The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-01-14
THE FIRST BILLS SENT IN
Bills Have Found Their Way Into
the House of Representatives
and Grind Begins,

steals an administration measure.
Hale has a long measure providing
for a state board of deposits and re-
quires the deposit of all state mon
eys for the benefit of the state so far
as interest payments are concerned.
This is House bill No. l and Ranum
in II. b. No. 6 has another upon the
same subject but treating the PROP
osition in rather a different way.
Both bills relieve the treasury of re-
sponsibility for funds legally deposit
ed.
Sasse's III. B. No. 2, provides penal
ties for selling adulterated drugs and
carefully defines the meaning of the
word adulterated. 1t is much along
the line of the national bill. Sasse
is a druggist and it is understood his
bill meets the approval of the state
pharmaceutical association.
When the republicans returned to
power after the Lee administration
at the session of 1901, primarily with
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and fusion press, passed two bills,
one repeating the clause requiring
one of the three official county pap
ers to be politically opposed to the
party dominant in the county board,
and the second bill provided for the
election of the county commissioners
at large in each county. In a very
large number of counties at that time
and ever since the republicans were
and ire dominant, though in most
counties there are some districts
naturally democratic. The commits
sioner at large proposition shuts the
democrats out of most county boards.
The act, however, is defended upon
broader grounds than mere politics.
1t is said, and is probably true, that
in the average better men are secur-
ed by electing them by the whole
county, and that, too, every citizen
is as much interested in the acts of
one commissioner us another. The
democrats of curse have always OPP
posed the measure and sought for its
repeal. In every session they have
had bills to accomplish it. Now some
republicans are with them and II. B.
No. 3 by Scott of Minnehaha provides
for the district system. Senator John
son also has a bill for the same OBJ
ject.
II B. No. G., Ranum and H. b. No.
10, Norris provides for immediate
election returns to be made out semi
officially by election boards and hur-
ried to the county auditor who in
turn dispatches them to the secretary
of state to the end hat intelligence
of the results of elections may be
speedily known. Great annoyance
and uncertainty, some times last
ing for a month some times has fol-
lowed our elections and it is sought
to remedy the situation.
1t will be recalled that Governor
Vessey advocated the establishment
of a state inebriate asylum, to be
maintained and supported by a large
contribution from the licenses paid
by the saloons. Highmore is John.
ny on the Spot" with a bill carrying
out the Governors idea and estab'
fishing the asylum at Highmore. II
is II. B. 10 by Woody.
Ranum and Mcdonnell each have
2 cent rate bills, fixing the fiat rate
, arbitrarily. They are H. B. Z and
: H. B. II, respectively. The admins
/ tration will support the proposition
with all of its power.
q Issenhuth in H. b. 8 has a goot
, roads bill somewhat modified from
; the Parmley bill of two years ago
but providing most of its features
Gov. Vessey is much interested il
this subject and regards the passage
| of a good roads bill, involving the
payment of all taxes in cash, CON
plete county supervision, and the do
ing of road work under contract, az
: vital to state development and will
/, consider such a measure as among
| those to which his administration
is fully committed.
H. B. 9 is also by Yssenhuth ant
provides for instruction in music il
! the public schools. Issenhuth with
! his practical business head, which ha!
won him a fortune in the banking
business, has also a strong vein O
3 sentiment as is illustrated by th1:
measure. Two years ago he devoted
: much energy to the bills making
r Lincoln's birthday a holiday and tt
: the other for the protection of SONG
y birds, and he regards the latter a
: the greatest triumph Of his work
j, H. B. 4 by Morris, for the increas'
S of the supreme court to five judges
S will be the administration bill upol
e this topic. 1t divides the state int
! five districts, one including the Blacl
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