The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-31

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Vessey-Providing for connecting
tracks at railroad functions.
Bell-Appropriating $4,062 for lesis.
lative mileage.
Green of Deuel-Appropriating o
ely for land Office filing fees.
Englesby-Fixing liability of rail
roads for damages in prairie fires
started by them; also general same
law.
Cooper-EXtending franchise limits
for street railways to thirty years.
Dedley-Providing for the election
of county commissioners by districts.
Goodner-A joint resolution extend
ing the time of beginning settlement
on lands west Of the Missouri.
New bills introduced, not senate
duplicates, were:
Resolution by Carroll for a constitu.
tional amendment to allow an income
tax.
Bills-By misunderstanding the
state wolf bounty from so, 900 to $751;
900 a year.
misunderstanding the time OF ap-
peal to the supreme court from sixty
to ninety days.
misunderstanding wages under
$25 a week from garnishee.
Pierce Of Yankton-Allowing ap.
peals in criminal cases.
Hare-Requiring bills of sale of live
stock to be acknowledged before II
competent officer.
Stokes-To exempt associations of
water users formed under the irriga-
ton law from corporation taxes.
Golf - To compel railways to in.
crease train crews, one brakeman or
two fagmen to each two coaches in a
train.
Hare--Changing the date for listing
property for taxation from May l to
March /. Changing assessment time
from May and June to March and
April.
Simonson - Extending jurisdiction
of justices Of the peace in petty cases;
authorizing cities and towns to install
and operate telephone systems.
Collaborating double damages
for stock killed on railroads through
fault of company; exempting members
of volunteer fire brigades from poll
taxes: abolishing the Offices Of county
justices of the peace and constable in
counties organized into civil town
ships.
Carroll-Limiting hours Of See
of railway employees.
Andrews 49, Increasing the pay OF
Judges and clerks Of elections.
Extraordinarily fees OF reg
lister Of deeds.
A resolution for the investigation OF
Senator Gamble was adopted by both
houses Saturday and a committee was
appointed from each house with in
structions to investigate and report on
Monday.
The live stock interests Of the state
are getting to the front with the bills
which they desire to have enacted,
one of them being Ellerman's bill in
creasing the annual wolf bounty ap-
preparation from $4,000 a year to $l5,-
900.
Another bill has been introduced by
Hare of Pennington, who wHnts all
bills of sale of live stock to be &C
knowledged before a proper certifying
officer, the intention of the bill being
to prevent the giving Of bills OF sale
for stolen live stock.
The fee bill for the ONCE OF secre'
tary of state, which was introduced by
~oncanno is in line with the recon-
m%endations of Secretary Wipf in MS
annual report. The fees for filing ar
ticles OF Incorporation, for domestic
corporations or for examination ana
filing articles Of foreign corporations
n from $40 for corporations with
a capital OF $4,000 and under to go
for corporations with a capital OF from
s5O 600 to 500, 900, with an additional
81 for each 100000 over the last
named an.Sunt. All fees generally for
the department are increased. AT the
rate in which corporations are being
hled under the laws Of this state the
increased fees will bring a decided In
crease in the revenues.
The senate passed the a~nti-lobby
bill by a vote Of A to /. the negative
vote being Senator Dudley OF Fall
River. The parole bill for the reform
school was passed without opposition.
Senate bills introduced were by
Hepperlee, to change brand commits
sion; Laxson, allowing companies TO
incorporate under the laws OF this
state without a resident incorporation,
but requiring them to appoint a resi-
lent agent; jenkins, to abolish tips;
Perkins, giving water users associa'
tons certain rights; Green OF Deuel.,
changing method OF disposal OF e
for sales of state lands; Englesby,
providing for levying fremen's Tax on
mutual fire companies in this state as
well as on foreign companies; Thomp-
son of Clay, providing that any one en-
tering the state law school must have
certain educational qualifications;
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