Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-14

Amending penal code, relating to
irriga sion bitches.
Amending compiled laws, relating
to duties OF registers of deeds.
> Pierre. =. D., Feb. 5.-A bill of large
Importance to the judges OF the state
has been introduced by MIR. MeGea of
Pennington. This provides that the
salaries Of the supreme judges shall
be placed AZ $1,000. and that OF the
circuit judges at $4,000 per year. 1t
also provides that there shall be
charged for every case brought In the
circuit court a fee of 81, and for every
case appealed to the supreme court O
fee of 81, these fees to be paid by the
%.itigants. There are appealed to the
supreme court annually about 200
cases, and while the number in the
circuit court is irregular and varies
from time to time, there Is reason TO
believe that the fees will much more
than pay TIE increase IN the salaries.
The bill has not been passed in com
mittee yet, but it is quite likely to
pass.
The following bills were introduced:
Amending laws relative to assess
menC and taxation.
Making inn keepers liable for prop
erty lost.
Providing for lein upon grain for
c%utting same.
Appropriating 40, 200 acres OF land
for the Springfield Normal school.
Amending school laws for making
school districts.
Providing for abstract fees.
Relating to city officers.
Relating to the keeping of accounts
OF the commissioner Of school and
public lands.
Probably the ablest debate of the
session took place today over Mr..
Pease's senate bill providing for the
taxing OF mortgages. The d bate de-
veloped an anomalous situatian. The
strongest plea for the bill was made
by Mr.. Pease, who, as chairman of
the Judiciary committee is tittularly
leader OF the republicans, and the
strongest address in oppo ition was
made by Senator Niece, one of the
leaders of the populists. The major
ity report admitting the measure was
reported.
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importance came up, and the time
was devoted to sharp debates. In or
der to catch up with the large number
Of reports the house met at ten o'clock.
The first measure was the pocket
gopher hill. VIII" vHsSed. This gives
a bounty OF one cen for comm IN
yophers, three cnnts fer pocket goph-
srs and ten cents for p airie dogs 1t
produced a great amount OF bill ,r'ty.
At the Afternoon sess- on a most in
seresting debate came up over the bill
prohibiting the making OF chatel mort
cages covering property not in exest-
.nce. The chairman Of the judiciary
committee ably defended the bill.
The bill providing for notice to the
purchaser OF q mortgage or lesseefo
any membranes passed.
Pierre, s.. D., Feb. 5.-AttoTney Gen
eral Crawford returned last night from
\ trip to Chicago, In which city he
spent several days looking up the
Taylor matter. His report is that At
torney Tenney of that city and John T.
McChesney Of New York were very
frank in their statements Of what they
Knew of the Taylor affair, and were
both sure that Taylor did not take
more than $4,000 with him. McChes-
ney says he succeeded in raising $T2,-
300 to help Taylor make a settlement,
out that before he could get to Chi
eago with the money Taylor had fled.
de also remarked incidentally that
while raising the money for Taylor he
EhnlIUht IL hast 80 H. 1n 4hA Cn 70 ct1N
and disposed of all his property and
paid private debts with The proceeds,
10 that any suit against the bondsmen
was q matter Of no Importance to him,
ne having no property.
Attorney Tenney says that Taylor
made a desperate attempt to raise the
money due the state, and finally pro-
posed to loot the First National Bank
Of Redfield OF 500, 900 to make good
als short &c to the state. Tenney adj
vised against such a course, and told
taylor he would better deal with the
uate than the national government.
taylor finally decided to take such adj
wee, and reported that he had paid
toint notes given by himself and father
Lor about 100000. given his wife 81
oo n only had about $4,000 left,
with which he proposed to leave the
country. and would devote the rest OF
ais life toward making the shortage
sood. The story has a fishy taste, as
u Is positively known that Taylor took
over 100000 with him, and there is
ABOUT 100000 not accounted for In the
'xnianation OF Tenney and McChesney.
Pierre, February 6.-The following
bills were introduced in the senate:
Relating to making and filing chat
eel MORTGAGES.