Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-02-27
HOUSE PASSES
FIVE MILLION
BUDGET BILL
Work of State Budget Board Elm
mates Debate. Bill Goes Thru
in Thirty Minutes. Poll Tax Re-
quirement for Women Voters.
Every Child to Have Advantage
Of School. Anti-G Gambling Bill
to the Governor.

Of School. Anti Gambling Bill
to. the Governor.
Pierre, S. D.-Carrying more than
s 5000, 600 the general appropriation
bin was passed by the South Dakota
house late Tuesday in the record time
of 80 minutes. The work OF the new
state budget board enabled the house
to eliminate debate that in past years
has lasted for days on the general ap.
preparations bill.
The house also passed the bin making
school attendance compulsory for per.
sons between l6 and 20 years of age
who cannot read and write the English
language. The bin carries additional
provision TO facilitate such educational
requirements.
Poll Tax on Women Voters
Tie senate decided that if women are
To ave the voting privilege they must
take their share of the burdens, and
applied a poil tax requirement for all
women voters as well as for men, but
without an emergency clause, so that II
does mol become effective until next
year.
The senate passed the bill which ex.
ernpts home property to the amount OH
$1,000 from any taxation, that amount
to be applied on all homes. and if the
valuation is greater than the exemp-
ton the remainder Is TO carry the tax
as in the past.
Public Control of Utilities
A delegation OF representatives of
public utilities is at the capitol in rela-
lion to the bin which places such com.
paTies under public control. The bill
appears TO ge generally satisfactory
except for a few amendments which
are expected to meet opposition.
The house bill compelling the removal
sof hedges, which cause snow TO drift
In the highways, started a general farm.
er discussion which ended in the defeat
Or the Bill.
Coal Land Development
The senate took up the matter of
state development of coal lands through
the bill which ~appropriates sl25,OoO to
start such work. and provides the meth.
DDS by which the work Is to be carried
Dat. Professor O'FIara, OF the state
school 81 mines. who has been over the
coal fields OF the state. places the visible
supply at 1000. 100000 tons, much OF
which IS on state owned land. Develop,
ment therefore may have much to do
with coal prices In the state In the fu.
ttire IL the state opens several mines
on the land and places the product up
on the market.
The senate ways and means commit.
tee introduced It's bill to fix salaries Of
county officers IN d census basis, and
under plnn which will automatically
change the amount as the population
grows. This II adopted. Is expected 10
cut out the appeal from different coun.
III officers at each recurring session to
vethem In Increase in salary.
Schooling Tor Every Child
The problem OF tho family with sew.
eral small children, living In the coun.
try when q school has been d~iscontin-
ued. IA dealt with in a bill passing the
senate. wherein 1t is made the duty Of
the board IA such cases to provide
schooling FOR small children under di.
gection of the county superintendent.
There. has been trouble In some sections
where boards have by reason Of lack
Of interestsin some particular district,
s0r al some other. reason, Abandoned
certain schools.
init Gambling BDl to Governor
The senate has passed the ~stoddard
understanding bill which make 1t un-
iavkul 10 play cards Sor gamble with any
other device TOT money Sor any other
valuable thing. anywhere IN the state.
The ctief call TOR the law came from
small EncFganized towns and rural dis.
tfIcts Nhere there Ii now no law that
canss,e enforced along these lines. ana,
While there was ON feeling among
the senators that the best way to treat
sf1e question was byfcity ordnance.
thctaots developsdstha some places had
no ordinances.
aepat0rs Lincoln offered an amend.
naIenTst0 eliminate tiewords aother Val.
55ll1h M akbingyys u ins n penalty onlyl
9llSsnao1s0 but the senate believed thatl
MNesld leaxe too nsany loophoies. and
Sl&5s6aAKAssssbiA without amendment.
s5S III to fhe governor tor