The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13

nues, as the tax could not be greater
than the value of the land, while
Rodgne attacked it on its validity.
saying that in case it was enacted
nothing would be gained. After the
war was over the bill passed by a good
majority. Next was the a~nti-football
bill, which was passed by SO to Is I'M
der previous question to shut off de-
bate. The next fight was between
Longstaff and Price on the bill for a
building at Huron, in which each ac-
cused tho other of deliberately falsify-
ing. This bill was lost for lack Of
twb-thirds. The senate wolf bounty
bill failed for lack of one vote, and got
back for reconsideration. The house
passed senate bills to regulate the
election Of school officers; providing
manner Of issuance of school bonds; a
general military code; authorizing
docketing Of United States court judg-
ments with clerks of circuit courts;
providing punishment for theft of
water, gas or electricity, and legisla-
tive apportionment bill.
The senate closed it's session with a
fight between Close and members of
appropriation committee over a bill to
pay interest on certain old claims at
Plankinton reform school. A bill
passed to pay the claims with the in
terest provision stricken out, regard
less of a fight made on the validity OF
the claims, and a new bill was intro
duced by Close, which vas killed on
committee report after a discussion in
which Burke, Bennett, McDougall,
Friberg and Close took part. The SEN
ate passed bills appropriating money
for the judge Of the new Ninth circuit
court; and a bill to cover defects In
the vetoed bill returned Wednesday.
Also house bills for dockage Of grain
on a screen basis; general law in re-
Pierre, S. D., March 7. - BY some
means the house bill to tax mining
stock failed to get to the senate until
yesterday, too late for action, and
Representative Allen, the father of the
bill, moved the appointment of an in
vestigating committee to look into the
matter. The committee consisted of
Allen, Craig and Carroll, and their re-
port, while making no specific charges,
simply showed hat bills passed just
prior and just after that particular bill
went to the senate all right, while that
particular one was the only one which
failed to get out.
The bill to allow wholesale druggists
to sell liquor without license, which
came from the senate several days ago
and was killed, came back as a new
bill, and Allen moved it's indefinite
postponement, as 1.-The first bill had
been thrown through the ceiling, and
this should be treated in the same
way" which 1t was. The house ground
out laws providing for organization Of
societies for protection of animals;
providing a state deficiency levy OF l
mill on the dollar; appropriating $780,
600 to pay wolf bounty deficiencies;
providing a penalty for offering a pre-
MUM to ecure a life insurance policy,
and a number Of minor laws. The SEN
ate clerks and employees were in a
pickle yesterday, as the senate several
days ago raised the pay of all of them
SO cents per day. This required a new
appropriation to get the difference, and
a bill was hurriedly passed through
the senate to meet the occasion.
The house has steadily refused to
grant this raise to it's clerks, and as a
result, when the bill cane to the house
it was not passed until 1t had been
pared down to meet only the payments
at the original figure. This had to go
back to the senate, and the pay had
not been forthcoming at a late hour.
The total appropriations passed at the
session outside of the general bill. are
1857 ,119.
The present session has made a rec
ord in both houses by passing every
bill on the calendar Of either house be-
fore the afternoon adjournment, leav-
ing only the conference work to dis
turb the usual last night horseplay.