The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-11
GOOD ROADS IN DOUBT
State Senate Does Not Show Il Kind.
ly Disposition Toward Good
Road Movement.

Road Movement.
Pierre, Feb. 5.-The Senate spent
ninety minutes in discussing the COM
mittee road bill and then did not
come to a vote, though a roll call in
dictated that il might have support
enough to get it through. The bill
is a mild uffair but is a step toward
better conditions. 1t provides for
the payment of all road taxes in cash
and divides the responsibility be-
tween the towns and counties. All
small repairs are to be made by the
towns while the larger expenditures
are made by the counties. Where
more than m hundred dollars are
to be expended plans and specifica-
lions are prepared and the contract
let to the lowest bidder. The strong
est opposition to the bill came from
Minnehaha county, where a good deal
Of opposition has been manifested
through the newspapers. Senators
Bates and Thoreson spoke strongly
against the measure which was finally
put over to Saturday.
The senate also passed the follow
ing bills:
s.. Arneson, providing for the ell
ection of county commissioners from
districts by the electors thereof. This
has been a favorite contention of
democratic members since the pre-
sent law was enacted in 1901, but not
before has it had any considerable
republican support.
1875. Seward is somewhat revolu-
tionary In civil procedure. 1t pro-
vides that any party to a civil action
may be called and examined under
the rules of cross examination by the
adverse party, who shall not be
bound by the testimony thus elected
and may rebut it and refute it.
40. Bobb. The threshing ma
chine companies have in recent years
been making contracts of sale of their
rigs upon which the purchaser gives
to the machine vendors a lien upon
the earnings of the machine and OF
teams and men employed upon such
machine. DR.. Bobb's bill declares all
such liens void.
60. Taylor, limiting time in which
tax deed may issue to ten years.
5. Mcdonnell. Asking congress
to call a constitutional convention
to provide for the election of sena-
tors by the people.
The House passed the following:
IS. Miller, providing uniform date
for municipal elections, to prevent
colonization of liquor vote in dry
towns, when elections + held al
different dates.
G.. Mcdonnell, constitutional
amendment providing for the lease O
school lands for agricultural pur
poses. This resolution provoked pro
longed discussion. Whiting favored
it as also did Trumbo, Roberts ant
wyman, Newell and Hebal spoke
earnestly against it. 1t passed by al
most two-thirds majority. If it be
comes a law the school lands will b'
leased to be broken up and planted
to crops. Many believe this shoult
have been the policy from the be
ginning and that no part of the land
should have been sold. General Bead
lie. 1.-THE father of the schools" take
this view.
1872. Sutherland, legalizing Ger
tain acts of Butte county relating t
division.
LAG. VanRuschen, extending tn
the powers of town councils to regu
late sewers.
16S. Larson of Minnehaha, extend
ing the powers Of town and cit
councils to regulate public dance
and dance halls.
"A. Wolzmuth, providing for tn
committal of d~ipsomaniacs to the In
sane asylum. The passage of thi
act is presumed to foreclose the Incl
riate asylum proposals.