The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-25
legislative.
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HOUSE

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payment for horses killed by order of the
state veterinarian.
The first freak bill appeared in the
shape of a jack rabbit protection, coming
from Horribly, of Moody County, who
wants them protected from May / to
Sept. 10.
Other house bills introduced were by
Groce to prevent the practice of veteri-
nary surgery except by graduates of rep
utable veterinary colleges; by Bratrud,
to again make the term of county court
begin March l instead of Jan. /, the
change having been made by the Code
commission in their compilation; by Mar
tin, providing for the construction of a
| stone library building on the state house
grounds, and appropriating $4,000 for
that purpose; by Johnson, compelling
long distance telephone companies to al
low connections to be made by locals; by
Parmeley, to provide for Il parole law
for good conduct prisoners; and by Car
roll. to allow sureties on bonds to limit
their liabilities.
The house secured the first roll call of
the session on the senate resolution for
adjournment from Thursday to Tuesday.
The call was demanded and the resolu-
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Van Osdell. of Yankton, was the first
man to attempt to speak on any measure
at the session, talking against the reso-
luton to memorabilia congress for the
G40-acre homestead act. His remarks
were largely III conditions i'll the south
eastern part of the state in the days of
early settlement, and he announced his
belief that there was no need for the en-
laTged homestead.
House bills not senate duplicates were:
BY Lindley. making homesteads liable
for mechanics liens.
The first attempt at speechmaking dur
ing this session of the Legislature was in
the house Tuesday. when Van Osdel, of
Iankton, spoke in opposition to the reso-
luton memOrialiZing congress to pass the
6iO--acre homestead bill. He went back
to ancient history to prove hat it is not
necessary and announced his opposition
to the measure.
The first roll call of the session was
also demanded on concurrence in the SEN
ate resolution for a recess adjournment,
resulting in adoption by a vote of 30
TO 20.
Other house bills were by Lindley max
ing homesteads subject to mechanics
liens; by WOlzmuth, fixing the salaries
of county auditors and registers of deeds
on a population basis; by Stokes, of Mar
shall, to provide a manner of ~refunding
county floating debts.
The house Wednesday passed a joint
resolution requesting congress to pass the
640-acre hometead act. The vote OH this
memorial was rs to 8,
The principal bills were introduced by
Kribs to require a state license for mo-
tor cars and fixing the speed limit at
20 miles an hour Oh highways and from
4 to 10 miles per hour in cities, and by
Wilson defining a confidence man and
making his operation a penal offense.
A joint resolution was introduced by
Carroll for a constitutional amendment
to make half of the legislative members
hold over.
The house advanced the bill to allow
towns to condemn property outside its
limits for water works purposes and in
PRODUCED bills as follows:
BY Clark, to appropriate for a def
cheney Of $9,205 at the soldiers home.
BY Tubbs, allowing county commits
sioners to build county buildings without
a vote.
BY G~ropengeizer, to list range horses
separately from draft horses for taxation.
The senate Wednesday unanimously
passed a bill allowing increased school
fund loans on farm lands.
Senate bills of importance introduced
Wednesday were: BY Lightner. to pro-
vide for farmers institutes and appro-
priating $4,000 a year for that purpose;
by Mortimer, to allow county commissions
| ore RI nffor n ou,or II nf v10a f1r tl~ -
rest of horse thieves.
At the close of Wednesdays session an
adjournment was taken to Tuesday of
next week and all members are off for
home for the recess. Most Of the session
Wednesday was taken up in listening to
he address of Prof. J. w. Shepard, of
the agricultural college, OH pure foods
and the need of inspection.
The principal senate bills introduced
Wednesday were:
By Sholser, to require the election of
the insurance commissioner and limiting
liabilities of policy holders in mutual
companies.
BY Neil to allow sheriffs to levy for
taxes on transient merchants.
BY Hutchinson, making lightning rod
and machine notes ~non-negotiable.
Everything in both houses gave way
Thursday to an early adjournment to
allow the members to go away Oh the re-
cess. The house business was simply the
introduction of bills by Clark, to appro-
pirate $9,025 to cover the deficiency at
the soldiers home; by Tubbs, allowing
county commissioners to build or replace
county buildings Without a vote; by
~Gropengieser, to change the classification
of horses for taxation putting range
stock in a list to itself.
A bill to allow towns to condemn
property outside the limits for water
works purposes was advanced on the cal