Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
e.nizatton of civil townships. The senat

%felating to highway tax passed. Adjourned
in the senate on the 18th bills We're intro,
school at Forest City: locating the school for
the blind and feeble-1ninded ut Harrison, he-
tween Miller and st. Lawrence, Hand county;
printing 5000 ,cres Of public land: locnt.
ing the state central university Mt Huron;
establishing. the state public school
TIL for tho insane ut Custer City; locating tho
state fair permanently. at Aberdeen; defining
the jurisdiction OF county courts; fixing the
sion to settle the Pattee Yankton insane asy-
lnln claims; permitting townships to buy ar
tes1nn well machinery and sing wells; nmend-
ing the act Incorporating the city OF Bookings.
Adjourned.
In tho house bills were passed: Prohibiting
The circulation of obscene literature submit
ing the question of woman sutfrugs to u vote;
protecting farm laborers; relating to punish
ment for robbing; amending section 5000, com
ing iassa Of of~s the . "e crow " .reeEs 'n res ops".
ton; amending section 526l. COMPLIED
laws amending section 5l1i, compiled laws.
Ellis introduced: To amend section 1929, COM
piled laws to amend sections S9i, gT3, 9Ti, 979,
chapter II. political code m act for the relief
OF corporations organized under the general
laws to provide for the appointment of ut agent
TO prosecute the claims OF the stnte against
the United States for money due on account of
public lands. The famous stock feeders bill:
No. 81, was indefinitely POSTPONED. Tho bill
assessors was lost. The house bill on the
change of commissioners dis riots was indef-
lnttely postponed. Adjourned.
In the senate on tho 18th the house appropri-
ation bill Tor balances due on expenses of tho
Sioux Falls constitutional convention was in
definitely postponed. The special order arrived
for the consideration of the senate bill creating
u state board Of equalization and the same was
tsken up in committee of the whole. j Is in
troduced: Providing for the payment of the ex-
penses of the seed grain commission; q memoir
lal tocongress relating to the settlers on'tle i'll
nebago and Grow Creek reservations author
l2tng the payment to INDECENT families or pa.
rents of convicts OF their earnings. Amending
chapter II, laws of 1889, relating to artesiar
wells. Repeating section II. chapter %, lawso
1887. Bills passed providing for the assessment
and taxation of railroad property. Providing
for the sale or membranes Of homesteads
where the husband or wife is OF unsound mind
Furnishing the counterfeiting OF trade marks
and advertisements. MemoriulixinG congress-
for legislation for claims Tor Indian depredn
tons. Adjourned.
into effect section 4, of the constitution; to es
tablish II branch Of the asylum in the Blacl
Hills to apportion lands granted to the state
TO amend section 8, chapter $50, session laws o
1887 to provide for the construction of dykes
dams, bitches and waterways for tho purpose o
creating artificial reservoirs: to amend section
900, compilcdluws of 1887; to amend subdivision
4, section 29lg. compiled laws; to authorize
counties to issue warrants to pay deficiencies il
the erection of court-houses and iails. I'll,
committee on appropriations introduced tw'
bills. enc repeating all prior laws and anothe
making appropriations for state institutions. -!
resolution to Indefinitely postpone tho McIn
tyre bill to apportion public lands was lost
The house went into committee of the whole o.
the usury bill with Mr.. Mccormick in tn
chair. a long debate followed and finally tn
rate of interest Was fixed on chnttel mortgage
ut u per cent. and 10 per cent, OF real estate
Adjourned.