Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-15
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.
TIM Aenafe

s""riZlnS the state treasurer to act hsiut
from the general fund n sum 70 pay tn,
bond interest; creettHs n state board Of
equalisatien} liking the toll of crist ex
change and Touring mills at one NTH ,e
quiring instructions in schools eoncernins
the effects of alcoholic drinks And MIR
cotics Upon the system; requiring th,
fencing of unorganized couhtias sgainst
stock until voted othet wise, after organi
%sation; authorizing the sale by the board
OF charities and correction of certain
realty In Sioux Falls; providing sot The
election for the relocation W county seat.
where the presses. location is not made by
MAJORITY vote regulating the salary OF
register OF deeds and county treasurers,
regulating the state printing, providing
compensation and creating the office If eS
pert printer,
The following hoSse Bills passed
Creating the hfitS OF state examiner of ir
rigetior; authorizing county commissioner
@ consolidate the road and brid ge fund
authorizing the levy of n special tax for
road purposes; authorizing the cor'm's
sioners of school lands ~ MAXI setsction.
of indemnity lands amending section ,,
chapter Gu laws Of 1855, relating TO FISH.
ways; cofnpellin railroad agents TO pos,
notices of the arrival and del arturo of
trains; repeating sections 23S5 and 23si
compiled laws.
PIERRF, March 2-Most Of the day WAS
occupied in considering the house usury
bill and the house and srnatp h.lir inakinE
appropriations FOR certain expenses of the
constitutional convention. The usury bill
viii be amended and the expense bill will
pass.
The senate refused concurrence in the
house amendment to the bill rreating &
boTr of charities and -ptrertihh placing
two ladies on the hpart'
The fol'o'oihs senate bills passed Great
'rg = 60 mmission TO inquire into the claims
growing out of the Nankton asylum Great
ing a board of pardons; authorizing the
appointment OF an assistant secretary rf
state; providing an adjustment Sf tie un
expended balances of ,hs railroad bonds of
Elk Point township, Union county; ex-
emptihg registered pharmacists from jury
uuty defining what property is exempt
from taxation; defining the Jurisdiction
and practice of county courts and tie sal
aries of judges.
PIERRE, March 4.-Senatu bills passed
providing for the reimbursement of owners
OF sheep and cther live stock damaged by
dogS amending sections 3 and q. chapter
$50, laws of 1857, relating 20 "A lien On seed
grain; permitting an increase in the mum
Der of trustees of charitable, religious and
other corporations; amending sections l92,
q and J., compiled lava, relating TO the
taxes for the payment of school bonds
coupohsL previding for the taxation Of ex-
pres. and sleeping car companies; declar-
Ing the q n ifcation of electors and pre-
scribing the ballot to be used; relating to
the trespass of animals.
The following house bills passed: Pro
viding for the taxation Of railroad, tele
graph and telephone npaniesi a general
Incorporation net for cities and towns:
submitting the question of the permanent
location Of the seat of government: sub
uniting the woman's suffrage question TO
a vote.
PIERRE, March 5.-The following senate
bills passed Creating "a board OF com
missioners having charge of railroads.
warehouses, Immigration md labor stats
tics bureau amending section 81 chapter
%. political code, relating TO ferries. re
turning thanks TO certain late territorial
oiticersi providing compensation for print
ing the Sioux Falls constitution; amending
paragraph :, section %, chapter 2l5. poll.
tea! code, relating to the powers of c,u ltT
commissioners providing for the incorpor-
alton of town site cotipanies; relating 10
the construction Of artesian wells by town
Ships, and authorizing the purchase of
machinery therefor; providing for the in.
corporation of government and ~c"ntrCi
building and loan associations,
Also the following house bills passed
Governing life assessments of fraternal in
sueahce companies and societies; provid-
ing for the mortgaging of real estate by
guardians; providing for the destruction
OF noXious weeds: autorizing count com
missioners TO consolidate road and bridge
funds; encourage timber culture; protect
ing stock breeders In the state: compen-
sating certain employees of the constitu-
tional conventions; requiring commission
crs TO change the boundary of commission
ers districts; relating 10 the construction
of artesian wells.
PIERRE, March Elm the senate the fol.
lowing house bills passed: Regulating the
construction of artesian wells and water
ways therefrom; amen1ing chapter 200
compiled law, rela ing 10 private corpora
tions; making chattel mortgages containing
certain provisions void prescribing penal
ties for the unlawful trans portation of IN
tosicating liquors; amending the code Of
civil procedures; providing compen ,ation
for sherifs for holding attached property.
The following senate bills passed
Amending chapter ll2, laws of lsS9, relat-
ting to the references of causes to circuit
courts; amending section 40, compiled
laws, relating to the duties of public ex-
aminer.
PIERRE, March THE following senate
bills passed: Authorizing county commits
sioners to purchase artesian well outfits.
The house bill locating the fair perman-
emily at Aberdeen was indefinitely POST.
poned.
House bills passed amending the civil
township law. providing for a resurvey
and establishing land marks; regulating
the practice of pharmacy joint Resolution
authorizing the secretary of state to pub
lish and distribute the journal of
the house and senate; creating a bireau
of statistics; providing for the appoint.
ment of q commissioner of labor, defining
his duties and terms; regulating grain
warehouses, providing for the inspection
and handling of grain, and defining the
duties of railroad warehouse commission
ers; amending sections 2sS and 2,9 and re.
pealing section POO, penal code; abolishing
the state board of education; transfer
ring the title of the state superintendent,
creating adeputy authorizing counties tots
sue warrants to defray deficiencies in build
ing court ouses and jails; providing that
the attorney general be allowed travelling
and other expenses necessarily incurred In
travelling; defining the respoi q. bilities
of persons operating steam thrash
ing engines; providing for the
payment Of the fees of the state
officers into the state treasury; the pro
posed amendment to the constitution pre-.
venting Indians sustaining tribal and other
relations from voting; defining the punish
ment OF trespassers on public and school
iunus. LOT the felltI OF corporations or
ganized underline general laws; providing
for the collection of taxes in unorganizei
counties; amending paragraph q, article
4, chapter %, Seventeenth assembly; regu-
lating the toll on wagon roads, defeating
certain lands in Sioux Falls for "a public
highway; removing the political disabili-
ties of August Rich, requiring the con-
stitution of guards where roads are closed
with wire fences; limiting the expenditure
of charitable aid penal institutions; legal
izing the incorporation of Bristol, Day
county.
The House.
PIERRE, March bills passed the house
today relating to municipal corporations;
regulating insurance companies doing bus
mess in the state; an act amending section
129, compiled laws; "a bill defining public
~nuisances; requiring registers Of deeds TO
make abstracts; requiring segregated