Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-16
the DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.

To dInBnu ATLIIite III hcrttld .iOH itEulaliuE
the salary OF county auditors.
In the house among the bills passed were
the following: Giving railroad conductors
police powers; providing for the maintenance
OF puoiic Off GERS; requiring fines, etc, To bo
paid into the county treasury amending
the game law. changing the date 10
August Is; forteiting all interest where
more than IL per cent. is charged: providing
that irrelevant defenses may be stricken out;
appropriating $4,000 for repairs on the Grand
Forks university; reapproprlating the bal
auces for the Grand Forks university; au-
thorizing courts to. cancel membranes on
real estate where the defendant neglects or
refuses; appropriatipg $1,000 annually Tor
the salary Of the clerk of the territorial treaF-
urer: establishing a board Of corrections AMI
charities; for printing 100, 200 copies Of The
Sioux Falls constitution; providing for county
boards Of auditors; declaring combinations,
etc, against trusts unlawful.
After a bitter controversy the wanson
railroad bill, substantially the alliance bill,
was passed by a vote OF u to 10.
At the evening session the house passed
the following council bills: General revision
If the school laws; authorizing cities of 5000
people to extend corporate limits; providing
for publication OF the laws In newspapers at
5 cents per folio-the papers must have a
circulation Of 500 and have been published
one year-where there Is no paper OF the class
tudtdlfu phbliSiANh, al NNUA'f
ers designate one paper.
The governor vetoed the bill raising the
agricultural fair appropriation 10 $4,000.
Passed over the vcto-ayes, Al; nays,4.
The Ashton normal school was defeated
ayes, 10; rays, q.
BISMARCK, March THE governor has
vetoed the omnibus appropriation bill. The
Alliance railroad bill has gone 10 the governor
for his signature.
Among the council bills passed in the house
were bills authorizing cities Of 5000 TO APP
point one or more city assessors; paying
Charles Thompson IL, COO on account OF capt
tol construction; authorizing the payment Of
lost bonds or coupons: providing FOR the re-
assessment of abutting property for street I'm
provement; providing that no criminal suit,
except In case Of felony, shall be commenced
without consent OF All attorney, unless bonds
for costs are given.
A bill creating Harrison county, from the
western part Of McPherson county, was
passed in the house.
Among the council bills passed by the coun-
ell were the following: Repeating chapter
lO5, laws of 1883; reappropriating 5000 I'M
expended balance for the Bismarck peniten-
tiary: exemptlDg from taxation certain farm
ing utensils; TO protect stock breeds and 10
promote the improvement OF live stock.
The house passed the following bills:
Making void the provision for attorneys fees
IN notes, bonds, mortgages, etc. MeNsu's
/ u regulating contracts by county boards
,or stationery. etc. ""a..es bni providing
for the taxation Of telegraph companies;
amending the charter OF the city OF Mays
vile; authorizing townships and cities to aid
In the construction Of railroads; to pay K. I.
Harrington for a herd OF cattle slaughtered
by order Of Gov. Pierce; protecting owners OF
warehouses and elevator receipts; abolishing
the office OF county auditor where the assessed
valuation Is less than $500, 600; the Alliance
bill declaring trusts aud combinations un-
lawful; authorizing counties TO purchase
~artesian we'll outfits,
BIsMA C March S.-The house sustained
the governors veto Of the Valley City Agri-
cultural College bill. The omnibus app.o-
prlatlon bin was passed over the veto In beth
houses. The prohibition bill was vetoed and
the house sustainei it. The abstract office
bill and the cyclone appropriation bill for the
Grand Forks university were passed over the
veto.
The Bohemian church veto was sustained;
also the game law veto; also striking out
sham and irrelevant defepses.
The hous sc paste ed council bills providing
for the payment OF county warrants In case
Of dual organizations allowing the treasurer
but / per cent. for collecting city taxes; al
lowing judges OF probate TO order the sale,
m~ortgaglng or leasing Of real estate belong
INK W lllub.Cf PtiAliliNA y pAAp
marriages and stock breeding.
The council passed the following house
bills: Baldwin's bill requiring railroad com
panies TO furnish suitable facilities for load
ing and unloading grain from farmers
wagons; allowing all taxes to be extended In
one column: repeating the special law In re-
lation to the salaries OF registers OF deeds In
Grand Forks county; changing the boanda-
ries Of Day county.
The ooupntI paecod the following hOusp
bills over the veto: Regulating building and
loan associations; to pay George Ingram to
postpone the time OF tax sales; providing for
compromising taxes; appropilatlng SlO,UUO
for a department Of agriculture; providing
for the expenses of investigating committees.
The governor cent In nominations for all
territorial officers. Some days ago he APP
proved Il bill authorizing their removal within
ten days after the new government com s In.
BISMARCK, March 9.-Ths folio wing bills
fell into the governors soup bowl at II
o'clock last night, when the legislature ad-
journed. Council bills: No. 46. in relation
10 marriages; No. los, relating to ackuowl-
Judgements; 1913, providing for the publica-
tion of the Jaws IN newspapers; 691, author
IL ng cities to extend their corporate limits;
pa, Dollard's EDUCATIONAL bill abolishing the
board Of education 500, increasing the per
diem OF watchmen aud messengers; 2l5,
providing pay for the lost bonds or coupons;
lSG, regulating the sale Of intoxicating liquors
for medical purposes.
House bills: No. $50, to pay an assistant
~janitor; 332, declaring trusts and comoina-
tons unlawful; 800, prohibiting the sale of
unso1nd, diseased or aiul,erated articles;
BIO, amending the peral code so as to provide
q penalty where IL IS now half Of the maxi
mum penalty, the maximum penalty being
death or Imprisonment for life; 2s3, suthoriz
ing corporations to amend articles OF incor-
poration; ISL, providing for the publication
of Longs hand book, 256, providing compen-
sation for transportation OF the mail to and
from the capital; 357, amending the act
passed March 2, 1889, relating to funding
county bonds; ITO, authorizing
counties TO purchase ~srtesian we'll out
fts; 246, ~fixing.fees in mortganes foreclosure;
300, reimbursing ex-Sherlff Porter; 30, re-
pealing section ii, article IL, charter Of May
vile; 22s, requiring railroads TO furnish
facilities for loading aud unloading cars at
stations shipping 200, coo bushels; pa, Fetch
er's supplement 10 the local option law IN
tended 10 81 cure It's enforcement; 1874. amend
ing section /, chapter 10, laws OF 1857, relat-
inv to county auditor; 237, amending section
33l. civil coue.
There were $50 bills introduced I'm the
house, Of which 90 became laws, and 326 In
the council. OF which 90 became laws. Nearly
one fourth of these were passed over the gov
eruCr's veto; a dozen or more veiCcs were
sustain ed, aud "a more bills failed TO receive
his approval.
The governor today issued commissions TO
oil ~ tpn pnirarE uhpsa pprpinatfonG were