Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-03-04
AD JOUR rs
TO'NIOR ROW |
Legislature Closes Session
Tomorrow---B Bank Guar
anty Bill Passes
Excitement at Low Tide as the Law.
makers Prepare 70 Return
.ss Home. . M

The legislature adioufns tomorrow.
The most noteworthy measure pass
ed affecting the business interests of
the state Is the bank guaranty law rel
quiring the banks toassociate them.
selves together under a guaranty
which assures all depositors OF the
absoluts safety Of their money. ~
Another noteworthy measure is the
submission of statewide prohihition
to a vote OF the people at the next
general election TO take place in 1916
1t is said that the number of laws
enacfed this winter has been below
fthe average for a legislative session
/ for the STATE of South Dakota.
The appropriations for the biennial
lperiod aggregate over Two millions,
possibly not varying greatly from the
amount appropriated TWO years ago.
Pierre, S. D., March t. Five more
working days and the fourteenth ,ses.
zion Of the South Dakota legislature
Twill adjoH1n. The session has been
amarked by ifhe low number of bills
introduced, and the large number Of
i proposed laws riipped ia committees;
4 and the larger number killed an the
4 floor
That gx-Anditor Henry B. .Ander:
sons statement thar the State could
save a half million dollars annually
by application Of 81 proper business
methods was ,,ITwarra anted !; and that
4 tAe state illegal department should
look INTO the iate administration of
i the secretary of states Office are the
Tprinc5ple and unanimous hn6ings OF
the legislative investigating commit
a tee, consisting of three prvgTessives,
4 two stalwarts ana two democrats.
a The JOINT sappropropriatIon com
nittee general appropriation bill was
a introduced In both houses late in the
week, and consid deration began on
4 Saturday afterngnn. 1t CARRIES $2,761.-
a $50 TO rthe next two years. The gen
lera1 bill in 1915 as passed carried
q $2,461 ,aEg4.
Liquor sGegisias5nr.
y, Statewide prohibition constitution.
{. al amendment passed the senate with
80 wDtsss and isyHoW before the house.
Il The Birch bill Heqairing a majority
of all votes cast to carry liquor cleo
4 tipn has passed both houses, This
is the 1913 measure which passed
the house in thSs form. but by design
Tor accident was engrosRed with the
words voting pn this proposition
inserted, which destroyed the purpose
II OF the efact and WAS so slipped through
the senate. The antisaIoon league
measure requiring druggists to sell
liquor on affidavit that same is not
d used saB q beverage, was killed in the
house. It's measure pr0hi biting sale
\ in unfncorporatel places passed that
body 3S to- 80. It viii affect about
4 tsaxty RaIoons.
RurM Credits.
II The gural credits constitutional
amendment finaley passed the honsa
after oocasioning a great fight, lead
"A by Rinahart of Remington, to include
4 Internal Improvements. If this meas
nre is enacted BY the people, ii VIII
4 permit sEhe state to borrow large
sums on its OWE credit at very low
interest rates, and distribute the
money, as the school funds are now
prOTated to the counties, which In
turn will lend them to farmers on
arst mortgage security at low rates.
Il StateWitie suffrage constitutional
amendment passed the house is now
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