Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-02
Legislative Notes

Legislative Notes
The house with only five dissenting
votes declared for the elimination OF
the telephone Inspector from this state
The bill to authorize county mutual
fire companies to write cyclone risks
started things for while in the house
Friday, but carried with ease on the
roll call
Senator Viewers bill to have all
farms and ranches in the state named
and registered is one which will he of
more than passing interest to the farm
ers of the state.
NJ A. Shuster, of Miller, wants tobe
made state commissioner of publicity by
legislation, without salary and with $500
a year for expenses, if the state sees
fit to allow it.
The Investigating committee of the
soldiers home has completed its work
at Hot Springs, but expect to hold sew
eral hearings at the capitol before they
attempt to frame up report.
The insurance statement situation
comes up in the matter of bill to pro-
vide legal method of distribution,
regardless of party or faction, which it
is hoped will stop the noise and yet
leave the pie.
In the senate Henault has presented
his resolution for a constitutional
amendment to apply the recall to all
state and county officers on petition of
rs percent of the voters and removal on
two thirds vote.
The desire to eliminate many of the
unnecessary officers with which the
state is burdened is growing steadily
and there will be considerable Legislation
with this object in view before the
close of the session.
Representative Stuverud, whose hat
pin bill was defeated last week, refuses
to be pacifed, and has started another
similar bill. in which the hatpin is linn
tied, to ten inches in length. This will
doubtless meet the same fate as his
first bill.
Candy in the senate Friday after
noon started his bill for the conserva-
ton of the coal on state lands and the
reservation of this mineral i'm the sale
of state lands, and to approve leases of
coal lands on the basis of % cents a
ton royalty.
In the senate the fireworks started
Friday when the bill of Curtiss to limit
election expenses by the publication of
referred laws and constitutional amend
ments in pamphlet form was introduced.
Curtiss and Fleger favored the bill and
Cone opposed the change.
i The members of both houses returned
Tuesday from their recess well primed
with legislative ideas CLEANED from
their constituents, and as result new
bills are pouring in thick and fast. The
members have settled down to their
work, and the business of both houses
is proceeding smoothly and rapidly.
The new tax commission billprepared
by the commission appointed by Cover
ner Wesley for the purpose, was pre-
scented in the senate by Norbeck. Its
principal feature is permanent salaried
tax commission to look after taxation
and assessments in the state.
4 Waterfowl has representatives at
Pierre asking that the present session
make good on the promise of the SEES
sion six years ago, which located q
lnorthern insane hospital At WATERFOWL
whenever the attendance at Yarktor
had reached to one thousand, and as II
has gone to such . poipt, Waterfowl
people want an appropriation to star,
their asylum,
The people Of Pennington county are
attempting to frame bill to provide
Il for meant Of selection of representa-
tives in the legislature when member
elected fails or refuses to qualify fol