Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-09

Both houses met in u morning session
with the house calendar including the
Benson and Buchholz bill for state uni
formity OF text books with the free
feature left to local option. The bin
establishing a state industrial farm for
prisoners under suspended sentence
was defeated as was also the work.
mans compensation act.
Senate calender includes three bills
putting public utilities of state under
the control of the railroad commission.
SENATE VOTES TO Y,
SELL OLD QUARRY
Pierre. S. D.. Feb. 24-The senatorial
mind showed its ability to reverse itself
when the members of that body passed
house bill 172, by Berdahl. OF Mime
haha, permitting the board of charities
to sell the old penitentiary stone quarry
site at Sioux Falls. Two or three
weeks ago they had considerable de-
bate on this question. and finally con-
cluded that it would be detrimental to
the welfare and future of the state;
that the site was invaluable as Il ware
house for the state or perhaps q ter
minal elevators; and that the only rea-
son for the sale was the desire of a
sraSping corpOratiOn-namely. the Mill
waukee railroad. This time they de-
cided that the site would be of no use
to the state; that it was situated and
placed so that it could never be used
for a warehouse, and that the Milwau-
kee railroad gave it to the state way
back i'm territorial days, and that they
were the only ones who could use it.
Senator Haafke related how a child
had been drowned in a pond on this
land. He asserted that if the state didn't
look out the chances were it would have
a damage suit to pay. Senator Lincoln
stood up, Mortified, and was sure that
he senator's did not desire a condition
to continue which was thus decreasing
the population Of Sioux Falls. Senator
Berg showed that the bill properly
safeguarded the interests of the state
and was decidedly in the interests of
the city of Sioux Falls. Senator Dow
dell, a leading opponent of the bill last
time, approved it and it was passed,
80 to IL.
New Senate Bills.
The senate passed house bill liza, by
Berdahl, regulating motor traffic. COW
ering drays and heavy trucks: house
bill 291. providing that on cash pay
ments in school land sales the deed
shall not issue for six months in Ger
tain cases; house bill 23s. providing
for 80 instead of 10 days notice In
probate court appeals; house bill PA.
requiring notification to authorities
when bridges or ulverts are damaged
as by traction engines: house bill
247. providing that school money in
terest in state treasury shall go into
school fund instead Of general fund;
house bill 211, Kaas, providing for as
sessment and taxation of sleeping car
companies operating in the state: house
Dill III. kaas. assessment and taxation
OF telegraph companies operating in the
state; house joint resolution IL, pro-
viding that the enactments of the spe-
cial session of 1916 be printed in the
sessions laws of 1917; senate bill 253,
prohibiting a justice of the peace from
offlcing with an attorney. or from per-
fore him; senate bill 229, drainage
committee. regulating drainage pro-
1ects in more than one county. n
permitting one county board to invade
another county in certain cases Of linn
tied areas without joint action n
the delinquent personal tax laws to
provide for notice by mail and reg
uiatlng mileage charges by si,eriffs:
senate bill ESQ, Judiciary committee, de-
claring illegal n marriage contract
made contrary to the laws of this state
In any other state or country for the
purpose Of evasion.
For County Libraries.
County free libraries in this state
were made possible when the house
passed house bill 81, the Amsden act,
permitting counties to establish indie
pendent organization in counties where
there are no regular public libraries.
and IN where there are such.
to pay part Of. the expense and hermit
the people OF the whole county to take
advantage Of the opportunities there
Afforded. They also passed house bin
i52. creating and regulating a state
noard OF optometry-an amendment to
the present law. There was a little fight
on 1t, when Kaas moved to amend by
striking U all Of the bill and repeal
ing the old optometry act He said the
optometrists OF the state have put
themselves all inside the fence and o
want to shut out any others, and he
thought 1T ought to all be wiped out.
put the amendment lost and after
Wtthee spoke for the bill it passed.
Charge Tax Law.
The bin by Southwick, providing
that delinquent pers0nal taxes .. SHAH
not be q lien on real property after 10
years was passed. Southwick explained
that the present Law provided that per-
eona taxes should be collected before
real property taxes are accented: .bnt
treasurers. disliking to paw over dead
accounts. do not observe this and the
lnnocen purchaser of real estate gets
the load showed onto him: and there
was no dissenting vote.
Then they passed house bill III. Of
interest to publishers Of newspapers.
requiring the advertising OF tax lists in
three county papers to secure sufficient