The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-18
Votes Down In
definite Postpone
ment of Measure.
NEW CAPITOL ACT
Senate Passes Senate Bill
Making Governor Custo-
dian Of Building.

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Pierre, S. u. The women have
prepared and will introduce tomor-
two resolutions fer constitutions
al amendments, me for complete
equal suffrage and the other to give
them iii right to vote on license
questions along With the ballot on
school matters. This Will put upsthree
different propositions on woman suf-
frage along with the municipal suf-
lrage act. !
Pierre, s.. Din the house yes
the railway committee re
ported against the half mile tram
limit bill. and unless the friends of
that measure can oycrturE that re-
port, it will be short lived. J
The first nurryain the house was
on the eifort$ef the Bon IIommc
county contingent to kill the bill to
abolish the Springfield normal, by
indefinite postponemept ii the coM-
report. Which brought or
several protests. and q motion by
Jacobs that ii special committee of
The legislature be appointed to go
to Springfield and Investigate CON
ditions ard report same to. the neN
legislative session which was defeat
ed as was the motion TO indefinitely
postopne, and the bill goes ON the
calendar.
Many Bills Como In.
As the time for introduction If
bills is growing short the members
are getting their idea into shape,
and brought in u long grist yester-
day. The house list follows:
2S3, Widlong providing method al
calling an outside Judge where prep
iudicc is charged; 2Sl, IIerscy. pro-
hihitins granting of liqour licenses
outside of incorporated towns; I'll,
Thompson OF Minnehah. requiring
railway companies to obtain consent
OF the state commission to change
any Interstate rate or classification;
272, Thompson of Minnehaha. IL
thorizing the railway commission to
reject any chailge in rate or classiii-
cation attempted to he filed by rail-
way companies less than thirty days
from the date OF its going into effect;
273, Day. providing for county local
option free range; PA, Day, appro-
priating $500 to f.. G. Robbins to
pay for horses Killed on account of
glanders; 275. huffman. establish
ing at the state insane hospital a
ward for treatment Of in%ebriates;
PIG. Helglin. providing penalties for
obstruction OF highways; 277. Heglin,
repeal of Sec. 1871 Revised Political
Code; allowing ole rod on each side
of the highway for tree planting; 2SS,
Solem, relating TO fling of liens for
service of breeding animals. 279,
Thompson of Minnehaha, fixing sal
aries of sheriffs: $50, March, giving
county superintendent travel expense
in visiting schools: PSI. judiciary
committee. regulating cities under
commission form of government; 2S2,
Berdahl, general bridge law reglilat-
ing contracts aud letting of bids;
2S5. Lundquist. providing what shall
be placed on. the constitutional
amendment and referred law ballots;
and restoring the old Curtis publicity
pamphlet for such laws: 2SG, Bald
win and Groce, appropriating $751; 00
for Il building at Madison normal;
psf. lIursh. regulating the admins
tering of oaths; 2SS, Gilby, author
izing reference department to charge
fees for reports sent outside the
state: $50. Tscharper. providing ON
pensation for horses killed on account
of being infected with dourine; 290,
Bnchholz. regulating state live stock
! sanitary board; 291, Mcfarland,
| workmen's compensation act; 292,
Cox, providing for ROAD supervisors
in territory in, ~ county not organized
/ into townships.
lsuch Of Bills Passed.
On the third reading of house bills
the work was rushed, the house pass
! ing house bills No. 222, allowing
%fraternal Insurance companies to in
vest u norton of their reserve out
side tho state; 217. automobile in
demui,y act. and IL, regulating the
holding OF elections in cities not or
ganized under commission form
House bin No. 40. making daily
Bible readings in public achool com
pulsory, created practically the onl!
furry of the afternoon, which was
heavier i'll the thunder than it was
in actual results of the storm, as oni,
thirteen votes were recorded agains'
tile bill after the discussion, in Which
Jacobs opposed and was backed b.
Weller and Bielski, who declared i
to he ap aitemDt to unite church ant
State. Main. Patterson, Gudalil, An
nderson. and Swanson spoke for tho
bill rs a good one II. b. 234. reg
ulating the powers of teachers hold
ing first grade certificates, passed, a.
did 1879, fixing the license of timer
ant physicians at $25 per year. Hous,
bill 169. which attempted to require
one minority paper in each county t.
be made Official was defeated.
The House then took up Senat'
bills, passing senate bill ZIG r~elatin;
TO forgery; 102. providing name o
appeal ia criminal cases; SO, regulat
ing taxation OF corporations by ia,
commission: 65. providing "a jai
sentence for wife desertion; Is. max
ing q mortgage of property not il
o-isterce void: and S. B. 81, which
fixes the salary of Doane Robinson
encretarv OF the state historical SO
cialy, and head OF state referenc
aenartment and IS bureau a
$4,000 a year. Patterson wanted t,
cut this to s1,S00 aud Boreson sup
ported the amendment, which was OPP
lposed by Swanson, Bielskf, Anderson