The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-03-25
The South Dakota
Legislature

BY accessions to west rive and east
river members the 1921 legislative ap-
portionment bill was put through the
house. The senate plan Of one house
for each county was adopted
by the house after it vas urged by
Rosebud and Black Hills and those
from thinly settled counties between.
The senate bill provided for this but
did not largely increase the house
membership Of counties 10Y having
more than n representative. The
Gus plan which was discarded for
the senate added one member each to
Grown Beadle, Minnehaha. and Yank-
ton counties and cut Lawrence
county down from four to two. Floor
amendments to the bill in the house
gave all additional member to Brown,
MiEnehaha and YanktOn but left Bea
die out cold, Lawrence was raised to
three members on the ground that
with the dropping OF prices OF other
metals. gold miners were coming back
to work and the population was com
ing up again to normal.
The senate passed the automobile
license tax bill. expected to furnish
the major portion Of funds after 1923
to meet the $1.700, 900 federal aid Tor
highways. TIE automobile tax is
based on weight of cars and ranges
from sl3 for cars weighing less than
1000 pounds up to $35 for those Of
1000 pounds and over. Motor trucks
are to be taxed on capacity. This
tax would he III lieu OF all other as.
SEES sments, local or state. and Is not ex-
pected to average much higher than
accumulation Of present costs The
remainder OF the federal aid will ne
met by a%gasoline tax Of one Cen 4
met by a gasoline tax Of one cent a
ways.
"This country is going dippy ON ed
ucation, with town and country peo-
pie alike striving to give their boys n
college education SO they will not have
to do manual labor. and who in
thunder is going to do the work."
This was the challenge put up to the
house by former Representative w.
H.. Lyons OF Sioux Falls. He prophe-
sled that it would soon be necessary
to import Japanese or Mexicans to till
the soil and thought it more honor to
q man to own his home than to have a
college education. Owning his home.
/ hn hnftAna1 yo Nth a~A
enough at his disposal should have a
wood lot and relieve the coal demand
by furnishing his own fuel.
Farmers were called to the colOrs in
the house to protect themselves and
selves. against the county assessor bill
which has passed the senate. Nelson
of Roberts said it was a declaration
that farmers were too stupid to do
what they had done for so years
Belk said 1t was another step away
from home rule. and other farmer
members fell in line. Nerdness urged
it as the efficient and economical
method but Bailey Of Minnehaha.
another city man nulified his argu-
ments Bailey feared it would be too
expensive and bulky, and the bill went
down.
West OF the river DELEGATIONS won
out i'll the first fight on the legislative
apportionment in the house. The sen.
ate has passed d bill providing one
house member for each county and
members from tlinly settled country
west OF the Missouri river favor this.
The house committees had buried that
bill and had put in one OF its own.
basing representation strictly on pop
ulation. The house bill took one
member from a west-river county and
ADDED four new members east Of the
river. The Rosebud and BLACK Hills
members succeeded in smoking OUT
the senate bill which was in com.
mittee.
Home building was finally put over
the top by ex-servlce men even after
1t had been originally killed in the
senate. The original bill had passed
both houses but al effort was made
to kill the apportlonment OF $25.O 900
to carry on the work OF organization.
The bill was killed hut was resurrect-
ed and after being amended to pro-
vide only $4,000 was passed Senator
Wagner. only democrat In the senate
proved bis worth wher he changed
his vote from no to aye and allowed
the bill to pass. Without his vote the
appropriation would have been killed
and the entire home building program
made imperative
The house decided the livestock
sight in favor OF the present board. A
fight by independent stockmen and
attorneys againsts the livestock SAM
tary hoard as 1t now exists has been
on all through the session. The house
spent most of itA last day discussing