The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-04

with the secretary OF tate. Twenty
live bills have passed both houses,
and are not Yet signed. Three joint
resolutions passed both houses and
were filed in the office of the secre-
tary Of state This makes a total OF
ninety-one.
AT every session q lot of little APP
precipitation bills como in ranging
from n hundred dollars down, and
il some means could be devised to
meet these in some other way than
by special appropriations. it would
spell a. large saving TO the state. IT.
is estimated that it costs from $3.50
to $3.50 to pass a law according to
the amount of time taken in discus
sion in committees and on the floor. |
and to eNpend that o to allow
an ACCENT of less than Il hundred
dollars is not an economical method.
One bill in this session appropriates
three dollars. II costs moro than
that amount 10 print the bin. and
tho roll calls OF The two houses. with
ont considering the other expense
attached.
Only One .tu,lac TO Circuit.
The representatives of the Sioux
Falls bar in the city arc not just
satisfied With i1e vote of The house
which turned down their bill for two
Judges in the second circuit They
have apparently convinced them
selves that tho law would stand a
itest, ANA they wanted 10 Try ii out.
Rnt unless the house members iatcr
] .b,,,ra. tl,Ai. ,,:nb. titn, vein insici
!thai enc means Just n sinGl" in
divianal instead OF a focE, when
mentioned in tho constitution, rs
we'll as in Webster's dictionary.
Text Book niil QUE.
The much talked of text book bill
came out in the senate Saturday at
iernoon without any recommends
ton by the committee. ana there will
be an effort on the part OF the OPP
iposition to put it out OF existence
as soon as The committee report is
up to be acted upon. The lobby ON
that particular measure has hcen
about a. active as upon anything
lolsc which has been up the repro-
seriativcs OF the ''little book sup
iuly honSes being here in force. and
charming That il is n bill of the big
hcollc1rnS.
Representative Qnicksiad was
caught mapping ON parliamentary
rules early in the session and saw
enc OF his bills so INTO the discard
Through his lack of the technical mp
lplic4ti0n OF parliamentary u$afr, u"
loVidonily has bee studying mp sincc
that date. and With Representative
March III the chair Saturday fore
noon Quickstud rose TO IL point OF
order'' and when asked 10 state his
point. cited Che rule which requires
ithc speaker 10 rise from his chair
in putting a motion to the house.
The point" was cansht by the house
and the representative from deuel.
brought down the house.
At the morning session of the
house the bin to appoint a commits
sion 10 study agricultural methods
OF other states and report. went INTO
the discard on adoption of commit
tee rcprt.
Mcfarland asked that the house
hill in regard TO county local option
on free range be taken ont OF com
mittee of whole and placed on the
calendar, L%undquist opposed on the
ground that it would. if enacted. give
the floating vote OF q county the right
TO vote away the property rights OF
-ilhe actual residents, but ON a mar
row majority il was placed II for
ina Vote.
A nov bin, III. u. 1876, a~ppropriates
~$11&0.S0 10 finish payment oil pei
diem OF employees OF the present
session.
Senate bill $50. appropriatins
$t14I.33 deficiency for national
guard was passed as WAS S. -. lS5,
lappropriating S~5f7%.1S T3i other
guard accounts.
The house passed II. j. Il. 10. Tor a
constitutional amendment extending
the powers of small towns for tau
limits for electric lights and other
utilities: II. B. PIG, Requiring notice
to creditors before sale OF real cs-
tate; $40. providing regulations fol
control OF building and lean assoc
cations; 3SS. providing regulations
for vote on county division and 22f-
appropriation of 5000 for fund i"l
fighting forest fires.
IL. q. 23$, allowing the sia,e
,noard OF charities and corrections
to fix the salary of the warden of tht
ipcnitcntialN. and employees OF that
Institution vent down on indefinite
postponcmen, after Withec had OPP
posed on tho ground that il took
off the lid, in which I've was backed
by Ruckman. who called attention
no the opportunities the bill opened
in that line.
SECOND CIRCUIT WILL NOT
RE GIVEN EXTRA JUDGE.