Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

This will bring the expenditure within
the income. The following bills were intro
duced: BY Mr.. Rowe. providing tina TIL
secretary of state shall publish the proposed
amendments to the constitution twelve
weeks in one paper in each judicial circuit:
by Mr.. Pratt, that the county commissioner
may issue refunding bonds; by Mr.. Olcson,
the payment OF employees at leastionce per
month in legal tender money; by MIR. Rus
dell, declaring trusts to be unlawful aud
providing for recovery against them; by
Mr.. Oleson, that telephone companies shall
not charge greater rental per instrument
than So per month; by Mr.. Barlow, appro-
printing $4,000 for the reform school; by
Mr.. Burns, making eight hours days
labor.
In the senate this morning the report OF
the committee on irrigation III reference to
establishing an experimental arteslan we'll
at Huron was adopted. The following inn
portant senate bills were passed: Author
izing civil townships to sink artesian wells
and providing for the issuing of bonds for
theirconstruction. allowing the state board
of equalization to levy 1-mill tax to pay
deficiencies in the Indebtedness for the pre-
ceding year. This last was passed by vote
of 23 yeas to IS nays, four being absent.
There is considerable doubt as to the con-
stitutionality Of the bill, as at the last cleo
ton the amendment to the constitution to
raise the tax levy was voted upon and lost.
A bill was passed making counties pay for
return Of fugitives from justice. This after
noon the senate adopted the report Of the
apportionment committee making the sem
ate thirty-hve senators and the house
eighty-four representatives. The appropri-
alton bill was considered, but not finished.
The only change this afternoon was the in
sertion OF an appropriation OF $4,000 for an
artesian we'll at the reform school.
PIERRE, Feb. 2G.-ln the house this morn
ing the report OF tho committee abolishing
the preparatory and normal departments OF
the state university were almost unani-
mously adopted. The house spent the fore
noon in discussing the superintendent bill.
The report OF the railroad committee con-
shutting the governor, secretary of state
and commissioner of immigration board
Of railroad commissioners was adopted.
The following bills were introduced: BY
Mr.. Norton, that the governor, auditor and
land commissioner may lease the state
house for the use of the United States and
contract for building an addition to the state
house, not to exceed $1,000. for the courts
accommodation and vaults for the records
of the land offices; by MIR. Sheafe, to pro-
vide that county commissioners shall pub
lish all proceeding in the newspapers OF the
county; by Mr.. Pratt, that fifty electors
may call an election for the annexation Of
counties, and q majority of both counties Is
necessary to adopt; by Mr.. Norton for tho
appointment of tho warden of the peniten-
itentiary by the governor; by Mr.. Goddard,
constituting Fall River and Custer counties
one senatorial district; by Mr.. Norton, to
provide that the board of charities shall rO-
ceive IS per day and travelling expenses.
The following bills passed the house: All
county and state officers shall turn the fees
into the treasury at the end Of each month,
except those receiving no salary and tho
register of deeds for making abstracts; an
! amendment to the constitution abolishing
the county courts; for printing $4,000 news
\ paper supplements OF the session laws, upon
J bids to the secretary Of state. to cost not to