Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-13
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tho judiciary committee, was that the bill
should now have its second reading, and ac-
cordingly called it up. The bill was placed
upon its second reading and will come up in
regular order.
In the senate tho following bills passed:
The revenue bill, which corrects the present
law and makes interest on tax certificates
20 per cent. and provides that express COM
panies shall be taxed the same as railroads;
the bill reducing the members of the board
OF agriculture from fourteen members to
nine; the house bill reducing the mileage
Of members to s cents. In the house
to-day tho most important thing done
was the passage OF the Australian
ballot law. The bill was compromise of
the two bills introduced in the senate by
Senators Sheafe ard Preston. Most OF the
forms of the pure Australian system are re-
tanned. IL received most careful and pro-
longed attention in the senate and was care
fully scrutinized by the house committee.
me members are congratulating themselves
that they will inaugurate the Australian
ballot system in South Dakota. In the
house the following bills passed this
morning: The senate apportionment as
finally decided on which makes fully forty
three senators and eighty-three represent
| ativcs; abolishing the office of inspector of
illuminating oils and making the president
of the state university such official: taxing
the shares of building and loan associations;
to bid in delinquent property and making a
board OF three to appraise mortgaged prop
erty before u sheriff S sale.
| PIERRE, March BIN the house this
morning the bill introduced by Mr.. Vande-
hacker, preventing the use of free railroad
transportation by public officials, came up
for final passage. Mr.. Schnauber moved to
amend making it unlawful for Mr.. Nande
hacker to ride on pass. The whole mat
ter was laid on the table. The following
bills were passed: Taxing ex-
earnings; providing an addition to the
capitol for the new senate chamber, United
States court rooms and fire proof vaults
| The appropriation bill came up for discus
sion in the committee OF the whole this
afternoon. The state university uppropri-
alton Of $4,000 for the salaries of teachers
reform school from Sls,410 to $751;
45S. Further action was deferred
! At the night session the educational bill
was considered. The following bills were
passed to-day in the senate: Providing fol
| tho distribution Of the supreme court re-
ports; paying S12. 400 insane hospital claims;
requesting the secretary OF agriculture TIC
furnish the state 10000 copies of the repor:
on the investigation to determine the loca-
tipn OF artesan wells east of the Rocky
mountains; abolshing the labor commits
sioner and the house memorial for the
PIERRE, March 4.-The senate this morn
ing adopted the report of the judiciary com
mittee. as amend ed, recommending the pass
age Of Senator Platt's bill providing for the
| taxation Of holders of mortgages on real
and personal property to the extent OF their
| interest in such property and mortgages.
The following bills were passed: uniform
system of weights and measures and
the appointment of state sealer and
Inspector; abolishing the. Office Of commits
sioner OF immigration; permitting cities un
der a special charter to increase the tax
| levy for general purposes to Is mills, ana
| for interest on the bonded Indebtedness to
q; q bill introduced by Senator Melville
that the income from the sale of school
lands be placed in first mortgages on farm
lands or in state or national bonds This
afternoon upon the announcement OF the
! death Of Representative Heifman, after the
appointment of Maj. Andrews as q commit
tee to attend the funeral, the senate adj
journed until Tomorrow out OF respect.
In the house the entire forenoon was de-
voted to the general appropriations bill in
committee OF the whole. At IL o'clock the
death of Representative j. q. Heilman, of
| Hand county, was announced. He had
been low with la grippe and pneumonia for
about week, but it had not been thought
serious. After appointing Messrs. Troutman,
Cooper, Converse, Brown. Wells, Beltnap
and Bach committee to escort the body to
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evening as u mark of respect The house
this evening finished the consideration OF
the appropriations bill. 1t has beon cut
down SIG, 036. The soldiers home was
raised s2.0 $50. The appropriation for the
commissioner Of immigration was cut out
salary of 50, 600. The board of charities
and corrections and the board OF regents
were cut down 5 900 and 81. 400 respectively.
PIERRE March 5.-This morning the Mel
vile bin for an appropriation for an artcs-
| ian we'll experimental station at Huron
failed Of passage by Que vote. The house
| substitute for the senate's apportiOnmeut
| bill came up this morning and was con-
CURED in by the senate. This makes the
house bill q law, as there is no doubt but
the governor will sign it. The bill provides
for forty-three senators and eighty
| three representatives. The basis OF
apportionment is 5000 population for sena-
torial districts and 1000 for representative.
The only material changes from tho pres
ent senatorial representation is the cutting
off Of one senator in both Sphinx and Law
| renee county. The house is reduced, aud
Sufalo and Hyde and Sully have repre-
sentatives. These two districts have one
each. Last night Mr.. Scattergood intro
duced the following resolution, which went
through without opposition:
Resolved, That this house does hereby con-
sent that the senate may at any time adjourn
to the Locke hotel in the city OF Pierre and
may, with the consent OF this house, hold night
sessions at said Locke hotel from now on to the
end OF the present session OF this legislature. or
on any night from now to the end OF the pres
ent session.
moved the reconsideration OF the resolution.
A call of the house, demanded by Mr.. Hub
bard, lasted until IL 80, when reconsidera-
ton was carried and the resolution was laid
upon the table by a vote of 63 to ~. The
object of the resolution was clearly to make
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submission. being unable to leave his room,
which adjoins the lobby. Tonight Senator
Clark is believed to BIC dangerously sick
and It is doubtful II he can reco~er. 1t ID
heart trouble.
PIERRE, March Cit was uear O'Clock