The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-01-28

tire official social function for the
opening Of the session. There was no
inaugural ball for the first time In the
history OF the state. The American
Legion gave a dancing party at the
auditorium, which in an unofficial
way, took the place Of this usually
brilliant social gathering. Another
precedent was broken in the fact that
the receiving line was in the rotunda
OF the capitol instead Of the governors
reception room.
Moving picture censorship will again
come before the legislature as a 70.
suit OF the introduction, by Represent
atlve Lumard, Of Brule, of a bill pro-
vlding for a board Of three members.
the chairman receiving $4,000 and the
other two members $1,000 each, to re.
view all films brought into the state
for exhibition. They would have head
quarters at the capitol. A fee OF 81
a reel would be charged m%anufactur.
ers or exchanges, or less, IL this pro.
vlded more than sufficient to pay the
expenses of the board. Fees on films
Tor educational and charitable institu-
tons may be RENTED under the bill.
According to plans formulated at a
meeting held at Huron, a bill will be
presented to the legislature, asking
that $4,000 be appropriated in 1920
and $4,000 in 1921, for the purpose of
l nr2dfc1tinp wn1y-0o anVnna ~,~,%,;c
lions, bobcats, prairie dogs, ground
squirrels, pocket. gophers, jack rab-
DTS, n other predatory animals and
rodents which are destructive of live
stock and detrimental to crop and for
age production. According to the ten.
tatlve plans, the money will be used
TO carry on a systematic campaign to
poison the animals and rid the country
Of them.
The soldier bonus bill for South Da.
kota has been prepared for introduc.
ton. 1t provides for a Sc, 200, 900 bond
issue to raise funds to be distributed
by a soldiers compensation commits.
sion with the governor as chairman at
the rate of SIS a month for each
month served and SO cents for each
additional day to each ualified person
who served at least thirty days, who
was a resident of the state at least
ninety days prior to entering, the
service, and who was honorably DIS
charged, or is still in service and who
was not a conscientious objector.
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Notes given physicians for medici-
nal Services which now must be
marked as such and are non-negotiable
would be put on a par with other
notes under a bill introduced by Rep.
resentative Perkins, of Perkins coun.
ty. The present law, he says, is a
relic of a condition which quack
i%tinerant physicians travelled through
the country and tool notes for future
health benefits similar to those taken
up by some stock statesmen in more
recent years, selling the notes and
failing to produce the health.
Sheep killing dogs do away with
5000 to 5000 sheep and lambs in
South Dakota every year, in the
opinion Of J. c. Holmes. Of the extern
sion department Of the South Dakota
State College, who has an 11-page Wis.
consin dog law in his pocket ready
for introduction If the time seems ripe.
With a $3.50 license on males and a
IS license fee on females, there is a
detailed procedure for carrying out
the work OF protecting animals from
dogs, and doing away with strays
which have no excuse for living.
The first law Of the session was en-
acted when the house passed senate
bill No. 2, an emergency Measure re-
moving 5 per cent maximum on inter-
| est offered on state revenue warrants,
when necessary for their sale. The
bill was explained before the house
by State Treasurer O'Brien as neces-
sary to provide funds to run on, and
safeguard the credit Of the state az
there is now no sale for the 5 Fer cent
state paper.
A resolution was introduced by Ell.
skine, OF. Meade. asking congress to
make Armistice day. November IL, the
J legal THANKSGIVING day. Rules for the
session were submitted and adopted,
unchanged from last year, except in
that the committee on cities under
commission form OF government is
combined with that on municipal cor
| porat:ons and the new committees OF
labor and uniform laws named.
Speaker Berdahl announced two
committees as his first official act. On
the committee op rules he named
Buell.. of Pennington, chairman; Nord-
ness. OF Day; Swanson, Of Brown;
Wickre. of Day; Burlington, Of Greg.
DRY. and Lumbar, of Brule. On cor.
r~ection OF the journal he appointed
Fred Coin. of Trip, chairman; War