The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
GRIND OF THE LAW MILL.
What Is Being Accomplished by the State Solons

his examination, and that the change
in the record was made by the whole
committee with a 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 a 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 amy
Election on the body of which he j
member. The motion was defeated by
a vote of ga to so.
A number of new house bills were
presented. One is to limit saloons to
for each 800 population; another
requires telephone companies to con-
meet with other lines, under a penalty.
House Bill Nc. 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 a short session,
confirming the appointments of Sam
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
E~nglewood for the Western district.
The senate passed house bills allow
ing sureties on official bonds to limit
their liabilities; establishing a divis-
ion of legislative reference; allowing
amendments to the trust company laws
of the senate.
In the house the speaker has APP
pointed as the house conferees on the
primary election bill Representatives
Glass. Engstrom and Hale.
New house bills have been present
ed by Peterson of Lawrence providing
state board of medical and dental eX-
aminers; 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 ascertain and determine
the true value of railroad property in
the state; Wolzmuth, fixing compensa-
ton of assessors in large counties at
$1,750 for assessor and deputies: pro
viding for restraint of dipsomaniacs,
inebriates and morphine fiends 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, a bill prepared by the
state medical board; changing time OF
closing the polls at general elections
to 6 O'Clock in the evening; making
the sinking fund tax limit 10 mills; a
joint resolution indorsing the position
of President Roosevelt in regard to
control of railways: providing for
classification and sale of state lands.
until one-four1h of them has been dis
posed of; providing the name of the
investment of sinking funds of inde
pendent school districts; for the pro
lection of counties and school districts
in 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: a%ppropria-
ting $1,000 for farmers Institutes;
providing the state board of charities
with a secretary; making the office of
city assessor appointive instead OF
elective; prohibiting the sale OF liquor
within 300 feet Of a 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 a 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 We're: By Massey
-Memorializing congress for a con
stitutional convention to wipe ou
polygamy. By Byrne-To increase the
salaries of the members of the railway
commission. By Egge-To approprl
ate money for a girls dormitory at the
deaf and dumb school.
The senate conferees on the primary
election bill are Senators Dillon, Tobir
and Thompson OF Turner.
The senate was the busy house Fri
day, and started with a contest over
the committee report on the house