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 of relief efforts, the Jensen administration managed to balance South Dakota's general fund, eliminate a long-standing overdraft, reduce state bonded debt, and provide for refunding of rural credit bonds at lower interest rates. In 1938, the South Dakota Division of the Motor Patrol was established under Governor Jensen. Harlan J. Bushfield, former Republican party chairman, succeeded Leslie Jensen as governor.