Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-01-31
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE DolNCs.

sent Senators Crawford. Hopkins, johnson, Ma
son and Williams. Messages from the mousse
We're received announcing the concurrence in
the report of the committee on jointrules; also
tho adopoion of the joint resolution accepting
ciary committee reported senate bill No. 8, with
amendments and also senate bill NO. q, end
recommended that both pass. Several senate mt,
bills were read second time and referred Tho
following bills were introduced and after the
first rending We're referred: To regulate the
scians and licenses therefor; to amond section |
1902 of the compiled laws; levying school tax
and requiring school bonds to be pn1d at county
persons and co.picts at the expense OF the |
counties sending repeating chapter 90. laws |
counties issuing bonds to sink artesian wells
and construct ways therefrom tor irrigation |
prohibiting the recording OF instruments until
the taxes nre paid: exempting members of
FIRE companies from jury and military duty or
assessment; the tnxati IL of railroad, telegraph
OF other corporate property. A message was
Joint resolution No. 81, providing for q demand
upon North Dakota for South Dakota 8 property.
INC report Of the committee on printing recon-
Press and Journal: tho house adopted the con-
tract with the bidders. Three hundred copies
OF the prohibitory bill was ordered printed.
resolution for providing the sena' ors with
copies of the compiled session lawswas adopted.
Adjourned.
apportionment, consisting of one from each sem
atorial district. A joint resolution demanding
settlement with and the archives and records
from North Dakota passed. The following bills
were introduced: To revise and amend sections
GODS and 6o97 and to repeal sections 6O03 and to
amend section Sc of chapter 2s, political code;
to repeal chapter 2, section 5, criminal proceed
ings in courts of limited jurisdiction; TO amend
section 1884, civil code; for the relief of knther
Inc Lee and Viola Thompson: to provide for fire
! guards; to amend chapter Is, compiled laws
providing for the taxation OF express companies;
IN election law similar to the Australian sys-
tenn Adjourned.
Joint resolution No. 81 was reported to tho
senate OH the 18th properly enrolled. and the
president signed it, Senator Sherwood Z. read q
ment of taxes also TINT counties DO given the
! power to secnre seed for farmers Senator
| Sterling, from the judiciary committe, reported
senate bill No. Z, with the recommendation
| that it pass. Tho committee OF tho whole con-
sidered SENATE bill No, z. and also recon-
mended its passage. The committee of the
! whole considered senate bill No. 5 with amend
ments md recommended its passage. house
message reported the passage: with on. amend-
| chasing Of seed the senate concurred in the
amendments Tho following bills We're intro
| duccd and the first reading had: Repeating
section 6143, justices code. compiled laws for
| submission in accordance with the constitu-
| ton OF an amendment striking out the word
| male; for the assessment of railroads provid-
| ing for the payment of employees of the Sioux
| nls constitutional convention not otherwise
provided fox; prohibiting the sale OF tobacco to
\ house notifying it of tho passage Of house bill
| No. Is, amending section 1910 and repeating Sec
ton 1911 OF the compiled laws Adjourned
| The first business of the house the pass
| age of senate bill No. 9. Senate bill No 26 wns
| read u third time and passed. This bill refers
| to providing the legislature with codes. Tho
| following bills were introduced: To amend
article B. code Of criminal procedure. To es-
tablish q normal school at Ashton To regulate
repeal Of tho bill Tor the increase Of county
| commissioners. To tax lands and chattel prop
erty in the name of the real party in interest.
| TO protect stock breeders. Prohibiting the rs-
cording OF deeds and other conveyances until
the taxes are paid, To amend section 4O66,
compiled laws, relating to fictitious partner,
the code of criminal procedure. 10 regulate tho
rates of telegraph messages in the state.
| Amending subdivision IL, section 2, political
code. 10 regulate electric lights, lephones
and gas i'll municipal corporations. To provide
for the issue and payment of bonds by counties
for a5tesian we'll purposes To provide for the
building OF bridges on public highways. To
repeal an net appropriuting the travelling ex
penses of the railroad commission. Regulating
baks Incorporated under the laws of tho state
requiring them to publish sworn statements OF
financial condition Mr.. Parker introduced q
bill to provide for the refunding of all taxes
Levied and collected for local and county pur
poses. House bill No. Is was put on it's tina
passage This bill provides for the extension
OF the time in which taxes become delinquent
which Is changed from September to February
Tho penalty will be ct the rate Of IL per cent
Passed. Adjourned.
Roll call in the senate on the 18th showed
fourteen absent and quorum present. The
following bills were introduced: To amend
section 1912 compiled lawsto require county
treasurers to give notice of redemption author
lzing county commissioners to defrny ont of the
general fund the expenses for the prosecution o
fraud Adjourned. The house was not in sos
| sion
Tho first business in the senate on the Goth
was petition presented by Senator Washa.
baugh, from the citizens of Lawrence and Mead
counties, asking that law be passed COM
polling thu commits >ioners of those counties tc
audit the expenses of expert employed in
1885. The following bills were introduced: Tc
of ali unco!lected city taxes in incorporated
cities. To amend section 1li9 of the political
code. 10 amend sections 1878. 1889 1921 sand
1894, compiled law. To amend section T. chap
ter 80, political code. TO amend chapter 50, OF
the laws of 1887. 10 create q bureau of labor
and industrial statistics; 10 d fine the rights
of landlord and tenant IN incorporated towns
and cities. Senate bill No 5 was passed. This
makes tax roce pts conclusive evidence Of the
propriating money for the payment of members
and employees lost in the senate because of a
lack of q two,thirds vote on the emergency
journed. The house was not in session.
A petition was presented in the senate on the
2lst from Bishop Hare protesting against Ger:
No. 10 pissed. This bill refers to the pay of the
legislators and the officers. Bills II. Is and As
were discussed in committees of the whole.
The following bills We're introduced: To ap-
point marshal for tho supreme court of the
state to regulate the practice of dentistry in
the state: to amend section IA, chapter IA. laws
Of 1889, relative to Grtesian wells to authorize
county commissioners to issue bonds in certain
counties to pay former indebtedness: to abol-
ish the office of commissioner of immigration
to amend section Z, chapter H. laws of 1889 i; to
amend section l.. chapter 90 laws of 1879; to
smend chapter So laws Of 1857; to amend Sec
ton 6521, revised CODE relating to rape; to au-
thorize the governor of the state to act as Gus
todian of all state property not entrusted to
other officers House bills Nos. 10 and IA
| passed tho senate. Adjourned.
The first business in the house resolu-
ton to increase the commission OF Clerks. A
short debate followed and the resolution was
lost.
Speaker Young presented Bishop Hare s
petition on the Temperance bill The following
bills were introduced: TO amend section 2,
chapter 119. session laws of 1882 TO authorize
counties to defrny certain exp -nses. To ragu-
late the salaries of county treasurers and regis
tiers of deeds. To authorize the levy of special
tax for road purposes. To regulate the toll of
grist mills and the exchange of grain. 70
| amend section II, chapter %, political code. To
amend section 1910, compiled laws For the as
sessment and taxation of railroad companies;
10 repeal the public examiner low. To repeal
| the veterinary surgeon laws. To amend section
| 154, article a. chapter Is. political CODE Con-
| trolling the organization of civil townships.
| TO repeal chapter 12l, session laws of 1889.
For the submission of IN amendment to the
constitution providing for the leasing of lands
frr 1ari{ 10 prov in0 hot