The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-28
MOVIE CENSORSHIP
IS NOW At HAND
EMERGENCY CLAUSE TO MAKE
MEASURE EFFECTIVE AU-
GUST 1, KILLS ALL POSI-
BILITY OF A REFER
ENDUM.

Pierre, Feb. 28.--State censorship
OF ali moving picture films and ad-
yertising matter shown in this state
after August j, of this year. was
practically assured when the seaats
gave its approval TO the censorship
bill by vote OF 80 10 s
Senator Danforth( OF Minnehaha.
champion OF the measure. amended
the bill on. the floor by adding the
emergency clause, making il effec-
tive by August l. Inasnruch as the
bill received almost unanimous pass
age in the house last week, there is
little possibility of that body failing
to concur in the amendment.
The addition of the emergency
clause kills all possibility of refer
endum on the subject, the last straw
to which opponents pinned their
hope. The bill was made special or
der of businessfor this afternoon
and was taken up promptly The
expected fight failed to materialize,
Senator Danforth making the only
argument for passage and Senator
Wagner, of Bon Homine, the appeal
for its defeat.
The first open development of the
fight on the live stock sanitary
board will come in the senate tomor-
row. The live stock committee has
decided to report in without recon-
mendation the Myers bill, providing
for the outing of the. present board
and reorganization of the depart
ment. The committee was divided,
3 to 3, with one absent. That means
it will take fight on the floor to
put the bill on the calendar. OPP
ponents of the present board claim
to have a bare majority in the SEN
ate and hope to get their bill through
that body, although they are not SO
confident of the house. Hearings by
the committee investigating the pre-
sent board are continuing, with
many witnesses examined as to their
treatment by the present board, but
there have been no startling revela-
tions.
COuhtJ Will nave a sep
arate senator and Meade and Butte
will have to fight it out for one be-
tween them, according to an appor-
tionment committee report today ON
their bill referred back to them for
further consideration. The original
bill put those three counties in one
district with two senators. This is
the only change recommended.
The house today adopted the
house bill calculated to put teeth in
the securities commission law and
keep out scalawag stock salesmen.
1t requires all stock sold to go thru
the office of the commission so that
they may know when the amount
authorized has been sold. 1t re-
quires dealers in stocks to deposit
$4,000 in securities and statesmen
to put up 100000 bond as to their
good faith in selling in the state. II
prohibits resale of additional unau-
thorized stock to persons who have
purchased blocks of stock within the
amount permitted by the commits
sion. and generally permits a more
careful scrutiny, into the affairs oi
such companies, with stronger pen
alties than the present law.
| The general appropriations bill
carrying $6,373.000 for the main.
tenance of state departments and in.
stitutions for the coming two years
passed the house without change OF
debate. 1t had been amended in the
senate from the original figure to
add the salary of the parole officer
omitted in the original draft. Not
more than twenty minutes was spent
in consideration of the bill, although
the budget committee worked two
months on 1T before the session
started. and the appropriation com.
mittees have been laboring over Il
ever since.