The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-01-25
THE S. OAK LEGISLATURE
DoINGs OF THE LAWMAKERS
AND GOSSIP AROUND THE
CAPITOL AT PIERRE.

Legislation BrOWlnB out Oh the TO-
port of the efficiency survey Is to be
drawn by a joint committee of 8
senator's and IL representatives.
Senator Bogue, of Turner, heads the
senate committee and holds the rank.
ing position on the joint organization;
Representative Wall, Of Butte, heads
the house list. Members include
Wagner and Babcock, Of Codington;
Campbell and Williamson, of Brown.
The committee has authority to sum
mon witnesses and investigate find
ings of the efficiency survey and pre-
pare a proposed system of admins
trative reorganization.
There are 67 farmers In the two
houses of the South Dakota legisia-
ture, or a little less than half the 146
men who are in Pierre to make the
laws in the Eighteenth Legislative
session. There are As senator's, and
they are all on hand. OF 103 house
members, one Almquist, of Day, has
moved to Iowa, ana it has been IN
nounced that he will not appear to
qualify, while Alderman, of Campbell,
has not yet appeared on account Of
i'll health, according to his colleagues.
Provision for an automobile owner
ship certificate in the hands of every
owner is contained in a bill intro
duced in the senate by Erskine, of
Meade. He would stop car thieves by
requesting the issuance of a descrip-
tive certificate by the county treas
urer at the time the license was
taken, with new certificates issued
when ownership is changed. Any car
OF a transient in the state more than
30 days is held to come-under the pro-
visions of the act.
Another bill was introduced to make
hail insurance elective, senate bill No.
6, by Atherton, of Lake, while Hoese,
of McCook, introduced a bill in the
house to repeal the provision for 5000
legislative expense money. This
makes three bills to this effect now
before the legislature. Bogue, of
Turner, introduced senate bill No. 9,
authorizing the employment of more
than one official court reporter, each
to receive pay only when serving.
The hottest fight for assignments
on any Legislative committee in the
session ended when Speaker F~rescoln
announced the house highways COM
mittee. Out of 81 applicants for
places on the list he picked Warren,
of Lawrence, for chairman, and for
the rest of the committee, Costain,
Muggli, Gilbert, Bates, Nyquist, Hagg,
Mondry, Wosnuk. Milliken, Wumkes,
Tyler, Larson, Chase and Nelson.
Resolutions of sympathy were
adopted in the senate, on motion of
Convey, OF Trip, on the death of
Senators Lincoln, of Brown, and Hors-
fall, of Moody, since the last session.
Senators Convey, Wickre, of Day, and
Robertson, of Stanley, were instruct
cd to draw up such resolutions, and
Senator Alseth, of Kingsbury; Cock,
of Butte, and Johnson, OF Union, to
arrange memorial services.
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Three measures certain to provoke
hot fights were introduced at the first
legislative business session. Eggers, of
Minnehaha, put in house bill No. /,
making hail insurance optional. Ans
den, of Grant, proposed repeal Of the
5000 legislative expense allowance
In senate bill No. /, and Benson, of
Moody, introduced senate bill No. 2,
repeating the mortgage registry a
Eric J. Ellefson, democrat, will re-
tain his seat as senator from Mime
haha county, under a unanimous re-
port of the elections committee, which
Of the session on the contest brought
by w. c. Nesbit, republican, for the
place. Votes as accepted by the COM
mittee give Ellefson a majority Of
more than 100.
An appeal for closer union between
the Rosebud country and the rest of
the state was made to house members
when Bishop Blair Roberts was called
on during a 10-minute recess. He said
he did not van to make a political
speech. but based his appeal on eco
nomic gains to the whole state which
would result from uniting the two
sections.
A sentiment in favor OF sending at
least part OF the states expense
problem up in smoke is developing
among legislators. A proposal, appar-
emily meeting with some favor, il ITO
OF / cent tax on cigarets. AT an aver
age Of . cents q package, it is esti-
mated this should bring in $780, 900 q
year.
The senate passed the Miller bill
making tampering with ballots before
time for contest expires a felony.
House committee chairmanships.
made public by Speaker Frescoln in.
cluded. Banking, Allen Of Sanborn;
county affairs, Burlington. Gregory;
judiciary, Buell. OF Pennington: dairy
products, Bussey OF Bon Homme;