Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-09
APPROPRIATIONS
BILL CONSIDERED
important Measure on caIen-.
dars of the South Dakota
Houses Today
Pierre Notes.

- special order OF business this after
noon considered the general appropria-
tons bill carrying SO, 400, 900. Other bills
on the senate calendar included two
Grad code. an appropriation of $3.50. 900
TO take advantage of the proffefed fed
eral air for roads and the irrigation code
TO carry out the provisions of Il meaSu
adopted by the voters at the last cleo
ton.
The house had the legislative appor-
tionment as a special order of business.
An effort will be made to kill the bill
which u the membership OF the
house. The house will consider the
Benson and BuchholZ bin providing for
a state text book uniformity with the
free feature as local option, and also the
Amsden bill from the senate providing
for county uniformity and free ext
books. A warm fight is promised. The
house will consider a bill appropriating
$4,000 for a state printing plant.
Richards Is Present.
r. O. Richards, of Huron, is here with
petitions to again initiate his primary
bill and put it before the people for a
vote. The legislature has refused to
consider it as a regularly introduced
bin on h ground that it was a copy
righted measure which could not be
I amended to.
The bill is the same as when sub
mitted before but adds a requirement
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10y candidates for governor and presi-
dent with at least one presidential de-
bate in the state before the name of a
candidate can be certified.
UTILITIES BILLS ARE DEFEATED.
Pierre. S. D., Feb. 24.-The proposed
| public utilities bills covering the man.
agement and control of rate making
| and issuance of securities by the state
| railway commission did not get far in
the senate yesterday. All We're rushed
through the house. despite the protests
of several members for time for con-
sideration, but the senate had the time
and they were all defeated by heavy
ma jorities.
The main objection to the first bill
was that it included municipalities,
taking away local rights to an extent
which the senators would not tolerate,
n though they amended it to exclude
! municipalities they We're still uncon-
| WINGED, and killed the measure. The
other w bills were killed by being in
| definitely postponed on the argument
that without the first bill neither would
be acceptable. The enators expressed
q belief that the railway commission
was over eNerting itself r0 increase it's
own powers through senator Moore,
committee chairman. in charge OF the
bill. He said the bills were drawn up
on the request of the legislatures.
The senate passed the house resolu-
ton for a constitutional amendment,
allowing the counties of the state to
engage in public hail insurance through
assessments on agricultural lands. 1t
will be submitted to the people of the
state at the next regular election.
Pass Insurance Bill.
The bill to provide for mutual insur-
ance of workmen under the worlSmen's
compensation act was passed by the
house without protesting vote.
The house devoted a part of the
afternoon to appropriation bills and
gave it's approval to bills which carry
a total of s341, 800. including buildings
at the state agricultural college, the
tuberculosis sanatorium. at the state
university and on the state fair
grounds.
Appropriations Are Big.
The special appropriations 10 date
run about 500. 900, with the general
bill carrying $3.4O0, 900. With appro-
p%riations yet to come. the total for the
session will be near $4,000, 900.
The senate members this afternoon
presented Lieutenant Governor McMas-
ters with a watch as a token of their
appreciation of his services as presid-
ing officer of the senate.