The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-17
WORK Of Il4L3NIl2R3I5
Proceeding. oi the Week in Br;et in
3ot!, HouAss OF The South EakotA
.eals atufc. > 3 9
FRIDAYS pRoceEolNes.


Pierre. $ - Fab 10 The sen,,te was
the storm confer today. discussions being
calico oNt om hii!s attending sher,trs' fees
and The otd lime Insurance bill ON the
latter the contestants were Lawson and
Rice
The senate was IN. storm center today.
discussions heiis called out on bills at
frmi!ng sh"rifts fees amd the old line i'm
srranee blil on tn" latter the contest
ants were Lawson and Rice.
The hill came up on cem,ntttee report
and Kiee attacked it as not giving the Ia
su:aEcc commissioner enough power 10
control companies organized under its pro-
Visions a:d IN his talk took occasion 10
deny that III his former argum.n mt he had
compared lile insurance agents with
brigsnds, bat declared that his statement
was hc would as soon vote to license
hrigands with budseons as To vote for an
Insurance bill with no greater restrictions
than those in the bin under eonsidera-
zion.
LAWSON defended the bill as one with
greater safeguards than contained in
the Wisconsin law which ii closely fol-
lows said the senator from Moody counv
every smc. aud that he had in his pocket
u letter written by Il general agent OF an
oid oid line life compdaN which attacked the
bill! IN every identical particular In which
it mad been attacked by the gentleman
from Moody
Nor,hrup, as one of the committee which
moved the adoption of the report, which
carried by - To on roll call
The sheiiffs bin. whicn increases fees
Tended by Frieberg and Rice Ii was
charged chat sherifls serve IA number of
papers on a single trip and charge mileage
from the s'3ti 5 % %;ins point on each separate
enough Rice declared that where such
action could be shown the officer should
be IN the penit ntiarY instead OF serving
to the Judiciary committee as the commit
tee on counties had evidently not given ii
proper e9nslderation, which brought out
on counties. but ii finally went back for
further consideration
large srist of new bills was presented
in the senate principal among them be
ing these:
BY cassli., to require payment of road
taxes n cash
by Freberg 10 require all liquor Ii
censes to be paid for full year. and pro-
hibitinS an ex-convict from engaging in
the liquor business.
By Saltmarsh, to fix the license of a nom
resident hunter at $40.
By Doughty. requiring county auditors
to keep plat books with the names of the
owners OF all tracts of land in the same.
Ky Cook, giving guardians the right to
mortgage the property of minors and in
competents.
BY Whsle, deficiency appropria ton of
$4,000 for the school of mines.
fhe senate passed the senate bills pro-
viding for method of investment of coun-
ty sinking funds and the deficiency bill
for conveying convicts TO the pcntiten-
tiary
The house had no bills on the calendar
for action and proceeded TO have fun with
the state song bill on committee report.
y number OF the members wanted to get
the bill out for action with no intention
OF passing it
Apland moved to adopt the committe"
report, and Crals moved to Indefinitely
postpone which motion was lost
Hughes then moved reference to
Doan" Robinson, secretary of the State
the bill went out OF the jurisdiction OF the
house and into the relic room of the So
cirty. with no way of getting it out.
countlYlnen succeeded in oVerturnng an
adverse report ON his bill for state uni
toInity Of text books
among the new bq!s presented were
BY Hun increasing the torn of com
weeks in year
lSy Pennington, providing foi. tle an
nointmcnt Of county game wsflcns at Il
salary of $l25 a month for the open season
By krihs, for state ibalry commission
and circulating libraries.
Joint resolutions by I.indley. indorsing
the position of President Roosevelt on rail
rood rate legislation.
Ry Rogde, Tor constitutional amend
ment for municipal contracts in cities of
over 10 600 I)opulat on