Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-02-15
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
The Senate.

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PIERRE, Jan. 31.-The bill to repeal the
tax on dogs was lost, and the senate bill
providing right of way for railroads over
school and public lands passed. A resolu-
tion passed memorializing the Sioux City
Journal for it's course In defending South
Dakota from the malicious attacks of the
eastern press regarding the suffering said
to exist. Several new bills were intro
duced.
PIERRE, Feb. 1.-The house bill reducing
the interest on tax certificates to IL per
cent. and the senate bill repeating unex-
pended balances of the appropriations for
public institutions made by the legislature
of 1889 passed. Bills were introduced TO
amend chapter lis laws of 1889, for the
protection of discharged employees and to
prevent blacklisting; requiring the state
supreme court to rehear territorial SUI
preme court cases not disposed of. The
committee on temperance reported the
temperance bill and it was made the
special order for Wednesday.
PIERRE, Feb. 3.-The house bill relating
to jury trials in justices court was in
definitely postponed.
The house marriage license bill was
recommended to pass.
The following bills were introduced (:
Repeating chapter 127, las of 1889, relat-
ing to township organization; amending
section J., chapter s, political code, relat-
ing to the admission of attorneys at law TO
practice; providing for the taxation of
telegraph and telephone companies; regu
lating the business and fixing the rate of
charges of telegraph ~companies; relating
to the construction of artesian wells and
bitches and the powers of corporations re
lating thereto.
PIERRE, Feb. AFTER the reading of
the journal reports of several standing and
special committees were read and the fol
lowing bills were introduced: To convey
ten acres of land to Fred Evans; amend.
ing section 4, chapter l24, laws OF 1887; re-
lating to the duties of public examiner;
amending chapter ~, laws of 1888, and
chapter l35, laws of 1887; changing the
name of the reform 10 the industrial
school; making it u m"isdemeanor 10 re-
move a building from mortgaged lands.
The following senate bills passed Re
lating to the payment OF q highway tax by
labor and permitting receipts to he taken
by county treasurers: also removing the
protection from the beaver.
The balance of the day was taken up
with the discussion of miscellaneous reso-
lutions.
PIERRE, Feb. 5.-Only one bill was intro
duced-providing for n lien on grain for
binding Irvine furnished for the same
after which the senate went into commit
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the prohibitory biz, which, with the excep-
tion Of a recess of two hours at noon, was
continued until ) o'clock, with Senator
Cain, of Beadle, in the chair. Quite "A fight
WAS engendered 10y motions to fix the date
of taking effect and dispensing with the
emergency clause, but it was left as rec
commended by the committee, TO take eff
feet May l.. Only two other minor amend
nients were recommended when the senate
agreed TO take it up as the special order
again tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
PIERRE, Feb. &. Tho senate in commit
tee of the whole resumed consideration of
the prohibition bill. At 3 o'clock the com
mittee recommended the passage Of the
bill with the amendment recommended by
the committee on temperance, and six
other amendments adopted in committee
of the whole.
submission of an amendment to the con
stitution leasing school and public lands.
The senate ordered a contract for print
ing its daily journal.
III senate bill reducing the fees Of the
court stenographer passed.
Several house and senate bills, on recon-
mendation of committees, were indefinitely
postponed.
The house bill providing for marriage
licenses passed.
The following bill were introduced
Am anding section Isl, penal code, relating
% ~purjury and subordination perjury;
amending section 5ll, code of civil proceed
Ire, ~relatinE TO sham and irrelevant an
.wers and defenses.