The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-01-12
SERVICE MEMS
BONUS BILL
As DRAWN UP, MEASURE PRO-
tlDES S15 A MONTH FOR
TIME SERVED BY WAR
NETERANS.


mems bonus bin was completed late
yesterday for introduction in the
South Dakota legislature, after much
indecision on the part of those draft
ing it over the different means of
mpensation TO word war heroes
The bill provides for s6,O00,000
bond issue to raise the funds which
will be distributed by a service men S
commission, with the governor as
chairman, at the rate of SIS for each
month served and so cents a day for
each additional day, to each quail
fled person who served at least 80
days, who was a resident of the state
at least 80 days prior to entering the
service and who was honorably dis
charged or is still in the service and
who was not Conscientious objectOr.
Qualified persons or residents who
served in the army, navy or marine
corps during the Spanish-American
war between the dates of April 90,
1898, October II. 1899, and every
person male or female who was en-
listed inducted, warranted or COM
missioned and served honorably in
active duty in the naval, military or
air forces of the United States at any
time between April 8, 1917, and Oc-
tober /. 1919, or who being citizen
of the United States at the time of
entry 10 the world war by the United
States served on active duty in the
naval military or air forces or any
government associated with this
country in that war as a belligerent.
In case the person entitled TO such
a bonus has died. his heirs at law
are entitled to it.
There is an emergency clause in
the bill which if enacted would make
it Immediately effective.
The first committee hearings ex-
peted to develop any fight during
the session will probably be on the
moving picture censorship bill which
was yesterday referred to the house
committee on state affairs. 1t will
be the last of the week before the
movies on the one side and those in
favor of censorship on the other side
can marshal their forces, but both
promise to make a decided showing.
When a similar bill came before
a previous session a similar fight
was made and the bill was defeated.
Notes given physicians for medi-
cinal services which now must be
marked as such and are non-negotia-
BILE would be put ON par with other
notes under a bill introduced in the
house Monday afternoon by Repre-
sentative Perkins of Perkins county.
The present law. he says, is relic
of a condition where quack timer
ant physicians travelled through the
country and took notes for future
health benefits similar TO those taken
up by some stock statesmen in more
recent years. selling the notes and
failing to produce the health. This
type of doctor is largely a thing of
the past now, il is contended, with
a high license fee required for prac-
tice and only in the list in the state
now. Mr.. Perkins sees no reason
why the doctors should continue
holding the sack.
A united FROM to fight inyasions
of grass hoppers and army worms is
the purpose of a bill introduced in
the house providing that instead of
sporadic fighting against these pests
by individual farmers, county COM
missioners may on petition take up
the fight and secure the necessary
munitions required for such warfare.
The house resolution memoralizing
congress to pass the Smith-Towner
educational bill was considered in the
senate and after discussion referred
to the committee on education for
study and investigation.