The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22

| committee with desire to have the
report correct.
He admitted that Senator Gamble
did make some remark in the line OF
| the Parmley resolution, not as testi-
| mony, but in side conversation with
Judge Gaffy, and at the time asked
that it not be made of record, the side
statement being that he did not desire
to be considered as casting any re-
| flection on the body of which he is a
| member The motion was defeated by
| vote of 54 to 80.
| A number of new house bills were
| presented One is to limit saloons to
one for each 800 population; another
requires telephone companies to con-
meet with other lines. under penalty.
House Bill No. so, the 2-cent rate
will-o'- -the-wisp of the house calendar
for the last ten days, was put up near
| the head of the calendar with the in
tention of pushing it, but the fight on
| the journal and the reading OF the
general educational bill put it over un-
til Friday.
The senate held short session,
! collIilllIS tllt appointments VI oe'iii
uel Forest of Britton as a member OF
the board Of regents of education, vice
| Greedy: David P Lamb of Geddes as
oil inspector for the Southern district,
| w. S. Demarce of Huron for the North
ern district and William A. Clark OF
| Englewood for the Western district
The senate passed house bills allow
ing sureties on official bonds to limit
their liabilities: establishing a divjs-
| ion OF Legislative reference; allowing
cities to fix saloon limits. and the
amendments to tle trust company laws
of the senate.
In the house the speaker has ap-
! pointed as the house conferees on the
primary election bill Representatives
! Glass En2strom and Hale.
New house bills have been present
ed by Peterson of Lawrence providing
, right of appeal from rulings of the
state board of medical and dental ex-
amners; Browne, making the federal
! census figures the basis of estimates
when population is used as a basis for
| fixing salaries of officials. Biebel
! heimer, by request, allowing county
| boards of health to meet at other
/ places except at the county seat and
fixing salaries for superintendent of
| health; Glass, empowering the board
of railway commissioners to employ
! experts and asceT ain and determine
/ the true value of railroad property in
| the state; WolZmuth, fixing compensa-
! tion of assessors in large counties at
! $1,750 for assessor and deputies; pro
| vlding for restraint Of dipsOmaniacs
inebriates and morphine tiends in the
insane asylum; Brynjulson, placing
expense Of caring for county bridges
on county instead Of townships.
The house passed the house bills
| providing further regulations for medl
cal practice, bill prepared by the
| state medical board; changing time OF
| closing the polls at general elections
| to O'Clock in the evening. maklns
the sinking fund tax limit 10 mills;
Joint resolution indorsing the position
! of President Roosevelt i'll regard tt
| control of railways; providing 10.
! claSg gificatiOn and sale of state lands
| until one-fOurth of them has been dis
| posed of: providing the manner OF the
| investment of sinking funds OF lnde
| pendent school districts; for the pro
| lection of counties and school districts
| i'm contracts for buildings and for pro-
| lection of those working on such build
| ings: fixing the compensation OF COM
| miSsioners of the soldiers home; eX-
empting members Of volunteer fire de-
| partments from poll tax; appropria-
ting $1,000 for farmers Institutes;
| providing the state. board of charities
with secretary; making the office OF
city assessor appointive instead OF
elective: prohibiting the sale of liquor
within 300 feet of school or church,
| and the child labor bill.
! The senate passed the senate bills
to better enforce the liquor laws
against blind pigs; the state license
law for circuses, with an addition OF
| CITY licenses added to the state IL
cense: to prevent the filling of pre-
| scription for liquor more than one
time; placing blind pigs in the list OF
| nuisances; the new fee bill for the de-
partment of the secretary OF state, and
the bill for assessment of personal
property of railroads and telegraph
and telephone lines after striking
from it the provision for assessment
of moneys in banks and mortgages
from the records.
New senate bills were: By Massey
-Memorializing congress for con-
stitutional convention to wipe out
polygamy BY Byrne-To increase the
salaries of the members of the railway
commission. By Egge-To appropri
, ate money for girls dormitory at the
deaf and dumb school.
The senate conferees on the primary
election bill are Senators Dillon. Tobln
and Thompson of Turner.
The senate was the busy house Fri
day, and started with contest over
the committee report on the house