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

quent makes them appear a little
gauzy. And another matter Of great
Importance. as can be reaeily com
pretended, is making local shipment
promiscously over the state. How
can it be possible for the Inspector
though even he had twenty or thirty
deputies--to chase consignments all
over the state, when, during the win
ter, there are from 500 to 1000 bar
rels shipped every month, ranging
from one to ten barrels to almost
every hamlet in the state? Even il
this were possible, where would the
Inspector get the means from to
cover all this expense under the
present law? In this respect | have
exercised my own judgment and did
what | thought was the best means
of overcoming (as near as posi-
ble) an impossibility, i. e., by calling
monthly or quarter annually on the
different oil companies who are max
ing local shipments of oil into our
state and authorize them to stamp
barrels and report to me at the end
of each month the number of barrels
SO shipped, they THE oil companies)
agreeing not to ship anything under
the fash test required by u pres
ent law. This plan has worked fairly
well in most instances, but that won
derful manager of a certain division
for the Standard Oil Company for
this state, has objected to this
arrangement simply for the reason
(which is the only n / can assign
that / did not show him or his COM
pany any special ~favors, has persisted
in notifying me of the local ship
ments all over the state in the hopes
OF wearing the inspector and his
deputies out, or driving them out of
Office, knowing full well the impossi-
bility of carrying out the full letter
of the law, which / candidly confess
| had to let 60 without inspecting
for reasons before stated. The
demand made by the people upon
the Inspector and his deputies dur
ing the summer months to come and
inspect their gasoline would indicate
that it might be we'll if the law
would include the inspection of gas
at the same fee as refined oils, the
same as Iowa and other states do"
S. b. No. g, a bill for an act to
create a fund for the maintenance Of
the South Dakota hospital for the
insane at Yankton, was passed.
The following Senate bills were
read for the first time:
No. 2, McDougall, a bill for an
act to pay Adiutant General S. J..
Conklin a balance due him on salary
for the period from March 8, 1901,
to June Both. 1901.
No. 50, Frieberg, a bill FOR an act
legalizing defective acknowledge
ments to certain instruments
No. "a, Abel, a bill for an act to
abolish days Of grace.
No 55, Abel, a bill for an act to
reimburse Oliver Gibbs for moneys
advanced to promote the state
exhibit at the Chicago Worlds Fair.
No. So, Dillon, A bill for an act
authorizing a person to bring an
action against another person for the
purpose Of determining an adverse
claim which the latter makes against
the former for money OF property
upon an alleged obligation.
No 81, Dillon, a bill for an act to
fix maximum telephone rates in
cities and towns, requiring compan-
les and persons operating exchanges
therein to connect with each other,
and providing penalties for the vio-
lstion of this act.
No. 90, Cooley, a bill for an actto
appropriate money for the construc.
ton, equipment. heating and furn-
ishing OF a dormitory upon the state
normal school grounds at Springfield,
S. D., to be used in connection with
said normal school.
No. SO, Bottum, a bill for an act
fixing the terms of court in the Sixth
judicial circuit.
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