The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-11

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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 un%organized 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.
lions; 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 summe
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
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 fol
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 8 o'clock closing of saloons
was defeated, only receiving "A afir
native votes.
The house made two laws THURSDAY
afternoon on passins 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 Mackey
and Oscar Hunt $4,000 for damages
received by them by a premature dis
charge of a field piece at a militia
encampment at Huron, several year
ago. The senate passed the bill to
accept the provisions Of the Cary IT.
rigation act in this state, which allows
private individuals to put In irrigation
plants and ecure land for such our
poses.
c. w. Hague, one of the editors O,
the Bad River News at Philip, died
after an illness of but a few DAYS from
pneumonia.
Among the bills introduced in the
u affecting the publishers of the
state is n by Mr.. Mcdonnell OF
Gregory county, requiring the railroad
companies to publish in the newspa,
pers the railroad time card, and nav.
ing for the same at legal rates. and to
give notice by publication Of any
change in their running schedule. Mr.
Mcdonnell says that, owing to so
many bills being introduced In reIa.
ton to railroad affairs and that there
Is a fight against his measure, that he
Will require much assistance to secure
It's passage. At the request Of Mr.
John T. Cogan Of Sioux Falls. secre.
tary OF the State Press association
Mr.. Mcdonnell will appear before the
meeting of editors to be held in Pierre
next week. and explain the features
of his bill. There is merit in this
bill, and it will probably receive the
careful consideration of the nubIisb.
ers.
Vanderbilt Fined.