The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-11
SOUTH DAKOTA
LEGISLATURE
MOVING PICTURE CENSORSHIP
STATE SHERIFF To
STAY.

Pierre, Feb. 1.-THE Bailey re-
solution memorializing congress for
national review and censorship OF
moving pictures has been adopted
by the house after being amended
by friends of the Lumbard state
censorship bill to chop out all refer
ences to state censorship which were
not entirely friendly.
At hearing before the house la
Dor committee yesterday morning
on II. b. 154, the compensation bill
which tends to increase compensa-
tion rates, in which representatives
of employers associations of differ
ent characters appeared in opposi-
tion, Secretary Tripp of the state
federation of labor appeared for the
bill. 1t is understood that the COM
mittee will report against the bill on
the ground that the present time is
not the proper one to be making any
changes along this line, and that
matters are adjusting themselves to
fit conditions existing under the pre-
sent law
Committees at work on the home
building bill reports progress. They
hope to have the bill ironed out for
presentation to the legislature the
last of this week or the first of next
They are in general agreement on
the provisions of the bill--a long
time loan through municipalities tt
town and city people owning a lot
and having 20 per cent of the price
Of the house they wish to erect. The
details and technical phraseology
have Vet TO be completes and as
soon as these things are out OF the
way, II will be introduced.
County text book selection COM
mittees will be smaller hereafter, il
the house agrees with the action of
the senate in passing s. b. 95. The
present law provides for large com
mittee-one which in counties hav-
ing many Independent districts and
high schools numbers as many as 23
committee so large that it is al
most impossible TO get together.
Senator Amsden of Grant, father of
the free text book movement in this
state, is author of the bill passed by
the senate. 1t cuts the board down
to five, the county superintendent,
county auditor, chairman of the
board of county commissioners and
two rural school teachers resident
in the county selected by the county
commissioners from a list of seven
nominated by the county superin-
tendent. This committee is the one
which selects the text books for the
schools of various counties of the
state, except independent districts
aud high schools with four year
courses.
Whether representation of dis
tricts or representation of a whole
county was better in selecting coun-
ty commissioners was the question
bringing up most debate in the sen.
ate this morning. They had before
them 8. B. la, the measure provid-
ing for the election of commission
ers by vote of the whole county
while requiring that they reside In
the several districts as at present
Sherin of Codington supported the
bill, believing that it would mean
Improvement Of service for the
whole counties instead of separate
districts. Kjeldseth of Yankton
Engstronl Of Roberts and Freelovt
of Lyman were for the bill. Gun
vordahl Of Gregory opposed on the
ground that the cities would rule
Guilfoyle of Fall River, Wagner OF
Bon Homme, Berg of Minnehaha
and Morrison OF Stanley opposed
the bill, which was killed.
The senate yesterday morning
killed two bills. They were s. B.
$50, permitting corporations, in
Guiding cities and counties, to pur.
chase stock in central heating plants
and s. B. IA. providing that the
election of county commissioners
shall be by the vote OF the whole
county, on men residing in various
districts. Then they passed 8. B
l34, authorizing a small tax levy
for county child welfare funds, S. B
95, revision of the text book Law
cutting down the cumbersome com.
.mittee for selecting books, 8. B. 80
prescribing certain weights for loa-
yes of bread, s. b. 1T, regulating
the payment OF wolf bounties, s. B
lS4, q $3.50 appropriation for ths
purchase of d portrait of Former
Governor Frank M. Byrne, s. B. Isl
appropriation to pay the premium
on the bond OF the state treasurer
for the current year. and s. B. 1S6
appropriating money to pay the tu
ition Of persons entitled to attend
the state educational institution
free Of charge,
In hard fight on the floor OF tht
house today H. B. No. 161 for thu
abolishment or the office ] Of STATE
sheriff was killed in committee. Ths
committees returned the bill with tn
recommendation that It do not