The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-02-02

BUSY AGAIN
AFTER TAKING A FEW DAYS OF
VACATION.
REINFORCEMENT BILL UP
KERR INTRODUCES BILL FOR A
PUBLICITY co EiSSiON.

again on the 24th. s lie nome the
members had an OF s tunity to get
public opinion IN i e rtant issues.
They say the dayligf 2 doon bill is be-
ing favorably receive their constit-
uents. Some report that the liquor
men in their vicinity are supporting
it. The good roads measures do not
seem to be receiving the same popular
favor. Most of the eastern members
state that their people are opposed to
any county unit or engineer feature.
One of them explained it on the
ground that at present the engineers
have charge of bitches, and that con
siderable controversy has developed
over their administration. The peo-
pie are afraid that the same methods
will apply to county administration OF
roads. The BigeloW school code was
threshed over by the delegates at the
conservation congress, and met the
disapproval of many of them. Mem
bcrs report the same feeling in their
precincts. They also say that there
is strong feeling against a~bolishing the
office of state engineer,
The house school and public lands
committee is about ready to report on
a comprehensive bill regulating leas-
ing of public lands. The bill will pro-
vide for ~fve-year leases, at a mini
mum rental of 81 per acre per year
for agricultural, and 81 per acre for
grazing land. In every caSe the land
must be appraised and rent made
equal to 5 per cent of the appraised
valuation for agricultural and 2H per
cent for pasture. Flax Will be per-
mitted only for the first year. Timber
may be sold off of state lands, if
c~alipering greater than eleven inches.
In every case four trees must be left
on each acre for seeding purposes.
AT the end of the lease property may
be sold to the highest bidder.
The Perkins reapportionment bill
was introduced the middle of the week.
If passed it gives a new senator to
Perkins, Corson, Schnasse, Butte,
Harding, Trip, Meade, Lyman and
Stanley. The number in some east
ern counties is reduced by the forma-
tion of larger senatorial districts.
Union, Ben Homme, Turner, Hutchins,
Lincoln, Minnehaha, B~rookings, Rob-
erts, Day and Lawrence each loose one
house member, and Yankton two. New
representatives are gained by Gregory,
Stanley, Lyman, Meade, Corson,
Dewey, Harding, Perkins, Schnasse,
Sterling and Trip. Other counties
maintain their present representation.
The old numbers of 104 representa-
tives and forty-five senators is re-
tanned. The units used in apportion-
ing are about $500 for house members
and 1900 for senator's.
Nelson of Lincoln believes that the
ant~i-treating law is a farce, and that it
a be remedied by making the saloon
keeper responsible for it's enforcement.
lie has introduced a bill to that effect.
Ciedt of Mcpherson, has a measure for
its repeal.
Tscharer of Lennon, in the house,
and Curtiss Of Brown, in the senate,
have introduced amendments to oar
present employers liability law be-
lieved to be sufficient TO make the law
stand the test of the courts. Our
old Jaw was declared unconstitutional
on the ground that it interferred with
interstate commerce.
A bill prepared by Millett and Kerr
creates an immigration commission
consisting of the governor, secretary
of state AMI auditor, who appoint two
other citizens. The commission APP
points the commissioner of publicity,
and supervises the work. The appro-
priation is not named but is left to the
general bill.
The Issenhuth and Bruce good roads
bills will ONE out of committee in
combined form. Mr.. Issenhuth says
that both are much strengthened.
They embody a limited county unit
feature, with county option in al af-
flrmative way, that is, the law is
obligatory unless rejected by a ma
jority vote at an election called by a
petition.
The dairy code, pushed by the South
Dakota buttermakers, and fathered by
Anderson of Clay, rsssed the senate.
The Sherman suffrage amendment civ
ing the franchise to all real property
owning women, is meeting with muca
favor by the privileges and elections
committee, which will probably report