The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-02-20

with a lot of amendments tackled to
il, which if adopted when again tax
en- up will not leave it anything in
the shape it is desired by the follow.
ers of that class of healing.
After many weeks of stress and
trial, the joint highway committee has
finally started its bill for a highway
system for the state. The bill is a
long one and could not be explained
in full i ma short article, but one of
the features which is entirely differ
ent from any former measure for high
way improvement is that it carries a
six million dollar bond issue for high
ways, which if adopted will mean a
twelve million dollar fund for that
purpose in the state, as the general
government appropriates an equal
amount as that appropriated by the
state. This with the county funds
will lea a lot of road improvement
in the state in the next few years.
A new building at the state college
at Brookings is covered in the bill by
Carlisle in the senate, appropriating
$85. 900 for a new heating and lighting
plant at that institution, and Ruben
of Hamlin wants the law against FIR
ing target rifles and ~air-guns within
town limits amended to cover the
throwing of missiles in such streets.
The dog tax law is to be material
ly amended by the bill by Gill of
Brookings who doubles the present Ii
cense fee for dogs, and makes it an
open eason at all times for dogs with
out license tags, and no legal recourse
for such destruction on the part of
the alleged owner. The tax collected
for such dog licenses instead of go
ing into the school fund goes into a
special fund to pay for sheep destroyed
by dogs.
Senator Bartels of Deuel. was ap-
parently left out when the bill was
passed providing for per diem and
mileage of members, and his expense
in coming to the capital and return
home Is covered In a special bill sent
in by the appropriations committee.
The fight over the bill to increase
salaries of deputy game wardens will
be interesting to the hunting session
of the eastern part of the state. The
original bill allowed $3.50 a month";
which was reduced to $125 in the SEN
ate, and the attempt to get it back to
$50 in the house created a tempest
in a teapot in which Bolk of Cooling
ton expressed anything but compli-
mentary remarks as to the work of
the wardens, and as the fight grew to
the decidedly heated stage in the
house, the whole procedure was stop
ped by a motion to adjourn, and by
the time of the meeting the next af-
ternoon all was again serene and the
bill went through without opposition
at s125.
Trappers in the eastern lakes will
be intereste din the bill to make trap
ping on land without permission of
the owner of lease holder a misde-
meanor. The bill being based on the
theory that at the present price of fur
the owner of the trap has a right to
the value of the product and can con-
troll its taking, but will keep a num-
Der of young trappers on their guard
to see that they do not get vi of
bounds to do their trapping.
The resolution for a constitutional
amendment to allow county superin-
tendents to hold more than two terms,
Is out for presentation to the people
again at the next election, and while
it has been voted down a couple of
times the hackers are just as enthus-
iastic as ever in regard to this.
The new hunting law which fixes
the opening day for water fowl and
stubble on the same day, September
16, is of interest in the lake regions
of the state. as is the law authorizing
the state game department to acquire
duck passes and fly ways for the ben
eft of the general public, which was
backed by Hamlin county people as
something they needed in their part
Of the state to cut out the leasing
of such advantageous places by the
wealthy clubs and hunters, which IL
declared to be getting to n point where
the local hunter has few opportunities
left to get a shot at the water fowl
which congregate in the lake regions.
8. A. Travis.
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