Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-01-21
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
The Senate.

PIERRE. 3. d., Jan. 9.--The senate and
house met at o'clock, and though no
quorum appeared in the latter. a large
number of bills were introduced. The
committees went to work, but owing
Ia the great number of absentecs could do
little. The appropriation committee and
the ways and means committee have q
perplexing timc in prospect with sl5O0j0
moro appropriated than last year without
al increase in the revenue
PIERRE, :. d., Jan. l0,-Ia the SEN
ate Mr.. Newly introduced .
bill providing for the establishing
of an asylum for idiots at Parker This
is the fourth bill for new institution
thus far proposed this season.
Mr.. Milliken introduced bill permit
ting the leasing of school land for five
years instead of one to the person bidding
the highest for single year, and bill
providing that women should vot, for
superintendent OF schools.
Mr.. Lowthan proposed a constitutional
amendment giving the legislature power
to confer judicial powers upon certain
officials
The first real discussion since the lcgis
laturc convened took place in the senate
today when an unfavorable report was
made by the committee on ravenu, on
Senator Foote's bill. raisingS the amount
of personal prop arty exempt from taxa
tion from So 10 SOD worth When the
report was presented senator Major
moved that it b. amended tn read 'do"
instead of ''do not pass. senator Dollard
replied to this that under thc territorial
las 500 worth of property was
exempt from taxation, with the result
that ii was customary for man to divide
his property among the members of his
family. thus escaping the tax altogeth n.
senator Foote replied that in this case he
only wished that families were large
enough to cover all personal properly.
Senator Lawrence thought the eXemp-
tion OF so largn an amount of personal
property WAS Discrimination against, the
farmers. who having but little, would not
be helped, while people living in town
who owned larghr quantities OF clothing
and household goods would get the full
benefit OF the law. Several other sena.
tors spoke, but when the que ,tion amend
ing the report was put to vote II was lost
and the report was adopted.
PIERRE, :. ID Jan l3 Bills were intro
duced as follows in the senate
BY Burlcigh, providing fo? the raising
of funds for an exhibit az the worlds fair,
by means of an occupation tax to be levied
III the form of "A license fee on the follow
ing occupa tionS during the year ending
June !, 1894: Riilroad companies. in
complete operation. Sl,0C0; all other,
so, street car companies, So; insurance.
loan and elevator companies, 80; ali
other com ,.anics and corporations. S5;
brokers and bankers, SIS; lawyers. physi-
clans, in insurance and real estate agents,
dealers and manufacturers not ncorpora-
ted, butchers, boarding houses and livery
stable keepers, merchants, stock, grain,
coal and lumber dealers. SO For carry
ing on any Of the above occupations with
out paying the license a penalty of from s5
to 90 is fixed.
BY Grill, providing that all bills
passed by the Legislature b. deposit'd ID
with the governor until May |,
following the session, and it, dur
ing that time, 10 per cent of the voters
shall have petitioned for resubmission
of the mea sure to a popular vote it shall
be SO submitted on the second Tuesday of
the June following. There is also a pro-
vision in the bill for its submission TO n
vote of the people, as II IL IN the form of IL
constitutional amendment.
Several other bills of less Importance
were read. and that granting per diem
and mileage to members and cmplo.eS Of
legislature was passed.