Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE DoJNGs.

- - no OI UllS 4Ll q lOlNt resolution
was offered eXte ding thanks to the late terri
torlal officers. sennte bills passed providing
ntbe ene reihlDursement of owners of sheep and
oVnef I'VE stock damaged by dogs: amend
ing sections and 6, chapter Id. lnws of 1SS7.
leiatin9 TO u lien on seed grain; permit inn
~ ! increase IN the number of trustees OF char.
annendlns sections l92. 6 and II, complied laws
felatlng to taxes for the payment o school
opnr COUPONS: providing for the taxation of
express ana sleeping car compa les; dec airing
the qualification of electors and prescrib ne
eae ba,lot to be used; relating to the trespasss
1 ~, ahlinals, House bills passed: Providing
ephone companies; q general INCORPORATION act
ior cities and towns; submitting the question
or orn rne Pefiaanent location of the seat of gov
amendment to u vote. Adjourned.
IN the house senate bills passed amending
cue avs %relatills to the creation of Mead
Evans; amending the law relating to the nd
MISSION OF attorneys to practice the law author
ian certain corporations to become s%ureties
on bonds; to provide for raroling prisoners;
providing for the sale and incuinbrance Of p,
homestead when either husband or wife is
Insane; creating u state board of equalizn-
ZION ana dehnlng its powers providing for the
1nsIection OF Illuminating oils. House bills
passed: .Repealins the law making tax re-
Ieip, u evidence a e OF payment; providing for the
phyhlent OF fees by state offio ers into tho treas
ury Regulating the incorporation OF the town
OF nrlstol; relating to tho extension of Phillips
AVENUE. sioux rails; compelling railroads. to
-, nv lcCcSSuIS. Dl1Clna n
bounty on dead wolves an act for the relief of
corporators.
In the senate on the 5th the following senate
bllls passed: Creating e board of commission
efs having charge of railroads, elevators, immi-
grafton and labor statistics bureau. Amending
sec.ion 90 chapter q, political code. relating to
IerIies. returning thanks to certain late terri
torial officers. Providing compensation for
printing the Sioux Falls constitution. Amend
POLITICAL 1ng t paiT's eodeI %rs 81 ssstie On e e. cha aasr sls;
county commissioners. Providing for the
Incorporation of town site companies,
a ass,av,ng we'll, to Inv the construction of
me purchase of machinery therefor; providing
Tor the incorporation of, government and con.
1rol OF building and loan associations. The fol-
lowing house bills passed: Governing life as.
OF %fraternal insurance companies
and societies.; providing for tho mortgaging of
real est.te by guardians providing for the de-
struction OF noXlous weeds authorizing county
commissioners to consolidate road and bridge
FUNDS encouraging timber culture protecting
ssock breeders IN the state; compensating Ger
tain employees of the constitutions FL convention.
requiring commissioners to change the bound
ary OF commissioners districts; relating to the
construction OF artesian wei 8. Adjourned.
In the house the following bills were passed:
mouse bllls authorizing counties to issue war
rants to pay deficiencies duo for building count.
houses and lails: defining the rights Of land
lords and tenants paying 7. G. Brown for stem
og aphic reports Of the constitutional conyen-
ton relating. to deficiencies in the DAKOTA
reform school, the Spanish normal and insane
mileage and Other EXPENSES sus pas"e OF the be-
attorney general: providing a military code for
FUNDS obtained from the lease OF school and
public lands; preventing Indians occupying
5rlnai relations from voting; amending section
tien III. chapter 23, political code; amending
the laws relating to the fees of secretary Of
state Tor issuing commissions. Senate bills
passed the house authorizing the state treas.
urer to set aside certain funds for tho payment
OF bond interest providing rules for listing aud
valuing property and the business of bankers
In the senate on the 9th tho following house
bllls passed: Regulating the construction OF
arteslan wells and waterways. therefrom
to private corporations; making chattel mort.
cages containing certain provisions void; pre-.
scrib1ng penalties for the unlawful Transports
Of civil procedure; providing compensatory
for sheriffs for holding attached property.
Concurrence was refused In the house amend.
ments to the senate bill providing for the taxa
ton OF banks of stock jobbers. The following
senate bills passed: Amending chapter l12, laws
oflees:, relating to the reference of causes to the
circuit courts amending section 100, compiled
laws. relating to the duties of public examiner
providing for an educational system, known as
the district. Senior Hopkins opposed the las
motion for q reconsideration. Thus it lay
over f>r one day, and will not become q law, a.
1T will not reach the house until the last do.
"a IL nebs1Ou. "A OH IaS6eu QeQOlQg tn
duties and fixing the compensation of clerks o
county courts. Adjourned.
The first business in tho house was tho pre-
sanitation to the speaker by Representativ'
BENJAMIN of the gavsl used in Huron Wigwan
at the first statehood convention in 1881. eilli
passed providing for q commiss ion to visit til.
penal institutions; providing for the invest
ment of the sinking fund; q memorial asking
That united States senators BIO elected by q
direct vote; regulating the employment
% q; shiIdren 5n5 in mines fao1oties a mo
travel on highways; r tbs irrigation
measure designating o place of deposit OF alb
stracts and conveyances belongingt to the state
repeating the dog tax law. Senate bills passed
defining the Jurisdiction of county courts pro.
viding for amendments to articles of incorpora.
tlon legalizinP certain acts OF the board OF
the territorial laws; providing for loo Atins
county seats releasing the interest on land in
Grant county; providing for the canvass and
returns of elections; providing for shortening
the time OF prisoners; defining the duties OF
clerks Of the supreme court; providing how
tickets shall be prepared for elections; limit
The apportionment bill was virtually killed.
In tho senate on the 7th the senate bill
passed authorizing county commissioners to
locating the state fair permanently at Aber-
deem was indefinitely postponed. House bills
passed amending the civil township law: pro.
marks; regulating the practice of pharmacy
joint resolution authorizing the secretary Of
state to publish and distribute the journal Of
the house and senate; creating q bureau of sta
%tistics; providing for the appointment OF q
commissioner of labor, defining his duties and
term regulating grain warehouses, providing
for the inspection and handling of grain, and
defining the duties of railroad warehouse COM
missioners; amending sections 2Ss and $50 and,
repeating section 300 penal code: abol-,
ishing the state board of education j
transferring the title of the state super
intendept, creating a deputy; authoriz-
ing counties to issue warrants to defray def
ciencies in building court-houses and iails:
providing that the attorney-genera be allowed
travelling and other expenses necessarily in
CURED IN raveling; defining the responsible
ties of persons operating steam thrashing en-
gines providing for the payment of the fees OF
the state officers into the state treasury; the
proposed amendment to the constitution pre-
venting Indians sustaining tribal and other re-
lations froa4 .oting: defining the punishment
of trtspassers on public and school lands for
the rel.ef of corporations organized under the
general lava providing for the collection OF
taxes in cnorganized counties; amending para
graph %, Article 4, chapter %, Seventeenth as
sembly; regulating she toll on wagon roads;
dedicatingc certain lands in Sioux Falls for a
public highway; removing the disabilities of
August Rich; requiring the construction of
guards here roads are closed with wire fences;
lin ting the expenditure of charitable and pc
nal Institutions; legalizing the Incorporation
of Bristol, Day county. The house generalap-
preparation bill WIS considerably amended and
sent to the HOUSE. for concurrence. This was
refused and ii was placed i'll the hands of tho
ioint rDnmitGaa Of both h1rsas.