The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-05
South Dakota
Legislature


The state han insurance proposition
was discussed in committee of the
whole, with Erickson. whiting and
Taylor supporting ii. and W'yrnan and
Forbis opposing the latter wanting the
state 10 take up all lines OF insurance
If they took any The bill went back
to committee.
The bill sending dope tends and
inebriates to a special ward at the in
sane hospital al Yankton was passed.
This bill is presumed % I've a block to
the Highmore asylum bill. but passed
without any opposition from the sup
porters Of that bill
The state examiners department is
checking up all the different state Of
fcials and has made a preliminary re-
port on the affair of the office Of the
secretary Of state for the past four
years. They recommend that eN-Sec-
rotary Wipf be called upon 10 return
s43 which the toak for clerical
work" at the meeting OF the state
brand commission i'll December. and
that the office has been carrying two
clerks. one al Sll0 s month and one at
800 a month. which it could easily
Get along Without
Both houses took a recess Monday.
and while a number of members are
at their homes. the committees are
getting out the bills for reference and
will have a long list.
S. w. Howard OF Gettysburg, Is
pushing his claims for the appoint
ment as new judge Of the northern
supreme court district in case the
senate acts ~favorably on the bill.
The anti-treat bill appears to have
got into deep water without reaching
a safe harhor. The senate amended
Il to apply only To sales by the glass,
and the house refused to stand for IL
The conference report on the bill was
rejected saturday. and the fate of the
bill is In doubt.
The senate is pushing the demo
cratic congressional apportionment
bill which places both the congress
men from the state in the same DIS
trict. which is the principal object OF
the promoters Of the bill a favorable
committee report was adopted Satur-
day.
In the senate Saturday house bills
CARRYING a number of small appFo-
priations for printing n deficiencies
were passed, and the house bill max
ting neglect Of official duties cause Tor
removal from office.
For the first time i'm the history OF
the state a new judicial circuit has
been created without a contest. n
Is the new Tenth circuit, which has
been formed Of the counties IN the
northern half Of the sixth district
This leaves Judge Boucher living out
side of the district for which he was
elected. and he viii move to Pierre 10
be centrally located for his circuit as
it remains.
The house devoted Saturday To ac-
ton on senate bills, the principal one
passed being To apply the provisions
of the Cary irrigation act TO this state,
which is expected to put such prof.
ects under way both in the north
western and southwestern portions OF
he state.
TIL. smoothest legislative play ever
pulled off in the house Wednesday
afternoon resulted In the adoption OF
a resolution to submit equal suffrage
To the people. 1t carried toy a vote
Of SIS to Is. after having been once
defeated in the house this session.
In the senate Jordan renewed his
"viaduct' bill from the governor, and
it will he materially amended before
Ii gets back to the executive again.
The senate reversed itself on rail-
road legislation Wednesday by defeat
ing two Of the railroad bills before
them, one to fix the strength OF train
crews n the other the switch light
b..
The senate got in a tangle at the
afternoon session over the pure drug
bill defeating an attempt 10 amend IL
In it's enforcement provisions. but
sending it over to Tuesday Of mex,
week for final action.
A new bill in the senate Wednes-
day prohibits townships from licensing
saloons within two and a half miles
of the boundaries Of a no-license town,
the bill being aimed TO head off the
action of townships at Mitchell and
other affected cities.
The afternoon session OF the house
Wednesday was rather lively al
around. First the reports OF the ma
jority and minority on the bill tc
serve jurors by mail started things
with the lawyers OF the committee
divided and the winning of the minor
ity report that the bill 10 pass. Next
the house good roads bill was the cen
ter OF attraction. some of the mem
bers wanting the senate bill substi-
tuted. which brought on a general con-
test headed by Johnson. Of Minnehaha
with a number of members backing
him, resulting in the house passing
its own bin regardless OF the senate
action.
Mendel hiss not felt right since tbs
house passed the a~nti-cigarette bill
and he presented a resolution which
the house adopted. 1t prohibits tht
use Of pipes, cigars or cigarettes ir
the house chamber.
When the signature Of the governol
Is attached the state will have two new
supreme court judges, the senate Wed
nesday having passed the house bill
to that effect without an amendment
This Will give the extreme northern
n southern portions Of the STATE
Judges, and rumors are to the effec
that Judge Mccoy. Of the Fifth circui
and judge smith. II the First circuit
are the men most likely to be chosen
The senate pasSed senate bills re