The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-02-10

III WHICH Inc idStlou OPpOSiuS lo
present law won a notable victory on
the floor of the house. According Ia
these early Indications, the present
session will give close, scrutiny to All
repeats on the Richards law, and IL
like action is obtained in the senate.
changes. There is a general trend of
opinion among the legislators that the
present statute is entirely too cumber
some. and that it could work Just as
effectively, and perhaps more so. II
several parts of it are thrown out.
Many of the sections cause an expense
to the state without any particular adj
vantage, and others parts have been
found to be Objectionable when put
to actual practice.
Transfer of the SIS, 900 annual ap-
preparation distributed heretofore in
wolf bounties into the hands of the
game department for the employ
ment of special hunters to wipe on.
wolves, coyotes and other predatory
animals is involved in q bill to be In.
troduced in the legislature by the
game committees. The senate game
committee has already introduced q
bill modelled after the New York buck
law, prohibiting the killing OF female
deer at any time. Bills have been in
troduced in the house changing the
chicken bag" from five a day for the
thirty day season to fifty, ducks from
fifteen a day to 800 for the season,
and increasing the penalty for over.
shooting from a $40 total to S. a bird
The house adopted the two big sen.
ate bills which passed the senate deal.
ing with cement and highway bonds.
The one increases from one TO two
million the authorized bond issue for
a state cement plant and from 10 to
20 years the term of the bonds, max.
ing possible a 2,00O-barrel cement
plant instead Of the contemplated l.
00o-barrel plant, which it was discov.
cred the n million would not cover.
The other increases from five to six
per q the interest on the four mil.
lion unsold highway bonds out of the
six million authorized by the last SEES.
sion.
Senator George Danforth, Of Mime
haha county, has introduced a meas
ure in the senate which would fix the
weight of bread loaves made by bak.
ers engaged in the business of whole.
sailing or retailing bread, and provides
for the wrapping of bread sold for re-
sale. The bill specifies bakers bread
must be made in loaves weighing one,
one and one-half, two or more even
pounds. In cases where bread is sold
for resale, each loaf shall be properly
wrapped with a suitable wrapper, A
fine Of SO to 500 accompanied BY a
jail sentence is provided for viola.
tons OF the law.
The joint committee on agriculture
introduced in the senate a bill which
would authorize the governor and di.
rector of markets to employ an expert
accountant to make a survey covering
the cost Of production of various farm
products, in accordance with the pro-
gram of Governor McMaster as out.
lined by him in his message to the leg.
islature. The bill carries an appropri-
alton Of $40, 900 to cover expenses Of
the expert accountant and his assist.
ant during the two years ending June
80. 1928.
South Dakota will have a lasting me.
mortal at Washington, ID. c., If the bill
introduced by Senator Erskine, of
Meade county, passes both houses.
The measure authorizes the secretary
of state to contract for a slab of ma
tive South Dakota granite, two by
four feet by six inches and to have en-
graved upon it the seal Of the state.
He is further authorized to send the
completed salb to Washington and to
have it placed in the Washington
monument. The bill calls for an ap.
preparation OF $3.50 for this purpose.
mittee has drawn up a bill providing
that any minister or priest may made
application to the state sheriff for per-
mission to purchase wine and when ~
sued 1t will authorize the purchase OF
this wine anywhere in or outside OF
the state and at the same time the
state sheriff will issue a permit to the
common carrier to transport such
liquor and deliver 1t to the minister on
priest ordering 1t, providing the sher.
ifs order 10 securely fastened to the
outside Of the c~ontainer. A 12-gaIlop
yearly Limit Is fixed.
Hoping to make things easier for the
dependent mothers OF the state, a bin
will be introduced in the state legisla.
ture Immediately after recess to raise
the provisions Of the mothers pension
law. This IL being done in accordance
with the request made by Governor
McMaster in his message, in which he
asked that the allowance made be
raised considerably.
The senate adopted two patriotic
measured, n requiring an oath of al
legiance from teachers and the. other
u-oiding a SION nenality FIR false vear.