Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-03-14

I'VE years or more than ten without eX-
pense to the state; House bill No. 10,
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. 123, 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.
2S6, general appropriation bill; Senate bill
No. 349, deficiency appropriation bill;
House bill No. 172, repeating certain Sec
tons of the session laws; House bill No.
1867, authorizing an offer of 5000 reward
for the arrest of Taylor; House bill No.
1O9, authorizing corporations to become
securities IN bonds of state and county
Officers; House bill No. 236, relating to the
keeping of records in unorganized cOun-
ties; House bill No. 223, exempting life
insurance from liability for debts of de-
ceased.
In the House on the 9th the following
bills were passed: No. 296, relating to re-
ports of railroad companies to railroad
commissioners; House bill No. 900, relat-
ing to duties of registers of deeds regard
ing the recording of instruments; House
bill No. 265, appropriation bill; Senate
joint resolution No. q, to appoint a joint
committee to investigate the claims of cit
liens for money to secure the Worlds
Fair Commission; House bill No. 314, au-
thorizing the floating of the national flag
over school buildings, flags to be furnished
by the school townships; House bill No.
A4, prescribing the mode of assessing gas
and water companies, to be assessed in
towns where located; Senate bill No. 339,
providing for a penalty for malicious de-
struction of timber or crops.
The 9Th will be the last day of the pres
ent session of the South Dakota Legisla-
ture.
The Senate passed bills on the eth as
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 OF the ranges;
Senate bill No. 32, providing for disbar-
ment proceedings for unprofessional con-
duct; Senate bill No. 1888, limiting time
for entering judgment to ten years; Sem
ate bill No. 25O, 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. 1863, 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. 50, for the
satisfaction of school funds; No. 1864, de-
filming the duties of the Railroad Commits
~sioners, making it the duty of each COM
missioner to investigate complaints in his
w district within thirty days of the date
of complaint; No. 203. allowing state in
stitutions to have printing done at the
place where the institution is located; No.
s., the census bill, ap%propriating $3.50
and placing the same in charge of the Com
m;ssiOners of Labor and Statistics: No.
256, basing the salaries of county superin-
tendents on the assessed valuation and
population of counties, in no instance to
exceed 1880: No. 1873, repeating the law
giving priority of mortgage to building
and loan associations; No. EOS, 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
vas 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 q body of
100000 ACRES in the Yankton Reserve.
The resolution passed on the 9TH, by q
vnfn NJ IN IN n hv1t vSnornhoNc IN <hn S,:osoik,,
of the reservation began a fight and sue
ceeded in recalling the resolution from the
Senate before action had been taken. On
motion of Mr.. Lucas the House voted-42
to S-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. "a, to appropriate for burial of
old soldiers and sailors; No. 2O8, relating
to the appointment of guardians of minors;
No. 63, fixing a 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. 1873, providing that the auditor
secure lists of lands from the public land
Office that have become taxable for the first
time and also q list of Cancelled entries. A
good part of the afternoon was spent in
Committee Of the Whole considering the
deficiency appropriation bill.
The South Dakota Legislature wound
up its work on the Sth and adjourned. The
House commenced the last day with the
passage OF bills and there were passed
Senate bills No. l5S, referring to boards OF
education in cities and towns; No. 2S2, te
establish y uniform system of education:
No. 207, relating to the Reform School and
providing for the suspension of sentence
in certain cases: No. 292, providing fol-
a method Of election of officers in incor-
po.ated cities and towns; No. 2Sl, for the
construction Of dams to hold surface waite,