Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-02-11
railway bills, the list being: Requir-

ing railroads TO report 1atal wrecks
to the railway commission; author!z-
ing the railway commission to ap-
pear in certain cases; requiring rail
roads to report to the commission
the number of elevators operating
along their lines; requiring railroads
to provide toilet rooms in stations;
Goodsell, to allow dependent families
part of the earnings of convicts.
New senate bills were: Williams,
regulating fees of county, treasurers;
Curtis, excepting lawyers and doctors
from anti-pass law; Dillon. to change
grand jury laws; Pickett, relating to
taxation in unorganized counties; Ar
neson, amending the banking laws in
regard to directors; Thoreson, pro-
viding working fund for the prison
Irvine plant; Dillon, prohibiting TAX
ing liquor On grounds of state institu-
tons; Bates, requiring contractors on
public works to give bonds to settle
all bills for labor and material; Hitch
cock by request, defining what shall
be libel OF women.
Equal suffrage got into the open
Wednesday again for a few minutes,
and after seeing its shadow retired
for sleep Of two years through the
motion of Bentley to table the resolu-
ton on consideration. Conferees on
the two-cent rate bill cut the maxi
mum punishment of employees for re-
fusal to comply with the law to a fine
of $500 Or six months in Jail with no
minimum penalty, and the report was
accepted by both house and senate,
with but four dissenting votes in the
house. Among the new house bills
presented today were several game
bills, one prohibiting spring shooting,
another requiring a license from each
county, and another preventing bird
dogs running at large in the summer
months.
The house temperance committee
today returned favorable reports on
the anti-treating and o'clock closing
bills, and the committee on charitable
institutions reported favorably on the
bill to confine dope fiends at the state
insane asylum in separate ward from
other patients. The house passed a
bill to establish state tuberculosis
hospital at Custer with but four dis
senting votes on the proposition In
the senate favorable report on the
Highmore inebriate asylum bill was
adopted, and the bill was made the
special order for Saturday afternoon.
Dillon started tenure of office bill in
| senate, which was prepared by the
board of charities and corrections and
makes appointments of head of state
institutions for good behavior,
There was slight furry in the
house Thursday over the committee
report on the indeterminate sentence
and parole officer bill, an adverse
committee report having been made
but Bartine and Wyman insisted upon
getting the bill out into the open for
consideration and secured a change
in the committee report, and it will
be up for discussion.
The Fitch bill in the house. pro.
viding for 9 o'clock closing of saloons
was defeated, only receiving A affir.
native votes
The house made two laws Thursday
afternoon on passing bills to legalize
the incorporation of Cotton, and re-
curing railroads to construct woven
wire fences along their right of way
in certain circumstances.
A bill was introduced in the senate
by Danforth to pay George Mackev
and Oscar Hunt $4,000 for damages
received by them by premature dis.
charge of field piece at militia
encampment at Huron, several wears
ago. The senate passed the bill to
accept the provisions of the Cary jr-
rlgation act in this state, which allows
private individuals to put in irrigation
plants and secure land for such mr..
poses
c. w. Hague, one of the editors Of
the Bad River News at Philip. died
after an illness Of but few DAVIS from
Among the bills introduced In tho
mouse affecting the publishers Of tha
state is one by Mr. Mcdonnell Of
Gregory county, requiring the railroad
companies to publish in the newsna.
pers the railroad time card, and nav.
ing 1or the same at legal rates, and TO
give notice by publication of anv
cHange In their running schedule Mr.
Mcdonnell says that, owing to On
many bills being introduced in re1a.
ton to railroad affairs and that there
is fight against his measure, that ho
VIII require much assistance to secure
It's passage. At the request Of Mr.
John 7. Cogan Of Sioux Falls. secre.
tary Of the State Press association
Mr. Mcdonnell will appear before tha
meeting of editors to be held in Pierre
next week, and explain the features
OF his bill. There is merit in III.
Dill, and it Will probably receive tho
careful consideration of the nublish.
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