The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-02-24
PASSED BOTH HOUSES

~ ANEdlIZluS dl SlcCllOu uCLu
Tor the organization of Butte, Harding
and Perkins counties.
S. B. 6.-Appropriating $4,000 for the
once OF attorney general to July LIST.
5. B. 7.-Creating the county of lie
bach. out of Schnasse and Armstrong
5. B. ~3.-Providing that certain in
struments shall impart du5 notice,
Notwithstanding the absence Of techni-
cal omissions in making papers.
S. B. 11.-Appropriatin g S., 1000 for a
we'll at the state university.
S. B. Disappointing money for
deficiency in state house maintenance.
S. B. 4.-Prohibiting a county Judge
from hearing a case in which he is
interested either as relative or in a
business way, sending same to circuit
court.
S. B. 111.-Amending supreme court
regulations to apply to five instead Of
three judges.
S. B. 1.-Providing for the collec-
ton of city special assessments by the
county treasurer.
H. B. 62.-Appropriating money for
the expenses of the legislative session.
II. B. 7.-Providing for the protec-
ton Of antelope. with Jail sentence as
penalty for violation.
II. B. 10.-Legalizing an election
for bonds in the town Of Tyndall.
H. B. 73.-Appropriating money for
payment for damages done state fair
building by wind storm.
H. B. 116.-Authorizing consolida-
tim of certain ct9tp funds
II. B. Establishing the office Of
state telephone inspector.
H. E. 125.-Providing penalties for
Interference with electrical appliances.
H. B. 73.-Authorizing circuit judge
to commit to insane asylum where &C
quital on criminal charge has been
secured on defense Of insanity
II. B. Ito reimburse Sol Starr
of Deadwood for money paid for lay
ing sidewalks along state lots.
H. B. 123.-Providing requirements
for uniform issues of bonds and evil
dences of Indebtedness of school dis
tricts.
H. B. S.-Tixing the hour of clos
ing saloons at nine o'clock in the
evening.
NOTES.
Senator Perkins reapportionment
proposition IS. B. 9D which the sen
ate committee has refused to let see
the light Of day since they got hold
of it, will now reach h floor. The
senator secured the necessary number
of signers to q petition to smoke
the bill out of the committee. n
bill would mean a gain OF four sena-
tors for the district west Of the river
and a CORRESPONDING loss to the east
ern part Of the state.
The famous and much discussed
headlight bill. providing for the plac-
ing upon locomotives operated on the
railroads in the state Of South Da-
kota. of electric headlights. or head
lights Of some illuminant equally as
good. passed the senate today by a
vote of 81 to 80.
Senator George Wright has a bill
providing that all public utilities shall
be placed under the supervision OF the
department OF the railroad commits
sioners. The plan is to have the same
regulation of the telephone, telegraph.
etc, that the state maintains over the
railroads..
Scores of bills are being held up
in the committees and the newly Great
ed rule throwing all bills reported
without recommendation into commit
tee of the whole, will prove a grave
yard to cores of others.
The report of the special invest;-
eating committee which investigate
matters at the Soldiers Home at Hot
Springs was adopted by the house to-
day. 1t was adopted by he senate
yesterday.
Senate bill No. 1AG was killed. 1t
is a bill for the licensing of all the
threshels, and also provides that each
thresher shall make a report at the
end of the season as to the mount OF
grain threshed.
Senator Curtiss succeeded in get
ting his pet measure { Senate Bill No.
S6) through the house yesterday and
the signature Of the governor to the
bill is all that is now required to
make it law.
The good roads measure, prepared
by the house committee is now ready
for the signature Of the governor. The
county and township unit proposition
is the main feature Of the bill.
A.. +. Chamberlain, superintendent
of farm institutes has cancelled dates
in twelve counties because the senate
has refused to make appropriations for
carrying out his plans.
Yesterday was the last day for
the introduction of bills in the
house, other than committee bills,
and the occasion brought out nearly
SO new measures.
The act repeating the section of the
Sunday observance law regarding the
Sunday baseball passed the senate
This is senate bill No. l78, introduced
by Teets.