The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-10-12
THE REFERRED LAWS
AND AMENDMENTS

In a little less than one month
! the voters of South Dakota vii
be called on to express themelye,
on four constitutional amendment
and five initiated measures. Vot
ers are being urged to read care
fully the explanatory statement oi
the attorney general before voting
the ballots and to remember tina,
in this election vote Yes Il
for the instituting Of the amend
ment or initiated measure and .
vote NO is an expression of dis.
approval of the amendment of the
measure.
The contitutional amendments
will appear on the ballot in the
following order, each being letter
ed serially down the alphabet:
Am. amendment to auth
orize the legislature to determine
the compensation of all state Of
ficials, both elective and appoint-
i've, instead of having certain ell
ective officers salaries fixed by the
constitution and the other elective
and appointire officers fixed by
the legislature by a majority vote.
The amendment would require a
twc-tnirds vote of the legislture
TO fix a salary and would make the
salaries of all state officers subject
to legislative will including the
members of the legislature. It
would further prohibit any state
officer from receiving any other
compensation, fees, perquisites or
emoluments whatever on account
of any change in residence or any
other expense except that actually
incurred in the performance of
the duties of the office.
B. To require that initiative
and referendum petitions be sign
ed by not less than fifteen per
cent Of the qualified electors Of
the state instead Of five per cent
as at present. 1t also provides
{. prohibitive to the giving, Offer
ing or promising Of any valuable
consideration BY any person, firm
or corporation for securing sigma
lures to any initiative or referen-
dunn petition.
C.-To leave the matter of the
organization Of new counties, the
changing of county lines and the
location of county seats entirely
in the hands of the legislature.
D.-To extend the power to levy
special assessments against abut-
ting and contiguous property to
the levying Of such assessments
on lands lying along the banks of
any river, and other lands subject
to damage by such river for the
purpose Of protecting these lands
against damages by erosion or of
On the ballots containing the in
itiated measures the measures ap-
pear in the following order, being
numbered consecutively, l, 2, etc.
The voting Of bonds for the
proposed hydro-electric at Mo-
bridge, stipulating that not more
than 100000 in bonds can be sold
until the hydro-electric commits
sion shall have secured tentative
contracts for the sale of not less
than 30,00O,O0O killowat hours of
ITO abolish the Office of state
sheriff and the state constabulary.
81 To repeal that section of the
law which prohibits moving pic
'ure shows, sports and games on
for which an admission is
4.Proyiding for the establish
ing OF state owned bank and
an appropriation of $780, !
100 for carrying out the provisions
IF the law should It be adopted,
all state, county, city, /
township, school district and other
political division funds to be de-
posted in this bank and exempt
ing all deposits, whether public or
PERSONAL from taxation by the
tate, county, township, municipal
ty or school district.
5.To move the university of
South Dakota from Vermilion to