Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-23


killed for glanders passed the
house with a $4,000 appropriation
attached.
The good roads bill passed the
senate and becomes effective by
having the signature of the COVER
nor affixed. 1t changes the sys-
tenn of road making greatly, and
will mean much for the state.
NJ. Sylvia, former commissioner
of Stanley county, is the proposed
beneficiary of a bill introduced by
MiIlett. MIR. Sylvia rented tract
of state land down on Antelope
creek and put an expensive fence
around it. Along came a land
office Inspector and said, you are
not on state land, Sylvia; raus NIT. !"
The fence had to move, but some
of the land had been filed on and
the newcomer would not give up
the fence. Sylvia paid rent to the
state for government land, and
feels that he has a grievance.
Representative Tscharner would
memorable congress to abolish
the express companies.
Sutley, a democrat sent to the
legislature from Lyman county,
is fathering the bill to allow stock
a free range from December lst to
March 1st. This bill has been
anticipated by the people of the
western part of the state and petit
tions protesting against it's enact
ment are all ready for presentation.
The measure is house bill No. 375
and was put in on the last day in
which bills could be presented
without unanimous consent.
Measures have been presented
in both houses calling for the re-
peal of that part of the trespass
law allowing free range in those
parts of western South Dakota
that has not, by majority vote,
adopted the herd law. 1t is very
probable that the repeal will be
made.
The appropriations asked by the
various interests and institutions
for this year and next aggregate
$4,619,S4S. The members of the
appropriations committees are
getting the planes in readiness SO
that the figures can be brought
down to a size commensurate with
the states income, and to do the
whiting SO as to cause the least
amount of ''hollering." OF course,
the wants of all will not be filed
by several dollars.
The 1900 candle power headlight
hill went through the house Fri
day, but not until the emergency
clause had been cut off, which will
leave it subject to the referendum
again in case the senate accepts it
as the house passed it.
In the list of new bills in the
senate is one which authorizes the
railway commissioners to employ
an auditor in rates for the state
and give him authority to act in
such matters.
The right to attach an emergency
clause to bill where public health
or safety is not concerned was
attacked by Treber on an unim.
portant bill and the first discussion
on that line started.
1t was expected that either Cone,
of Minnehaha, or Curtiss, of Aber.
deem, both of whom seem bent up.
on correcting all the evils which
mankind, animal life and ever
nature itself are liable to, would
bring in a bill stopping the moor
from getting full once each month
but the time having passed fol
introducing new measures, al
things that breathe do SO easier.
Principal among the new bill.
started Friday was one which
limits the deer hunting to tht
month of November, allows eact
hunter to kill but one male deel
and prescribes a heavy penalty fol
killing . doe or fawn at any time
The senate rad new bills intro
duced to make the Office of secre
tary Of the historical society ap
pointive BY the governor, and on
placing the publication of insuranc
statements in al papers regardless
Of notifies or faction.