The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-01
Legislative.
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HOUSE.

no set speech %favoring the measure.
which passed the house by a vote of "A
to II.
Among the house bills presented, the
principal one was to prevent hunting
dogs from running at large from April 10
September, and a bill to amend Il law
passed earlier in the session to allow cit
les to condemn property outside their
limits for water works purposes. This
was a Deadwood bill, and it's amendment
is attempted by persons who desire to re-
tain the use of the waters of Elk Creek.
Parmley Thursday carried his fight in
the appropriations committee to the floor
of the house on the cattle dipping bill,
and after a hot little contest, won the
adoption of the report of the minority of
the committee, which gave the commission
to be appointed under the law $4,000
for operating expenses.
The liquor license bill to allow a vote
when taken to stand until overturned by
a following vote, was returned from the
temperance committee for the second
time Thursday without recommendation,
md as no one appeared to be able to say
if it had been amended in committee it
was sent back for further action.
The house Thursday passed bills re-
quiring township fireguards to be brok-
Ell not later thar July of each year and
to be dragged to keep down weeds; pro-
viding for contract collection of delin-
quent personal property tax after a year,
and Il memorial to congress to cut Law
renee County from proposed legislation
TO allow homesteads on forest reserves.
The report of the house elections COM
mittee on the primary election bill was
x,ocrp+aT lota ENpiInu nuapinn l. ut
lacks the validity of the petition and
recommends that 1t uo not pass. 1t goes
over for action. and the probabilities are
that the report will be turned down and
the bill passed.
q Principal among the house bills pre-
scented Friday were these:
BY the ways and means committee to
require county auditors to meet with
state equalization boards before asses
sors' meetings each year and increasing
insurance taxes from 212 to 3 per cent
of premium receipts. and by the live
stock committee providing for county
meat and hide inspectors.
The Xafft resolution for an amendment
10 raise salaries of legislative members
only secured eleven votes. and the bill
for Il state library commission was de-
featCd.
The house made laws by passing senate
bills to list agricultural and mineral
lands separately for assessment. and to
tax the cost against a plaintiff where
suit was brought in the wrong county.
House bills passed Friday were these:
The Foster bill prohibiting dealing in
futures and operation of bucket shops.
Other house bills were to prohibit
granting saloon licenses within five miles
of government works; increasing COM
DenSation of county commissioners in GER
tain cases; allowing circuit court judges
expenses; increasing compulsory school
Attendance to sixteen weeks in a year; le-
CALLING the ISSUANCE of water works
bonds, and a bill for the purpose of as
sisting in Strengthening out the Sioux
Falls water works tangle, and a joint
resolution for a constitutional amendment
to provide for municipal courts.
In the house Monday the temperance
committee reported the saloon license bill
favorably, the bill to prohibit treating i'll
bar rooms without recommendation.
The amendment reported on the twinc
plant bill was opposed By Thorson and
Olson. of Moody, who declared it to be
an attempt to force the shirt factory pro-
visions of the bill to the front and allow
the Irvine plant to lag, with several of
the members of the committee support
ing the report, which finally went over.
On motion of Jefferson the 18th Of
February was fixed as the late date for
introduction of bills.
The only new bill was by Hebal, to re-
luce the penalty on delinquent taxes to
One-half of l per cent a month.
House bills passed Monday We're:
nv .orvira a pnnplatinn of DlD hpfnpp
a town can be incorporated; the irrigation
code: providing for apportionment of
income from school lands; cutting off pu-
pills at state normal model schools from
provisions; placing waters on highways
under control of road overseers; authoriz-
ing county and state equalization boards
to 90 behind the returns to search out
property and to employ tax f~errets; re-
curing state to in future secure absolute
title to lands before building thereon.
The bill to allow wholesale druggists
10 sell liquor without a license was lost
as an emergency measure, and passed
with that provision stricken out.
TIL house was crowded ut the opening
of the house session Tuesday with those
who expected II night on the primary. elac-
ton bill on final action in the house, but
in this they were disappointed.
The clerk droned through the bill and
mt the finish no one attempted to secure
the floor, and the roll call began. 1t was
passed by the house, but secured only
Al votes.
The opponents of the appropriation
committee amendment to the Irvine plant
bill won out and the $4,000 for machin-
cry was placed back in the bill.
Among a number of new bills present
ed Tuesday were these:
BY the drainage committee, for q