Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-02-03

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school lands. 1t has been held by the
attorney general that the constitutional
provisions governing the care of state
school funds does not allow any of such
fuuds to be diverted to any other pur-
pose except maintenance of schools and
that the only way 10 compensate owners
of permanent improvements upon school
lands is through appropriation from the
state general fund.
The small independent telephone
companies scattered over the state gen
orally will be interested in the bill by
Berg Of Minuehaha, which provides for
smplified form of accounting in their
reports to the state railway commission
rhis was the result of a conference be-
tween representatives Of the independ-
ent companies, the railway committees
Of the two houses, and the members Of
the state railway commission.
The bill by Hursh, of Lawre nee, re-
quiung county commissioners to pro-
vide American flags at all polling places,
which SHALL be sent out with election
supplies and shall be tioated at such
places while the election is in progress,
started an objection from Larson, Of
Yankton, on account of expense, which
Hursh met with the statement that it is
time some Of the counties of the state
do incur a little expense to incucate
patriotism, and the bill went through.
The house put in lot Of time over
the bill which allows county commits
sioners to make re-asses sments Of prop
erly when it is shown to them that un
fair assessments have been made through
carelessness or intent on the part of
| ocal officials. The farmers had their
innings on this bill both in the floor
argument and upon the roll call, when
| it went through by vote of seventy
two yes regardless Of the protest which
came from some of the cities of the state.
For the first time since the state was
admitted an equal suffrage resolution
was passed IN the house without word
of debate either for or against it. The
resolution had passed the senate before
the recess, and when it finally got out
on the floor Of the house for third read
ing, no one lad any remarks to make on
either side, and the roll was called by
which it secured sixty-six of the votes
of the house.
Agent Honnold, of the Government
Reclamation Service, was here part OF
the last week looking into the features
of the bill which has passed both houses
appropriating five thousand dollars to
pay half the expense of a government
survey of the proposed Angostura recla-
nation project in the vicinity of Buffalo
Gap, it being the intention Of the recla.
nation department to take up the work
of the survey al an early date.
A bunch OF Rapid City boosters were
here the frst Of the week workine
among the members Tor an appropria
tion for a new building, and extension
Of the powers of the state school o
mines at Rapid, They are asking one
hundred thousand dollars for building
The house this afternoon disposed oi
the McGee impeachment proceed ngs
by the adoption of the majority report
OF the judiciary committee which found
that there WAC not enough evidence
back of the charge to warrant any fur
ther action on the part vi the house
Most OF the afternoon was taken up II
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oriiy reports.
The house committee has reported
against the Evans bill to Increase the
levy which can be made for town adver
tsng purposes, and the indications arr
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