The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-02-10
SMALL OUTPUT By LAW MILL,
Session Half Over and Only Seven
Bills Passed,

At the close of business on Thurs
DAY, the thirtieth day of the legisla-
lures session ended, and half of the
| session was gone. A five-day vacation
will start the second half. The com
pleted work of the session SO far con
sists of seven bills and three joint
resolutions which are completed and
| filed in the office of the secretary of
state.
The list is:
Senate Bill 31-An act to authorize
| cities to purchase and acquire by con
demnation property either within or
without their borders for the purpose
of water works.
Senate Joint Resolution "A joint
resolution authorizing the governor to
enter into a compact with the gov
ernor of Nebraska to fix the boundary
between the two states.
Senate Bill 17-An act to amend
section 400, article /, chapter 6, Re-
vised Political Code, relating to in
vestment of the permanent school
fund.
Senate Bill Ito provide for the
collection, compilation and preserva-
ton of census and vital statistics Of
the state, and ~appropriating money
for that purpose.
Senate Bill 16-An act legalizing IL
quor licenses which have been grant
ed in the various towns of the state
the last two years, where no vote has
been taken on the question of license.
Senate Bill 20-Defning the duties
Of school officers in regard to planting
and preservation of trees and shrubs
on school grounds.
Senate Bill 82-Appropriating S., 800
emergency deficiency at the Spearfish
normal school.
House Bill 27-Appropriating
ey for the mileage and per tdiem Of
legislative members and employees.
House Joint Resolution 2-Provid-
ing for the printing of legislative man
uals and %handbooks for distribution.
House joint resolution memorable
ing congress for the passage of the
act providing for 640-acre homesteads
in South Dakota.
House Joint Resolution 4-Memori.
alizing congress to appropriate money
for the protection of the banks of the
Missouri river.
Bills have been introduced in both
houses which have for their purpose
a M ON DIM ptc fn rho ppoGnnt oil inc41no-
ton laws of the state. One of the fea-
lures is for the reduction of the in
spection fees, which are placed at a
basis where the fees not only pay all
the expenses Of inspection, but also
return a revenue to the state. This
the oil companies say was never in
tended by the law. and they ask for a
reduction to a point which will cut
out the revenue feature of the law.
This will meet with little opposition
in case no attempt is made to go fur
ther with the amendments.
But the same bills ask for a change
in the gravity and residue tests. These
amendments will be strongly opposed,
and Attorney General Hall, in his ap-
pearance before the committee on
state affairs, strongly opposed either
of the changes. Both are being tested
by the Standard Oil company at the
present time in the United States su-
preme court and are being fought by
the state. The reports of the different
oil inspectors of the state are that the
present law has given the state bet
ter oil than was secured for years.
and should stand as 1t is SO far as
test qualities are concerned.
The matter of a twine plant at the
penitentiary has been touched upon i'll
two bills, each providing for the con
struction of a plant at the peniten-
tiary, but with no provisions for oper-
alton of the anne Soon after recess
a bill Will probably be introduced
which will not only provide for the
erection of a plant, but also will at
tempt to regulate and provide for the
names of operation.