The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-03-04
LEGISLATURE To
ADJOURN FRIDAY
STATE LAWMAKERS WILL CON.
cLUDE PRESENT SESSION
TOMORROW
SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT PASSES HOUSE
Amendment for Statewide Prohibition
Passed by Senate-RuraI Credits
Bill is Passed by the House
Pierre, February %.

Pierre, February 20.
Five more working days and the
Fourteenth Session of the South Da.
kota Legislature will adjourn. The
session has been marked by the low
numbers of bills introduced, the large
number of proposed laws nipped in
committee; and the larger number
killed on the floor.
That ex-Auditor Henry B. Ander-
sons statement that the state could
W. a half million dollars annually by
application of proper business meth
DDS was unwarranted; and that the
state legal department should look
into the late administration of the
Secretary of States office are the
principle and unanimous findings of
the legislative investigating commit
tee, consisting of three progressives,
two stalwarts and two democrats.
The neutrality-suspicious. committee
General Administration bill was intro
duced in both houses late in the week,
and consideration began on Saturday
afternoon. 1t carries $2,761, $50 for
the next two years. The General bill
in 1913 as passed carried $2,461,484.
Statewide prohibition constitutional
amendment passed senate with 33
votes, and is now before the house.
The Birch bill requiring a majority of
all votes cast to carry liquor election
has passed both houses. This is the
1913 measure which passed the house
in this form, but by design or accident
was engrossed with the words, voting
on this proposition" inserted, which
destroyed the purpose of the act, and
The A%nti-Saloon League measure re-
curing druggists to sell liquor on
affidavit that same is not to be used
as beverage, was killed IN the house.
It's measure prohibiting sale in unin-
corporated places passed that body
$3.50. 1t will affect about sixty
saloons.
The rural credits constitutional
amendment finally passed the house,
after occasioning a great fight, lead by
Rinehart of Pennington, to include in
ternal improvements. If this measure
is enacted by the people, it will per-
NIT the state to borrow large sums IN
it's W credit at very low interest
rates, and distribute this money, as the
school funds are % prorated to the
counties, which in turn will lend them
to farmers on first mortgage security
at low rates,
Statewide suffrage constitutional
amendment passed the house and Is
now before the senate, where there is
said to be enough votes pledged to
carry it.
The Rosebud Normal creative bill
lost in the senate by a small majority,
b t was killed in the house before
getting to a roll call vote by being re-
fused a place on the calendar.
The house passed the Malm bill re-
quiring reading of the bible daily in
public schools, without %sectarian COM
ment; the senate passed it amended
to may read" the conference commit
tee changed it back to shall" in which
form it is now enacted.
The house passed the joint-select
committee bill appropriating 100000
for the revision of South Dakota laws
into a comprehensive code, under a
commission appointed and directed by
the supreme court.
The Stoner local option for Sunday
baseball, passed the senate by n
vote. The house earlier in the session
killed the bills throwing the bars down
on this subject.
The Labrie five-sixths civil jury bill
has. passed both houses, SO that in the
future 10 men will bring in the verdict
In civil cases.
The senate passed Amsden bill,
against opposition of friends OF the
Voluntary Highway Commission, who
wanted the funds for its support. re.
turning the nine thousand dollars Of
the auto fund to the counties whence
it came for benefit Of roads.
The governors residence proposition
was killed in the house, after the pro-
position OF buying one or the other Of
two large homes In Pierre. or CON