Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-03-26
TURNER CO. IN THE LEGISLATURE

have spoken very highly OF the good
work done by some of the members
OF the legislature, and where state
institutions exist said members have
been especially praised for being able
to secure an appropriation OF few
thousand dollars to use in their re-
spective town or county, and in
some instances they were given re-
ception and banquet.
Some of our readers may be won
dering where our Turner county
members were when this good work
was going on. Turner county did
dot ask for an appropriation, and we
believe cur members went there to
work for Turner county, and the
people and taxpaoers OF the state at
large. We have been looking up
1.-The records and have this to say.
Senator Stoddard served on six
committees, namely: Education;
counties and towns, public buildings;
school and public lands; chairman OF
committee on correction OF senate
journal, which brought an every day
Job, and about the middle OF the ses-
sion he was appointed to take up the
- work on the temperance committee
which was formerly assigned to Sena-
tor Rudolph, v no was sick and un-
bible to be present.
The very first bill in the senate
was introduced by Mr.. Stoddard-.-l
Senate bill No. 1. known as "the
ence bill" As this was new ven
ure in the state (South Dakota
; bever before having a law of this
kind) it took hard work and pre-
/. istent effort for the first forty days
IF the session to get it through both
bouses. He also introduced senate
Jill No. 22, bill for an act to APP
ropriate money for the purpose OF
aging expenses of setting aside
chool land contracts. Now and
hen in different parts of the state
lere are to be found pieces of school
md where the purchaser has failed
pay principal, interest or taxes,
ut still holds possession and uses
he land as there was no fund to pay
purt expenses in setting aside the
bntract. This bill becomes a law,
Rssing the senate without dissent
g vote. He introduced senate bill
%. 7o. to amend Sec. 2s57 of the
vised political code of 1908. Here
fore anyone wishing to engage in
e business of selling Intoxicating
luors had to publish notice of ap-
l(ication in ar official paper OF the
unty; and in a countyss.like Turner
here there are eleven newspapers,
ID only three OF them can be Off
al, man in the south part of the
WITTY could send his notice to q
per in the north part of the county,
right the opposite. The law as
.ended requires the notice to be
Eblished in legal newspaper in the
Wn where the business is to be con
cted; if there is no legal news
per published in the town ther
blication to be made in the neares
Eal paper in the county, md thus
ng it before the people most inter
ed. This bill passed the senate
h only two dissenting votes.
Then comes senate bill No. 167
own as the township high schoo
This also was new PROPOSE
b to the state and required lots O
id work to overcome the fear o
ne of the members that it nigh
a wrong step or that the actor
too hasty. This work was s.
done by the introducer and tn,
nds OF the bill that when it cam,
for final action there was not al
posing voice.
There are a few counties in TIL
e that are shamefully wronged il
# representation in the law max
bodies of the state. Mr.. Stod
d introduced bill to give fai
[esentation to each and ever
nty, but failed to get it through
representative Elliott served o
be committees: School and Put
lands, Penal Institutions ant
|ritable institutions. He intro
ed House Bill No o2, to amen
/ ion 1874 of the revised politics
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