St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-08
MADE THE CLOCK LIE.
South Dal1Ota's Legislature Steals
Time and AdjOurns.

Special to the Globe.
PIERRE, S. d., March 7.-The first
regular session of the legislature of
South Dakota ended at midnight to-
night by constitutional limitation. That
is. the session was supposed to have
ended with the stroke of IL, but the
clock was turned back couple of times
and it was really 2 O'Clock when the Ses-
sion ended. the whole day and evening
having been spent in Wraugling over
the appropriate, bill, which was finally
adopted by both branches. The legiSla-
ture sent to the governor to-day the fol-
lowing bills for his approval:
To print 500 copies OF the senate journal;
providing that certain real estate owned by
the state be dedicated for public highways;
to collect taxes in organized and morgan
iZed counties; for the relief OF certain cor
pOTations; 10 define and provide punishment
for trespaSs upon public lands; to prohibit
Indians sustaining tribal relations from vot-
ing: to turn the lees OF the state officers into
the state treasury; defining the responsible
ties Of arties operating steam threShers;
relating 10 the travelling expense of the
attorney general: authorizing organized
counties to issue warrants to pay Deficiencies
due OH building court houses and jails: abol-
jshing the board or education and comforting
power upon the state superintendent: to
limit The expenses Of public institutions OF
the state; TO compel the building Of guards
where roads are closed by wire fences; to
legalize the incorporation OF Bristol-Day
county: to regulate the handling of grain
warehouses and defining the duties of the
railroad and warehouse commissioners; TO
create a bureau of statistics and To provide
for the appointment of commission OF labor
and defining it's duties. joint res
Dlution providing for the publication of
house and senate Journals and the diSlrlbu-
~, t1afn
provide pharmaceutical board: relating to
civil township government and the resurvey
and establishment of land marks; relating TO
nXemDtiOns providing that woman suffrage
shall be submitted TO q vote of the people
next fall; to define what property shall be
exempt from taxation; defining the duties
IF The supreme court reporter and providing
for the publication Of his report and for
his compensation; 10 authorize the secretary
OF state to Appoint an assistant: 10 require
the giving of instruction as to the nature and
effect of alcoholic drinks and narcotics upon
the human system in The public schools OF
the state; authorizing the board of charities
and correction TO sell certain real estate in
the city of Sioux Falls: to create commits
sion to adjust claims growing out of
the YanktOn asylum affairs, providing
for the adj Hstment and disposal OF the uneX-
pended balances remaining after payment Of
the interest on the railroad bonds issued by
Elk Point township Union county. To
amend the compiled laws relating To treSpass
of animals: relating TO cOunterfeting labels,
trade marks and advertisements; regulating
the fees of registers of deeds and county
treasurers: relating to ferries and toll for
foot I a>Sengers across the Missouri river and
their regulation by the county commission
ers: TO provide for the commencement Of
actions against the state.
Lengthy resolutions were adopted
thanking Speaker Young for the kind
ness and courtesy he has shown TO every
member, and complimemtlng him on the
ability and impartiality displayed in all
his acts as presiding officer. Other
resolutions. thanking the chief clerk,
the assistant clerk and the attorney gen
eral for cOurtesies shown, were adopted.
The local newspapers were also ten
dered vote of thanks,