Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-03-11
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HAS ED
List IL Some 81 TIE Things
Ii Has Done and What
Il Has Al opriated
Money 70 Be Expended Considerably
Exceeds the TWO Milton
Mark.


Pierre, March 8 d. nj, Sal
urday, March 9Th, the fourteenth ses.
sion Of the South Dakota Iegisl lature
adjourned sine die. The general cal
endars in either house had been clear
ed up in the early evening, so that
adjournment was held up for the pas
sage Of the general appropriation bill
which was ia deadiock, due ID the
house adding $4,000 to- the senate
bill for the purpoe of prosecuting tsi4
terest cases, now pending against for
ner state treasuraI's and their bonds
men. The senate stood pat against
it, SO that towards morning with the
members ii, q hurry to get home on
The outgoing train, the house agreed
to strike out the appropriation. Gov-
arnor Byrne nessaged both houses
about midnight urging the expendi-
tlre. From the clean up of the cal-
endars until adjournment the houses
were AT their ease and indulged III the
tradi itional elagt nigh frivolit tn
eludtng singing OF popular ballads
and friendly physical encounters.
over TWO MlItlons.
The general appropriations. Bill
this year carries d little over two
million seven hundred thousand f0T
the support 0f state institutions and
Offices for the next two years. an iii.
crease of about $500, 900 or S Der cent
per year over two years ago. How
ever. the axe fell heavy on speciIal
appropriat atfonss SO that the total ex-
penditure is slightly less than that
jof Id Some of the larger specials
we're vii, 900 for taxes for common
schools on school lands; $4,000 fur
model school, Madison Normal: $685.
900 for addition to main hui dff{y
Northern Normal; WA 500 Tor exs
pense OF the legislature; 100000 To
complete chemistry building, univer-
sity: $4,000 for improvements to the
capitol grounds; $4,000 for general
printing OF the state for the next two
years; $1,000 for additional land deaf
mute school; 22,000 To extend walls;
$500 for new quarry; and $500 to
purchase stock for the penitentiary;
and SIS, 900 for new dormitory at
State college. There were Il consid-
elrable number OF small appropria-
tions to Indemnity owners Tor horses
killed for CHAMBERS 81
The Mafn chances.
E There were 199 enactments, includ
Ing constitutional amendments and
resolutions; the principle or which
are here synopsized.
Several bills drafted by tax com
mission extending powers secured III
1913 became laws. Hereafter the
state tax will have to be endorsed
on the back Of all tax receipts
The McMaster administration banl
guaranty bill, became a law; ana tle
bankers and the Coffey democratic
initiated laws were referred to tfs
peopie without change.
The auto license is fixed at $500 e
by principally expended BY the coun
ties Tor repair of roads.
The capitol Is to- be taken from
the cutody Of the secretary of statt
and given to the governor to- be mar,
aged directly through a deputy
EoHSfl fltutional Amendments.
4 CONGREGATIONAL amendments which
viii be submitted to the people a
fEs next election are: statewide nro
hIDi itlon; equal suffrage; twenty veal
iease Tor school lands legfsla atr1re
may fix compensation OF constitution
AZ oiifcers state may engage III ri,
Taf credits; land owners adjacent "A
same water shed may form irrieafi Am
districts and new constitutional co,.
vgntion szsS ~ - -
changes "a educational laws of IN.
porfance We're the closing of wbtta
schcolH tn Indian children nrovis 4. u
Tor transportation OF children s. i Ii, 's,tS.s t,,a
country and compulsory sd ,sno 49, srsr'
raised from fourteen I'd sixteen sy,ss.rA 81, :
Esection Laws.
1npOrtant changes III election u 4,
we're rejayenation of the Sd an f,ra ,., e
ford primary, with regfstratInn III ss q
ure, passed With an eti1ereel,cv - s,s's Il !:
cannot be referred, which rf,,,s z. Il ,t 4
the present Richards primary. sn,,,*,a e
Initiated ndnlent to tiie .i 4,
primary the circle is RES srefl & q ~ J,
head of the party ballot polI
sre ~ be returned To aaidff ffny Es fis 4
boxes to clerk " courts M ss
Eor direct elec Ion III United SfSfs
5stlafQEs ana ttOrney xtsn nefaf ~ 'Ssss 81
s3a ke main sfAtement of f,riy ~ 1
te9err3d lAMS and c0ntft,ff ffs6s & s 4 81
snasleIlfs I rs. tex \ Eeiisxa elacfIon /
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