Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-02-01
III G House.

PIERRE, Jan. ~17.-Senate bill No. 9, pro.
viding for "A committee to make arrange
ments for buying seed wheat, was passed.
Several bills were introduced and read
and the house ad %journed till Tuesday.
PIERRE, Jan. 2i.-A resolution to increase
the commission Of clerks was defeated. A
petition was presented from Bishop Hare
protesting against certain clauses of the
temperance bill and was referred to the
temperance committee.
The following bills were introduced To
amend section Z, chapter l1l, session laws
of 1889; bill for an act to authorize coun-
ties to defray certain expenses; an act to
regulate the salary of county treasurers
ard registers Of deeds; an act TO authorize
the levy of a special tax for road purposes;
an act to regulate the toll of grist mills and
the exchange of grain; an act TO amend
section IL, chapter %, political code; an act
10 amend section 1910, compiled laws: an
act for the assessment and taxation of rail
way companies; an act to repeal the pub
lie examiner law: an act to repeal the vet.
Urinary surgeon laws an act TO amend sec.
ton l54, article 4, chapter 10, political
code; an act controlling the organization
of civil townships; an act to repeal chap
ter l2l, session laws of 1899; an act for the
submission of an amendment TO the consti
tuition providing for the leasing of lands
for legitimate purposes; an act providing
that n judgmei At debtor may occupy prem
Uses sold under foreclosure for rents: an
act to amend section 5429, article |, chap
ter rs, compiled laws; an act to reappor.
ton the membership of the houses; an act
to amend chapSsr 1873, session laws of 1889;
an act to amend chapter 3, relating to cir.
cult courts.
PIERRE, Jan. %. The speaker announced
the committee on apportionment. Don G.
Needham was appointed clerk of the rail
way committee. House bill No. 81, ap.
propriating money for furnishings in the
capitol, fuel, lights and stationery, passed.
The following bills were introduced An
act establishing the Office of commissioner
of immigration; an act to prevent and sup
press infectious and contagious disease;
to amend section 2, chapter 81, laws Of
1889; to amend the city charter Of Big
Stone City; providing for the safety of
school ceildren in case of storms; to re-
quire boards of county commissioners to
change the nda of commissioners
districts; TO require the construction Of
fire breaks; to repeal section l246, revised
code; to amend section 649, complied laws;
to protect farm laborers and secure the
payment OF their wages; to amend section
54l6, of article !, chapter 2S, code of civil
procedure; to fix the salary of treasurer,
register of deeds, auditor and superin-
tendent of schools; to amend section 526l,
IN :. ShoBtSI ~ vi hbS tOaS " CIVIL
procedure to amend section 5652, chapter
], probate code; to amend section 500,
article 4, chapter IL, civil code; to amend
sections 6l66, 8l73, 6l74, compiled laws; to
amend section 1896, article 5, chapter ID,
political code; to provide for the invest
vent of county sinking funds; to amend
section 1880, chapter 2, civil code; TO
abolish the Office of commissioner Of i'm
migration; to provide for the destruction
of noxious weeds.
PIERRE, Jan 23.-The first item of In.
terest In the house was the introduction OF
"a resolution for the appointment of a com,
mittee TO ascertain the actual financial
condition of the state. 1t passed to its
second reading.
The following bills were introduced To
amend sections 2SS and 289 of the penal
code; to provide for the filing of bonds by
overseers of highways; to create the Office
of town or city weigher; to provide for the
educational qualifications. of voters; to
abolish the necessity of unanimous assent
in trials by juries OF civil cases, and sub
stituting therefor o two thi majority;
to regulate the fees of clerks of courts; TO
provide for the prevention Of prairie fires;
sections 154S and it47, complied laws; to
repeal all Of section 1888, compiled avs of
1887, after the word further" In line 49,;
to etaend and more definitly define section
Sill, article IL, civil code; to amend sec.
ton COG, compiled laws TO prohibit selling
or giving tobacco to minors; a memorial to
congress touching public lands.
Senate bill No. 81 passed.