Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-09-20
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
EXPLAIN AMENDMENTS
New Provision to Give Voters
of South Dakota Line on
Special Proposals.

Pierre. S. D.. Sept. 16.-The attorney
general has this year prepared Il con
densed statement on each of the CON
stitutional amendments and initiated
and referred laws which will appear on
the ballot his fall. This statement gives
the purpose of the law i'm question in
concrete form, so hat every voter can
know exactly what the effect of a
vote mo-, or yes, ~ill be III the ques-
ton. This is a new provision and should
result in each voter clearly understands
ing the result Of the passage of the law
In question. Four years ago, in the ses-
SION or 1913, such an act was intro
duccd and passed, but through mistake
was lost. 1t was brought out again in
1915 and is now a South Dakota law.
The secretary of state arianges the
constitutional amendments, initiated
and referred laws OH the ballots and the
sample ballots, out today, snow that the
following order has been assigned:
Constitutional -a1nendmen No. | is
the authorizing the state to engage
IN the construction N maintenance
of good roads, and the supplying of coal
from South Dakota fields.
No. 2 is the amendment providing for
irrigation of agricultural land in South
Dakota, giving h Legislature power to
provide for it at the expense of the.
lands. ,
No. 3 relates to revenue and nance.
AS the constitution now stands it au-'
thorizes the legislature to make an an
nual tax levy of 2 mills for ordinary
purposes. 2 mills more to pay interest
and principal on tho public debt, and a
sufficient amount in addition to pay
any deficiency i'm general expenses
which comes from the preceding year.
The amendment limits the possible tax
levy to 2 mills for all purposes.
No. 4 Is the amendment permitting
INV 0nlntN Nr fyy0 ar ,onrn OOytvDf{ac.
jointly, to establish a system of rural
credits. and thereby loan money and
extend credit to the people of the coun-'
ty upon real estate security. =
No. s is the amendment providing for
the calling of a constitutional
ton.
No. 6 is the amendment providing for
woman's suffrage. o.
No. z is the amendment providing
for prohibition.
No. 8 Is the amendment providing
for long term of lease Of school lands.
No. 8 is the amendment authorizing
the legislature to fix the salaries of
state officers, removing the constitu-
tional restrictions now in force.
The initiated and referred laws are
also given numbers.
No. / is the Richards primary act,
initiated by Richards, which if enacted
would repeal the present primary law
and revive the old Richards law with
some changes.
No. 2 is a liquor regulation law. 1t
requires a majority of the electors of
any township. town or city in favor OF
the sale Of liquors at retail to vote
upon the question before the corporate
authorities are permitted to grant IL
cense. The measure was passed by
the legislature and was referred. 1t
merely %reenacts the present law on the
same subject, but omits therefrom the
words vote on such proposition thus
making the change above stated.
No. 3 is a bank guarantee measure.
This was initiated during the 1915 ses-
sion, and later in that session a bank.
ing measure was enacted, filling the.
same purpose. Consequently if this
is passed it will repeal the 1915
measure and will put in place a new.
law on the same subject, differing only
in matters of detail.
No. 4 is another initiated bank guar
| antv law.
No. 5 is a referendum on the act
passed by the legislature providing for
five-sixth jury verdicts in civil cases.
Under the old law 10 jurors must
agree; under this 10 could pass a YER
dict.