Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-01-31
CAUSE FOR REMOVAL
BILL BY BLAKE WOULD RE
MOVE OFFICIAL ABSENTEES
FROM OFFICE.

OluCldl dDS0nL6clSm IS TO De StOp-
ped through bill which will be intro
duced in the house by Blake, his act
making absence from the state for
more than 60 days in one year on the
part of state or county officer, cause
for removal from office and ordering
the attorney general or the states at
torney of the county, in which such
delinquency shall occur, to bring suit
for putting into force the provisions
Of the act.
This is called out by the criticism
aimed at Gov. Vessey for the last year
of his term.
In the House.
The time of the house Saturday out
side of a few details was taken up with
the Budweiser-Morgan contest, outside
of the introduction of bills, the list
being:
No. GA, Blackell-Relating to the SUI
pervision and control of public high
ways.
No. IS, Granger-Appropriating 49,
900 for farmers Institutes.
No. Sc, Manufacturing to water
users associations.
No. 81, Maher-Providing manner of
location of bridges, and manner OF
construction.
No. 68, misunderstanding board
of regents of education to establish
certain lines of instruction in state
| normals.
No. 50, Observation-Disclosures
county treasurers to cancel tax cert1ft-
Gates after statute of limitations has
run against them.
No. 20, Notwithstanding COM
mon carriers to build and equip un-
loading platforms.
No. Il, Brooks bonds
for Lake Andes.
No. Y, Comstock- COM
pensation for sheriffs tracing fugitives
from justice.
No. rs, Holleman-Relating to fees
CT insurance companies.
No. "a, Appropriation Committee
Legislative expense appropriation.
No. Is, Morris S.
900 for building at Redfield hospital.
No. rs, Colgan-Appropriat
money for judgment against soldiers
home board.
In the Senate.
The senate took the greater part
of Saturday afternoon in considering
the messages of the governor in COM
mittee of the whole, and assigning the
different subjects to the various COM
mittees. They passed joint resolution
No. 2, memorializing congress to allow
800 acre homesteads in this state; J..
r. No. /, memorializing congress to
limit the Jurisdiction of federal circuit
courts, and bills No. 6, relating to pro-
tests on bills of exchange; No. 20, pro-
hibiting drawing two salaries from
state at same time, and No. IS, relat-
ing to holding terms of court outside
county seat towns.
New senate bills were:
No. IS, Russell-Compelling board
of regents to install certain lines of
study in normal schools.
No. S., EIicks-Authorizing county
commissioners to select two boys from
each commissioner district in each
county for free scholarships at the
state agricultural college, and requir-
ing commissioners to make appropria-
ton for same.
No. 81, Morgan Appropriating ST.
229.90 to Jacob Eggers to reimburse
him for property taken away from
him by the government.
No. So, Wipf-Giving county courts
authority to declare examinations in
life estates on real property under
certain conditions.
No. So, Patterson of Gregory-Pro-
viding for foreclosure of certain con-
tracts for sale or exchange of real
estate
No. 60, Dalton, request-Making
Sunday law more liberal in regard to
baseball.
No. 81, Miller-Providing manner of
dealing with criminals who are &C.
quilted on insanity pleas.
No. 81, Appropriations Committee
Appropriation for legislative salaries
and expenses.
No. SO, Cone-Allowing county COM
missioners to go outside county to Sc
cure county surveyor in certain cases.
No. Ga, Cone-Fixing manner of re-
port of county surveyor on his work.
No. IS, State Affairs Committee
Extending powers of executive ac-
countant.
S. ]. r. No. IA, MISUNDERSTANDING
izing congress to pass the Newlands
bill regulating river navigation.
In the senate Cone of Minnehaha
introduced long list of bills covering
the recommendations of the state bar
association at it's meeting here, as to
proper legislation to be enacted at the
present session. The bills all cover
technical points in regard to court pro-
cedure, Intended to simplify questions
as to disputed course of procedure
amgong lawyers.
While not a part of such a lineup.
Howe of Minnehaha has introduced in
House bills introduced were:
No. 80, Bruce-Road bill; counties
to construct, and townships maintain
highways.