.
In the senate there was a contest
over the public health committees
adverse report no the house bill Ii
censing %itinerant physicians, which
was changed to a favorable report,
In which Urdahl supported the
change on the ground that it allow
ed specialists to come into the state,
under regulation by the state board.
The general appropriation bill was
called up and passed after a few
minor amendments, n by Beebe,
giving the governor $1,000 a year in
stead of 5000 for expenses. which is
really rental money. An inquiry as
to where the increase in expenditures
over the bill of two years ago came
in, Warwick of the committee stated
that a large part of it came in in
creases of $107. 900 in the education
al institution appropriations; $4,000
to the food and drug department, and
$31 900 for the new department of
banking and finance under the bank
lKuaranty aet-nQn-the final vote but