In addition, despite the financial demands of the relief effort, the Jensen administration was able to balance South Dakota's general fund and eliminate a twenty-year-old overdraft as well as to reduce the state's bonded indebtedness and provide for refunding of rural credit bonds at lower rates of interest. In 1938, the South Dakota Division of the Motor Patrol was formed under Governor Jensen. Harlan J. Bushfield, former Republican state chairman, succeeded Leslie Jensen as governor.
Despite financial demands from relief efforts, the Jensen administration successfully balanced South Dakota's general fund, eliminated a long-standing debt, reduced state borrowing, and offered lower interest rates for refunding rural credit bonds. In 1938, the South Dakota Division of Motor Patrol was established under Governor Jensen. Harlan J. Bushfield, former Republican party chairman, succeeded Leslie Jensen as governor.