The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03
What, the StQte
S0l0nS Are Doing

selected: Sutherland. CLANCY and
Hughes. Among tive new house bills
presented We're: BY Wilson, to amend
fish laws to allow the taking of carp at
any time; by Sutherland, making faith
er and mother equal guardians of
minor children; deficiency appropra-
ions by Sweeney for judicial expenses
N Lyman county, and by Holman, for
labor deficiency at insane hospital. The
Parmley parole bill was passed in the
house without a dissenting vote The
bill allowing court bailiffs SO a day in
certain cases, coming up on reconsider
alton, the house went into committee
of the whole and threw down the bars
on discussion. Several members who
have kept quiet in the past took occa-
sion to express themselves Shaw said
the bill is practically necessity in
Lawrence county. The bill affected
Lawrence, Minnehaha and Brown conn
ties, the former favoring it and the
latter neutral, with Minnehaha neu-
trail. Sutherland was willing to let
Lawrence have the law, but wanted it
could not be secured. Rogde and Pc
terson asked for favorable action,
while Browne of Brown, and WEIGH op-
posed it. The committee reported it
unfavorably. the report being adopted
on roll call by SO to 81.
The senate Thursday passed the bill
a. N for
preparation to keep the Spearfish nor
NAL school in session and the bill for
reward of 5000 to be offered by coun-
ties for the capture of horse thieves.
The senate also passed the resolution
memorializing congress for a 640-acre
homestead
The house passed the bill relating to
the settlement and support of the poor,
after amending, on motion of Vanos-
del, to strike out all that portion refer
ring to the soldiers home The bill
provides that no inmate of any state
institution shall become charge on
the county in which the institution is
located. The house adopted favor
ably reports on two waterworks bills
New bills introduced in the house
are: BY Holman, making notes given
for medical services non-negotiable,
and making it misdemeanor to fail in
making a promised cure: providing
penalty Of 500 for false statement as
to physical condition, for the purpose
of securing public aid;. making it
iSIa ff,r ait Tot
to furnish necessities to minor chill
dren, and making a second conviction
for petit larceny a penal offense; by
Hughes, providing defense on mutual
insurance notes when non-negotiable
provision is omitted; by Dexter, re-
quiring owners of lands TO keep weeds
moved on highways, and by Heball,
limiting tuition charge for pupils in
public schools to 50 a month.
The senate caucus decided on re-
cess adjournment from Thursday of
next week until Tuesday of the follow
ing week
The principal new senate measures
were: By Rice, authorizing towns and
villages to reassess and collect taxes
acts of uninc/'porated school districts;
by Hanley, by request, to repeal that
part of the statute which allows de-
cision by two-thirds of jury in GER
tain cases; by Bonney, to prohibit the
sale of tobacco to children under
twenty years of age; by Wesley, to re-
quire study in public schools of the
offoo+ IF o1oobo1 m tho human cvctom.
by May, providing compensation of SIS
visit to superintendent of health, an
amendment to present medical law.
against any change in the present Ii
quor law came from a number of resi-
dents of Bon Homme county Friday.
The house committee on agriculture
reported unfavorably on the bill to re-
duce the open season for chicken
shooting to two months, and Lee, who
introduced the bill, attempted to Sc
cure the reference of the bill to the
committee on live stock, in which he
failed. The military committee favor
ably reported the bill which increases
the limit of salary of the commandant
and members of the home board, but
reduced the limitation to $1,250 for the
commandant. Vanosdel presented a
minority report against the bill on the
ground that it increases salaries and
takes from the soldiers in the home
their pensions for the use of the home.
The reports go over one day.
The capitol building bill was favor
ably reported after being amended in
many particulars, and will be up for
discussion in committee of the whole
Saturday.
New house bills presented were: BY
Applaud, for general drainage code;
by Parmley, requiring solicitors for
benevolent institutions to secure IL
censes from the state board of chart
ties; by Countryman, providing for
uniform text books all over the state;
ment spent a week in the Hills last
summer and decided at that time to
have the management of the Black