The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-02-14
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HARD FIGHT ON BILL FOR TAX
COMMISSION BACKED BY
GOV. BYRNE.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
from the Capitol City, the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

Pierre,-The fight on the senate bill
for a state tax commission which pass
ed that body and is now in the house
IS warming up. The bill is backed by
Gov. Byrne and is being pushed by
the administration.
The first skirmish in the house on
the bill occurred when Blake tried TO
get it back to the committee fer fur
Their consideration.
Monday the house passed the bill
authorizing cities and towns to levy
a tax for publicity, and killed the bin
defining burglary With explosives.
Yesterday afternoon both were reccl-
sidered. the house reversing itself On
both measures.
The bill which attempts to increase
compensation for county commission.
ers in large counties, and also in Coun.
ties of large population. started the
Minnehaha county delegation. The
population feature affected only the
counties of Ninnehaha, Brown ard
Lawrence, and the representatives
from Brown and Lawrence wanted
that feature retained, but the Mime
haha delegation lined up against it
and secured the cutting out Of the
population feature. leaving it to apply
only to size, afte- which is passed.
Zoske presented a bill in the house
appropriating $4,000 to send Prof. N.
+. Hanson. of the state college of ag-
riculture, on another trip to Siberia
III search Of forage plants suitable for
growth in the northwest. Hanson has
made two trips to that country at the
expense of the general government.
and it is now proposed to send him on
another.
In the House.
An attempt in the house to eliminate
the bill to prohibit all suggestive
dances, through indefinite postpone
ment. was voted down, and the bill
placed upon the calendar, and a lot Of
amendments are being prepared to the
bill.
On motion Of Whittemore. the vote
~ nv lily IoCsN dbCDItu III Dltl "
allow cities to levy taxes for publicity
purposes, was reconsidered and later
the bill was defeated by a decisive
vote.
On motion of Berg the house recon
sidered the vote by which it defeated
house bill 159, defining burglary by
explosives, and later. on call of tho
bill, it was carried almost unanimous
ly.
Hart attempted to secure ~rcconsid-
GRAFTON of the vote by which the house
yesterday defeated the bill to author
ize the judge to enter Judgment re
CARELESS of jury verdict. but failed IL
get the votes to again call the bill out.
New house bills We're:
No. c45, Hart Requiring cuspidors
to be placed in ali passenger coaches
No. 2i6, Whittemore-providing
methods of winding up the affairs and
caring for property of extinct religious
societies.
No. 247. Nelson-Prohibiting the OPP
Grafton of motor vehicles by intoxi-
Gated persons.
No. 24S. neutrality-suspicious. $40
IBERIA to search for new forage plants
for South Dakota.
No. go, Appropriation Committee
Appropriating $113.56 for state sur
vayor.
No. 249, Davies-Providing regula-
tons and fees for registration of
breeding horses.
No. PSI, Appropriation Committee
Appropriating $1,000 for land office
filing fees.
No. 252, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. dis
tances between elevators and mills on
railroad rights of way.
No. 253. Clark OF Dewey-FiXing
terms of court in twelfth %cirucit.
No. 254. Observation-Disclosures state
board of health and state board Of
medical examiners.
No. 255, Sasse-Prohibiting persons
under p from entering saloons and
penalties sor classifying age.
No. 256. Sasse-Relating to powers
Of county boards Of health.
NO. -oi, NiiiS.opAe NtppdillS
chapter 90, laws of 1911, which pro-
vides for fees by loan and trust COM
panies for doing business in this state.
No. 25S, Judiciary Communicable
lating to duties Of clerk OF trial court
in appeal cases.
No. 259, Judiciary Committee-Fix-
ing time and method Of making record
on appeal in civil cases.
No. 260, Judiciary Committee Reg
ulating motions for new trials.
No. 261, Judiciary Committee-Fiy-
Entitled to Full Months Pay.