Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-01-19

committee, as appointed, includes
Wyman, johnson and Morrissey,
of the house, and Browner, Roberts,
Cranston and Ziebach, of the senate.
In organizing the committee Wy
man was selected AS chairman and
Cranston secretary. The members
will go to Hot Springs to begin
their work Thursday of this week,
taking advantage of recess of
the legislature to make the trip.
A resolution was introduced for
four years term for Legislative
members, with annual sessions. 1t
is up against an adverse committee
and is probably done for.
Wednesdays principal new bills
were to relieve joint stock insur-
ance companies from depositing
securities with the state, and to
increase the salaries of states at
torneys in large counties to 81, 900.
Stuverud, the author of the hat
pin bill, has presented bills max
ing the sale of glandered horses a
penal offense, and one requiring
stray dogs to be impounded and
killed when not claimed within
twentyfonr hours.
A bill authorizing the board of
charities to pay convicts for labor,
part of the pay to go to their
families, if they have any, is under
consideration.
The bill of Stanley county's
representative, Mr.. Millett, pro-
viding protection of antelope, has
passed through both houses and
received the governors signature,
so becoming a law under the emer-
gency clause attached. 1t is the
first of the session to become an
active law.
Speaker Morris created great
deaf of amusement by his actisn
on the bill relating to headwear
under certain conditions, which
was introduced by Mr.. Stuverud,
who sustains severe scratch across
his face from contact with pro-
truding hatpin of a passing lady
in the corridors of the state house
during the first few days of the
session. The speaker referred this
bill to the comEsi.ce on military
affairs, failing to give its qualitica-
tions for handling it.
A novel primary bill has been
prepared by Representative Ander-
son, which does away with the ex-
pense of the primary election,
combining the two in the general
election, so that the voter may ex-
press his choice as party candidate
and candidate for the Office on one
ballot, which is in form similar to
the ballot used at the primary
election at present.
Bills whose passage would result
in the abolishment of the offices of
state engineer, telephone inspector
and hotel inspector have been in
troduced. A resolution has been
offered for a constitutional amend
ment to wipe out the Soldiers
Home board and the state board
of charities and corrections, reduc-
ing these places down to a state
board of control of three members.
Teets, of Beadle county, will go
after the Sunday law, so far as it
affects baseball.
The session has justified the
early predictions that it would be
slow. Up to Friday evening Of
last week about one hundred and
ten bills had been introduced,
while for the same period in the
session two years ago at least three
hundred bills had been offered by
the members.
There was a great deal of CON-
plant two years ago about loosely
drawn laws which were hard to
interpret, and often we're in such
shape that number of different
constructions might easily be
placed upon them. An amend
ment was presented in the house
today to cure one of these laws.
The session two years ago fixed
the date Of town elections at the
''third Tuesday in April and the
amendment presented seeks to add
to the law, the words of each sue
cessive year, such phrase having