The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-21

i'm 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 ii not be made of record, the side
statement being that he did not desire
to be considered as casting any re-
Election on the body of which he is a
member. The motion was defeated by
a vote of "a to 80.
A number of new house bills were
presented. One is to limit saloons TO
one for each 800 population; another
requires telephone companies to con-
meet with other lines, under a penalty.
House Bill No. 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 he
general educational bill put it over un-
t.. 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
Englewood for the Western district.
nh ,,,ntn ,,rpaI hn,ICn HILLS pllnuf-
ing sureties on official bonds to limit
their liabilities: establishing a divis-
ion of legislative reference; allowing
cities to fix saloon limits. and the
amendments to she trust company laws
of the senate.
In the house the speaker has APP
pointed as the house conferees on he
primary election bill Representatives
Glass. EngstrOm and Hale.
New house bills have been present
ed by Peterson of Lawrence providing
right of appeal from rulings of the
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
HAlIlS Sdldl iIS VI N" DhN''i
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 asCeT ain and determine
the true value of railroad property i'll
the state; Wolzmuth, fixing compensa-
ton of assessors in large counties at
$1,750 for assessor and deputies; pro
viding for restraint of dipsomaniacs,
i%nebriates and morphine fiends in the
insane asylum; BrynjulsOn. placing
xpense of caring for county bridges
on county instead OF townships.
The house passed the house bills.
providing further regulations for medi
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 t.
control of railways; providing fol
classification n sale of state lands
until one-fOurth of them has been dis
posed of; providing the manner of the
investment of sinking funds of indie
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-
I empting members of volunteer fire de
partments from poll tax; a~pproprla-
ting $500 for farmers Institutes;
providing the state board of charities
with a secretary; making the office or
city assessor appointive instead OF
elective: prohibiting the ale of liquor
within 800 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 n
time; placing blind pigs in he 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 were: By Massey
-Memorializing congress for a con-
st%itutional convention 10 wipe out
polygamy. BY Byrne-To increase the
salaries of the members of the railway
commission. By Egge-To appropri-
! ate money for a girls dormitory at the
deaf and dumb school.
The senate conferees on the primary
election bill are Senator'S Dillon, Tobin
and Thompson of Turner.
The senate was the busy house FRI
day. and started with a contest over