The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-01-18

Indian AHairS--kelly.
Irrigation and Drainage-Omdahl.
1nsurance-Steiner.
Judiciary-Rogde.
Live Stock-Ham.
ManufactureS-Bratrud,
Medicine and Surgery-Michaels.
Military Affairs-Brown of Sanb0rn.
Mines and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Municipal Observation-Disclosures.
Penal Institutions-Potter.
Per Diem, Mileage and Legislative Elk.
pense-Apland.
Printing-Daley.
Privileges and Elections-Stokes OF
Marshall.
Public Buildings Other Than the Cap
itol-Huf.
Public Library and State Historical
Society-Carrol.
Public Health-Smith.
Railroads-Trumm.
Rules-Tower.
School and Public Lands-Howell.
Statistics-Hillestad.
State Affairs-Betts.
Temperance-THcksOn.
Warehouses, Grain and Grain Grading
-COuntryman.
Ways and M~eans-Chaney.
The first bill in the house Friday was
by Michaels, asking for the location Of
the northeastern hospital for the insane
Mt Watertown and another to regulate
autos on highways. Other house bills
were by Clark to prevent the inmates of
the national soldiers home at Hot
Springs from acquiring settlement in the
state by such fact, providing the regula-
ton for the state soldiers home. Will
son presented n bill providing for cattle
dipping tanks at county expense, and
Sutherland presented a bill for a capitol
commission and providing for the erection
of a capitol building at Pierre.
On request of both parties concerned
the committee report was adopted to seat
Foster, the Republican contestant from
Douglas County.
The house action Monday included only
the introduction of bills and reading of
a petition from a number of farmers
near bloomington asking that the legIs-
lature provide an appropriation for the
payment for horses killed by order of the
state veterinarian.
The first freak bill appeared in the
shape of a pack 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 / instead of Jan. l, the
change having been made by the CODE
commission iii their compilation; by Mar
tin, providing for the construction OF a
stone library building on the state house
grounds. and appropriating $2o,OOO Tor
that purpose; by Johnson, compelling
long distance telephone companies to al
low connections to be made by locals; by
Parmeley, to provide for a 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-
(sion adopted by a vote of % to 20.
Van Osdell, of Yankton, was the first
man to attempt to speak on any measure
ut the session. talking against the reso-
linton 70 memorabilia congress for the
64O-acre homestead act. His remarks
were largely OH conditions in the south
eastern part of the state in the days of
aorlv settlement. and he announced ms
belief that there was no need for the en-
larged homestead.
House bills not senate duplicates We're:
nv Iindley. making homesteads liable
for mechanics liens.
SENATE.
Sonator Cooper, of Lawrence, was
elected president pro tenn of the senate
on Friday. -
committees follow:
Rules-Lawson of Brown, chairman;
Cooner Of Lawrence, Robertson OF Min
nababa and young of Stanley.
Woys and Means-Dillon of Yankton,
chairman: Neill of Codington, Hayward
of Clark. Toy of Day, blanchard of
ComnbelI. McCaughey of Sphinx, Johnson
of Hamlin, Larkin of Lake ana foung
of Stanley.
A Observation-Disclosures OF Dawson,
choirman. Johnson Of Hamlin, Lightner
of Edmunds. Hanley of Custer, Roll of
Kincsbury. Frieberg of Union, Williams
Of Marshall. Whitlock of Potter and
Cordill of Brule.
.Iud;c;ary-LawsOn Of Brown, chair
han. Robertson of Minnehaha, Frieberg
Of Union Dillon of Yankton, Rice of
Moody. Wagner of Hanson, Cook OF Au-