Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-03-12
DAKOTA Law MAKERS.
SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
IN BIENNIAL SESSION.

Daily Report or the Measures Introduced
and the Action Taken I hereon In Both
the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives.
PIERRE, Feb. Washington birthday
was legally observed here to-day. Neither
house passed bill and the senate met aud
only transacted business In the committee
of the whole. Senator Melv1iles bill Tor
uniform school law was reported favorably.
The revenue bill was not reported and an
attempt by Senator Harrison to strike out
the taxation Of railroads by the gross earn.
ings system failed to carry. The special
committee, consisting of Senator's Peter
man, McFarlane and Wickhen, to report an
industry for the penitentiary, was APP
pointed.
PIERRE, Feb. 24--The house spent a solid
day passing on bills The more important
are: That the agricultural college shall
hold farmers Institutes throughout the
state for instruction in modern and scien-
tifc methods OF agriculture; that yeterin-
arg surgeons shall be graduates, or practi-
TONERS of FIVE years standing aud pass an
examination before the state board: that
railroad companies shall furnish cars upon
three days notice, and keep suitable facill-
ties for handling freight and receive cars
from other roads in like manner; that
railroad companies shall be liable for dam
ages caused by FIRE arising from steam en-
gines; attaching the cost of the change Of
venue of appeal to the losing party in such
cases; that the court stenographers shall
furnish transcripts at cents per folio of
100 works; that printed session laws shall be
delivered fifty days after the date of con-
tract; appropriating 50, lao for the selection
of 620, 900 acres of state endowment lands.
The following bills were introduced: By Mr..
Mcleod, allowing cities to enact poll
tax; by Mr. Pratt, for the establishment of
state library; by Mr.. Cuchlock. for the
collection OF taxes on civil actions; by Mr..
Gardner, providing that circuit judges may
| hold terms of court in other districts than
their own and for other districts in their
| own chambers; by Mr.. Barlow, memorial
to congress that royalty to the owners OF
| patents and copyrights be issued and free
manufacture allowed; also for national
| warehouses for the storage of spurious
grain; 10y Mr.. Gardner, authorizing circuit
| Judges 10 hold special terms of court on
| their own meeting. A bill to reduce the
rate of interest from IL to 10 per cent. failed
| to pass, rs also the bill to change the cir
cult judge on the board of pardons to the
presiding Judge of the supreme court.
In the senate the following bills were
passed: Empowering mayors OF cities Of
| the first class to appoint assessors for two
years: increasing the interest on tax GER
tiicates from IL to 10 per cent. Both houses
adjourned to 10 o'clock Tomorrow morning.
PIERRE, Feb. 24.-In the house the spe-
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charges Of irregularities in the sale Of the
state bonds reported that the charges were
unfounded. The following bills were passed:
To provide fund for the maintenance of
and conveying Of patients to the insane hos
pital by each county paying $3.50 per week
for every patient from such county, also
that the hospital shall send q omDetent
person TO convey Jne patients, and
upon application friend or relative
may be appointed by the county judge; pro-
viding for the registration of the state
bonds; raising the fees of the secretary of
state to double what they are now: making
the salary of the county treasurer $1,000
per annum except in yJunties OF $4,000 pop
| ulation, when it shall be $500. The rail-
road committee reported in favor Of making
the governor, secretary of state and COM
missioner of immigration take the place OF
the present board of railroad commission
ers. The appropriation committee made a
report as follows: