Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-28
WITH THE LAWMAKERS
Work Accomplished by the State Legislators.

The roads are good enough, said
the farmer members Of the house in
discussion Of the Parmley bill Satur-
day. The farmer members of the
house started fight on any change in
the road laws as soon as the Parmley
road law got onto the floor, taking the
| position that the law is for the auto
mobile and town fellows, and will not
help the farmer at ALL
| While the bill was saved from a
vote which might have defeated it,
and made an order for Thursday OF
| next week, the sentiment expressed
did not show easy shedding for the bill
when it again comes out Parmley,
Hare, Olson, Moody, Carver and Van
osdel supported the bill, while Darson,
Scott, Swanson, Kribs, Nelson, Ding
sor and Satire opposed any such legls-
lation, some of them agreeing to sup
| port it if it were made county and
township optional
The bill to radically increase ped
dler licenses was lost, but is back for
| further consideration The bill re-
curing the filing of election expense
accounts was passed. The house rail-
road committee has taken up the Dem
ocratic caucus railroad bill providing
| flat rates of fare and freight, equal to
| all, and has recommended it's passage,
1 and this is looked upon as the move
to offset the tragic death of the 2-cent
rate bill Friday.
| Among the new house bills introduce
ed was one carrying an appropriation
of 5000 for the expenses of the commits
in this state, which is to be provided
for by resolution which has passed
| the house and gone to the senate.
In the senate the Dowdell uniform
text book bill was up again on recon
sideration and secured majority
vote, but not enough to carry it as an
| emergency measure, and it went over
| to next Tuesday
| The new game law was shot to
| pieces with amendments in the senate
| committee, among them being the
| trespass provision, which practically
| shuts hunters from premises without
| consent and was favorably reported.
| The senate cleared a number of house
| bills from his calendar, making laws
| Of most of them, bills affecting rail
| roads in the list being: The fellow
servant act; prohibiting parallel lines
within eight miles providing for
| double damage in case of loss by fire
set by railways, and double damage
for stock killed. in case of suit for set
| Element.
The old soldier element got black
eye in the senate Tuesday by that
body refusing to pass the house bill
to increase the pay of the soldiers
home board from SO to S. per day.
Lincoln attempted to tie the bill, but
| Dudley secured reconsideration and
| another vote, in which it failed again,
and Lincoln secured his motion to put
| it beyond further reconsideration The
expected discussion in the senate over
the anti-treating bill did not come up,
as it was put over until Thursday of
| next week for a vote.
The senate passed the bill providing
| oIdlc dlu LII HtSn SClIOoiS, giving "
schools from s1O0 to $500 a year, ac-
cording to tie class of the school.
The house passed the senate insur-
ance bill requiring mutual life compa
MES to make accounting to their poll
cyholders as to the manner of invest
ment of surplus, and the rate of inter
est it draws.
! In the line Of providing the railway
| commission with the necessary figures
to base a general rate for the state
the house passed the bill to authorize
that body to employ experts and in
vestigate the actual cost of railroads
in this state.
| Carroll got his 2-cent rate bill back
onto the house calendar on a motion
| to take it from the table. It is likely
to come up at any time.
! At the afternoon session of the
house the general educational Dill
passed after being thoroughly amend
| 3D.
The senate killed the bill requiring
newspaper libel suits to be brought in
the county where the paper is publish
| ed. It passed one making the secre-
tary of the state board of agriculture
| ex-officio immigration commissioner,
and providing him with an approprla-
ton for an expense account.
The Dowell uniform text book bill,
after being cause Of senate conten-
ton for the last week, was finally pun
| to sleep Tuesday afternoon on a tie
vote, after which the motion to tie it
down was made and it is no longer
factor of the session.
The ghost Of the 2-cent rate bill
! came back to trouble the house, and
will have to be cared for by that body,
regardless of the fact that they have
twice buried it at this session.
Carrolps 2-cent rate bill, though
placed at the head of the calendar for
Wednesday, was shut out by special
order.