The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

bill No. 212, adjusting the bridge fund,
general fund and taxes between unorgan.
lied townships and countless; House bill
No. 3}, fOf tle protection of food fish, pre-.
venting their catching, save by hook and
line: House bill No. 25i, to authorize and
empower the State Board OF Agriculture
to locate the State Fair for not less than
i've years or more than ten without ex.
pense to the state: House bill No. 40
providing that school corporations may
take sites for schools and may take prop.
erty for sites by condemnation, applicable
to Webster only: House bill No. 1913, abol.
iShing the Bureau of Labor and Statistics;
House bill No. 24S. providing for paying
the expense of advertising and selling pub.
lie lands; House bill No. 27S, for deposit.
ing in court money or property for which
there are adverse claimants: House bill
No. 23S, providing that any mortgage upon
property not in existence, except crops
for one year shall be void; Senate bill No
23b, general appropriation bill: Senate bill
No.. 3a9, deficiency appropriation bill:
House bill No. 172, repeating certain sec.
lions OF the session laws: House bill No
367, authorizing an offer of 5000 reward
for the arrest OF Taylor: House bill No
l09, authorizing corporations to become
securities on bonds of state and county
officers: House bill No. 256, relating to the
keeping of records in unorganized cOun.
ties; House bill No. 223, exempt ng life
insurance from liability for debts of de
ceased.
The Sth will be the last day of the pres.
cnt session of the South Dakota Legisla.
ture.
The Senate passed bills on the eth a.
follows: Senate bill No. 351, for the as.
sessment of personal property when else.
where than in the residence of the owner
designed to catch the stock on the ranges:
Senate bill No. 342, providing for disbar.
ment proceedings for unprofessional con.
duet; senate bill No. 1913, limiting time
for entering judgment to ten years: SEN
ate bill No. $50, relating to change of
place of trial in criminal action: Senate
bill No. 259. requiring a monthly settle
ment between county treasurers and audit
Ors: Senate bill No. 2G9, to approve the
boundary line between North and South
Dakota; senate bill No, 1877, limiting time
for bringing action for damages from
water from ~artesian wells. House bills
were passed as follows: No. So, for the
satisfaction of school funds; No. 1874, de-
fining the duties of the Railroad Commits
%siOners, making it the duty of each COM
missioner to investigate complaints in his
own district within thirty days of the date
of complaint; No. 203, allowing state in
situations to have printing done at the
place where the institution is located; No.
81, the censu bill, appropriating $500
and placing the same in charge of the Com
missiOners of Labor and Statistics; No.
$50, basing the salaries of county superin-
tendents on the assessed valuation and
population of counties, in no instance to
exceed 81, 800; No. 1873, repeating the law
giving priority of mortgage to building
and loan associations; No. 20S, to prevent
prize fighting, being very severe on prin-
cipals, seconds and witnesses, and impos-
ing a fine of $500 for publishing a chal-
lenge in newspapers; No. 26S, allowing
city councils to levy a tax not to exceed
20 mills.
In the House the forenoon of the 9TH
was spent in fighting over a House joint
resolution which was to allow the Com
missioner of School and Public Lands to
cancel certain filings for indemnity loans
and make new filings. The purpose was
to secure for the state filings ON a body of
10000 acles in the YanktOn Reserve.
The resolution passed on the 9TH, by a
vote of 20 to +, but members in the vicinity
of the reservation began Il fight and sue
ceeded in recalling the resolution from the
Senate before action had been taken. On
motion of Mr.. Lucas the House voted-i2
to 3-to have the resolution printed, which
carried it over. The House appropriation
bill was substituted for the Senate bill and
a committee Of conference was named.
BY resolution the pay of House clerks
was raised to correspond with the pay of
Senate clerks. The House passed Senate
bills No. 81, to appropriate for burial of
Old soldiers and sailors; No. 20S, relating
to the appointment of guardians of minors;
No. SO, fixing Il method of qualifying for
Office and filing of bonds; No. 81, repeal
ing the law which has practically shut out
commercial agencies during the past two
years; No. lSS, providing that the auditor
secure lists of lands from the public land
Office that have become taxable for the first
time and also a list of cancelled entries. a
good part of the afternoon was spent in
Committee of the Whole considering tho
deficiency appropriation bill.
South Dakota Short Notes.