The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-02-08
ing for a code Of civil procedure.

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When the session of 1903, ad-
opted the work of the code com
mission, from some over sight
that part of the workof the com
mission was not.included in the
bills which were introduced for
that purpose, and while the code
of civil procedure as arranged by
the code com mission has been
incorporated into law, and the
bill introduced is to cover this
omission of the 1903 session.
| Promoters of the bill to pro.
hibit the discharge of raw sew
age into streams not navigable
say that it refers practically 10
Rapid City, alone, as it contains
a provision that such shall be
the case only where the water
from the strearnis used for do.
mestic purposes below the point
where the sewage is allowed TO
enter the stream. Their contain
ton is that along Rapid creek
1t is impossible to secure water
in wells, and that the residents
along that valley use the water
from the stream for domestic
purposes, and if Rapid City Is
allowed to turn it's raw sewage
into the stream and make IL un-
fit for domestic use, and will In
effect practically depopulate the
valley. The Foncannon bill for
the sale OF "a part of the state
lands provides for the Offering
of at least one twentieth of the
unsold lands each year, until
one fourth of those now held |
have been disposed OF. III at
any time the accumulated fund
in the treasury has reached Che
sum of 100000 then the sales
can be suspended for one year.
The reasons given for this bill
are that the revenues derived
from interes on the money from
sales is greater than from leases
of the lands, and that large
tracts in many counties remain
bringing no revenues
10 the counties in which they lie,
and by sale they would be taxa.
BILE and reduce the burden on
other property in the counties.
A long list of bills was intro
duced by Stokes, prescribing
Tor use of water in irrigation
lis tricts; Batrud, making the
governor, secretary of state aud
and com missioner a board of
deposits, to select the bank in
which state moneys are to be
deposited; authorizing cities o:
lrst class to provide for control
nd extension OF water systems:
" Simpson, giving cite, pow.
II to regulate sale OF liquors,
king districts IN which licenses
nay be granted; and authorizing
revision of ordinances every a
We years; increasing special /.
,vies for library purposes from G
ne mill to one and a half mills; -
requiring stock foods .
, be marked with formula OF
ne contents; Lee, indelnnifying q
wners for stock killed by au. o
on account OF contagious r
iseases. y
The new apportionment bill p
'hich will be presented by the e'
ouse apportionment committee al
i'll show a few changes from ol
re- present apportionnent Sc
lyman and Stanley counties n,
ill each be made district TO q
self. Douglas will be taken &c
tof the Gregory and Charles &C
Iix district and attached to
Iurora. Buffalo win be taken b
'om Jerauld and attached to Sc
rule. while Jerauld will be put an
q discrict with Sanborn. ad
ughes, Hyde and Hand will be II,
I'd into one district with one =
nator and three representa-. sa
res; and Sully, Potter and pa
lulk win be tied together with go
ia Sanafnr and tuwn ra~~nsav ae