The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-02-16


day making petty larceny ON q second
conviction penal oeffnsc: providing pen.
atty for misrepresentation OF physical
condition for purpose OF securing prblic
and: providing for the sale Of real estate
by administrator when for the best inter
ests OF the estate: allowing the holders
Of liens right Of suit against real estate.
The bill 10 reduce the minimum sentence
for bribery was defeated.
A long list OF new house bills was pre-
sented Saturday. principal among which
were these:
by Kribs, tax ferret bill.
by the pure food committee. To make
the pure food commissioner q tester OF
liquors.
by Brown. OF Brown. allowing cities to
acquire land for sewer purposes By con-
demnation.
BY the capital building committee.
new capitol building bin which carries
100000. 90 be refunded through snles
Of building and lands. and providing
commission composed OF the governor.
state treasurer. secretary Of state, auditor
and state land commissioner.
SENATE.
The business Of the senate Wednesday
consisted In receiving new bills, of which
n number were introduced, principal
among them being these:
by Hutchinson, to authorize cities to
Issue bonds for settlement OF Judgments.
BY Abel, n boiler inspection bill.
by Cook, to provide that no inmate
shall be kept nj the reform school after
reaching his majority.
BY Wagner. making the rates Of tut.
ton In all state educational institutions
the same.
By Deering. appropriating $4,000 for
carrying Sn seed grain experiments at
state experiment stations.
The bill TO provide regulations for the
organization and control OF life insur.
ance companies In the state brought out
a hot exchange In the senate Thursday
between Lawson and Rice.
Bonney moved 10 amend the bill 20
prohibit the investment OF their surplus
outside South Dakota, North Dakota
and Minnesota.
Rice attacked the bill generally. He
said Il allowed any seven men 10 organ
lie and did not require any reserve from
them until after the first years premi-
ums had been received. and that they
could secure the premiums and do the
vanishing net. and that he would as soon
trust a brigand with n bludgeon a. the
average life insurance agent.
The bill is intended for an Aberdeen
company. which Il is well known expects
TO organize under It's provisions. II
was defended by Senator Lawson. who
took the remarks OF the Moody County
senator rs applying 20 the proposed or
"a nizers OF the Aberdeen company.
Senate bills were presented Thursday
as follows:
BY Cooper. requiring all persons liable
for road works to put In time or pay
81 so day. and requiring claims against
estates 20 be presented within the re-
auired time or be barred.
by Payne. providing for the. exchange
of supreme court reports between South
Dakota and other states.
On account OF delayed trains the men,
bcrs did not get back from their vncs.
ton until late Tuesday afternoon. and
all which was attempted by either house
was the introduction of n few new bills.
In the senate Dillon presented 4 reSo-
luton memorialiEing congress for a con-
stitutional amendment for the control OF
trusts and monopolies: aud n bill lcIaliz-
nue. law: by Stoddard. 20 give landlords
liens on growing crops, and by Cook TO
appropriate a deficiency OF SIT at the re-
form school.
A number Of new measures were pre-
scented la the senate Wednesday, the
principal ones being these:
by Payne. authorizing county commits
siouers to appropriate money for county
fairs.
Providing for liens for blacksmith
work.
BY the health committee. providing n
penalty for physicians who fail to file
their certificates ~ required.
by Lightner. rcfunding TO beneficiary
societies taxes illegally collected.
by Cooper. exempting all property OF
fraternnl and beneficiary societies from
| taxation.
Allowing circuit court judges expenses.
BY Branson. appropriating $1,000 for
n building nj Mitchell for the use OF the
live stock aud poultry associations.
Laws were made ~ the senate passing
house bills Wednesday rs follows:
Providing that patents from the state
and national government may be filed for
record without arkno Judgment.
Requiring gasoline cans 10 be painted
| red.
Fixing the beginning Of terms OF ofico
OF county auditors az March 1.
The only senate business Thursday
| was receiving new bills. tho principal OF
| which were:
BY Dillon. providing for county game
wardens To be appointed by the county
commissioners at a salary OF $50 a
month.
by Lawson. prohibiting the purchase
OF brass or other scrap metals from
minors.
The senate passed the senate bill max
ing notes for lightning rods and patent
\ rights non-ncgotiable.
The senate was n storm center Friday
with the old line life insurance bill aud
| sherifs' fee bills as the center.
The sheriff fee bill was attacked by
| Toy and Stoddard and defended by Rice
and Friberg. In which argument the
shcriffs were accused OF going out with
number OF papers and charging mile
age from the starting point on eAcn
| service.
A long list OF new senate bills was