Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-15
South Dakota
Legislature:


The banking committee returned
IN unfavorable report in the house on
the bill to make 10 per cent the high
est contract rate of interest in the
state. E
The senate adopted the house reso-
luton for an adjournment at noon
next Friday, with a tacit agreement
that If they We're not through at that
time the clock was to be stopped to
allow them to finish.
The senate passed practically all the
special appropriation bills, giving 500
300 to Vermillion, $4,000 to Aber-
deem, $780, 900 to Brookings, about
$4,000 to Yankton and $4,000 to
Rapid City.
The senate passed the anti-cigarette
bill, limiting it to those under Fl, and
on reconsideration passed the bin for
appointment of city assessors. killed
Friday.
Total appropriations, general and
special, recommended by committees
amount to $2,104,000 of which ST.
$40, 900 goes into the general bill.
Clearing Calendars for Adjournment
The educational bill passed the SEN
ate Tuesday after a long debate in
which Senator Dowdell attempted to
inject his state uniformity of text
books into the bill. in which he fiayed
the American Book company. Before
the final vote, lat Goodner, Dud-
ley, Cooper and Dillon got into the
game, and the Dowdell amendment
was voted down, the bill passing prac-
tically as left by the house.
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The bill to apportion the alance
of the endowment lands of the state
to the support of the state experiment
farms was opposed by Senator Dillon.
who wanted to divide it among the in.
situations already endowed, as he
wanted it out of the way of any in
stitution which might seek it in the
future. Senators Dowdell, Byrne and
Jenkins supported the bill, which
passed after defeating Senator Dillon's
amendment with only three votes in
its favor.
The senate passed the house VOL
county bill and the one raising the
age of consent to Is years, and tan.
gled again on the bill to prevent sales
of stocks of goods to defraud cred
ttors. This is a bill which comes up
at every session, and for the first time
went through one branch, the house
passing it. Senators Goodner and
Lincoln supported it and Senators
Dudley, Laxson, Dowdell, Jenkins and
Dillon opposed it, charging that it was
one of the most vicious measures
which had been proposed, entirely in
the way of class legislation, and on
motion of Senator Hepperlo it was in
definitely postponed.
The afternoon session of the house
Tuesday was devoted to grinding out
appropriation bills, getting through
with most of the special appropria-
tons asked for.
The house Tuesday morning killed
the senate bill to increase the supreme
court to five members. The bill only
received thirty-ive favorable votes.
Glass gave notice Of a motion to re-
consider.
A resolution was adopted presenting
the speakers chair and gavei to the.
speaker.
Divorce Bill is Adopted.
The divorce bill was the principal
cause of action in the house Wednes-
day. h minority opposing the bill
had planned a smooth game to prac-
tica1ly wipe the bill out of existence.
Under the rules an amended bill can
be held over for one day on demand
of fifteen members. and Glass had an
amendment to present, under which
the rule was to be invoked, holding it
over until Thursday and sending 1T
I-~1-E - ~ A. $3.50
have been little trouble to hold it until
after adjournment.
Gable 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,
with his amendment, which was ruled
out of order, and he appealed from
the decision Of the chair, securing IS
votes to sustain his appeal. The bin
was then passed by a vote of 65 to Is.
Another railroad bill, requiring the
railroads to sell 500-mile family books,
at the same rate as for any other mile
age book, came to the surface and was
ate bills creating municipal courts and
a state printing commission.
The house Wednesday morning re-
fused to reconsider the vote by which
h senate bill to fix a standard form
OF life insurance policies was defeated,
killing the bill.
Near the Finish at Pierre.
h house Thursday afternoon was
In a killing mood and got away with
h bills applying the Carey act in this
state, limiting the time of beginning
foreclosure of mortgages to fifteen
years, providing for specific annual
levfes for the state educational institu-
tions, allowing trolley lines to use
highways for right of way and memo
rfalizfng congress to require lumber
to be the measurement at which it is
claimed to be sold.
After three efforts the senate reced-
ed from it's position on the bill to-
make the secretary of the state board
of agriculture ex-officio state immigra-
ton commissioner, and the bill was
adopted by both houses.
The last bill passed by the house
for the afternoon was to submit q con
stitutional amendment to increase the
salary of the attorney general to Si,-
500 a year.
The Democratic caucus railway bill,
after being amended in the title to a
bill creating campaign thunder for the
Democrats, was postponed until 1909.
after an attempt to expunge the rec