The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-24
THE STATE CAPITAL.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE is
DOING AT PIERRE.
Impartial Record of the Work Ac-
complished by Those Who Make Our
Laws-HOw the Time Has Been Occu-
pied During the Past Week.
Our Lawmakers.

The usual grind for the day showed bills
to the number of fOrty-twO in the House
on the 18th. Mr.. Michaels of COdingtOn
introduced an interest bill limiting rates
to 6 per cent, regular, limiting the contract
rate to s per cent. and providing 6per cent.
on judgments. A joint resolution was
passed raising a committee of eight-three
from the Senate and five from the House
to investigate the Taylor defalcation. The
committee is composed of Senators Pease,
Boyce and McGee and Representatives
Gold, Lucas, Dickover, Holmquist and
Barron. n message from the Governor
asked immediate consideration of a bill re-
curing the State Treasurer to keep a bank
book, open to inspection, showing deposits,
and that both the Treasurer and the banks
report monthly to the Governor. a resOlu-
tuition was also passed cutting wages of en-
plOyes so cents each, excepting chaplain
and pages. A House bill on county treas
urerS provides that county commissioners
advertise for a bank of deposit, which shall
bid for deposits by naming the rates it will
allow on balances and the nature of the Sc
curity offered for the deposits. No. 40, an
elaborate bank bill, introduced by Exam
liner Meyer, will be fought by the bankers.
In the Senate on the 18th a bill was in
troduced for a constitutional amendment
allowing townships to bond up to Is per
cent. of their assessed valuation for irriga-
ton purposes only. Senator Olson has a
bill creating a court of arbitration in cases
of trouble between employers and en-
plOyes. Two insurance bills were intro
duced.
There was no session of the Senate on
the 18th, and the proceedings in the House
were devoid of interest.
In the Senate on the 18th two resolutions
were introduced and referred to the APP
preparation Committee, one providing for
an offer of $1O,OO0 and other of $4,000 for
the arrest of Defaulter Taylor. A joint ex-
ecutive session was held which was ad-
dressed by Attorney General Crawford,
a. 1 as a result a bill in each house was
rushed to its second reading and referred,
which makes an appropriation to enable
Crawford to institute suits and employ
counsel to enforce collection on the proper
ty of Taylor at Newton, Ill.,, and sue to re-
cover from the father of Taylor at Lafay-
cite, Ind, and from Mr.. McChesney at New
York. In the annual report of the Secre-
tary of State are mentioned the various
Taylor corporations which were unearthed
by the newspaper men and which are re-
ceiving much attention.
In the House On the 14th, Mr.. Russell of
YanktOn introduced a resolution that fines
be enforced on state printers for delay of
bills, ETC., but was withdrawn after eXpla-
nation by the printer. Bill No. 40 passed
the House. 1t provides that anticipatOry
warrants be drawn bearing I per cent. and
limited to the amount levied, the warrants
not to be sold at less than their face. The
resubmissiOn bill passed its second reading
and went to the committee. The chances
now look favorable to its passage. Several
bills have been introduced to amend the
election laws. Bills creating the office of
oil inspector have appeared in both houses.
One bill provides that the county commits
siOners may furnish seed wheat: one would
make Sheriff'S fees for distributing ballot
boxes and notifying judges $3.50 for each
precinct, with no mileage: one would eX-
tend the time of redemption from tax sale
to five years and another would have town
boards instead of the county commissioners
appoint judges of election.
A test vote was taken in the House on
the 18th which shows positively that the
House will pass the resubmission bill by
from ten to fifteen majority.
Senator Sinclair of Union made his first
appearance in the Senate on the 18th, and
was sworn in by Judge Kellam. Petitions
against resubmission have been but mea-
gerly signed. The total signatures are but
about 5000, half of whom are not voters.
The case of Olaf Nelson, elected from Ly-
man County, was referred to the Commit
tee on Elections and Privileged Represent
atives. senator Glass moved that the Com
mittee on Agriculture be requested to pre-
pare and present a bill for the suppression
of Russian thlStleS in the Senate. Chap
lam Blackburn made an appropriate prayer
asking divine help to help bear the addi-
tional burdens imposed by late develop
ments. But a small amount of routine
work was dispatched in both houses.
The resubmission bill passed the House
on the 10th by a vote of AZ to 81.
The Senate on the 10th passed the joint
resolution changing the constitutional limit
of bonded Indebtedness from 8 to Is per
cent. for irrigation purposes only. They
also rushed through a bill for an appropri-
alton for the per diem and mileage of men,
bers in the House. Several petitions
against resubmissiOn were presented, and
numerous bills were introduced, among
others a bill to provide for taking the CEN
sus. The Senate bill was passed prOvid-
ing the Attorney General with funds to
prosecute sui against TIC DOIluSIllcll VI
Taylor. An attempt was made to pass a
joint resolution for a constitutional conven-
ton under suspension of the rules, but it
was lost, although a majority Of the Sen
ators voted therefor.
Members were not backward on the 18th
in coming forward to vote the usual joint
resolution for an Appropriation to pay the
per diem and mileage of members. Sena-
Tor Stnrlia intrn1ura1 "a hill nyn,nntinU
$1,000 worth of property from taxation to
individuals who put down a~rtesian wells
with a flow of 300 gallons per minute. Re
submission will come up in the Senate
about the 22d inst.
FROZEN TO DEATH.