The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-08
ADJOURNMENT IS
TAKEN At PIERRE
South Dakota Lawmakers End
a 6O-Day Session-Many
important Bills Have
Been Passed.

~islative assembly for South Dakota
closed its session at 1915 O'Clock last
night.
Both houses cleared their calendars
of bills for final action" soon after the
moor recess. but with nothing special to
do for the day, there was no hurry to
concur in the various amendments
which had been made by one house or
the other on various bills. The main
issue between the two houses was the
superintendent bill which the senate
had tackled on to the l. w. w. bill last
night as an amendment. Several con-
ference committees We're appointed on
this bill and each brought pack a re-
port which the house would not accept.
and it hung fire until the night session
before it was finally disposed of, and
the members from west of the river,
who were making the grand kick over
its features, were finally subdued.
Both houses adopted the conference
report on the bill, reducing the west
river counties and giving Minnehaha
county seven house members.
Highway Appropriation Passed.
h only appropriation bill left over
for action was the highway appropri-
alton for $3.50, 900, which was author
lied by a vote of the people at the last
election. 1t went through without any
opposition. The appropriation of $780,
600 for extension and improvements on
the state grounds, which developed
considerable opposition, was Smootl1ed
over and went through without any OPP
position.
After all bills had been disposed OF
and the members were waiting for n
report of the conferees on the different
bills, several leaders about the state
house We're called upon to talk TO the
members.
Farmers In Control.
The farmer movement has been dom
inant 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
nyone a suggested opposition, which
in no case presented itself. The esis-
lation along the line they desire covers
q wide range, including rural credits,
by which the man who desires to begin
farming with a small capital max pur-
chase land on long time payments;
created a bureau of state market COM
miSsioners; extended the powers of the
farmers organizations in employment
of county agents and gave liberal APP
preparations to the state agricultural
college in the way of live stock feat
ures, giving them a stock judging pa
vilion and appropriations to engage in
the raising of blooded stock, and stock
feeding. beside creating a poultry de-
partment, and beside this made pro-
visions for the erection of stock
judging pavilions at Mitchell and Belle
Fourche for local organizations.
The highway issue is taken care of in
an appropriation of $3.50, 600 to meet a
like amount from the federal govern
ment and their organization Of the
state highway commission to look after
highway improvements, and giving
counties power to bond to construct
hard surface highways.
Worknen's Compensation.
For the benefit of the laboring people
of the state the members passed the
ID Iry,-
with it acts fixing a standard form
of policy for such insurance, and pro-
viding for a standard reserve of mutual
insurance for this class.
Other measures OF wide importance
are the general irrigation code, allow
ing group of farmers 10 organize and
issue securities based on their land
holdings to secure funds for storage
am and bitches for the conservation
of water: adopted the Torrens system
of lar transfers; created the office OF
state sheriff, who is given wide powers
in looking after violations OF the Grim
lnal laws in all parts of the state and
who has supervision Of ali sheriffs and
their deputies, subject to call to any
part of the state at any time. Thu
officer Ike the place of the 'prohi-
bition commissioner" who was created
by the general prohibition act to look
after it's enforcement. A budget board
TO look after state and
49, ~ ~ hhTS 80 hS63t 1A<i r..
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
daily bag limit, and the state game
commission is given power to condemn
property to carry out his projects.
Many constitutional amendments will
be submitted. among them that of
| equal suffrage, tax reform, allowing
Classification of property for assess
I ment; authorizing the state to develop
it's water powers and it's cement and
| coal deposits. These are the main fea-
lures of the work of the session, along
with a huge mass of detail work, in
| Guiding matters Of interest to many
sections of tho state, but which can
hardly be classed as of statewide in
terest
The bill appropriating money for ex-
tension of the capitol grounds and i'm
| provements waS passed. II was the
last appropriation measure OF the ses-
| sion.
Completed figures show that the APP
preparations for the session were ST.
000, 900 higher than for the session two
years ago, with a total of -, 1885, 15.
! This increase is covered largely in the
| appropriations for the state agricul-
tural college, the military appropria-
tionS to meet government requirements
and the increased cost Of maintenance
at the state charitable institutions.
Approximately $50 bills were passed
during the session.
CARRANZA STILL SILENT.
G~uadalajara, Mex. March 3.-Gen-
eral Carranza remained closeted with
the members OF his official family and
denied himself TO those seeking infor-
nation concerning the note OF DIR. Al
fred Zimmernlan.%the German foreign
secretary. to Minister Eckhardt. the
German representative here, in the at
tempt to form an alliance between
Germany. Mexico and Japan against
/ the United States.
| AIR HERO'S BROTHER
CONSUL AT CARTAGENA