The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-24
THE STATE LEGISLATURE

The principal new house bills were:
! BY the ways and means committee,
providing for the annual meetings OF
county auditors with the state board
of equalization before assessors meet
inss in the spring by the live stock
committee, providing for county meat
and hide inspectors, and by the ways
and means committee 10 increase tax
es on insurance companies from y
per cent of premiums To S per cent.
The elections committee filed its re-
port on The primary elections bill
recommending indefinite postpone
ment and the report went over TO to-
morrow for action. The house likely
will Turn down the report and will pass
HE bill The house report attacks the
validity of the petition. but is not as
radical as the senate report
The dill 10 locate Inc Northwestern
asylum for the insane at WatertoWn
was opposed by Senator Dillon OF
YankIon in speech IN which he re-
hearsed the action of two years ago,
Yank,on. with Cassill supporting him
in his opposition Neill Hutchins son,
Larson and Abel supported the meas.
ure. which finally was passed. but not
until Johnson of Hamlin had secured
an amendment providing that before
any appropriation could he secured for
building the Yankton institution
must have 1000 patients.
Other bills passed We're: To pro-
vide for farmers Institutes: authori2-
ing the employment of assistant
states attorneys in certain cases; al
lowing road taxes 10 be paid in cash;
ordering the faculty at the agricultur-
al college to make an annual exhibit at
the state fair: empowering county
commissioners 10 appropriate money
for state fairs: providing for township
fire guards: and a Joint resolution for
the legislature To provide special tax
levy for the construction OF a Irvine
plant at the penitentiary
The senate made laws by passing
house bills making notes for pbysi-
clans services non negotiable, author.
izing consolidation Of certain funds in
the state treasury.
New senate bills were: BY Friberg,
to fix fees of insurance companies, and
a resolution by Cassill indorsing the
position of President Roosevelt en-
railroad rate legislation.
The interest in the session Saturday
centered in the house, where the pri-
mary election bill was up on commit
tee report. Stokes. chairman of the
elections committee, moved the adop-
ton of the adverse report. This was
opposed by Turner of Faulk, one Of
the committee. with a minority favor
able report. Carol led the debate
with speech against the report, and
was followed by Turner of Faulk, both
setting aside as puerile the commit
tees objections to the petition.
Holman followed in defense of the
committees action, declaring that the
committe carefully considered the pc
tition and found it so full of flaws that
they could not consider it a legal petit
ton. Rodge also spoke for the COM
mite report and declared that it show
ed evidence that the portion Of the law
in regard to county local option had
been inserted after the petitioners
names had been secured.
then attacked the majority report, and
he received close attention while he
took a strong stand for the primary
law. The final vote of the house on
the proposition showed the report de
feated by AZ to IS.
This merely makes record, as the
whole matter was killed for the ses-
sion by the senate action.
The only other business of the house
was the presentation of a few bills, the
principal of which were: BY the live
stock committee, TO repeal the law
against killing beavers; by the judi
ciary committee. to allow clerks OF
court to adjourn matters to circuit
court in the absence of the Judge, and
a peddlers license bill by Wolsemuth.
The senate held a short session,
merely presenting new bills. by the ap-
committee, appropriating
$4,000 for printing. and by Doering,
for liquor license law allowing IL
cense vote, if taken. to stand until
voted down. An adjournment was
aiken to listen to the house discussion
IN the primary bill.