Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-03-13
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGIsl.ATIyEDOINGS

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bills psssed: Creating board Of commission.
ers having charge Of railroads., elevators, imni
grafton and labor statistics bureau. Amending
ferries. Retulning thanks to certain lats terri.
toriaf officers. Providing compensation fol
printing the Sioux Falls constitution. Amend.
political code, reiating 70 the powers q
county commissioners. Providing for the
Incorporation Of i. town site companies;
artesian wells by townships and ~ horizins
the purchase of machinery therefor providing
for the incorporation q, government and con.
troll of building and loan associations. The fol-
lowing house bills passed: Governing life as
sessments Of fraternal insurance companies
lor a s
struotion OF noxious weeds authorizing county
commissioners to consolidate road and bridge
funds encouraging timber culture protecting
stock breeders IN the sta. q compenssting cer-
tain employees Of the constitutional convention;
requiring commissioners to change the bound
ary of commissioners districts relating to tha
construction of artesan wei D. Adjourned.
In the house the 10 lowing BILLS wore passed:
House bills authorizing counties TO issue war
houses and jails: defining the rights Of land
lords and tenants paying Z. g. Brown for stem
og apnic reports Of the constitutional conven-
reform school, the Spearfish normal and insane
asylum; relating to the attendance ~
ssse ana ehar ,6s
attorney general: providing military code for
the state providing for the apportionment Of
public lands preventing Indians occupying
tribal relations from voting; amending section
], chapter les, compiled lava; amending sec
the laws relating TO the fees Of secretary OF
state for issuing commissions. Senate bills
passed the house authorizing the state treas
urer to set aside certain funds for the payment
OF bond interest providing rules for listing and
valuing property and the business OF bankers
and broAers.
bills passed Regulating the construction of
artesian wells and waterways there from;
amending chapter 1900, compiled laws, relating
CAGES cont aiming certain provisions void pre-
scribing penalties for the unlawful transporta'
tion of Intoxicating liquors amending the code
for shArifs for holding attached property.
Concurrence was refused in the house amend
ments to the senate bill providing for the taxa
tion of banks of stock jobbers. The following
senate bills passed: Amending chapter liz, laws
of 1884, relating to the reference Of to the
circuit courts; amending section 40, compiled
laws. relat ng to the duties of public examiner;
providing for an educational system, known as
the district Sentor Hopkins opposed the last
bill, voted for its passage and gave notice Of
over for one day, and will not become law, as
1t will not reach the house until the last day
q the session bin Iassed defining the
duties and fixing the compensation of clerks of
,ounty courts. Adjourned.
The first business In the house was the pre-
u
BENJAMIN of the gavel used in Huron Wigwam
At the first statehood convention In 1888. fills
passed providing for d commission to visit the
penal Institutions; providing for the invest
ment Of the sinking fund; a memorial asking
that United States senator's be elected by
direct d .,,; vote; regulating the smploHpsnts t
mercantile institutions; regulating the
travel ON highways; tthe irrigation
Fl
repeating the dog tax law. Senate bills passed
defining the jurisdiction OF county eourts pro-
tion ;legalizina certain acts Of the board Of
county commissioners of Grant county under
the territorial laws; providing for locating
county seats releasing the interest on land in
Grant county; providing for the canvass and
returns of elections; providing for shortening
the time Of prisoners; defining the duties Of
tickets shall be prepared for elections; limit
ing the time for beginning action on judgments.
The apportionment bill was virtually killed.
In the senate on the 7th the senate bill
passed authorizing county commissioners to
purchase artesian well outfits. The house bill
locating the state fair permanently at Aber-
deem was indefinitely postponed. House bills
passed amending the civil township law: pro-
viding for resurvey and establishing land
marks; regulating the practice OF pharmacy;
state to publish and distribute the journal Of
the house and senate; creating bureau of sta
tistios; providing for shs appointment Of
term; regulating grain warehouses, providing
for the inspection and handling of grain, and
defining the duties Of railroad warehouse COM
missioners; amending sections 2s8 and 269 and
repeating section 300 penal code: abol-
ishing the state board Of education;
intendSnt, creating deputy: authoriz-
ing counties to issue warrants to defray deh
ciencies in building court-houses and jails;
travelling and other expenses necessarily in
Cured in travelling; defining the responsible
ties OF persons operating steam thrashing en-.
,koRk
the state officers into the state treasury; the
proposed amendment to the constitution pre-
venting Indians sustaining tribal and other re-
lations from voting. defining the punishment
of trespassers on public and school lands for
the relief Of corporations organized under the
general laws; providing for the collection Of
graph %, article A, chapter 23, Seventeenth as
sernbly Regulating the toll on wagon roads:
pu Bile highway; removing the disabilities - Of
August Rich; requiring the construction of
guards W here roads are closed with wire fences;
limiting the expenditure Of charitable and Pc
nal ipstit utions; legalizing the incorporation
of Bristol, Day county. The house general ap-
propriation bill was considerably amended and
sent to the house for concurrence This was
refused and it WAS placed in the hands Of the
joint committee Of both houses.
The following senate bills passed the house:
Defining what properties shall be exempt from
salaries Of supreme court reporters author
izing the appointment of an assistant score
tary OF state autnor1zing the giving OF IN.
atruction in public schools as to the nature
and effect OF alcohol on the system; authoriz-
ing the board of charities 70 sell certain real
estate; creating commission to adjust the
claims growing out of the Yankton asylum;
for the adjustment and disposal Of the unex-
pended balance remaining after the payment
Of railroad bonds issued by Elk Point relating
to counterfeitfng labels and trade marks; reg
ulating the salaries OF officers; relating to fer
ries /; providing for the time Of commencement
Of actions against the state; providing foR an
increase in the board OF directors Of state in
alton bill. .came up from the senate 20 disfgured
that the house failed to recognize IL. A confer
enoe committee was appointmed to confer and
try to reach an agreement.
Final adjournment Of tine Dakota legislature
occurred at an early hour on the morning of the
S.h after an exciting and interesting session
during all OF the night psevious, the conference