The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-05
THE LEGISLATURE
CLOSE OF THE SESSION - SOM,
or THE WORK.


legislative assembly for South Dako-
Ia closed It's sessions at 11:15 o'clock
Friday.
Both houses cleared their calen-
dars of bills for final action" soon
after the noon recess, but With moth
in special to do for the day, there
was no hurry to concur in the var
ious amendments which had been
made by one house or the other on
various bills.
The farmer movement has been
dominant all through the session
and whatever the farmers wanted
they got in every instance, as they
had control and could have forced
their desires if anyone had suggested
opposition, which in no case present
ed itself. The legislation along the
lines they desire cover a wide range
including rural credits, by which the
man who desires to begin farming
with a small capital may purchase
land on long time payments; created
a bureau OF state market commits
D. @lpItlEg tAltlihtu the pow l7 vi NiAf
farmers organizations in employ
ment OF county agents and gave lib
eral appropriations TO the state agri-
cultural college in the way of live
stock features. giving them a stock
Judging pavilion and appropriations
TO engage in the raising OF blooded
stock. and feeding. beside creating
a poultry department, and beside
this made provisions for the erection
of stock Judging pavilions at Nit
chell and Belle Fourche for local or
CARNATIONS.
The highway issue is taken care
Of in an appropriation Of a quarter
of a million dollars to meet a like
amount from the federal govern
ment and their organization of the
state highway commission 20 look
after highway Improvements, and
giving counties power TO bond to
construct hard surface highways.
For the benefit of the laboring
people of the state the members pass
ed the Workmen's compensation act,
and along with il acts fixing a stan
dard form of policy for such insur-
ance. and providing for a standard
reserve of mutual insurance for this
class.
other measures of wide import
ance are the general irrigation code,
allowing groups Of farmers TO organ
lie and issue securities based on
their land holdings to secure funds
for storage dams and bitches for the
conservation of water; adopted the
Torrens. system of land transfers;
created the office of state sheriff,
who is given wide powers in looking
after violations of the criminal laws
i'm all parts of the state and who has
supervision Of all sheriffs and their
deputies, subject TO call TO any part
of the state at any time. This Off
Ger takes the place of the "prohibi-
ton commissioner" who was created
by the general prohibition act to look
after its enforcement \ budget
board to look after state expenditure
and submit a budget to the next leg
i|slatiye session has been created. and
cities are given power TO engage city
managers to look after their business
affairs.
The game laws have been amended
TO shorten the season and reduce the
daily bag limit, and the state game
commission is given power 10 con
denim property to carry out his pro
iects.
Many constitutional amendments
will be submitted. among them that
of equal suffrage, tax reform, allow
ing classification of property for as
sessment; authorizing the state TO
develop it's water powers and its ce-
ment and coal deposits. These are
the main features of the work of
the session. along with a huge mass
of detail work. including matters OF
interest to many sections of the
state. but which can hardly be- class
ed as of statewide interest
The bill appropriating money for
extension of the capitol grounds and
improvements went through this
morning. 1t was the last appropria-
ton measure of the session.