The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-02-16
What South Dakota Solons
Are Doing.
Many Act of the Legislature the Past
Week Make Interesting Reading.
Pierre, S. d., Feb. is, 1917


Standards:
A state constable, with powers to
investigate and try any criminal
'offense or charge in the state and
enforce peace laws, with each
sheriff deputy state constable,
subject to call at any point i'll the
state, is the general idea of the bill
introduced by Senator Mclean of
Day. The state constable who is
to have his Office at that capitol, is
to be allowed ten dollarsa day for
his services, and the deputies in
the counties FIVE dollars each. This
is an idea advanced by the state
bar association at their meeting to
take the place of the proposed pro-
s,ibition commissioner planned
under the prohibition bill.
And by the way, the joint tenn
perance committees of the two
houses have appointed a sub-com-
mittee to make the proposed
amendments in the prohibition bill
as originally introduced, aud these
are so numerous that the bill will
be reprinted after its introduction
as q committee bill.
The resolution of Evander for
the appointment of joint commit,
tee of the two houses of the legis-
lature to confer with committees
from the North Dakota, and Mimi.
esota legislatures in regard the
drainage troubles between the three
states and a possible settlement of
the same. was adopted. aud Evan
der. Buchhoiz and Guilfoyle were
appointed as the house committee
members aud a meeting will be
held in St. Paul the latter part of
this week in case train service is
snch that the members eau get to
the Minnesota city.
The committee selected to inves
tigate the desirability of the pres
eut legislature creating the Office
OF state market commissioner and
OF submitting an amendment to the
constitution permitting the state to
engage in handling grain in termin-
al elevators, has begun its work
with Representative Swanson of
Brown county as chairman an
Senator Daley of Moody as secre-
tary of the committee. They have
decided not to attempt 10 go out
over the state but will invite any
one who care to express themselv
es to came before the sessions OF
the committee. At the first meet.
ing last night. most of the time
was taken i'll listening to j. E.
Kelly, register of the land Office in
this city, who is one of the prom.
inent leaders among the farmers
OF the equity, aud grain growers
associations of the state and who
was able to give the committee a
bit of valuable information in re.
gard the movement for the better
ment of conditions among the
farmers of the northwest. Othe,
leaders in the movement will be
invited to come in and tell the
committee their views.
In the past week Representative
Evander has introduced two resol
utions for constitutional amend
ments to submit to the people o
the state, one providing for th'
creation of county or district or
ganization for the carrying ont o
rural credits work and the othe
authorizing the formation of dis
tricts in the state for assessment
for state hail insurance purposes.
The terminal elevators idea go
into the open on another bill pre-
sented in the senate which sough
to give the state board of correct
ions the power to sella tract Q
land in the city of Sioux Falls
The discussion developed the fac