Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-02-20
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.

In the senate on ihs 10th the following senate
bills passed Prohibiting the publishing sale =.
to exemptions from execution sale. AMI provid-
ing for notice claiming Same; prohibiting tho
sale Of tobacco to children under - years. Pro
of education, defining their powers
and duties. Bills. introduced Provid-.
ing for j, the s collection Ct delinquent
protect the credit OF the counties OF the state
amending section As, civil code, disclosing the
s q atsrs a
thorizing transcripts of juugments and decrees
in United States courts to be filed in circuit
courts Of the several counties amending sec
the collection OF taxes on personal property
amending section 4, chapter &c, laws Of 1851,
to proSas oSti1 oaass ss dsoa
OF counties into commissioners dis
tricts according to population. Authoring cer-
bonds and undertaking the limiting Of the tune
within which actions in the United States and
other state courts for Judgments and DEGREES
shall be commenced. ProyIaing for liens upon
crops and for a levy upon the same securing the
payment of purchase prices for seed grain.
Amending section 30, chapter 81, laws Of 1883,
relating to creating Meade county. Amendin !,
section ISL chapter II, laws OF 1887 providing
for the appointment of A commissioner Of
school and public lands: Amending section
1923 apd repeating 1854 compiled laws. Ad-
journed.
The following bills were introduced in the
house 10 encourage the construction of ar
tssian wells to preserve the purity of cleo
elective franchise; providing for and regulating
the salary of clerks of circuit and county
courts to amend section 1908, chapter Il, laws
of 1887 to amend section 1870, laws of 1887 re-
lating to advertising delinquent taxes on
real estate: donating oneshaif the per diem
Of members Of the legislature, making a
governor for proper distribution; to limit the
Expenditures of the penal, charitable and edu-
cational institutions of tho state. A bill passed
and surgery In the state Bills passed: No.
IS regulating the practice Of veterinary
No. 12s, relating to taxing realty and chat
tells in the name of the real party interested !;
No. 81, creating the bureau OF labor st tbs
tics; No. 19o memorial to congress- regarding
public lands No. ITO, making the service pro-
cess of justice courts sinnilar to circuit and
county courts; No. 1853, reIating to the manner
torneys responsible to the sheriff for fees; No.
3d. providing for the exemption from taxation
Of lands Of right t-of-way of railroads and high
bills Nos 49, 157, 100, 49, 81 sss, $40, Ill Lost on
vote. Adjourned
In the senate on the 1ith the senate bill
providing rules and regulations relating to
sleotion returns OF state officers, members of
the legislature, congress and other Office rs
passed. Most of the day was consumed in the
discussion OF and acting upon the reports of COM
postponing indefinitely. Bills were introduced
TO submit to vote amendments to section A.
article Ii, of the constitution pertaining TO In
debtedness OF municipal corporations, provid-
ing for regulations concerning the commence
ment of action against the state of South Da-
kota.
In the house the committee on county affairs
reported against the passage of all bills except
one regulating the salaries Of county officers.
Committees recommended that bills pass re-
lating to township organisation. Defining the
liabilities Of railroads on contracts. Relating to
encouraging Immigration. Choice of land for
school purposes. The bill providing for a hos
pital for the insane in the Black Hills was killed
The railroad bill regulating passenger fare on
railroads received an adverse report from the
committee to be killed. Bills were introduced :
To require state officials II keep the Offices at
the seat of government 80 Nsegnlate toll on
wagon roads; to provide for annual exhibits of
agricultural, stock breeding, horticultural
mining, industrial and mechanical products,
and to provide for state board Of agriculture.
mileage of legislators from 10 to s cents per
mile by vote of 9S to 122. The house bill
amending section1, article IA of the constitu-
tion, touching penal institutions. passed the
house. The till on the liability of railroads
on contracts passed House bills passed as
follows: Providing that imprisonment and
county bonds to amend the compiled laws /;
relating to the attachment and levy by sheriffs ;
to amend section 92l, compiled laws; repeating
sections 1885 and 1886, compiled laws; to regu-
late the registration and payment on warrants,
allowing $3 per day for serving the warrant
and attending the prisoner during the trial re-
quir ng the auditor of state to examine the
financial stand ng of insurance companies. The
veterinary surgeon bill was referred to the
judiciary committee. The publishers bill
passed. The circulation limit Is placed at $50
before publisher cpn print legal advertise
ments. Adjourned
In the senate on the 18th petition was pre-
sented by Senator Crawford from 152 residents
on the newly opened reservation, praying for
legislation making the herd law optional in un-
organized counties west of the Missouri river.
Bills passed: Defining the duties of the secre-
Of school and public lands; permit
ting municipal corporations to bond up
election the coming fall on the permanent loca-
tion Of the capital; limiting tine expenditures
for one year to half of two years appropria-
tion. bills introduced: Appropriafing the
lands granted the, state between various insti-
tutions existing and to be erected making wo-
men eligible to the office Of notary public pro-
yiding how amendments to articles of incorpor-
alton may be made. Adjourned.
In the house the janitor's salary was raised to
$3 per day. Bills introduced: To amend sec
tion 515, complied laws. To amend article J.,
chapter 2 political code. An act to consolidate
counties that have been segregated from other
counties which have failed to pay debt [Tnis
bill refers to Lawrence and Meade
oosnties and mould wipe out .shs the
section g. probate code; to regulate and con-
troll life or accident insurance companies and
all companies operated On Gn6 assessment plan !,
to regulate the Incorporation Of the Bristol Day
sanipaton Of a civil townships. The senate ate bill
In ths senate Sc The 18th bills we're nsso
duced as follows: Locating the state normal
school at Forest City; locating the school for
tween Miller and st. Lawrence, Hand county;
locating the hospital for the insane: sppro-
priating 400 cres OF public land: loeat-
establishing the state public school
at Waterrown; establishing the western hospi-
tai for the insane at Custer City. locating the
state fair permanently at Aberdeen; defiuing
the jurisdiction of county courts fixing the
terms and salary OF judges creating commits
sion to settle the Pattee Yankton insane asy-
lum claims permitting townshi ps to buy ar
tesian well machinery and sins wells amend
Adjourned.
In the house bills were passed: Prohibiting
the circulation OF obscene literature; submit
ing the question of woman suffrage to vote |;
protecting farm laborers; relating to punish
ment for robbing; amending section 5000 COM
ins sa q sW the a crow es erasf 'nS fesspsa aasa
tion; amending section 526I, complied
laws; amending section 5414. complied laws.
Bills introduced: To amend section 1890 COM
piled laws to amend sections 89i, g73 97l, 979,
chapter IL, political CODE an act for the relief
Of corporations organized under the general
laws to provide forthe appointment of an agent
to prosecute the claims OF the state against
the United States for money due on account of
public lands. The famous stock feeders bill,
No. 81, was indefinitely postponed. The bill
repeating the law requiring bonds of township
assessors was lost. The house bill on the
initely postponed. Adjourned.
In the senate on the I4th the house appropri-
alton bill for balances due ON expenses of the
Sioux Falls constitutional convention was in
definitely postponed. The special order arrived
for the consideration of the senate bill creating
q state board Of equalization and the same was
taken up in committee OF the whole. Bills in.
troduced: Providing for the payment Of the ex-