Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-02-14
GRIND OF THE LAW MILL
What Is Being Accomplished by the State Soions

ing payable in mileage books. The
committee report will very likely be
adopted.
The house held forenoon session
in an attempt to clear the calendar.
resolution was adopted fixing Feb. 20
as the last day for receiving new bills
without the consent of the house.
Among the new bills presented was
, one by Kriebs fixing legislative APP
portionment which will give the house
10l members, gain of twelve.
The 2-cent rate bill was called on
the calendar and went over to the 9Th
on motion OF Carroll. This will in eff
| feet place the senate bill on the calen-
dar ahead of the house bill and will
! give the rate reductionists two
| chances, leaving the house bill open
| IL they should meet defeat on the sen
ate bill.
! The afternoon session of the house
was taken up in final action on house
bills, the primary election bill being
! the principal one. Glass secured the
reinserting of the sections which were
stricken out in committee of the whole,
which provide fees for fling. Eastman
| opposed the reinstatement and gen
/ eral debate resulted in their going
back by vote of 81 to "a. The bill
then passed by n to 3, those voting
against it being Eastman, King and
Peterson of Lawrence.
The senate at the afternoon session
passed number of minor bills and re-
ceived several new bills, principal
among them being one to place the
powers of the attorney of the railroad
commission in the department of the
attorney general and making the ware
house inspector an appointee of the
governor. both of these positions be-
| ing at present in control of the rail-
road commission.
The anti.lobby bill has been signed
by the presiding officers of the two
houses and has gone to the governor
for his approval, which means the last
day of the lobby.
The lobby is ended, Gov. Crawford
having affixed his signature to the bill
Thursday evening. Passes will be
good for one more day, the conference
report having been adopted in both
houses, and Friday it will receive the
signatures of the presiding officers OF
the two houses and go to the governor
In the forenoon session of the house
the principal bill introduced was new
educational code prepared by the com
mittee appointed by Gov. Elrod last
fall. The senate resolution memorial
izing congress for law limiting hours
of railway laborers passed.
An effort to force action on the sen
ate 2-cent rate bill failed, and 1T can
not get up before Friday in regular or
der, even if it is reached by that time
The conference report on the anti
pass bill was presented in the house
in the afternoon, and an attempt to ge
in az minority report in favor of news
papers was ruled out of order, and
vote forced on the majority repor
which was adopted-66 to IA. Th'
house passed several house bills.
The senate made laws by passin.
the house bill providing for lega
holiday on Lincoln's birthday, but re
inserted the Fourth of July in the bill
the house bill limiting hours OF EN-
ployment on railways and providin,
for the distribution of supreme cour
reports.
The principal new bill presented il
| the senate was by George Cooper, fiX
ing a specific annual levy for the main
, tenance of the state educational inst
; buttons.
The completed work of the first hal
of the legislatures session, which wa
completed Friday night, has not beel
great, consisting of the signing o
three laws by the governor and tn
fling of five joint resolutions with tn
secretary of state. The bills whic
have been enacted into law are:
House Bill No. 40, increasing tn
: fees of town officers.
Senate Bill No. Sc, providing for tn
legislative expenses.
Senate Bill No. AZ, making valid OF
ders of the railway commission and re
curing any one attacking them t
prove to the contrary.
House Joint Resolution No. 2, ash
, ing for a constitutional convention Z
: provide for the election Of senator's b.
popular vote.
/
: House Joint Resolution No. 3, me
) .noralizing congress to open Trip
county to settlement.
House Joint Resolution No. 8, pre
yiding for an investigation of state Of
ficers.
: Senate Joint Resolution No. 2, pre-
$ viding for publication of Legislative
manuels and hand books.
Senate Joint Resolution No.
3 memoralizing congress to extend I
J. April / the time for beginning settle
t ment on homesteads.
e House Bill No. 53, which passed tn
: bonso Friday afternoon will prOye