The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-01-18

are going to demand of the state
legislature. Chief among these
matters will be the question of pro
viding for making up the deficit in
municipal revenues caused by the new
state automobile tax, which goes in.
to the state road funds. Heretofore,
under the personal property assess
ment law, the cities have shared in
automobile tax receipts.
The new law takes all this away
from the cities. Mitchell loses s12 900
a year by the new tax; Sioux Falls
loses $3S, 900. The cities plan to draft
a bill providing that their pro rata Of
the tax be restored to them.
In the senate G. s. Amsden, Grant
county, was nominated president pro
tempore for the fifth time. Senate
employees nominated were: Secretary,
A. b. Blake, Huron; first assistant,
w. j. Nation, Kingsbury county:
second assistant, Fl. j. Egger, Vienna;
bill clerk, w. A. Prather, Mitchell;
.engrossing chief, Joseph Flaa, Re.
villo; proof reader, Guy L. Erickson,
Pierre; sergeant at arms, John D.
Grams, Lead; postmaster, Donald
McLain, Webster: assistant, Jack
Winans, Lyman county; messenger,
Seth Hetland; pages. Edward Null
lally, Roy Calhoun, Orville Wheeion,
Pierre.
Without a rifle e. o. Frescoln, of
Trip county, was unanimously nomi,
mated for speaker by the republican
caucus Of the house which is practi.
cally an election, because of the mi.
nority Of the other parties. Prior to
the caucus, il was announced both
Charles S. Mcdonald of Minnehaha
county and George B. Otte Of Clark
county had withdrawn from the race.
The nomination of Frescoln was made
by George Burlington, Gregory coun,
ty. and seconded by Mr.. Otte.
The veteran OF the house is Damon
Fl. Clark, of Lawrence county. This
will be his sixth consecutive session.
He has had only n equal in point OF
long legislative service in the house
since South Dakota became a state.
Representative A. c. Roberts, of Day
county, had six sessions to his credit
when i'll health forced him to retire
two years ago.. Clark began his career
as a lawmaker in 1913. He has served
on the more important committees
Of the house every session.
solons, the coming session is to be
marked by economy and remedial
legislation. There will be economy"
said Lieut.. Gov. Carl G%underson, but
it will not be that sort of economy
that will handicap the Institutions OF
the state or the state needs. South Da.
kota has outgrown it's swaddling
clothes, and fitting garments must be
provided for it. 1t will be the task
of the legislature to provide these
garments"
While the rest of the members
have been gathering, the budget board
has been busy hearing reports and
requests, and making ready to pre-.
sent its recommendations to the leg.
islature. The budget boards per.
sonnet is Governor McMaster, Hugh
Smith, Jay Reeves, Representative
Frescoln of Trip, Representative
Stenning of Clark, Senator Erskine OF
Sturgis, and Senator Erickson OF
Union.
The report of the budget board must
be submitted by the fifteenth legisla.
tive day, SO it will probably get to the
legislators about January Is. Inas
much as the function of the budget
institutions and then to report what
they should have in view of the con.
dition Of the state treasury, their
recommendations carry a great deal
of authority.
Citizens committee and legislative
members from southeastern counties
adjusted differences over the location
they would back for the first Missouri
river state bridge. They will urge 10
cation of the first of the three con
templated bridges between Charles
Mix and Gregory counties. the exact
location to be determined by the state
engineer.
Hearings on the Ellefson-Nesbit seat
contest from Minnehaha county con.
tinued before the senate election com.
mittee behind closed doors. Additional
snate c~hairmanships made public in
c,uded insurance, Kaas, of Marshall:
printing, Frenzy, of Yankton; rural
credits. Wickre. OF Day, and temper
ance, LOOMS. OF Sphinx.
Assurance that the 5000 Legislative
expense allowance would be brought
before the present session for dis
cussion was given when senate Off
Gals announced that the first bill to
be Introduced in that body would be
one by Amsden. of Grant, repeating
the act authorizing such allowance.