Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
AMENDMENTS AND
Referred Laws Which are to be Submit
ted to the Voters of the State at
November Election.

State Secretary Rood has prepared the
official sample ballot for the conetiln-
tional amendments and referred laws to
4 be voted upon at the November election,
and has given them the following order
upon the ballot.
| In the list of constitutional amend
ments Number /, an amendment to
| Article XIII of the constitution, which
allows the state TO engage in road con.
s,ruction, or to open up the coal depos-
it's on the state lands, upon a vote of
two-thirds of the legislators for such
state development
Number 2 amending Article XXI,
authorizing interested communities to
engage in irrigation projects by assess
meut OF the land to be benefited.
Number 3, amending Article Xl of
the constitution, in regard to revenue of
the state, allowing the classification of
property for assessment purposes, and
for the taxation of franchises and IN
comes, and eliminating the direct tax
on moneys and incomes, now required
by the constitution.
Number 4, amending Article XIII Of
the constitution, authorizing the state or
any cepnty or combination of counties
to establish a system OF rural credits for
loans on farm property.
Number 5, to amend Article XIII of
the constitution, authorizing the 1917
legislative session to provide for a con-
stitutioual convention to frame a new
constitution TO be submitted to the vot-
ers of the state.
Number 6, to amend Article VIII of
the constitution to grant eqna6 suffrage
to all residents of the state of voting
age
Number T. adding Article XIV to
the constitution, as prohibitory amend
ment for state wide aboishing OF the
liquor business.
Number s, to amend Article VIII Of
the constitution, to allow term leases of
more than five years on state lands.
Number 3, to amend Article XXI OF
the constitution, to allow the legislature
by a two-thirds vote to fx the salaries
of state officials.
This ballot will be practically three
feet long, and the issues are placed on
in regular numerical positions to allow
the voter to familiarize himself with
any particular issue which he desires to
favor or oppose by its number, and
making it easier for the voter to select
the issues he desires to express his views
upon.
The referred laws to be voted upon
number five, and the ballot will not be
as long as that for the constitutional
amendments. The number rotation of
these issues upon that ballot will be:
Number is the re enactment of the
Richards Primary Act" with amend
ments, practically placing back upon the
statutes the old party proposal Primary
act which was repealed by the last leg
islative session. This being one of the
initiated laws
Number is referred act. This law
seeks to stop the provisions of the act of
| the last legislature which provided that
to secure liquor license would require
a majority vote of all the voters on any
question at the election where such
privilege is asked At present the law
requires only majority of the votes on
the license issue
Number 3 is the bank guarantee act
practically as passed by the last Iegisa-
tive session, and would make practically
no change in the law as 1t now exists.
This being an initiated act.
Number is another initiated act,
which provides for bank guaranty
system in the state, which is radically
different from the present one, one of
the features being the creation of large
central fund, instead OF the present sys-
tenn.
Number is another referred act, in
which it is sought to stop the effect Of
| the new jury act OF the last legislative
session, which allows a tive-sixth ver-
diet to be returned by iuries III civil ac-
tions, instead Of requiring the vote of all
twelve jurors to bring in verdict.
This ballot will not be as long as the
other, but each are of good size, and the
voter who cares to cast his vote on any
of the issues will fnd that he can select
any of them by number easily when be
desires to vote.