Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-01-22
CAPITAL NEWS.


relating &c the investment of the
- permanent school fund.
Also notice that the house cen
7 Cured in the adjournment proposed
xon by the senate from January II until
January n.
y Then Senate bills numbers II, 20,
,nse I0, is, 13, IL and II, all relating to
the new code for the state, were
2 returned by the judiciary committee
unl WIN Q az" amenuehss anu
the recommendation thatas amended
T they be passed. The rules were sus-
~ pended and they were taken up in
the order named and passed.
7 A message from the House stated
say that 8. b. No. 2, ceding jurisdiction
Of certain lands to the United States,
p had passed the House without
hay change.
lool The Judiciary committee reported
back Senate bills numbers 10, IA, Is
and 16, all relating to the new code,
her +
tai, and S. B No. 5, a bill for an act
OF appointing an attorney to conduct
the prosecution Of public cases when
son for any reason the states attorney is
iou disqualified, and asked that they be
MAJ withdrawn by their introducers and
+ as amended be reintroduced as part
49, - 49, -nx Nm~Nz tn. -
tina vailed.
The committee on appropriations
7 reported S. b. No. %, a bill for an
nrs act to appropriate money for the
Of purpose of paying the expenses of
setting aside school land contracts
for non payment of principal and
dos interest, with the recommendation
rec that it pass.
The same committee reported III.
the Is. No. %, q bill TO provide for legis
on latiye expenses, mileage and salaries
IN Of members and employees, recon-
mending the suspension of the rules
and the immediate passage of the bill.
~ The motion prevailed and the bill
NO passed unanimously.
not The committee on agriculture
returned and recommended the pas
Bo sage of s. B. No. /, an act providing
bon for division fences. The rules were
suspended and the bill passed.
The governor sent a message with
the report of the state oil Inspector.
= In his report Inspector Branch
sue says: "For some reason the Stand
tina ard Oil people are persistent in ship
/ ping as low grade of oil into the
We, the state as possible. | sincerely
ace hope that the present Legislature viii
n, enact some law this winter that will
afford reliet upon that, the burning
oil question. I would recommend
~, shat the flash test be raised from I05
bai degrees to 115 degrees at least. L
ser don't think that this would cause any
real hardship, or be out of reason,
ton for | find that there is but very little
Iud Of the independent oils | have
- inspected that tests under that, and
1 rarely ever hear any complaints of
the independent oils. OF course
M there should be a quality test in con-
bel nection with the fash test (if such
me- test can be enforeed) If a flash test
of 115 degrees and a gravity test of
say from 46 to AS in connection with
OF our present chemical tests could be
VI enforced, / would be willing to stake
on my reputation upon the result of
liv such law. If however, such a law
cannot be enforced, | would heartily
recommend a compulsory branding
cal of refined oils, both in flash and
ma gravity, and make a heavy penalty
for false branding, which would give
the merchants the opportunity Of
paying price according to quality,
on Then he would also have recourse by
NC law if quality was below brand.
bu Another matter Of great Importance
res is the framing u law compelling
shippers to give in all oik shipped
on into this state. | have come in con
alt tact a number of times with instances
N whore consignors have failed to
Is report shipments, and when charged
Hs with this neglect the reply would
invariably be that / had been mott