The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-08

Among these may be noted the employ.
crs' liability law. making the mine
owner, manufactures or common cur.
rier liable for the act of the employee
whether accident occurs through the
carelessness of the latter or In some
other way.
Another measure provides for the
annual accounting of life insurance
companies on surplus or deferred divi-
dend policies.
One also limiting the working hours
of certain employees of common car.
riers to sixteen hours of consecutive
service and a rest of eight hours be.
fore they can be again called into SER
vice.
other laws of general importance
are:
Establishing n department of logis-
lative reference.
Perfecting the law relating to pa
tents on state lands.
Amending law compelling husbands
to support wife and children, making
non-support a misdemeanor.
Providing for destruction of weeds
on highways in the interest of good
roads.
Permitting sureties on official bonds
to limit liability.
Requiring railroad companies to pay
double damage for killing of live stock
or setting fire in case settlement is
not made in sixty days.
Prohibiting parallel lines of railway
within eight miles for a longer dis
tahce than ten miles, to protect South
Dakota Central railroad
Providing for parole of inmates of
reform school.
A drainage law to be operated in
the interest of the public health.
The other measures passed are tech
nical, sectional in their application, or
specific as to the correction of defects
in present law. Among the resolutions
was the one for the formation of the
investigating committee which has
not yet completed its labors and will
be in readiness to receive the Wash
ington delegation a week from today.
The most important of the resolutions
proposes a constitutional amendment
dealing with the subject Of revenue
and taxation, proposes tax upon
gross earnings of common carriers and
other public corporations and an in
heritance tax.
The more important measures yet
to be acted upon are:
The general education bill.
The divorce law.
The general and special appropria-
tons.
The two and one-half cent rate bill,
which having passed the house, Is now
being considered in the senate.
The bill providing for an expert com
mission to determine the valuation of
railroads and report to the railway
commission
OF all these measures the appropri-
alton bill will have more interest for
the taxpayer than any others and the
asking is large enough so that it will
be noticed.
According to the estimates made by
the board of regents the needs of the
various state educational institutions
demand an appropriation of $531 200
for the year 1908 and 1921, ZOO for
the succeeding year.
The board of charities and correc-
lions asks for maintenance, a total
lump sum of 1851, 800 for 1908 and
$4,000 for the succeeding year.
OF the miscellaneous appropriations
there is the Soldiers home asking for
$102, 322.50; farmers institute and
summer school for boys, $40 500; coun-
ty auditors meeting, $500; live stock
pavilion at Mitchell, $10,21S.4O; sub
experiment stations, $4,000; state fair
at Huron, 100000; National guard
100000; experiment station at High
more, $4,000; wolf bounty, $4,000;
legislative printing for two years, $40,-
900; a contingent appropriation for
state capitol building, 100000; spe-
cial appropriations for the various
state institutions for buildings and
betterments will reach a half million
more. 1t is a conservative estimate
that the appropriations which will be
asked for to cover the biennial period,
beginning July /, 1907, will reach ST.
100000.