The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-02-23

OF board OF charities and corrections
in regard to recommendations for
state institutions; 362. 0lasner. pro-
hibiting the giving Of passes or
franks by express. telegraph or tele-
phone companies; 1853. McMasters.
making warehousemen responsible
for grain stored with them; 3s4,
McMasters. fixing penalty for insur-
ance companies who refuse to settle
within sixty days after loss; 365.
Morris, providing for uniform ware
house receipts; 366, Morris, provid-
ing for uniform transfers Of shares OF
stock in corporations; 367, Morris.
to make uniform the laws Of sales Of
goods; 368, Morris. providing for uni
form bills of lading! 800. Koch, pro-
viding for r%esurveys Of townships for
assessment purposes; $40, Koch, pro-
viding for a state printing plant to be
located in the basement of the capt.
toll; 81, Burlington, providing pen
alties for trespass upon state lands:
1872, Fish and Game Committee, pro-
viding for the preservation of fish;
1913, Bracket. (request) allowing
eounties to furnish seed grain; 274,
/ Helgerson, providing for establishing
and maintaining departments of ag-
%riculture, manual training and do
nestle science in high schools; 375,
Sutley, allowing cattle to run at
large during winter months, from De-
cember first to April first.
New senate bills presented were:
242, Miller, appropriatirg s494.S3,
deficiency food and dairy commits
sian; 243, Wright, calling for refund
OF money for taxes paid on land
which vas not rightly taxable when
assessed; 244, Wright, appropriating
$4,000 for %artesian we'll at state fair
grounds; 245, Henault, appropriat-
ing $4,000 for forest fire fund; 246,
Hcrault, reducing wGman's board of
investigation of charitable and penal
institutions to one member; PAT, Nor
rissey. authorizing county superin-
tendents to appoint deputies in coun-
ties having over seventy-fve schools;
PAS Candy, appropriating $4,000 for
purchase of land at state school of
mines; 24S, Candy, appropriating
81 600 for a testing machine at
school of mines; $50, judiciary COM
mittee. relating to attorneys and
counsellors at law; 251, Lockhart,
fixing regulations for admission to
state school for blind; 252, Cone, pro-
viding regulations for fire and hail
insurance companies; 253, May, re-
gu ring boards of education to pub
! lish monthly statements.
HOUSE GOOD ROADS BILL
is PUT THROUGH SENATE
Pierre, S. D.-The lawyers of the
senate went down to defeat Wednes-
day afternoon by a vote of thirty
three to six. on the bill allowing a
prosecuting attorney to call attention
to the fact that the defendant has not
taken the stand in his own defense,
without p%rejudicing their case.
Fleeger was the only lawyer in the
senate who supported the minority
report which was adopted, and the
vote was taken only after a hot fight.
The senate passed the house good
breads bill just as it left the house,
and the first step in that direction
has been taken.
The senate committee returned an
unfavorable report on the bill which
seeks to nrevent a c%ornoratiOn from
barring union men from their works.
A minority report for the bill was re-
turned by Curtiss and Hitchcock.
The House by a vote of &c to 2,
passed the Curtiss senate bill which
lprovides fer publicity of referred
laws and amendments by pamphlet
instead of through the papers.
! The House, starting with a calen-
dar of forty-three bills at the open
ing of the session Wednesday morning,
managed to get two of them off the
calendar by six in the evening. The
bills disposed of Wednesday we're the
Committee bill for leasing state
school lands for agricultural pur-
poses: and Senate SO by Curtiss pro-
viding ann of giving publicity to
Preferred laws and amendments.
The senate passed senate bills, 1877
providing manner of construction of
bridges and c~ulverts in drainage
ditch cases: SO appropriating $3.50
for state insurance departments; 1872
appropriation for furnishing at the
state blind asylum; 151, providing
manner of listing personal property
for taxation; 211, fixing interest on
tax certificates.
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