The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGIsLATIyEDOIN

temporary government for tho territoryO of Okla
homa WAS taken up and the clerk confinement
To read the hi l. but had not completed It when
at o'clock the bill to aid in the establishment
No temporary support Of common SCHOOLS was
after Speaking a few minutes in advocacy Of
u, temporarily Welded the floor to Senator
s naisttinan, VINO sa 1r9m fs she inint on foreign
which was placed on the calendar. congratu-
lating the people Of the United States Of Brazil
on their adoption Of a republican form o. GOV
rnment senator Blair resumod his argument.
Adjourned.
The house adjourned af,er the journal was
REM in its abridged form and approved, q large
number OF members being in attendance upon
the funeral of Mrs. and Miss Tracy.
The senate went into committee of the whole,
with Senator Cain, Of Beadle, in the chair, to
At3 O'Clock the committee recommended the
passage Of the bill, with the amendments rec
and six other amendments adopted in commit.
tee OF the whole. Petitions were presented
asking for the submission of an amendment to
lands. The senate ordered a contract for print
ing It's daily journal. The senate bill reducing
the fees Of the court stenographer passed. The
passed. Bills introduced: Amending section
~, penal code, relating to perjury and suborna-
c cion OF m,d perjury aa 1,rs amending IN section "a, code Of
answers aud defenses. Adjourned.
The forenoon session Of the house was taken
up In debate on the temperance bill. In the
oApoAd OSAtd p0Git4oA Wd6 T6du 1TOUl C1T1ZoQS OF
Daedwood asking that the rate of interest be
made z per cent. A letter was read from Sem
afTa ttet sisft he expressing regrets at being Sn-
81, repeating chapter ., session laws of the
Eighteenth legislative assembly relating to ap-
Preparations. passed. Col: Parker introduceda
house at 8 o'clock went into committee of the
whole to consider the temperance bill. Mr..
taking away the penalty for keeping liquor in
the house. The amendment carried. The ma
lority report on the bill was adopted. Mr..
shall not be construed to prohibit the use Of in
toxicatingl liquors in a building by the owner or
occupants thereof if such building be a family
residence, used exclusively as such, and not q
place OF common or public resort. Thelhouse
placed the date for the law to become operative
in the senate on the TIN bills were passed as
follows: Relating to taking, holding and dis
posing by aliens Of real property providing a
North and South Dakota. New bills intro.
duced; Amending section 4. chapter 20, politi-
cal code, relating to blank forms furnished
assessors; relinquishing the interest of South
Dakota to the west half of section II, township
ll9, range 40. Grant county; providing for
amendments Of articles of Incorporation. The
house MEMORIAL asking congress to pay for the
October, 1889, session passed. ADJOURNED.
In the house the elective franchise committee
reported favorably on the womnn's suffrage
bill with certain amendments. The tempcr-
ance bill was read a third time. An effort was
made to strike out the emergency clause, which
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place the date whom the law goes into effect at
May l was lost. The bill was finally placed on
its final passage and passed by a vote of 100 to
q, The house bill providing for lower rates of
interest on Lawrence county bonds passed.
The house bill to transfer the business OF the
7 11te te enisa Gl' courts ,,n;s to the state courts passed.;
pharmacy in the state passed. Adjourned.
In the senate on the 9Th MIR. Wick, of Wal
rolling force: A petition WAS presented PRAYING
legislation favoring artesian wells. The seed
grain matter was referred to q special commit
Hunter. Cain nnd Miller. The senate bill pro-
vidiug for county trensurers collecting taxes IL
cities Sama,o and : 9 towns nr ms passed, pills introduced:
constitution requiring temperance instruction
in public schools amending the laws authoriz-
aag ettle tre "aasr s se1lsct t charters nsot to aha have We the the
paroling of prisoners; providing for the punt L.
ment of habitual criminals exempting reg
time when laws take effect. Adjourned.
The following bills were introduced in the
house, read the first and second times and re-
1erred to appropriate cOmmlJtees; Al act to
provide for q lien upon crops and for q levy of a
tax to secure The purchase price OF seed grain
iating to the appointing of physicians for state
institutions; for the construction Of guards
where roads are fenced with wire; repeating
amend the code relating to the killing Of wolves;
recurring county commissioner to give
D Denas taiprrop pr@ nngl money to improve the
making railroad corporations responsible for
damages for injuries by fire; providing for the
relating to the manner of conducting elections
tons providing for dedioating certuin lands to
authorizing the issuance OF bonds in the sum of
S2;5,UO0 to pay the debt assumed by South
p s,m aan IN IN the H. &C, division of the territory, and
In the senate on III, 10th the following senate
bills passed: Prohibiting the publishing, sale
and distribution OF obscene literature. Rotating
to exemptions from execution sale. and provid-
sale Of tobacco to children under Is yenrs. Pro-
and ddatles. Bills intsfoduoed: r PoWisdis
ing TOR the collection Of delinquent
protect the credit of the counties OF the state:
amending section As, civil code, disclosing the
qualihcation OF electors and prescribing the
thorizing transcripts of judgments snd decrees
IN United States courts to ho filed in circuit
courts of the several counties amending sec
ton 1857. code Of civil procedure providing for
the collection OF taxes on personal property;
amending section 4, chapter 2G. laws u lss,,
gage sales; providing for the division
tricts nocordins to population. Authorizing GER
tain corporations to BECOME %sureties on oficial
bonds and undertaking the limiting Of the time
within which actions in the United States and
oSner state courts for judgments and DEGREES
crops and for a levy upon the same securing tho
payment Of purchase y prices for seed grain.
relating to creating Meade county. Amondin
section Isl, chapter Al, laws OF 1887, providing
sor the az appointment 81, tn Of a commissioner Of
jpurned. ~
The following bills were introduced in tine
house: To encourage the construction of ar
tssian wells; to preserve the purity Of cleo
tons and to guard against the abuse OF the
tho salary of clerks OF circuit and countv
COURTS to amend section loO9. chapter II. laws
OF 1887 to amend section 1870, laws Of 1857, re.
real estate; donating one-haif the Per diem
total of s25, $50, to be placed in the hands Of the
expenditures Of the penal, charitable and edu~
eational institutions of the state. A bill passed
regulating the practice Of Observation-Disclosures
and surgery IN the state. Bills passed: No.
70 REGULATING the practice Of veterinary
No. iss, %relating g to taxing i1sSi realty 1T g and eba5i!
tolls IN the name of the real party interested:
Nc. 81, crest ting the bureau OF labor st4tis-
public lands No. ITO, making the service pro.
CESS OF Justice courts similar to circuit and
county courts; No. LOS, relating to the manner
torneys responsible to the sheriff for fees: No.
o., pr9ylding f9r the exemption from taxation
pr lanas p 81 rightiof,way OF railroads and high
.y gopppAlGA I1Ou60
bills Nos; 80, l57, l0s, 3s, 81. 23s, 24O. Iii. Lost on
vote. Adjourned,
In The senate on the 18th the senate bill
providing rules and regulations relating to
election returns of state officers, members Of
the Legislature. congress and other officers
passed. Most of the day was consumed in the
discussion Of and acting upon the reports Of com
nlittees and disposing of numerous bills by
postponing indefinitely. Bills were introduced
to submit to q vote amendments to section 4.
article IL, Of the constitution, pertaining to in,
aebtedness Of municipal corporations, provid-
ing for regulations concerning the comIaence.
kota.
Inthe house the committee on county affairs
xeportsu agAInst the passAge Of hii wills eXosrjt
one regulating the salaries Of county officers.
Committees recommended that bills pass ne.
!ating to township organization. Defining the
Maniitaes Of railroads. on contracts. Relating to
school purposes. The bill providing for a nos.
Rital for the Insane in the Black Hills was killed,
me railroad bill regulating passenger fare on
railroads received an adverse report from the
committee and was sent to the secretary of the