The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-02-14
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.
The senate.

PIERRE, Jan. 81.-The bill to repeal the
tax on dogs was lost, and the sepate bill
providing right of way for railroads over
school and public lands passed. A resolu-
tion passed Inemorializing the Sioux City
Journal for its co,irse in defending South
eastern press regarding the suffering said
to exist. Several new bills were intro
duced.
PIERRE, Feb. 1.-The house bill reducing
the interest on tax certificates to IL per
cent. and the senate bill repealing unex-
pended balances of the appropriations for
public institutions made by the legislature
of 1889 passed. Bills were introduced to
amend chapter lis lnws of 1889, for the
protection of discharged employees and to
prevent blacklisting: requiring the state
supreme court to rehenr territorial su-
preme court cases not disposed of. The
committee on temperance reported the
temperance bill and it was made the
special order for Wednesday.
PIERRE Feb. 3.The house bill relating
to jury trials in justices court was In
definitely postponed.
The house marriage license bill Was
recommended to pass.
The following bills were Introduced :;
Repeating chapter l27, laws of 1889, relat-
ing to township organization; amending
section ], chapter 8, political code, relnt-
practice; providing for the taxation of
telegraph and telephone companies; regu
lating the business and fixing the rate of
charges of telegraph companies; relating
to the construction of artesian wells and
bitches and the powers of corporations re-
lating thereto.
PIERRE, Feb. AFTER the reading of
the journal reports of several standing and
81 ecial committees We're read and the fol
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ten acres of land to Fred Evans; amend
ing section 4, chapter l24, laws of 1887; re-
lating to the duties of public examiner;
amending chapter %, laws of 1888, and
chapter l35, laws of 1887; changing the
name of the reform to the industrial
school; making it misdemeanor to re-
move u building from mortgRged lands.
The following senate bills passed: Re
lating to the payment of a highway tax by
labor and permitting receipts to be taken
by county treasurers: also removing the
protection from the beaver
The balance of the day was taken up
with the discussion of miscellaneous reso
lutions.
PIERRE, Feb. 5.--Only one bill was intro.
duced-providing for n lien on grain for
binding twinc furnished for the same
after which the senate went into commit
teo of the whole for the consideration OF
the prohibitory bill, which, with the excep
liOu vi u TeCeSs Ol TWO hours ub HoOu, was
continued until 5 o'clock, with Senator
Cain, of Beadle, in the chair. Quite Il fight
was engendered by motions to fix the date
of taking effect and dispensing with the
emergency clause, but 1t was left Us rec
commended by the committee, to take eff
feet May /, Only two other minor amend
ments were recommended when the senate
| agreed to take it up as the special order
again tomorrow ut 10 o'clock.
PIERRE, Feb. 8. The senate in commit
! tee of the whole resumed consideration OF
| the prohibition bill. AT 3 o'clock the com
mttee recommended the passage of tn,
| bill with the amendments recommended b,
| the committee on temperance, and 81,
| other amendments adopted in committee
Of the whole.
/ Petitions were presented asking TIL.
| submission of an amendment to the con
| sttution leasing school and public lands.
| The senate ordered contract for print
ing its daily journal.
| The senate bill reducing the fees of TIL,
court stenographer passed.
Several house and senate bills, on recon
mendation of committees, We're indefinitely
| postponed.
The house bill providing for marriagt
licenses passed.
The following bill were introduced
Amending section Isl, penal code, relating
/ to puriury and subordination perjury
amending section 5l1, code of civil proceed
ure, relating to sham and irrelevant an
! swers and defenses.