Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-14
GRIND OF THE LAW MILL
What Is Being Accomplish ] by the State Solons.

Inc house Monday passed the sen
ate Galveston bill and it now goes to
| the governor for his signature. An
cut from its applications sums of $50
and under failed. and the house bill re-
| ducing the contract rate to 10 per cent
! was pushed through. The senate bill
| to Tx tenure of office for appointeeS of
! the state charitable and penal institu-
| tons went down with but forty votes
in its favor. The same bill had been
| killed in the house several weeks ago.
Senate bill 26S, which was brought for
| ward Saturday as substitute for the
house telephone bill, 270, came up for
action, and went over until Wednesday
| to find what disposition the senate
| makes of 27O.
| The house passed a number of small
appropriation bills and the one appro-
| NAL.
The house, by action of committee
(, report, killed the senate bill to allow
road machinery to be purchased on
petition instead of by vote of the peo-
pie, and passed bills to protect quail
for five years and muskrats during the
| summer season.
The senate passed it's general ap-
preparation bill, after defeating an ef-
fort to increase the amount fixed for
the soldiers home. 1t killed the gen
eral game bill. The house bill to make
| the Office Of supreme court clerk sal
| aried position was passed in the sen
ate without a single opposing vote.
! The constitutional bill passed the
senate Tuesday after long debate, in
which Dowdell attempted to inject his
state uniformity of text books into the
bill. Before the final vote Goodnor,
| Dudley, Cooper and Dillon got into the
| game, and the Dowdell amendment
Was voted down, the, bill passing prac-
| tically as left by the house.
The bill to apportion the balance OF
the endowment lands of the state to
the support of state experiment farms
| was opened by Dillon, who wanted to
: divide it among the institutions al
| ready endowed, as he wanted it out Of
the way of any institution which might
seek in the future. Dowdell, Byrne
and Jenkins supported the bill, which
was passed after defeating the Dillon
amendment with only votes in its
| favor.
The senate passed the house wolf
! bounty bill, and the one raising the age
| of consent to eighteen years, and
tangled up again on bill to prevent
sales of stocks of goods In fraud to
| creditors. This is bill which comes
up at every session, and for the first
| time 1t went through one branch, the
house passing it. Goodner and Lincoln
supported it, and Dudley, Laxson, Dow
| dell, Jenkins and Dillon opposed it,
! charging that it was one Of the most
| vicious measures which had been pro-
posed, entirely in the way of class leg
| islation, and on motion of Hepper]ee 1t
| was Indefinitely postponed.
| The house at the morning session
decided against five supreme court
| judges on account Of the district lines
proposed, but Glass gave notice of re-
consideration and amendments proba-
bly, will be offered to cover the objec-
tons.
The afternoon session Of the house
was devoted to grinding out appropria-
ton bills, getting through with most
of the special appropriations asked for.
| The general bill went over until
| Wednesday, when it will be considered
with the senate general bill
The house Wednesday passed the
senate divorce bill, requiring resi-
dence Of one year in the state and
three months in the county, before be-
ginning divorce suit, with all hear
ings in open court This law kills the
divorce industry of the state, which
has become distasteful to the people of
South Dakota.
The divorce bill was the principal
cause Of action in the house. The mi
nority opposing the bill had planned
to practically'wipe the bill out of exis-
| tence. Under the rules an amended
bill can be held over for one day on de-
mand of fifteen members, and Glass
had an amendment to present under
which the rule was to be invoked, hold
! ing it over until Thursday and sending
it back to the senate, where it would
have been little trouble to hold it until
after adjournment
Cable was first recognized, and after
stating that he thought it time for the
state to take in the laundry sign"
moved the previous question. Glass
was up at once with his amendment,
which was ruled out Of order, and he
appealed from the decision of the
chair, securing eighteen votes to sus-
| tain his appeal. The bill was then
| passed by vote of 65 to 10.
Another railroad bill requiring rail
roads to sell 500-mile family books at
the same rate as for any other mileage
book came to the surface and passed
the house, as did the senate bills ere
ating municipal courts and state
| printing commission