The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-02-11
NORMAL ISSUE IS
PUT UP TO HOUSE
BY THE COMMITTEE
No Recommendation
Made on Abolishing
Springfield ST hool.
ROAD LAW PASSES
Measure to Regulate Traffic
on Highways is Approved
by the House.
ROAD LAW PASSES

Pierre, S. D.-The house commit
tee go busy yesterday afternoon and
brought in a minority and majority
committee ON the bill to begin i'm
provements on grounds Tor a new
insane hospital at WATERFOWL. the
majority OF the committee being
against any such expenditure, and the
minority for it.
The educational committe appar-
emily did not care to go to record on
the bill to abolish the Springfield
Normal. and put that issue up to the
house without any recommendation
as to the views of the committee.
These two reports mean action on
the floor Of the house today when
they come up for consideration.
The senate bill to prevent "nepo-
tism," on the part of state officers,
got II lone supporting vote yestcr-
day afternoon when the adverse COM
mtttce report came up in the house
for adoption. Anderson of Clark
moved to strike out the word mot
from the report but failed I'd get 4
second, and the report was adopted
without further protest. putting tina.
q sDSAg wv - uAilIlil6 LII tillS SSS-
sion.
The adverse committee report on
the bill for nine o'clock closing Of
pool halls did not even get one pro-
test, and 1t was wiped out on lkC
adoption Of the report OF the commit
tee.
New house bills were: 1876, Nofbv,
providing regulations for fixing
boundaries Of commissioner districts
In newly divided counties; 1915,
Trip, appropriating $3.50 deficiency
at State Reform school, 1877. Me.
Grath, legalizing the incorporation of
the town Of Presho: 1913, Groce. rs
ing a license fee Of $25 for itineraut
physicians; 1913, Berdahl, providing
for n method OF holding elections in
towns not under the COMMISSION
form OF governments; 200, Berdenl,
making the drawing Of IL check where
no account IS kept, q misdemeanor;
201, knight, of Dewey, extending the
regulations of horse inspection to
cattle shipments: 202, 1.abrie, allow
Ing a three-fourths jury verdict III
CIVIL cases; 2Os3, Norby, fixing terms
Of court In the new county OF Haak-
ON; 204, deficiency appropriation oil
H204 for DR.. O. N. Hoyt; POS, Gu
dahl, regulating iiow of water from
lrtesian wells; 206, Rinehart, regul-
Atlng redemption OF lands sold for
taxes; 2O7, Anderson of Corson. state
hail insurance.
On third reading the house passed
n. b. 147, making the governor, nj
t0rney general and superintendent OF
instruction, ex-officio members of the
state humane society: 1913, authoris-
ing the state board of health to re-
fund fees In certain cases; IS, legal
1Efng the incorporation of the town
OF Bushnell. The bill to fix fee. of
town treasurers, after a snort debate,
passed by SO votes yes, but as it Vas
an emergency act it was lost for fail-
ute to secure two-thirds, and when
III was reconsiderod for the purpose OF
striking OFF the emergency clause. it
went down with only 40 Favorable
votes, not enough. to carry 1t.
Law OF Road Fixed.
Hursh of Lawrence was called TO
the chair, and House Bill AS, reIat-
Ing to the law Of the road was called
zip. Its provisions were not satisfac-
tory and q general talkfest was
started. Sedronosky for the bill and
flnahart offering an amendment so
allow the ii in the road to hold It
when another came up behind. Ruck-
ina,a supported the amendment, on
the plea that the mar with a heavy
load should not be forced to get out
az the country when an auto bogus
to boot behind him. Gudahl thought
that one had as much right as the
other, as rthere were many places
In public roads where the vehicle
coming mp behind could not pass UNI
less the one ahead gave a part Of
the road. Swanson wanted the bill
I regulate the fellow who was try
ing to hold the road. Cole said he
was a farmer and did not own al,
auto, only a Ford. and he thought
both the team and the auto should
have equal rights on the road. VOL
Ter said he started with a "one-
hunger and had kept on until he
now owns a real automobile and that
il. the present bill is dumped and the
law left as it is there will be no
trouble. Andersen wanted the law
to fix the rule of the road and San
born wanted the road hogs, both Of
Inc LeaUl ana auto class regulated.