The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-02-04

NoN. Wesley started the appointment
list Wednesday by send to the SEN
ate the name Of A. f. Hitchcock of
of the board of regents of education
which was approved. The probabili-
ties are that the name of William a.
Cook of Rapid City, will go in for
mine inspectors Ed A. Murray of Mil
bank, for oil inspector of the north
ern district. and John w. Peckham of
Parkston. oil inspector for the south
ern district
Both houses have adopted resolu-
tions fixing the 18th of February as
the last day for the Introduction of
new bills.
The house members did not show
that they had loaded up with bills at
the recess time, and no business was
transacted except the Introduction of
a few bills among them a resolution
| by Bently memoraliZing congress for
640-t ere hOmesteads in certain cases
The senate members showed evi-
| ing in a number Of bills. principal
among them being series by Dillon
which attempt to revolutioniZe legis-
lative customs and patronage They
reduce the clerk forces more than half
and take away the engrosSing force
patronage from members, placing it in
! the hands of the secretary Of state,
who is required to employ none but
skilled stcnographers as members of
such force. Other radical changes
along expense lines are also proposed.
The good roads proposition had is
first airing in the senate Wednesday
in the bill TO abolish the office of road
ovcrseer, and requiring all road work
TO be done by contract. and after scN-
Ielal amendments the bail went over
until tie &rd Of February for final
action.
One of the bills which will be of in.
terest to the larger towns of the state
is House Bin No. l67. by Taylor.
which authorizes cities of over 5000
population to appoint park boards to
have control and Management Of
parks in such cities. A bin is prob
able in the near future which allows
cities to condemn properties within or
without the city for park purposes.
The senate moved the 2-cent rate
bill up a notch by adopting the com.
mittee report under suspension of
rules. While it is not certain that the
bill will be rushed on account of this
move. it is now placed in position
where it could become a law TIN,
week if it is desired to so hasten
action. While this may be done it
may be allowed to go over until the
to a finish, but at the longest the mid
die of next week will see that the
state have 2-cent fare law with an
emergency attachment.
The house committee favorably re
ported the bill for a state tubercul-
osis hospital at Custer, and the back.
ers of the bill are feeling that they
have a good start for their measure,
r. o. Richards of Huron, has sever
al bills which he will attempt to push
through this session yet. He desires
to enact into law his ideas of patron
age distribution, and to get through
a tax commission proposition which
embodies his ideas as to what would
be equal taxation. With these he has
several other measures. While he may
meet with legislative approval on some
of his measures, he will meet with
severe jars on some of the others be
fore they have gone far or their way
along the legislative trail.
The effort on the part Of Arnold OF
Brookings, to overturn an adverse
committee report on his bill to repeal
the part of the educational law which
gives teachers each one days pay
for attending teachers Institutes. may
result in benefit to the country teach
ers. After discussion of the report
in which he said the bill was unfair
to country teachers, the bill was sent
back to committee, with a tentative
instruction to create a new bill which
will put the country teacher on an
equality with the town teacher by a
mileage fee or some other compen-
sation.
While the senate passed the house