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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-15
Senate.

The senate convened at = y. m, on
the 1Oth inst, Lieutenant Governor
Fletcher presiding.
Roll-call showed all present except
Mr.. Warner.
A large number Of reports from COM
mittees indicating work were read.
The following bills were read the
third time and passed:
Senate bill No. 70, prohibiting pub
lis hing or distribution OF obscene Int.
erature.
Senate bill No. 20, relating to ex-
emptions on execution levy on notice
claiming same.
Senate bill No. % prohibiting sale
Of tobacco IN any form to children un'
der l6 years.
Substitute No. 1872, for Nos. II and
80, providing for appointment of a
board of regents Of education and de-
tiniug their powers and duties.
Senate bills Nos. ia and lO4 were
indefinitely postponed.
Committees recommended eight dIf-
terent bills for passage and the reuort
were adopted.
A clerk TO the commit ee OH eduCa'
tion was authorized and appointed.
The following bills were introduced:
No. 1877, by Mr.. .LQhnson-Provid'
ing for collection of delinquent taxes
and sale OF property therefor; and to
protect the credit OF counties OF the
state.
No. 1913, by Mr.. Jolly-Amending
section As, civil code.
No. 109, by Mr.. WestCott-To dis.
close qualification OF electors and
pre- rescribing the form OF oath Tor vOt.
ers at state elections.
No. 200. by Mr.. Ericsson Author
izing transcript OF judgments aud de-
crees OF tho United States courts to
be filed and docketed In the circuit
courts OF the several counties.
No. 2O1. by Mr.. Ericson-Provld.
ing for collection Of taxes on personal
property.
No. 202. by Mr.. Ericson--Amending
section 3S7, code OF civil proceed
ure.
No. 2O3, by Smith OF Lake-Amend-
ing section "a, chapter 26, laws oi
$50. pertaining to notice OF Chattel
NOR tPage sales.
No. 204, by Mr.. Thomas-ProvldIng
fol division OF counties into Commls'
sioner districts according to popula'
tion.
No. POS, by Mr. French-Authoriz-
ing certain corporations to become
sureties on bonds and undertakings.
No. 206, by the judiciary commit
tee-Limiting the time within which
actions on judgments in any court OF
the United States or other state shall
be commenced.
No. 2O7, by Mr.. Hunter-Providing
for liens upon crops, and for levy up
on same securing payment OF tpurch ase
price Of seed grain.
No. 2O8, by Mr.. Washabaugh-
Amending section 20, chapter 81, laws
OF 1889, entitled an act creating the
county OF Meade.
No. 200. by Mr.. Norton-Amending
section 81, chapter At. laws otlss!.
No. 2lO, by Mr.. Hopklns-Provld'
ing for the appointment OF IN agent
Tor common schoo! and public lands.
No. 211, by Mr.. Hofiman-Amend,
ing section 1903, compiled laws, and
repeating section 1854.
Alter 8 O'Clock was reached call oI
| the senate was ordered, absentees sent
Tor and general merriment lndulged In
till 8 O'Clock, when the senate ad'
journed.
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By the president.
JAMES q. BLAINE.
. Secretary Of State.

In the midst OF the North Atlantic
there is q large patch Of floating sea-
weed, which has kept it's place for Gems
turies, with only slight driItines up
and down according to the changing
winds aud currents. IL was crossed
by Columbus on his FIRST vOyage, aud
it's position and extent have been
known sv8r since. IL. occupies an i'm.
mense eddy between the equatorial
current on the south, and the Gulf
Stream on the north. the name III
from the variety OF seawsed which
forms the "sea," Sargasetim baCci-
fernm, the berry-bearIng garpasso.
This sea is described by Doctor Gard
ner as he saw ton his voyage from
Brazil to England.
While we were in about the iifty-
sixth degree Of west longitude, and be-
tween the twenty-eecond and twenty
eighth degrees ot north latitude. W.
passed through those enormous fields
OF sea weed which have been described
by almost every voyaQer In those
seas. It exists generally in long. fsar.
row strips or bands, lying across the
wind, sometimes not moIe tnan the
ships length apart, mt other times At
q considerable distance from each
other.
Much diversity oil opinion exists as
to the origin OF this floating mass.
Humboldt believes il Co be detached
from rocks at considerable depth
In the latitudes where it fioats; others
suppose IL to come from the shores uf
the northern seas. having been detach-
ed from the rocks by the violence OF
the winds. Some again imagine that
it comes from the rocky shores ot the
CULTS oil Mexico and Florida; while
many agree with me believing that IL
has never had any other than TIL
present abode No one has ever noen
it attached % rocks, nor have roots
ever been discovered belonging 70 it.
During The i've pr six days that wa
sailed through this gulf weed, / hoe k8d
on board more than a Thousand pisces,
and every one oi them presented the
ameAppearance. The lower end or
the stem bad always q whitish, decay
ed appearance. lust like n piece Of tans
Gle which has been some time cast 0n
shofe, while the extrenities 0l the
branches were universally or q VerY
fresh and healthy appearances
Such being the ease, we can scnrceiy
help behaving that theeo remarkable
plants hare existed eincA Che time oi
their tirbs creatips 10 che pgnnnt r,eri
od ns We now iind them, noNfinR Nlt
way since thu revol lFiDQ NuN 6traA.,,, /,
and undor1oiisN a {@rrtt1Mi chNnN4
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The rules were suspended and bill
No. 10 Was read the third time ana
carried.
The followinp bills were introduced
and read the first time:
No. 2SS.--By Powell: To remove
clouds upon the title to reaI property
where it is not subject to sale by exc
cutions.
No. 2S9.-By l.oucks: TO amend
sections 1547 and 556, OF the revised
laws OF 1887.
No. 29O.-By Austin: Providing
Tor the drainage Of swamps, marshes,
and other low lands.
senate bills 81, 60 and l06 were
read the third time and carried,
Adjourned.
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Senate.

The most important business OF the
senate on the 9Th inst. was the intro.
duction OF bills. Their titles are as
follows:
To amend the compiled laws OF
1887.
To provide for paroling prisoners.
TO provide for punishment of hab,
itual criminals. @~ -. es.va's 's5.1
To exempt registered pharmacists
from jury duty.
To fix the time at which laws shall
take effect.
TO require the giving Of instruction
in the public schools as to the nature
and effect OF alcoholic drinks and
narcotics on the human system.
To compensate for printing the
Sioux Falls constitution.
Adjourned.
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Message received from the governor,
with information that he had approx.
ed house bill No. SO: An act to pro-
hibit the killing, ensuaring, entrap-
ping or destruction Of quaIls in the
counties OF Pennington. Lawrence,
Mead, Custer, Butte and Fall River,
for the period oil three years; also
house bill No. 20, to amend section
1888 of tho political code, entitled
redemption.
Committee OF the whole, with Mr..
DeWoody in the chair, began the mo-
notonous consideration by sections,
lines and words, OF the bill under CON
slderation.
Mr.. Gordon moved that the house
take up and read, by sections, and
that any member make an amend.
ment.
Mr.. Young moved to amend 80 as
to read that the bill shall be read bv
sections, then the amendment on that
section by the ma ajority, then that OF
the minority. and then by any mem
Der OF the house.
After q few parliamentary points
were settled, the clerk read esectiou
rs per order.
Mr.. Starr move! to recommend the
adoption OF the section without
amendments. Lost.
Mr.. Barnes moved to strike out the
work sacramental. Motion lost.
House adopted section OF the bill.
with amendments Of majority report.
Committee arose and reported the
above proceedings to the house.
BY unanimous consent OF the house,
Mr.. Bowman introduced the following
bill:
No 206. Relating to the issuing OF
bonds to pay the indebtedness OF
South Dakota, incurred by reason OF
the division Of the territory.
On motion, partial report OF com.
mittee was adopted.
On motion house,decided to adjourn
till 10 a. M, on the 9th inst. for fur
ther consideration OF temperance bill.
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HOUSE.

MIR. Burnam presented q resolution
asking that as there were about 55
bills ready for third reading, the house
make that the special order for 10 q.
m. February 9th. Adopted.
House bill No. II was made spe-
cial order for the 9th inst. at 2 p. m.
Senate bills Nos. 85, iSl, 1875, were
read and referred.
The following bills were introduced:
No. pol. TO amend section 973,
article Z, chapter IL, political code,
1884.
No. PAP. A bill to appoint one
democrat and one woman to Office.
No. 293. To protect stock breed.
ers within the state Of South Dakota.
No. 204. TO amend section So,
chapter 2S, political code as amended
by section IL, chapter l78, session
laws of 1881, pertaining to personal
property tax
No. 295. TO amend section 1 artl-
Gle | 3 OF the constitution OF the state
OF South Dakota.
On motion the house took O recess
until 2p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Edgerton presented a petition
from che Yankton Farmers alliance
recommending the abolition OF all un-
necessary officers, Tapping useless ap-
preparation, cutting down salaries of
state and county offers, cutting down
the number OF legislators and reduc-
Ing their per diem and mileage, the rs,
sessment of railroad property at it's
appraised valuation, that the interest
on tax sales be- reduced to 10 per
cent, also forCibly reminding the leg
islature by figures of the depleted con
dition Of the public treasury.
Resolution was read and on motiCn
OF Mr.. Partridge referred to committee
on county and county affairs.
Senate bill No. 72. to legali1e the
organization Of civil townships IN
Codington county, passed.
Senate bill No. AS. q memorial to
congress OF the subject OF nension
legislation, passed.
Senate bill No. IL, relating TO the
duties OF county treasurer and the
care oi the public funds, same on mo.
ton was made tho special order for
Friday at 3 p. m.
PROHIBITION.
Mr.. Partridge moved that the bouse
20 into committee OF the whole tor
consideration OF house bill No. 81,
the temperance bill.
Mr.. Parker moved TO postpone ac-
tion on above bsll until next Saturday
at 3 p. M, and stated IN substance
that the same bill was now before the
senate, and by that time that branch
OF the legislature having acted upon il,
could give this house more foundation
on which to work, and that the print
ed bill was very incorrect.
Mr.. Converse opposed the substi-
tute on the ground that action had al
ready been deferred thereon. and it be.
ean To look a. though the house was
afraid to meet the issue, and ne for
one WAS ready TO meet II now, and OPP
posed the substitute.
Mr.. Mason opposed the substitute.
Mr. Mcintyre moved TO lay the sub
stitute motion on the table. After
much debate motion carried.
Original motion oiAir. Partridge ia
20 into c0mrlitter GA kha whole, car
Wed. ,. s
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Senate.

On motion senate went into a COM
mittee Of the whole soon after con-
vening on the 5th inst, to consider
the report of the committee on tenn
perance, with Mr.. Cam in the chair.
On motion OF Mr.. Sherwood the
clerk read the original bill that it might
be compared with printed bills.
An amendment was offered by Mr.,
French allowing wholesale druggists
to handle liquors the same as register
ed pharmacists. Amendment was
lost by vote OF z to 25.
An amendment was offered extend
ing the time OF enforcing Prohibition
from the first OF May to the first Of
July, which called forth many able
speeches, the debate lasting up to the
hour OF adjournment.
On motion committee arose and
continued subject until 2 p. IN.
On motion senate took a recess un.
til 2 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senate called to order at 2 p. IN.
pursuant to adjournment by presI-
dent pro tenn Washabaugh, and i'm
mediately went into committee OF the
whole on the prohibition bill.
Senator French changed his amend
ment to the first OF June instead OF
the first OF July Lost. 2S to Is.
Amendment by Mr.. Klttredge that
section 81, being the emergency clause,
be stricken out was lost by Is tor and
% against.
Amendment by Mr.. Stewart striking
out the words telling the particular
disease for which it is given. Yeas,
|; nayes 18, carried.
Moved by Mr.. French that section
1, making affidavit. filled with drug
gists public record, be stricken out.
Yeas, "a; nayes, 10. Carried.
The committee then rose aud re-
ported to the senate in regular ses-
sion.
The further consideration OF the
prohibition bill was postponed one
cay.
The following bills were introduced:
No. l76. To reCOnvey ten acres OF
land to Fred ]. Evans.
No. 1T To amend the laws OF
1887, relating to the duties Of public
examiner.
No. 17S. To amend the session laws
of 1883, changing the name OF the re-
form school to the industrial school.
No. 170. Making it a misdemeano or
to remove buildings from mortgaged
lands.
No. $50. Providing lien on grain for
binding twine, furnished for binding
same.
No. 1871. TO provide for the issuing
OF state bonds and their payment.
Substitute Tor senate bills Nos. Il
and 80 by committee on education.
House bill No. lS4 was passed, Al.
yeas, o nays.
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LITE LEGLSLAYURE
settled Down to the BnsiEiass Of
Making Laws for the
New State.
An Intelligent Synopsis of Its
Daily Proceedings by Spc-
cial Reporter.
Senate.

TIE senate was called TO order ~
2 p. M, on the 4th inst, by the presi-
dent pro tom, Mr.. Washabaugh.
The special committee on resolu-
ton relating to Chicago aud the
Worlds fair recommended that the
same be made u joint resolution.
No. 10l-For an act TO amend laws
|, relating to highway labor. Requires
that receipts be given for labor de-
scribing the property on which the
tax was worked. In case OF sickness
1T gives q man n chance to work
again. Passed.
Relating to the killing OF beaver,
read the third time and passed.
Bill No. 90, changing game laws to
Aug. l5, instead OF sept. /, was ia
vorably reported by the committee
and report adopted.
The committee Oh municipal affairs
returned bill No. 90 with amendments,
and recommended its passage IA
amended.
On motion OF Crawford, the senate
went into committee1t the whole OH
bill No. 90. Mr.. Westcott in the chair.
When the committee az ose it report
ed the bill back with amendments.
The report was adopted
A message from the house announC.
ed the passage without amendment OF
senate bill No. 81.
The senate, under special orders,
went into committee OF the whole on
the substitute bill for senate bills. No.
IL and 90, establishing q board df re-
i,,t tln ir
The bill provides for a board OF
nine regents to superintend all eduCa-
tional institutions. They appoint a
board OF five trustees for each lnstl-
tuition. The bill requires that six OF
these nine regents must be taken from
counties which have no state institu-
tions.
After some time spent in making
amendments the bill was recommend
ed to pass.
Bill No. 103, relating to the salaries
and fees OF county treasurers, was the
next speciel order and was recommlt-
Senate bill No. a. was then consid.
cred in committee OF the whole, with
no final action.
20. The following bills were introduced
No. l76.-By Bangs: To reconvey
ten acres OF land to Fred J. Evans.
No. 177.-BY Sterling; To amend
section 4, chapter 1924. of the laws OF
1887, being section 120 OF the Compil.
ed laws, relating to the duties OF pub
lIc examiner.
No. 17S.-By Smith, OF Aurora; To
amend chapter % ofthe session laws
II oL - La
laws OF 1857, by striking out the
word reform" where it occurs in said
chanter and inserting in lieu thereof
the word industrial"
No. 179.-~DV Smith, of Aurora: 10
make it O misdemeanor to remove
buildings from public lands.
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Most people take it for granted that
because musk is sold in what IN cali
ed pod. therefore IL is a vegetable
product. But the truth ia that II ia
entirely IN animal product, being q
substance found IN two or three
inch sac in the body Of little musk
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HOUSE.

Called to order at 2 O'Clock p. m.,
Speaker Young in the chair.
Cummings presented a petition from
Lawrence county citizens endorsing
the Australian system OF voting, sign
ed by w. g. Rice and 220 others,
considerable time was taken up on
correction OF house journal.
The committee on judiciary, made
a majority and minority report. The
majority recommended that senate
bill No. s do pass with certain amend.
ments.
The reports were made q special or.
der at 4 O'Clock .. m. The committee
also recommended Till No. 1876 do
not pass and on motion the bill and
reports were referred to the commit
tee on counties and county affairs.
No. 1856 was recommen led to pass
with certain amendments. and senate
biIL|N No. SS WAS indefinitely post
poned because OF q similar bill having
passed.
Senate bill No. l06 and house bill
No. liza, were recommended to pass.
No. 1876 was recommended to he re-
ferred to the committee on counties
and county affairs.
No. 1876 was recommended not to
pass.
No. 1877 WAS recommended TO be re.
ferTed to the committee on irrigation.
No. 1O3 was recommended to pass
with certain amendments.
No. l4b was recommended to be re-.
k.Nk ..k- -
fairs.
The COMMITTEES on state affairs re-.
ported bill No. l42 be indefinitely post
poned. On motion OF Partridge the
consideration Of the bill was referred
20 general orders.
Bill 2l0 was recommended to pass.
On bill 155, the committee recon-
mended q substitute to take its place.
The committee on counties and
county affairs reported and recon.
mended bill 1877 do pass as amended,
and bill 1876 and 205 be indefinitely
postponed.
Bill No, 165 was referred for futher
consideration to general orders.
The committee on highways. bridges
and ferries recommended bill 177 do
PASS with certain amendments.
The committee on ways and mean ;
recommended bill No. 23S do not pass
and bill No. 276 do pass.
The committee on mines and mining
returned majority aud minority re.
ports on bill No. BIS. The majority
recommending it do not pass.
The committee on agriculture and
horticulture recommended bill No. s7
do not pass and bill No. 12o pass
with certain amendments.
The select committee on pools and
trusts recommended bill No. 81 do
dass with certain amendments and
bills No. Al, % and 33 were returned
without recommendations.
The special order for consideration
oi bills No. 10 and 81 was taken up,
Mr.. Gordon in the chair. ~.
This bill provides for the Office Of q
mine Inspector and was strongly urg-
ed by the Hills contingent.
It was finally passeds as amended
the salary being placed at 81, 900 In
stead of $4,000.
The minority report on bill No. 81
locating a session OF the supreme
court once year at Dead wood, pass.
"a and the committee OF the whole
4 WAS instructed to report against the
l. AIN.
senate bill No. JOG providing fors q
IAEShal Tor tho supreme court. WAS
IA 111. NNaroesed road the third
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HOUSE.

Called TO order by Speaker Young,
at 10 O'Clock.
On motion OF Fosse the house went
INTO committee OF tho whole to con.
slider the prohibition bill. Mr.. De-
Woody was in the chair.
The bill was considered up to and
including section Is, and recommend.
ed to pass.
The committee then arose and
adopted the report.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The reading OF the journal was dis.
pensed with.
A communication from Senator Pet.
tigrew to the speaker was read express,
ing regrets OF his inability to visit the
legislature.
Cummings presented two petitions
from Lawrence county citizens rela-
tive to legislation on commissioner
districts, and establish maximum rate
ot interest at z per cent. per annum.
One was referred to the committee on
couties and county affairs aud the
other to the committee on usury.
1t was recommended that bill No.
ITO, al act to abolish the office OF
commissioner OF immigration, DO re-
ferred to the committee on immigra-
ton, and on motion Of Gordon report
was adopted.
The following bill was introduced:
No. 237, 20 provide for the election
OF representatives to congress,
COMMITTEE or THE WHOLE.
Speaker Young offered an amend
mendment to section 10 OF the prohi.
bition bill AS follows:
Provided, however. that this section
shall not be construed TO prohibit the
use OF Intoxicating liquors in a build
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Senate.

The senate was called to order at
lOa IN. on the 9th inst, by Mr..
Washabaugh.
TIE rules were suspended and re-
port OF the committee on printing that
senate bill No. 36 be indefinitely post.
poned and hat $50 copies, at 81 per
page, of the journal of the previous
day 0e printed and furnished the SEN
ate at 10 Il. m.
On motion the committee on print.
ing was instructed TO receive bids for
printing the journal at 81 per page or
less
On motion the senate vent into
committee OF the whole to continue
consideration Of the prohibition bill
with Mr.. Cain in the chair.
Several attempts were made TO
amend the bill, some Of which carried
but the majority OF amendments were
lost.
Without finishing the bill the com.
mittee rose and a recess was~taken to
2 y. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The senate went into committee oi
the whole on the prohibition bill im
mediately after convenlng, with Mr..
Cain in the chair.
Mr.. Stewart offered an amendment
TO make the affidavlts OF disease on
which persons obtained liquor subject
to the inspection only OF the district
attorney or other authorized officers,
but no other person.
MIR. French desired to amend section
10 30 as to exempt private dwellings
from search, and giving private
families the right OF use.
Amendment lost by vote Of 20 to
%.
Mr.. Crawford moved that when the
committee arise it report back the
dill as amended by the temperance
committee and the committee OF the
whole, and that the bill so amended
do pass.
Committee arose and reported.
REGULAR SESSION.
MIR. French desired to amend section
IS by adding provided, however
that this section shall not be constru
ed to prohibit the use OF intoxicating
liquors In a building by the Ener OIL
occupants thereof if such building be g
family residence used exclusively al
such and not a place OF common OF
public resort" Carried.
Bill No. II, fixing compensation o.
state stenographers, was passed.
Bill No. 146 was referred to the iu
dietary committee.
Senate bill No. 81 was reCommitted
Senate bill No. 81 was indefinitely
postponed. Also senate bill No. 36
Also senate bills 81 and 1l3.
No. 26, providing for marriage
license, was passed.
Mr.. Hopkins moved committee o
five be appointed to devise ways and
means to procure seed grain for tn,
needy. Carried.
The chair ennounCed as additiona
members on the election commit to,
the following Meesrs. Bronson ant
Johnston.
Adjourned.