Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-07

WITH THE LAWMAKERS
Work Accomplished by the State Legislators.

differences. Goodner, Dillon and To-
bin opposed the bill, which was sup
ported by Robertson, Dowdell. Byrne
and Massey, and while it failed as an
emergency bill it went through with
the emergency clause off by vote OF
% to Is
The public printing committee in
troduced a bill for state printing
commission to establish a plant, and
at the same time resolution for a
constitutional amendment to levy a
tax for the purpose Of establishing the
plant.
The only house tangle was over tho
Price 2 Lucent rate bill, which was
defeated on the committee report after
it had been advocated by Price and
Van Osdel and opposed by Glass,
Satire, Issenhuth and Hare The house
passed a number of house bills, prin-
cipal of which were: To include drugs
in the provisions of the pure food act;
providing for compulsory education OF
Indian children; authorizing the board
of regents of education to select two
sections of state land west Of the
river for experimental farms.
The house defeated the senate bill
to provide for uniform life insurance
policies, but notice of reconsideration
was given.
The house bill to require railroads
to equip their engines with self dump
ing ash pans was defeated by a vote
of AZ to 81 on motion to indefinitely
postpone.
The appropriations committee is at
tempting to hold the appropriations
below two and quarter millions. The
situation will require special 2-mill
levies for both years.
The senate bill to place the law de-
partment of the railway commission
under the attorney general and give
the governor the appointing power
for the scale inspectors was pushed
through the house Friday. The same
bill has been killed twice before as a
house bill, but mustered the neces-
sary votes to get through on the third
trial
Glass opened for tne bill, and declared
the necessity for such a law was in
the fact that the present attorney for
the commission was selected and
placed where he is by the railroads
and in further response to remarks by
Browne, said that every member OF
the commission since 1897, with one
exception, had been selected by the
railroads, and after selection they had
been elected.
The senate bill to make the secre.
tary of the state board of agriculture
ex-officio commissioner of immigra-
ton failed for lack of the required
votes to carry 1t as an appropriation
measure.
The senate bill to provide state aid
for high schools did not meet with
house approval, and went down with
only thirty-five votes in it's favor. In
the forenoon session Of the house
Gov. Crawford presented his first veto
on the bill to make tie records Of the
state historical society evidence IN
court and at the afternoon session
Glass presented a bill to cure the de.
fects noted by the governor.
The referendum petitions for the
county local option law to be present
ed to the people at the next general
election were filed in both houses by
State Secretary Wipf.
In the house the senate bill for the
government of cities by the Galveston
plan was favorably reported, and the
senate reported favorably on the bill
to provide revenues for the state edu.
cational institutions by direct levy In
stead of appropriation.
In the senate the bill to authorize
towns to construct telephone systems
was opposed by Mundt of Lincoln,
who attempted to amend it to make it
practically imperative, in which he
failed The bill passed.
The senate defeated the house bill
to provide for appointment instead OF
election of city assessors, and passed
bill to limit saloon licenses to one
for each 300 inhabitants in town.