A JOINT RESOLUTION Ratifying a Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, Relating to the Right of Suffrage Regardless of Sex.

Whereas, Both Houses of the Sixty-sixth Congress of the United States of America, by a constitutional majority of two-thirds thereof, made the following proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States of America, in the following words, to-wit:

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution extending the right of suffrage to women.

"Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House, con'curring therein), That the following Article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the Legislatures of threefourths of the several States:

"Article

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. "Congress shall have power to enforce this Article by appropriate legislation.'

Therefore,

Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of South Dakota, the Senate Concurring:

Section 1. That said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America be, and the same is hereby ratified by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota.

Section 2. That certified copy of this preamble and Joint Resolution be forwarded by the Governor of this State, to the Secretary of State at Washington, to the presiding officer of the United States Senate, and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States.

THE LAWS

PASSED AT THE

Second Special Session

Of The

Sixteenth Legislature

Of The

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Begun and held at Pierre, the Capital of said State, on Monday, June 21, 1920, and concluded on Tuesday, June 29, 1920.

OFFICIAL EDITION

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ACTS LEGALIZED:

H. B. No. 2, Legalizing Beadle County Court House Bonds.

S. B. No. 4, Legalizing Hayti Consolidated. School District.

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H. B. No. 52, Drainage Assessments State Lands.

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H. B. No. 22, Fall River County from Forest Reserve Fund.

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S. B. No. 52, Amending General Appropriation Act, Chapter 15, Laws

of 1919.

H. B. No. 20, E. W. Hail, County Agent.

S. B. No. 25, Hipple Printing Co., for Agricultural Statistics Blanks.

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H. B. No. 23, Hipple Printing Co., Board of Health Notices.

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S. B. No. 17, Deficiency, School and Home for Feeble Minded.

S. B. No. 32, Secretary of State's Office.

S. B. No. 13, Deficiency, Soldiers' Home.

H. B. No. 51, Relief of Soldiers and Sailors.

S. B. No. 30, Deficiency, Spearfish Normal.

S. B. No. 6, State Budget Board.

S. B. No. 29, Power Plant, State Capitol.

H. B. No. 28, Liability of State Under Workmen's Compensation Law.

S. B. No. 15, Paving Assessments, State College of Agriculture, Etc.

S. B. No. 20, Acquiring and Improving Sylvan Lake.

H. B. No. 57, Will A. Beach Printing Co.

S. B. No. 14, Yankton State Hospital.

ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION:

H. B. No. 55, Relating to County Bridge Levy.

S. B. No. 38, Relating to Taxing of Real Estate Mortgages.

ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW:

S. B. No. 7, Relating to Practice by County Judges and Clerks of

Court.

BANKS AND BANKING:

H. B. No. 15, Relating to Collection and Exchange Fees on Checks,

Drafts, Etc.

H. B. No. 1, Relating to Payment of Interest on Deposits.

BRIDGES:

S. B. No. 49, Relating to Emergency Bridges.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS:

S. J. R. No. 2, Proposing Amendment of Section 4, Article XIII.

H. J. R. No. 2, Proposing New Section 17 to Article XIII.

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COUNTIES:

S. B. No. 35, Relating to County Constables and Justices of the Peace.

H. B. No. 60, Authorizing Transfer of Funds, Fall River County.

H. B. No. 42, Authorizing Counties to Acquire and Maintain

Parks.

Public'

H. B. No. 40, Permitting Counties to Aid Soldiers and Sailors Memorial.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:

H. B. No. 47, Relating to County Buildings.

COURTS:

H. B. No. 12, Relating to Fees of Shorthand Reporters.

H. B. No. 9, Terms of Court, Fourth Circuit.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY:

S. B. No. 19, Relating to Consolidation of Funds.

DRAINAGE:

S. B. No. 45, Amending the Drainage Law.

EDUCATION.

H. B. No. 7, Relating to Consolidated School Ditsricts and Legalizing

the Same.

H. B. No. 30, Relating to School Sites for Consolidated School Districts.

H. B. No. 41, Relating to Powers of Independent School Districts.

S. B. No. 2, Relating to Tax Levy in Independent School Districts.

H. B. No. 38, Relating to Independent School District Treasurer.

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H. B. No. 8, Relating to School Teachers and County Supervision.

H. B. No. 45, Relating to Transportation of Pupils.

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT:

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H. B. No. 27. Relating to State Employment Service Department.

ESTATES OF DECEDENTS:

S. B. No. 64, Relating to Decree of Distribution.

H. B. No. 32, Relating to Probate Notices.

H. B. No. 31, Relating to Sale of Property.

S. B. No. 10, Validating Certain Probate Proceedings.

EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS:

S. B. No. 65, Relating to Settlement of Final Account.

GUARDIANS:

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S. B. No. 9, validating Certain Guardianship Proceedings.

INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER:

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H. B. No. 19, Relating to Conciliation of Labor Controversies.

INSURANCE:

H. B. No. 14, Relating to Deposit of Securities by Surety Companies.

S. B. No. 3, Relating to State Hail Insurance.

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H. B. No. 53, Relating to the Office of Commissioner of Insurance.

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H. B. No. 11, Relating to the Taxation of Life, Health and Accident In-

surance Companies.

H. B. No. 48, Relating to Workmen's Compensation

LIMITATION OF ACTIONS:

H. B. No. 58, Relating to Contracts for Sale of Real Property and Their

Cancellation.

MORATORIUM:

H. B. No. 6, Amending the Moratorium Law.

MORTGAGES:

S. B. No. 8, Curing Defective Assignments and Discharges.

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MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS:

S. B. No. 40, Relating to Municipal Bonds.

S. B. No. 42, Relating to Refunding Bonds.

S. B. No. 5, Relating to Qualification of Municipal Officers.

H. B. No. 37, Relating to Powers of Municipal Corporations.

H. B. No. 46, Relating to the Sale of Real Estate.

S. B. No. 47, Relating to Sewerage.

MUNICIPAL COURTS:

H. B. No. 5, Relating to Salary of Judge.

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S. B. No. 67, Relating to Salary of Judge.

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PRIMARY ELECTIONS:

S. B. No. 48, Relating to Party Primaries (Initiated Measure.)

PUBLIC OFFICERS:

H. B. No. 61, Relating to Salaries of Officers and Employees ror the

Fiscal Year 1920-21.

RAILROAD COMMISSION:

S. B. No. 1, Relating to Election of Railroad Commissioners.

S. B. No. 12, Relating to Review of Decisions of the Railroad Com-

mission.

SECURITIES COMMISSION:

S. B. No. 46, Relating to Securities Commission and to Obligations
Given for Securities Sold in Violation of Law.

S. B. No. 27, Relating to the Office of State Engineer.

STATE FUNDS:

H. B. No. 21, Relating to Forest Reserve Funds.

S. B. No. 60, Providing for Temporary Transfer of State Funds.

STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION:

S. B. No. 51, Amending State Highway Commission Act.

STATE PENITENTIARY:

S. B. No. 57, Relating to Employment of Convicts.

UNORGANIZED COUNTIES:

H. B. No. 39, Completing the Attaching of Washington County to
Pennington County.

VITAL STATISTICS:

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H. B. No. 3, Transferring Vital Statistics to the State Board of Health.