Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-03-13
DAKOTA LAWMAKERS


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! THE house ON the Ath passed the omnibus ap-
,ropriation btH Totals are - follows:
University q Dakct O. :. 800
! University OF North Dnketa ........... $1,000
hadison normal school. ool................... Jl,7
| spearfish normal school ......a... 3l,1o0
,'lankinton reform schopl.... II 600
Agricultural college, at Brookings. Sl,S75
rapid City school Of mines. ............ 33,2l4
sioux Falls school for deaf mutes. .... 81, 500
sioux F6sts pelsftsntiary !. ............. $500
| bismarck peattentssfy..s ...........,.. $500
Yankton hospital for the insane. 1ll.075
| Jamestown hospital for tho insane. lI4.500
| Artesian we'll, jamestown Asylum. 1900
| Commissioners Of Immigration ...... ez1,OO0
| Grand total. soc7, ,sss
! Tho special committee to which was referred
he Swanson railroad bill, which is a substitute
| Tor the Alliance bill, resurrected and reported
back still further emasculsted by providing
| that the attorney general shall do the work
! aecessary to be done in enforcing the law.
Among the council bills passed BY the house
we're the following: Declaring the sdmissi-
hitty uf the compiled laws as evidence Of the
GENERAL OF statutes; allowing Lawrence countya
debt 70 be refunded ct lower rate Of interesti
providing that AL territorial ofiices shall
ssg':;l sss fs'is s.'s,;a. i; asaI. s g:
were the following: Giving the Judge Of Pro-
! bate In counties having 10000 inhabitants
clerk; providing for sinking artesian wells;
Citations: providing that no person shall hold
any two Of the following Offices treasurer,
sheriff, auditor register, clerk OF court. Justice
! Of the peace, county commissioner; requiring
elevator pr ,perty to bs assessed at the same
time as other property; authorizing the incor-
poration NJ cities Of 5000 inhabitants; permit
ting registered physicians to dispense poison;
adding part of the Sisseton reservation to Day
county. MIR. Patton,s prohibition bill was
amended to take effect inslediately ny
voting for the amendment. The prohibitonsts
will now vote against the bill Their object
| was to prevent licenses from being, is-
sued to- run beyond January l, and to have
the influence Of a law taking effect jan
unry /. 1890, upon the constitutional con-
sysntion to be, held this summer
| The council passed the following appropria-
tions Bismarck penitentiary Soio1l; Plank
| inton reform school, S14,0V; also bill estab-
| fishing blind asylum at Pierre with no ap-
| preparation authorizing cities of 3ooJ people
! to extend their corporate limits; requiring
ass SCISSORS to procure statistics for the commits
sioner of immgrati"n Among the o,, house ia Oils
| tions granting Verm ion university 100 con
demned muskets. The governor vetoed the bull
repeating the railroad commissioner law Inc
evening session Was taken up in the considera-
! tion OF Walsh 9 railroad tax bill.
| In the council on the 5th the Minnesota gross
earnings railroad law finally passed-yeas,
Allen. Cameron, Campbell HALEY, Hughes.
| Mcdonald Pclndexter, Ryan. Walsh. Sti,uinel.
| Washabaugh and Patton were paired and Low
ry and Hustled and Miller absent. Among the
| bills passed were Stimmcl's bill providing for
| the adoption OF children Van osdcls bill com
| pensating persons injured at the insane asy ylum
| at Yankton; Poindexters bill regulating the
| sale Of liquors for medicinal purposes. House
! bills: for Incorporating cities OF 500; to pay
| George F. Ingraham 800 for expenses as sheriff
| for arrest on requisition ana the prisoner
| escaped to pay Sheriff Sundbach for the arrest
| of Il criminal in Washington territory; anthor-
iGing corporations to amend articles of hssocIa-
| ton regulating he salaries Of county auditors.
| In the house among the council bills passed
| were the following: Giving railroad conduc-
tors, tF,1 n 20
nance of public officers requiring fines, etc, TO
| DO paid into the county treasury ;amendng the
game law, changing the date to August Ia for
| feting all interest where more thnn IL per cent.
| is charged providing that irrevelant defenses
| may be stricken out approlriating -23,Do for
repairs on the Grand Forks university reap-
| propriating the balances for the Grand Forks
| university; authorizing courts to cancel in
| cumbrances on real estate where the defendant
neelects or refuses The house bills pa passed
Were the following: Appropriatine Sl2oo an
| nually for the salary OF the clerk of the terri
torial treasurer establishing board of corr.s-
| tions and charities !; for printing 10000 copies
| OF the Sioux Falls constitution; providing for
| county boards of auditors; declaring combina-
| tions. etc, against trusts unlawful Patt S
| effect January l. 1890, and passed-ayes, 81
! nays. IL. When the railroad bill came mp Nor
ris offered number 296 MS an amendment. heith
supported the alliance bill. Aikens assnilcd
| the speaker furiously, Keith replying, II was
| one of the most bitter controversies ever wit
messed in the legislative halls 1t was clear
ing up shower and the house settled oown tn
business when the Swanson bill, substantially
the alliance bill passed : ayes, 27;
sented to the governor calls for s6as $50.
The governor vetoed the Valley City asricul-
tural bill. The house in the evening passed the
following council bills General revision of the
school laws; authorizing cities Of 5000 people
to extend corporate limits providing for publ
| cation Of the laws in newspapers at ) cents per
| !olio-the papers must have circulation OF 5OU
| and have been published one year--where there
| is no paper Of the class Indicated published the
| county commissioners designate one paper.
| Thn governor vetoed the bill raising the asri-
cultural fair appropriation to $1,000. Passed
| over the veto-ayes, Al nays 4. The Ashton
normal school was defeat ed-7ayes. IS nays, n.
! The council passed the house bills appropriat
ing funds to recover the deficiency in the salary
fund in the Dakota university at Vernlilion and
| the school Of mines; the council bill appropri-
| ating eli. .693 deficiency in jamestown as yum
| coal accounts.
In the council on the 9th all the veto mes
sages we're msie the special order for Friday.
| A few council bills we're passed and half doz-
| en- house bills, but the day was spent generally
in talk Among the house bills passed Were
Burnham's bill providing clerks for municipal
courts, and the bill providing for the sinking of
| artesian wells. The house settled down to bus
mess and passed or killed almost everything.
| Mr.. Fletchers bill to strengthen the local op-
| tion law passed-ayes, 3 nays, L. 1t gives to
| local option counties the main provisions of all
The house passed the council bill providing fol
the Australian system of voting-ayes, AZ mays
also the council bill for refunding the capital
1s s n ito
rescued from him by mob. passed over the b.
| veto Mencie alone voting no. Also Price bill
| for regulating the business OF loan associations
| noes. The veto of the bill defining the class
Of newspapers in which legal advertisements
shall be published was sustained-ayes, IL
| nays, q. A large number OF house bills were
passed including that restoring TO Eddy county
| three townships heretofore added to Wells
county; Mr.. Baldwins bill providing that rail;
| stations for shipping grain from farmers
| wagons requiring banks operating under t. ri
I torial laws to make sworn statements Potter's
| bin prohibiting abstract officers from entering
| Judgments against homesteads when making
| abstracts. Council bills were passed ms follows
| To preserve the waters of Tongue river provid
| ing for the collection and compilation Of statis
| tics Z; authorizing commissioners to transfer te
the general fund uncxpended balances In road
and bridge funds; appropriating funds 70 cover
| deficiencies In the school OF mines, fanktoI
| asyium and yarmillion university.
THE governor OF the 7th vetoed the omnibus
appropriation bill The gross earnings law II
re-enacted and is in the hands of the governor
| It provides for per cent. tax on all earnings
! including interstate commerce provided tht
| railroad companies agree to pay S2S7 ,OU, within
! thirty days and s127 900 before August IL. d
hnts sss ooo !" 9th the " connties Of south Dakata
and 3la5 coo to the territory. The other system
would not have given to exceed s90ooo durins
| tion, has gone to the governor for his signature
! After the defeat OF No. 2a6, the M nnesota law
Swanson re-introduced the bill and it is likely
to become law. The veterinary surgeon in
vestigation committee reported that thel
found that the veterinary surgeon had been en-
ergetic but extrsvagant in the expenditure o
| the public funds that all hut two Of his depu
ties were not competent veterinary surgeons
that none had received written authority to act
none had taken an oath Of Office; one not al
elector Of the territory was appointed for duty
at the Minnesota transfer; his accounts wert
not properly itemized. and the auditor
and governor were blamed for not check
ing him before the funds were exhausted
Among the council bills passed in the houss
were bills authorizing cities of 5000 to appoini
one or more assessors; paying Charles 1homp
son q, ,0oO On account Of capitol construction
authorizing the payment Of lost bonds or cou
| pons providing for this reassessnent of abntt
ing property for street Improvement; prosia,n
that no criminal suit, except in case Of felony
shall be commenced without consent Of an Mt
torney, unless bonds for coats are given. bill
croati, Harrison county, from the western
part Of McPners N county, Was passed in tn,
house. Among the council bills passed by III,