Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-03-06
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGIsLATIYED0INGs.

tion bill was read third time and passed. 50
for and againat. Bills were introduced pro
laws. suprems court decisions, procla-
tioles ts q I,nsorpoastion, PC, and creating
therefor defining the duties and fixing the fees
of clerks OF circuit and county courts; reim-
bursting T: K. Long for the publication Of 1000
and selling Of chattel mortgaged property The
following senate bills passed: Providing for the
earning Of good time by penitentiary prisoners:
1855 1855 3 sboiishing the - railroad oom. .
mission; fixing the limitation on bringing
certain actions TO ten years providing for the
commission making railroads liable for dam
ages caused By FIRE; encouraging the cultiya-
tion Of sugar beets and the manufacturing Of
syrup and sugar. regulating the practice Of
medicine licensing physicians and prescrfb-
ing compensation: regulating the state print
ing creating state printer. Also the house
bill passed permitting counties to bond for out
standing indebtedness. Adjourned.
In the house the senate bill passed touching
the leasing of school lands. +. D. Powers was
appointed clerk on the committee on enroll
ment Of bills The following bills were intro
duced: To provide for the Incorporation OF
cities and theis classification by population.
To establish uptown telegraph Offices In cities
or towns OF LOCO population Memorial asking
congress to provide for the electing Of United
States senators by popular vote. Z DIVIDING for
they may draw Interest. % Memorial II Of
thanks to ex-Treasurer Bailey for his
efficient course as treasurer. All the afternoon
propriation bills. The salaries of the clerks In
the secretary and treasurers Offices were cut
down 500 and in the commits ioner Of public
county Institutes. For the Dakota university
at Vermil1 on the gum of $4,000 was given for
the pay Of tea hers, the total allowed the insti
Rapid City gets $4,000. The soldiers home at
b OF Springs gets S10.G01 instead OF $3.50
In the senate on the 9th the forenoon and
part Of the afternoon session was consumed In
the discussion of both the district and town
ship school systems. The following senate bills
passed: Regulating the construction and re-
pair of public bridges and causeways; provid.
ing for county tree e-pIanting providing amend
meDts to articles of incorporation Bills were
introduced authorizing tie appointment of an
assistant secretary of state providing for the
adjustment and disposal of the balances re
naming after the payment of railroad bonds
issued by Elk Point township. Union county;
exempting registered pharmacists from Jury
duty exempting from taxation eighty instead
of ten acres of college land. Adjourned.
In the house Joint resolu ion passed thank:
ing ex- Treasurer Bailey. The appropriation bill
passed, An appropriation of s1,05O was added
for the veterinary surgeon The salary of the
clerk in he treasurer's Office was increased to
81 ,201. The house bill passed providing for the
destruction OF noxious weeds. The house went
into committee of the whole on the election
law bills. The fight was over the Rhines ballot
system and vote recorder. This was knocked
out by large ma ;ority. Adjourned.
The senate on the 28th received the following
list of appointments for the educational board
ton, OF Mitchell, two years; P. F. Mcclure. OF
Pierre, six years; A. r. Snnedley. of Milbank.
six years; G. NJ Howe. of Mellette. six years !;
". II. STANLEY, of Hot Springs, four years; e. F.
Hewitt, of Ipswich, four years; r. o. Brande,
of Brande, two years. Paul Laudman, of Scot
land, two years l.. Talcott, of Clark three years.
The senate discussed the fence law, the ap-
preparation bill and the Australian ballot law.
Adjourned.
In the house bill was introduced to provide
for the publication OF the laws, joint resolu-
tions, supreme court decisions and official
documents. Bills passed making certain
chattel mortgages void relating to ar.
tesisn wells relating to furnishing
empting firemen from jury and military duty;
memorial asking the ops ming to settlement OF
the Crow Creek reservation defining the duties
of the attorney general Bills were introduced
defraying the expenses of the constitutional
convention and prescribing the form Of ballot
to be used. The house bill passed relating to
the forming OF corporations Adjourned.
In the senate on the 1st bill was introduced
exempting certain property from assessment
and taxation. The house bill bonding the state
indebtedness was passed. Aspecia1 committee
Senators Cain, Thielman, Parsons, Johnson,
Sherwood, Norten, Miller, Westcott and Frank
was appointed to equitably divide a portion Of
the available funds between the state institu-
tions. Following senate bills passed: Author
izing the state treasurer to set aside fromsthe
the general fund sum to pay the bond inter-
fixing the toll of grist exchange and Touring
mills at one-fifth; requiring instruction In
schools concerning the effects cf alcoholic
drinks and narcotics upon the system; requir-
ing the fencing OF unorganized counties
against stock until voted otherwise.
after organization; authorizing the sale
correction Of certain realty in Sioux Falls; pro-
viding for the election for the relocating of
county seats where the present location is not
made by majority vote regulating the salary
of registers Of deeds aud county treasurers
regulating the state printing, providing COM
pensation and creating the office Of expert
printer. Bills were introduced amending Sec
tion 8, chapter 30 political code. registering
warrants with county treasurer; amending Sec
tions and L. article Is, chapter 70. Seven
teenth assembly, relating to the Incorporation
of cities; joint resolution ordering the
secretary of state to print 1000 copies of the
prohibition bill: amending section 6i7o, COM
Justices courts The following house bills
passed: Creating lthe office Of state examiner
Of irrigation; authorizing county commission
ers to consolidate the road and bridge fund
authorizing the levy of a special tax for road
purposes authorizing the commissioners Of
school lands to make selections Of indemnity
1885, relating to fish-ways; compelling railroad
agents to post notices of the arrival and de-
parture OF trains; repesling sections 1885 and
1886 compiled laws. Adjourned.
In the house a bill was introduced providing
for the apportionment of school and public
land funds. Bills passed the house relating to
uuu1ClpHl COIpOIuttUAAJ T6SulhtluA lubuE6AC0
companies doing business in the state; an act
amending section 129, co piled laws; bill
defining public nuisaIces; requiring registers
of deeds to make abstracts; requiring segre-
gated counties to pay their proportion Of
bonded indebtedness; providing for O state
board of public health Senate bill No. 203
passed The bill relates to bonding Meade
county Adjourned.
In the senate on the Sd the following senate
bills passed: Creating a commission to in
quire into the claims growing cut OF the Yank-
ton asylum. creating board Of pardons; au-
thorizing the appointment Of an assistant Sec
retary Of state providing an adjustment of the
unexpeuded balance of the railroad bonds OF
Elk Point township, Union county; exempting
registered pharmacists from jury duty defn-
ng what property is exeinpt from taxation; de-
fining the jurisdiction and practice of county
courts and the salaries of judges. Adjourned.
Bills were introduced in the house author
izipg boards OF county commissioners to pro-
vide their several counties with the Rhines
voting machine: relating to Legislative APP
por .ionment. Mrs. George NcMillin, and
Miss Ellie McMillin were appointed on
the enrolling and engrossing force
A resolution passed limiting speeches to two
minutes. Bills passed requiring county COM
misEioners to change commissioners districta
an act declaring certain combinations and
trusts unlawful: regulating grain and ware
house inspection relating to the practice OF
medicine amending chapter 4 Sc stion 150 laws
of 1887, providing for the organization OF civil
townships: relating to the assessment and
taxation OF unorganized counties. Adjourned.
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How They Met, Loved and Welded.
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