The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-24
Of VOTING
TO Do THIS FALL
FOUR AMENDMENTS AND FIVE
INITIATED LAWS UP TO
PEOPLE
VOTERS IN FOR A BUSY ELECTION DAY
Hydro-Electric Project Is Presented
In Initiated Law, Number 1
On Ballot.

When the South Dakota voter goes
to the polls this fall he will be asked
to vote on four amendments to the
constitution and upon five initiated
laws in addition to the regular party
tickets for state and county offices,
Some of these questions are consider
ed to have an important bearing on
the future prosperity of the state and
others are considered as menacing
to the law and order of the state.
The questions under consideration
are summarized as follows:
Amendment "A joint resolution
to amend Sec. 2, Article XXI of the
constitution, authorizing the legisla.
ture by a two-thirds majority to fix
salaries and compensations Of state
officers, This is to take the place of
the present constitutional limitation
of $500 per year for state officials.
Amendment B-A joint resolution
to amend Sec. 1, Article III of the
constitution which increases the mum
Der OF signatures or a petition to in
woke the referendum from five per
cent of the vote Of the state to Is per
cent Of the vote. 1t also prohibits
the giving or offering Of anything of
value to any person or corporation
for securing signatures to referendum
petitions.
Amendment ca joint resolution
to amend Section 1, Article TX of the
constitution, giving the legislature
power to change and fix ~boundries
Of new counties and locate the county
seats OF the same, and changing
county lines. This would remove the
present constitutional restrictions I'D
on organizations of new counties.
Amendment D-A joint resolution
to amend Sec. 10, Article XII Of the
constitution. extending the state,
county or other taxing district to lay
assessments against land lying along
a stream for purpose of protection
OF the banks of such stream, to pre-
vent Entertainments of such streams
upon the land lying along its banks.
The initiated laws In the order they
will appear upon the ballot are:
Law No. 1-Authorizing the state
to issue bonds for the construction of
a hydro-electric plant on the Missouri
river near Mobridge, its purpose be-
ing to use the Missouri river for Sc
curing electric power for the state.
No bonds to be sold until contracts
for the sale Of the electric current
have been made SO as to assure the
project Of being self supporting. No
part of the cost Of the plant will be
raised by taxation.
Law No. "A law initiated for the
purpose of repeal Of the law creating
the office of State Sheriff.
Law No. 3-This will be known as
the Sunday amusement law and, has
been initiated to appeal Sections 1858
OF the Revised Code, which attempts
strict regulations of Sunday amuse-
ments.
Law No. .4-This will be known as
the state bank law as 1t attempts
to set up in this state a state bank
along the lines of the state bank of
North Dakota.
Law No. 5-This is the law initi-
ated to remove the state university
from Vermillion to Sioux Falls, which
goes upon the ballot regardless of
the statement Of the Sioux Falls COM
mittee that it will not attempt to
push it.