The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12

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 we're: 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 a 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 9 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 a state tuberculosis
hospital at Custer with but four dis
senting votes on the proposition. In
the senate a 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 a 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 1t 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 afr.
native votes.
The house made two laws Thursday
afternoon on passing bills to lesaljze
the incorporation Of Cotton, and re.
quiring railroads to construct woven
wire fences along their right of wav
in certain circumstances.
A bill was introduced in the senate
by Danforth to pay George Mackev
and Oscar Hunt $4,000 for damapas
received by them by a premature dis.
charge of a field piece at a militia
encampment at Huron, several wears
The senate passed the hill IN
accept the provisions of the Cary ir.
act in this state, which allows !
private individuals to put in irrigation
plants and secure land for such pur.
poses.
Z. w. Hague. n of the editors of
the Bad River News at Philip. died
after an illness of but a few DAVIS from
Among the bills introduced In the
house affecting the publishers Of the
STATE is one by Mr.. Mcdonnell Of
dresory county, requiring the railroad
companies to publish in the newsna-
pers the railroad time card, and nav
ing Tor the same at legal rates, and to
notice by publication Of anv
cnange In their running schedule. Mr.
mcdonnell says that, owing to 50
many bills being introduced in rela.
Ion 70 railroad affairs and that there
IS a ngnt against his measure, that be
Will require much assistance to secure
Is passage. At the request Of Mr.
I. Cogan of Sioux Falls secra'
airy OF the State Press associatio,
Mcdonnell will appear before no
ne''ns OF eo'tors to be held in Pierre
lex. week, and explain the features
MS Dill. There is merit in this
and II Nryt1I N~1l