The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-08
Legislative.
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being to prevent bird dogs from running
at large, which. after several efforts to
dispose of it, finally went back TO the
committee.
The next law was the law to allow a IL
auor license vote when once secured TO
stand until set aside by q subsequent
vote. Holman asked for delay, but on
motion Of Brown, of Sanborn, it was ga
bic by 43 to 80.
The next bill to go down was to pro-
hibit treating in saloons. This failed by
a vote of 81 to "a.
Che Irvine plant bill was passed with
out 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; and
hat for the . mills deficiency tax passed,
as was the general drainage code.
The principal senat bill preseuted
Thursday 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.
Among other senate bills were those to
provide an annual appropriation of $500
for the state equalization board; and by
Dillon, requiring tishways in dams.
Principal among the senate bills passed
were those to establish farmers insti-
tutes; to tax l~egacies and inheritances; to
authorize cities to issue bonds in settle
ment of judgments; appropriating money
for printing reports of state officers.
In the house Friday Parmley, of the
committee on immigration, secured the
adoption of a resolution which in effect
instructs the house appropriation COM
mittee to insert an item Of $3.50 in the
general bill for the purpose of issuing an
official map of the state, showing the re-
sources of the state in a condensed form
on the same.
The two reports on the wolf bounty
bill showed that the bounty question has
not lost any points Of argument from
many battles in past sessions over the
ISSUE, but the bounty people won after a
discussion " which a number of MEM
bers took & part.
Among the new house bills presented,
Van Osdel sent in a resolution for a con-
stitutional amendment to prohibit the
giving TO or acceptance of railroad passes
by state officials and their families, and
another resolution ~instructing the South
Dakota delegation TO support President
Roosevelt in his railroad rates PROPOSE
ton, and this was secured as a special
order for next Monday in committee of
the whole.
Other house bills Friday were: By
Hilstad, providing a penalty for a physi-
cion who prescribes liquor when there
is no ailment, and by the state affairs
committee requiring railroads to put in
sidetracks on request when stations are
morn than fp,rpfnnn niilas INF
The house passed senate bills allowing
consolidated school districts TO increase
the limit of school bonds to s., pro-
viding a penalty for the failure of physi-
clans to register their certificates, and
requiring the registration of motor ve-
hicles.
The harmony which has always existed
In the Black Hills corner of the house
was badly shattered in the bill to amend
the law passed early in the session TO
allow Deadwood to go out hunting for
water in the streams of the hills. The
amendment was passed.
The bill to license the practice of oph-
thalmy started another fight. The bill
was finally killed.
The principal new house bills Friday
were to license legislative lobbyists and
fixing the salaries of registers of deeds
and county auditors on a valuation basis.
The house passed a resolution indorsing
the action Of the president on the rate
bill, and several minor measures.
A resolution was adopted for morning
sessions of the house, beginning Monday.
The house scared up several scraps for
Monday afternoon, and did not get
through as much business as the senate
The horse inspection bill brought up the
never ending contest over the varying
interests of the eastern and western
parts of the state, the western members
winning out and carrying the measure |
by a good majority The next contest
was again the east VS.. the west, with |
the same outcome on the wolf bounty,
increasing the annual bounty from So
600 to $4,000 a year.
The clearing up of the wolf bounty
bill and the Mitchell building bill by
the house action Monday, and the practi-
cal clearing up of the capitol building
bill by the senate action will clear away
a lot of timber for future work, and
from this time on it will be a rush to get
as many bills out of the way as possi-
bic before the closing night
Both houses rushed work Monday the
house beginning at 10 o'clock in the
morning and the senate holding a night
session for the purpose OF considering the
caucus bill, and passed it.
The house bills disposed of by the
house were to give cities power to sell or
lease water works, which is one of the
Sioux Falls bills to settle the tangIe;
these, making a city council a part of
the board of equalization, which were
passed.
The house made laws by passing sem
ate bills empowering counties to fund
outstanding Indebtedness; requiring the
agricultural college to make annual ex-
hibit at state fair: prohibiting the pur-
of old metal from minors; a~ppro,l
81 u for live etocL oxh,h;t1