The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-01-21

SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE

SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
Tho Senate.
PIERRE, S. D., Jan l3-Bills were int.a-
dnced as follows in the senate:
BY Burleigh, providing for the raising
of funds for an exhibit at the worlds fair,
by means Of an occupation tax to be levied
in the form of license fee on the follow
ing occupations during the year ending
June !, 1894: Rtiiroad companies, in
complete operation, $l,vN0; all Others,
$50; street car companies, $!5; insurance,
loan and elevator companies, S2j; all
other companies and corporations, S25;
brokers and bankers, 81 ]: lawy .rs, physi-
clans, insurance and real estate agents,
dealers and manufactnrars not incorpora-
ted, butchers, boarding houses and livery
stable keepers, merchants. stock, grain,
coal and lumbe dealers, $40. For carry
ing on any OF the above occupations with
out paving the license a penalty of fromS5
to 8 10 is fieed
passed by the legislature be deposited
with the governor until May !,
following the session, and if. dur
ing that time, 10 per cent of the voters
shall have petitioned ,or q resnbmission
OF the measure to popular vote it shall
the June following. There is also n pro-
vision in the bill forits submission to %
vote of the people, as it is in the form of .
constitutional amendment.
Several other bills of less Importance
| were read, and that granting per diem
and mileage to members and employees of
| Legislature was passed.
The House.
PIERRE, S. D.. Jan. l2.-Thc house Judi
eiary committee this morning inferred the
divorce bill which extended the time Of
residence one and two years for non-resi-
dents. This was one of the first
its fate does not give much hope for
Legislation in this lin,. a bill, however,
will now be introduced extending the time
from three months to six. Such a bill!
may stand chance os passage.
A scheme ison foot fora junketing trip
OF the worlds fair committees of the
house and senate to Chicago to inspect
South Dakota's building and ground. Th,
! worlds fair commission will stand the
expense. and believe such trip would
greatly prejudice the committee in favor
of all the appropriation that is asked for
| by the commission.
The governors message WAS the special
| order OF bus ness in the house this after
| noon and was read AMI referred by seq
sfons to the appropriate committees.
The memorial FROM Caster and Fall
River counties roasting TIL. state board OF
some aeiriment. ,rla stat, board
o. pi"dpas Is tn board that is
responsible for paraoning the hors.
thieves, and hence the roast is on the
wrong parties. The memorial, however,
was strong enough to attract attention
nd tint is probiosy q II they desired,
| PIERRE, S D., Jan. 13.-The following
| uern afuopo tho hi1Ic ipfrn5,oa1 81, ~
| house:
| By Summersidc. repeating the authori-
cation of commercial agencies, credit
companies and grain associations
| By Williams, providing form passenger
rat otsI cents per mile on mixed trains.
by employees to employers II their salary
! were less than SO per month, or il u COM
mission. less than 10 per cent; also fixing
twenty-siX days asone month and twelva
| hours as one day unless over tim, is paid
| pro rata BY gold: a ppro prating 81 200 for
the expense of selecting 2oi.420 acres OF
land donated to the state by congress.
PIERRE. S. D.. Jan. ia large number
OF bids were introduced in the Legislature
today, some OF which were quite impor-
tant, One was the valued policy law
for fire insurance companies and has
many supporters. Another bin requires
| state companies to have Sl5Q,0J0 in bank
on deposit, Sl0j,0N in state or national
bonds Several bills were introduced to
| operate live stock and y gtlate the ship
ment. Several railroad bills were intro
| duced, bnt OF minor Importance. Two
| bills were introduced allowing the mort
| gag0ro or real estate-to receive rents and
4 profits after foreclosure during the ex-
emp.ion period, One bill proposes to re-
| dncc exemptions from execution oae-half
another to tax building aud loan as,ocia-
tions. An imp ,rtant meeting ol the house
toy,r 4trx,s
morrow, and a report may be ordered on
\ the Hail or Iowa bill
l PIERRE, Jan. 17.--Some of the more i'm
portant issues OF the session arc grad
uaily beginning tomake their appearance
in the business of the Legislature and
both houses this afternoon. In the senate
/! the worlds fair committee reported on
| the appropriation bill. amending it so MS
| to read SI0, ,1lO inst ,ad OF $4,000, making /.
| few changes in the wording aud recom-
mending its passage in the amended form
the first signed by S ,nator Bsrknian recon-.
mending that only S5o.00ohe granted. and
| the second signed by Senator Grill pro-
| posing that ,e state should not becom
| responsible for any expenses already in
curred by the commission and that no
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building, but that $4,000 should be
| granted for the use of the manager OF the
Soutl, Dlkota exhibit. to be paid out in
such amount as should be called for from
| time to time, subject to the approval of
thu governor. secretary and state auditor
| Tomorrow afternoon at O'Clock was set
as the time for the consideration of the
report after which the senate listened
| to the reading OF the governors $
message returned with the per diem
and mileage bill, in which the clause
granting mileage to Clerk Cone was
vetoed on the ground that Cone was not
an officer of thu legislature until after his
arrival and election In every other re-
| spect the bin was approved and tom orrow
at 2:31 p. m was set for the consideration
of the message by the senate. The insur-
anca COMMITTEES recommended the passage
| of the Andrews bill, providing for a uni.
form policy. and several other committees
reported on unimportant measures.
| The rule reqairine that bills amending
laws already passed should give the
amended section in full was adopted.
Senator Brockway also introduced a
mission to a popular vote of an amend
4 mont to the prohibition clause in the con.
4 lstttution by which the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors will be placed
under the control Of the legislature
1 In nthe house the bill giving farm labor
SAS VIC 1Ah eiissH crops
was returned by the committee with the
recommendation that it b. indefinitely
postponed. After several lengthy argu-
ments on both sides the report was
amended to read ."do not pass. and 50
adopted.
4 Mr.. Fornells divorce bill came up for a
vote, but was promptly knocked out, not
withs.and;ng a speech by Mr.. Fornell IN
which he SAID that people should no.
marry unless hey could stand 1t for a
| year..
The appropriation bill for the electoral
the committee, per diem having been
granted for four days, while the house
considered one sufficient.
The bill fixing iua 90 salaries was made
a specia, order fo: 'r. 81 and the bill
/ providing for tilr nation of ware
i house itaS naSSat