THE LAWS PASSED AT THE Seventeenth Session OF THE Legislature OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Begun and held at Pierre, the Capital of said State, on Tuesday, ALSO The Amendments to the Constitution of South Dakota, adopted at To which are added the Laws passed at the First and Second Special Sessions of the OFFICIAL EDITION 1921 STATE PUBLISHING COMPANY Pierre, South Dakota Amendments to the Constitution Article XIII of the Constitution of South Dakota was amended at the General Election held on November 2, 1920, by adding thereto the following new sections: Section 17. The State may establish and maintain a system of credits for assisting in the building of homes by the people of the State, and therefor may loan money and extend credit to the people of the State upon real estate security in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by general law. The limitations and provisions regarding the incurring of indebtedness elsewhere found in the Constitution shall not apply to this Section, but the Legislature shall, at the time of incurring any indebtedness hereunder, provide for discharging same. Section 18. The Legislature shall be authorized to provide by law for compensating honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, marines, and others, who have served with the armed forces of the United States, or who have engaged in war relief work in the World's War, or other wars of the United States, including former American citizens, who served in allied armies against the central powers in the World's War and who have been honorably discharged and repatriated; such compensation not to exceed the sum of fifteen dollars per month for the period of such service. For this purpose the Legislature may use the credit of the State, and any indebtedness created for this purpose shall not be a part of the indebtedness authorized or limited by other provisions of the Constitution; provided, that the amount of all indebtedness created by the State for the purposes specified in this Section shall not exceed six million dollars. |