The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-01-18
THE STATE LEGISLATURE

day for postage, not to exceed actual
amount expended.
Clerical appointments announced
were: J. C. Palmer, B. B. Bowel, Au-
gust Hedlin, George Van Camp, N. p.
Frederickson, w. G. Baker, James
Dorman, for committee groups; and
Ned H. Benedict. judiciary; E. w.
Klein, appropriations; J. II. Scriyen,
engrossed and enrolled bills; Alice
Hare, engrossing.
In the senate the principal bills in
troduced not duplicates were by Dillon,
to refund to North Carolina money col
lected on the Shaffer bonds donated to
South Dakota and to repeal the act
under which the bonds were accepted;
by g. " Tobin, making it misde-
meanor for an unauthorized person to
wear lodge emblem, intended to pre-.
vent negroes from using such en-
blems.
A recess within ten days is already
being discussed.
The rush of bills has begun, House
Bill No / being introduced by Johnson
of Clay, which amends the penal code
to make wife abandonment misde-
meanor. Other house bills introduced
were by Kribs, providing penalties for
determinations by corporations which
deal in commodities; by Whittemore.
for reciprocal demurrage; Bratrud, to
extend powers Of inheritance tax law;
Hebal. providing expense funds for
state judiciary; Ranum, regulating is
suance of patents by state land depart
ment: Swanson, to prevent sales OF
stocks of goods in fraud; Foncannon
to place fees for sales of school lands
in road fund of district in which lands
were sold instead of state general
fund; Bratrud, providing for loaning
sinking funds Of municipalities; Glass,
anti-lobby bill, penalty for corporation
lobbyists, requiring reports OF expendi-
ture of campaign funds; penalty for
campaign contributions by corpora
tions, anti-pass, formed on lines of fed
eral law, and primary election law
practically same as that sought
through the initiative two years ago
Price introduced resolutions for re-
moving tariff from lumber and election
of United States senators.
The senate passed resolution to
present Retiring Gov. Elrod with his
official chair, and in that body Dillon
secured No. / on his bill for primary
elections. Other bills introduced in
the senate not duplicates of house bills
were: Dillon, making a recorded in
strument legal notice even if it lacked
| minor legal requirements; Goodsell,
| uniform textbooks; Vessey, to provide
| for legislative expenses; Scroggs, to
| change boundaries of Union county;
Englesby, providing that threshers'
| lien must be foreclosed within sixty
days: making telephone, telegraph and
express companies common carriers
and placing them under control of the
| railway commission; providing llabli-
| ity of companies in regard to tele-
graph and telephone messages; /;
| Thompson of Turner, general drainage
| bill fixing liability of injuries from de-
| fective bridges in counties, and anoth-
| er similar bill for townships; McCul-
| len, to locate and endOw the South Da-
| kota college of irrigation and expert
ment station at Miner, Hand county;
| Mundt, prohibiting common carriers
| from limiting their liabilities: Jenkins,
| the employers liability or fellow ser
| want act; Tobin appropriating money
! for buildings at state fair grounds at
Huron.
| Railroad bills are yet coming, two
! more being presented by Jenkins in