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

SHoWH that the lank was more acceSslDle
to the rabbits at some other place. The
bill caused considerable merriment.
Presumably it is a take-off on the bill
introduced into the legislature a few days
ago providing protection for the jacks.
The bill is not taken seriously, but the
introduction of such a bill is due to the
fact that a Sioux Falls firm has rom
tracted to supply the French market with
10000 jack rabbits, and that expert
marksmen are now at work in the jack
rabbit districts getting the requisite mum
Der. This has agitated sportsmen, par
ticularly those interested in coursing
meetings, who believe that such a whole
sale slaughter of the animals will cause
them to become extinct.
The senate Tuesday passed bills allow
ing towns to condemn property outside
the municipal limits for water works
purposes. A bill appropriating money
for expenses of presidential electors and
a memorial to congress asking for the
opening to settlement of the Cheyenne
River reservation.
The jack rabbit dipping bill was dis
posed of by a committee report sending
it to the waste basket.
Bills were introduced by Fricberg, of
| CllDh, tNidbth SulhApiilltil, INV W
Whsle, of Pennington, giving county
commissioners power to build additions
to county buildings without a vote.
State Secretary Wipf filed the primary
election petition in both houses Wednes-
day, and in the senate it was referred to
the elections committee without reading.
It's introduction was followed by the in
PRODUCTION of a bill by Shober to enact
its principles into lev for submission to
the people at the next election. In the
house it was read before being referred
to the elections committee and the read
ing was followed by a resolution by
Rogde, of Minnehaha, alleging that Il
number of ann were duplicated and
others were not those of voters, while
names had also been secured by misrep-
resentation. and asking for an investiga-
ton before action be taken by the house.
Among the senate bills introduced
| Wednesday were these:
BY Douhty, limiting municipal taxes
on agricultural and horticultural lands
inside city limits.
BY Mortimer, declaring all unnavigable
waters of the state to be public property
for irrigation purposes.
Senators BOnney, Branson and Wesley
were appointed q committee to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Brown, wife of the rep
resentative from Sanborn.
The senate bill to provide for the tax
ing Of the census and collection of vital
statistics was passed by the senate and
pushed to a second reading in the house.
All opposition has been removed to the
Cooper bill in the senate to ~legalize Ii
quor licenses granted by towns and cities
when no vote was taken last spring, and
the bill has been favorably recommended
I by the temperance committee. The first
| plan of the anti-saloon people was to
light this, but they will allow it to go
without opposition.
Senate bills Thursday were as follows:
BY Wesley, limiting the cause for di-
vorce to acts committed in the state or
by residents of the state without it's
borders, and to fix jury fees at So per
day and mileage.
BY Whsle, to make the closed season
| for game fish from Oct. l to May /.
BY Payne, prescribing powers of coun-
| ty commissioners in relation to the cree
ton of county buildings.
By Frieberg, to repeal the law allow
ing eighth grade pupils TO be sent to high
schools at district expense.
By Northrup, to provide for the redis-
tricting of cities into wards.
While neither branch of the legislature
attempted any great amount of business
Friday. the senators started a number
of new bills on their way, the principal
one among them being that of Koepsel
and Lawson TO appropriate S52,500 for
the erection of one industrial building for
the Aberdeen normal school; by Able, to
grant to a city power to issue bonds for
sewers and to provide a special assess
ment on abutting property for sewer pur-
| poses; by Neil, providing for a paid jail
er in counties in which jails are erected.
and by Wagner, requiring all property to
be listed to it's total value for assessment.
The senate state affairs committee IA
vorably reported the house resolution
| memorializing congress for the 64O-acre
homestead law and passed the bill appro-
p~riating the $500 deficiency at the school
of mines.
In the senate a resolution was intro
duced by Cook, memorializing congress
for the election Of United States senator's
by popular vote, and bills by Cordill TO
require steam engines on highways TO
give right Of way to teams, and by Wag-
ner to provide for the collection of funds
from parents for the education Of their
children.
The bill legalizing liquor licenses grant
ed the past two years where a no license
election has been held was favorably re-
ported.
The senate did very little business
Monday, passing the Cooper bill legaliz-
ing liquor licenses in towns where no
license election was held last year and
introducing bills by Rice, giving farm la
bcrers and threshing crews liens for la
Dor and by doing so to change the time