The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22

| committee with desire to have the
report correct.
He admitted that Senator Gamble
| did make some remark in the line OF
| the Parmley resolution, not as testl-
| mony, but in 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 any re-
| Election on the body of which he is a
member The motion was defeated by
| vote of 54 to so.
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 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 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.
The senate passed house bills allow
I
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 ap-
pointed as the house conferees on the
primary election bill Representatives
Glass. Enestrom 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
fixing salaries of officials. Biebel-
boards of health to meet at other
places except at the county seat and
fixing salaries for superintendents OF
health Glass. empowering the board
of railway commissioners to employ
experts and asceT tain and determine
the true value of railroad property i'll
the state, WOlZmuth, fixing compensa-
tion of assessors in large counties at
$l.750 for assessor and deputies: pro
vidins 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, bill prepared by the
state medical board; changing time OF
closing the polls at general elections
to O'Clock in the evening; makinS
the sinking fund tax limit 10 mills;
joint resolution indorsing the position
of President Roosevelt in regard t6
control of railways; providing 10.
elias ification and 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-
empting members of volunteer fire de-
partmentS from poll tax; approprla-
ting l,500 for farmers Institutes;
providing the state. board of charities
with 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 or
city licenses added to the state IL
cense; to prevent the filling of pre-
scription for liquor more than one
time: placing blind pigs in the list or
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 Vassey
--MemorialiZing congress for con-
stitutional convention to wipe out
polygamy BY Byrne-To increase the
salaries of the members of the railway
commission. BY Egge-To approprl-
ate money for girls dormitory at the
deaf and dumb school.
The senate conferees on the primary
election bill are Senators Dillon, Tobin
and Thompson of Turner.
The senate was the busy house FRI
day, and started with Il contest over
the committee report on the house