The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-03-03

house chamber, Tuesday in anticipa-
ton of a fight over the primary cleo.
ton bill met with disappointment.
The clerk read the bill, and not a
members attempted to secure the
floor. Both sides of the question
claimed a majority. The roll call was
closely watched, and a hasty check at
it's finish showed forty-four, or n
vote lacking. A demand was made
for a call of those not voting, giving
the bill one more ballot and passing it.
The senate passed the cattle-dipping
bill. completing the work of enacting
into law. SO far as the two houses are
concerned, the bill of more Importance
to stOckmen than any other measure
presented at this session.
Other house bills passed by the SEN
ate were to provide penalty for false
statement of physical condition for the
purpose of securing public aid, n
providing fer court costs in cases
brought by the state land department.
Senate bills passed were: For city
meat inspection; to shange the name
of the Redfeld asylum to the home for
the feeble-minded, and an emergency
appropriation for the Yankton asylum
and for the state board of health.
The house passed senate bills to re-
quire five years practice by attorneys
in the state before admission on certi-
cate by the supreme court, and to limit
liabilities of banks on forged paper to
three months after return of same to
maker of check.
House bills passed were: For the
state primary election laws: i~ncreas-
ing tax of insurance companies re-
ceipts; hide Inspection; for meetings of
county auditors with the equalization
board.
The primary election bill was final
Iy disposed of by the senate Thursday
when it was sent up by the house. On
the announcement of it's receipt, the
presiding officer of the senate declared
that as it had been passed upon once
at the present session, it could not
again be considered except under sus-
pension Of the rules.
1t was expected that the friends of
the measure would make a fight on
this ruling, but the only move was on
the part of Cassi1l, who asked if such
a move would require a two-thlrds
vote. and received an affirmative an
swer. The bill then was returned to
the house with a notification of its
fate and the incident is ended for this
session.
The house appropriations commit
tee returned several bills with favor
able reports. The wolf bounty bill
got a divided report, the majority be-
ing favorable, and the negative minor
ity consisting of Carley, Foster, Craig
and Madison.
AS the time for closure on new bills
is near the last Of them are being
rushed in. Among a number of house
bills presented the principal were: BY
the educational committee, to regulate
football. providing suspension for any
player who Injuries another: by Pot
ter, requiring notice to purchaser to
make a mortgage on grain effective;
by Satire, fixing the salary of clerk OF
the supreme court at 81 800 a year:
by Parmley, granting liens for labor
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and by Omdahl, to repeal laws allow
ing seeding of parts of the highway to
grass or the use of same for tree
planting.
The bills for final action in the
house did not start out we'll. the first
being to prevent bird dogs from run
ming at large, which, after several et-
forts to dispose of, finally went back
to committee. The next was the law
to allow a liquor license vote when
once secured to stand until set aside
by a subsequent vote. Holman asked
for delay, but On motion of Brown of
Sanborn it was tabled-43 to SO. The
next bill to go down was to prohibit
treating in saloons. This failed by a
vote of 81 to "a, a number of mem
bers being absent.
The Irvine plant bill was passed
without opposition, but not until an
attempt had been made to have the
provisions for the shirt and overall
factory stricken out. The state agent
bill was tabled. The measures for a
two-mill deficiency and a general
drainage code were passed.
The principal senate bill presented
was to amend the present oil law to
allow Kansas oils to come into the
state at a gravity test of AZ instead OF
the present test of 46. This bill, based
on the report of Prof. Shepard, chem
fst at the agricultural college. who
has returned from an investigation of
the Kansas oil fields. and who asserts
the Kansas oils are better for illumin-
ating purposes than the Eastern oils,
but cannot be brought to the gravity
of 46 required under the present law.
Among other senate bills were: To
provide an annual appropriation OF
$500 for the state equalization board.
nv Dillon, requiring fish ways in dams.
Principal among senate bills passed
were: To abolish farmers Institutes;
to tax legacies and inheritances; to
authorize cities to issue bonds in set
Element of Judgments; approprlatlng