Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-19
South Dakota
legislature

Inc center ol llttlCol "S'ii'SuoS
was in the 2-cent rate law, with the
clause attached, which
would make it a law as soon as it was
filed in the office of the secretary Of
state. 1t was signed by the presiding
officers o fthe two hOuses and went to
the governor at $50 o'clock, and with
in ten minutes was signed.
There was a slight Hurry in the
house over the committee report on
the indeterminate sentence and parole
officer bill, an adverse committee re-
port having been made, but Bartine
and Wyman insisted on getting the bill
out into the open for consideration and
secured a change in committee report,
and it will be up for discussion.
A bill was introduced in the senate
by Danforth to pay George Mackey
and Oscar Hunt $4,000 for damages
received by them by the premature
discharge of a fieldpiece at the militia
encampment at Huron several years
ago.
The senate passed the bill to accept
the provisions of the Carey irrigation
act in his state. which allows private
individuals to put in irrigation plants
and secure land for the purpose.
If thesenate follows the house ac-
ton the state will establish a tuberCu-
losis hospital at Custer, the bill for
that institution having passed the
house with but four dissenting votes.
The state board of charities and cor
rections will ask the legislature for
$4,000 for the two years beginning
July 1 next. This will al be for main
tenance and repairs, no new buildings
being asked for in the list. Out of
this total $211, 900 is for maintenance
of the insane hospital and comes back
to the state through h countless
The first move towards 4 good roads
bill started things in the senate for a
time Thursday, but after several dila-
tory movements and an effort to secure
a reprinted bill to cover the numerous
committee amendments it was finally
made a special order for Saturday.
The house started the afternoon ses-
sion Thursday with a wranSle over the
resolution to submit to the people the
question of leasing state school lands
for agricultural
Newell Larson, of Union, Hebal and
~Issenhuth opposed it as unwise and
Trumbo, Peterson of Clay, Wyman and
Robert made q fight for the measure,
winning by a good vote.
The senate were not
agreed on the Arenson bill to repeal
the law which restricts bank loans to
three times the capital stock. Nor
beck and Byrne wanted to further try
for consideration of the measure and
Ewart thought it should be acted up
on. After discussion it was laid over
Informally until the members post
themselves on its provisions.
The bill to reduce the interest of
state warrants from Z per cent to 6
per cent was amended to fix it at 5
per cent and was passed.
The members of the different state
boards are getting onto the ground,
resulting in the appropriation COM
mittees getting their bills into shape
for action, and from this on that fea-
ture of the session will receive great
er consideration.
About the only subject Of discussion
FRIDAY was the question as to which
side won in the rate case race to the
court on the 2-cent rate law. The
situation is such that one of the first
legal questions which will have to be
settled is whether the state or federal
courts first secured Jurisdiction, the
state legal department claiming to
have got into the state courts first by
q few minutes, and the railroads al
leging they, were in the federal court
at Sioux Falls a "scracth' ahead of
the state in the state courts.
The principal house bills presented
Monday were q maximum freight rate
bill by Mcdonnell; a bill reducing the
specific gravity of gasoline to be adj
mitted into the state from GS to 63,
and a resolution memorialfzing con-
gress to set aside a township in the
South Dakota Sac Lands as a national
reserve.
The senate fought out the herd law
proposition, which was being asked by
the homesteaders west of the river.
The bill was championed by Hare and
opposed by all of the rest of the sena-
tors from west of the Missouri except
Nyquist, and the proposition was kill
ed on the vote on the committee re-
port.
A bill in the senate Monday provides
for a state flag. to be n blazing sun on
a blue field, with the words, Sun
shine state" in the arc, the flag to be
one and one-third times as large as it
is wide.
The house devoted most of it's time
at the afternoon session Monday in
committee of the whole discussing the
proposition of a state tax commits
sion.
A resolution for a constitutional
amendment is being prepared. 1t will
provide for the election of Legislative
members for four years. with one-half
holding over. and will be presented in
a day or two.
The railway engineers are still MAX
ing a fight on the electric headlight
bill and will ppose it at every move
in both house and senate.
The Highmore inebriate asylum
proposition won the first round Satur-
day when the senate passed the bill
locating the cure retreat at that place
by a vote of 20 to 16. A warm dis
cussion was expected, but only came
from Bates, who moved to amend by
substituting the name of Dell Rapids,
which was defeated.
Norbeck, the artesian we'll man.
went up against the legal profession
in the senate Saturday afternoon and
came out with flying cOlors on his bill
to give the state the same numbe Of
challenges in criminal cases as are
granted to the defense. The judiciary
committee had riddled the bill, but
Norbeck secured a change back to the
original figures and passed the bill.
While a few senate members. with
Thorson in the lead. opposed the good
roads bill. after the hot air had van
and the vote secured, only four
went on record as against its provi-
sions. ".
In the house Fryslie attempted to
an adverse judiciary commit
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