The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-02-01
Legislative.
CgUTsMlA
HOUSE.

bill to allow cities to condemn property
outside their limits for water work pur-
poses. This measure passed the senate
without a dissenting vote, and no oppo
Ition was taken, when it failed to receive
The necessary two-thirds to pass an
emergency measure, and only went
through by a majority. 1t was a Black
Hills bill, and the opposition came from
The eastern part of the state.
The speaker announced a committee to
attend the funeral of the wife of Repre-
sentative Brown, of Sanborn.
New house bills on Thursday were
these:
BY Rogde, to provide far municipal
water plants and legalize bonds issued
for their construction and allowing mu-
inequalities to sell, lease or otherwise
dispose of municipal plants.
The Krebs bill to require all gasoline
cans to be painted red was passed and
Newton introduced a bill cutting out the
requirement for publication of probate
eases.
BY Clark, to appropriate $4,000 for
buildings at the soldiers home.
The house committee on live stock re-
ported favorably Friday on the bills in
NltNhSllS lHV IL Will pObDig lloiil
$4,000 to $4,000 8 year, and to allow
counties to offer rewards for horse rus
Tiers.
The house on Saturday broke out Of
IT'S placid calm which has prevailed from
The beginning Of the session, and several
members developed considerable heat
over the resolution to allow county SUI
perintendents to hold office more than
two terms. This measure brought OH the
first general discussion of the session and
finally went to the table.
The bringing up Of the bill TO appro-
pirate $S,923 for the deficiency at the
soldiers home was opposed by Van Os-
del, who took the ground that there is n
legislative provision making it criminal
for an institution TO incur Il deficiency,
and that he believed that the deficiency
was brought about by extravaganza at
the home. The bill passed with but four
negative votes.
The house passed bills fixing the be-
ginning of terms of county auditors ut
the first Monday in March and to make
the terms of officers of mutual insurance
companies three years.
The penitentiary twine plant received
its first attention Saturday in two bills,
one by Thoreson, of Minnehaha, to APP
prOpriate $4,000 for the plant and ma
chinery, and the other by Hebal, of
Deuel., which carries an appropriation
of $50, 600 for the purpose,
Other house bills introduced Saturday
were as follows:
BY CLANCY, to make the office of town
ship marshal appointive instead of elect
i've.
By Pennington, cutting off all exemp-
tons from a single man.
BY Turner, Of Brown, preventing drug
gists in no license towns from selling
liquor. except on prescription.
The house committee reported unfavor-
ably on the bill to appropriate $4,000
for the state fair grounds at Huron.
A joint meeting of the capitol building
committees of both houses was held Sat
urday, the members of the committees
going over the proposed site with an
architect to familiarize themselves with
the situation.
The house Monday recommitted the
bill for an appropriation for buildings
on the state fair grounds at Huron which
had been returned with an adverse re-
port.
Inc mousse committees Oh agriculture
reported against the state %incurring any
expense at the grounds selected by the
last session for permanent state fair
grounds at Huron.
Kribs introduced a bill to amend laws
in regard to qualifications required in Sc
curing teachers certificates.
The house passed a joint resolution
memorializing congress- for the protec-
tion of the banks of the Missouri River,
providing for the publication of state
manuals and handbooks, and for a con-
stitutional amendment to allow the leg
i~slature to fix qualifications for county
superintendent of schools.
The house bill to allow county COM
missioners to offer a reward of 500 for
the capture of horse thieves was passed.
The house passed the Lawson senate
bill, which provides for a census and
the collection of vital statistics.
In the house Tuesday the bill to grant
Increased compensation TO court bailiffs
in certain counties, which was defeat
ed Monday, was recalled and made a
special order for Wednesday.
House bills were introduced Tuesday
as follows:
BY Browne, Of Brown, to appropriate
$50. 500 for a building at the Aberdeen
normal school.
BY Smith, to provide for examinations
of eyes and ears Of public school pupils
at public expense.
By CLANCY. appropriating proceeds Of
the North Carolina bonds to the state
university.
BY Lee, to make the open hunting sea-
son September and October only.
By Satire, to prevent the shipment Of
fraudulent dairy products out Of the
state.
BY Clark, allowing a verdict by three
fourths Of a jury in civil action.