Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-15
BILL TO REVISE
LAWS APPROVED
Measure Passes Both Houses
and Goes to Governor.
EDUCATIONAL SURVEY LIKELY

Senate Endorses Proposition Without
Dissenting vote-House Discusses
Constitutional Amendments.
Pierre-(Special)-The bill for re-
vision OF the laws Is In the hands of
the governor, having passed both
houses. The revision ia to be made
by expert revisors and indexers to be
selected BY the presiding Judge Of the
supreme court, and is to be printed
IN temporary form for the next SEES
sion. The act provides for complete
annexation, with the history Of each
section and court construction affect
ing it.
The senate passed the provision for
en- educational survey without a dis
senting vote. The bill provides that
the survey shall be made by the Unit
cd States bureau Of education and
shall be made by the United States
bureau of education and shall be COM
Dleted and reported upon before the
session OF 1919. A bill prohibiting
such personal examinations az are
made in his educational clinics by
Professor Wallace Franklin Jones was
Killed in the senate after earnest de-
bate. Professor Jones himself asks
that educational clinics be regulated
by Law, but no bill to that end has
yet appeared.
The house devoted an entire ses-
sion to the poor old constitutions. All
proposed amendments were consider
ed and many OF them recommended
DOR passage. One amendment takes
the lid entirely of the matter of in.
ternal improvements, but lest that
fAil one especially allowing the state
to engage In the development of pow.
e. and another allowing the state to
manufacture cement were approved.
The latter carry provisions for self.
financing, - the constitutional limit
"a YAVVSVVV III Ilu0bGONAOS6 NOuAN "a q
Guide the state from any extensive
development along these lines II the
property could not be pledged for de
veiopment money. Other amendments
approved provide for four-year terms
and increased pay for the legislature
some radical changes in the revenue
provisions, for state hail insurance
and for q board Of control. The
amendment proposing Increased com
pensation for state officers was killed
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Saturday was the last day for per
the usual flood. but from present indi
cations the total for the session will
be something less than in former
years. The prohibition bill has moi
yet appeared, but the temperance
rer'ttees are busily engaged in lick
ms 1t into form. The bone dry fea
tire having been agreed upon the en-
forcement provisions are now mos
consHere red.
When the report came that dfplo
matte relations with Germany hat
and the speaker read the telegram
Mr.. Sanborn at once moved a recess
and that the assembly sing America,
which was done most effectively. TIL,
house members then formed in process
sion and marched to the senate wing
singing patriotic songs. It was no
ticeab1e that the considerable German
membership were active leaders II
the demonstration. Upon reconven
ing Mr.. Mcfarland offered a resolu
tion, which was unanimously adopted
pledging South Dakota's support t
the president in this crisis.
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The Torrens land title act passe'
the senate and will have little troubll
in the house. 1t provides that all pro
bated estates shall be %torrensed an.
others may come in at option.
The severe storms Of this white
has emphasized the isolated situation
Of the rural schools and Mr.. Dowdel
has sought to relieve the situation
somewhat by q bill requiring the il
s~tailation OF a telephone in ever
rural school house situated within on
mile Of q telephone line.
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General Morris has presented . yer
exhaustive military code intended I
bring the militia of this state with
the requirements Of the general arm
act of congress. It was introduced b
the joint military committees and vi
no doubt 80 through as . matter q
course as 1t appears there is no choic
but to comply with the federal :,
ouirements.
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The members see TO be unaninlou
"a a desire to grant the members {
the national guard serving on th
Texas border $l5 per month IA add
ton to the federal pay. bet there ~
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