Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-03-07
BONES AT PIERRE.
WORK or THE SOUTH DAKOTA
LEGISLATURE.
n Impartial Record Of h Work Ac-
oomplisa0a BY Those Who Mako Our
Lavs-ISw tho Time Has been Oocu.
pled DIkiag the Past Week
The Lawmakers.

pied Ddkiag the Past wesk.
The Lawmakers.
There was q tiresOme grind in both
Houses on the 9th from 10 until 8, with
hut two hours recess. In the afternoon
he House passed Senate bill No. i, a long
kigat,on bill amendatory of what is
6Ow known as the Melville law; defeated
House bill No. 1872, relating to the reas-
easement of property not caught in the first
POUND by the assessor; passed House bill
No. 100, empowering county commission
rs to rebate taxes on property destroyed
~ fire or cyclone, and alter practically
Wasting an hour and a half in minor
amendments and foolish delays on House
bill No. 161, which would make it unlaw-
full to leave cellar and well holes on un-
fenced lands uncovered, it was showed TO
the foot of the calendar. House, bill No.
26S, providing that city councils may levy
city taxes not to exceed a maximum of 20
mills, was passed; No. 2S5, to amend the
constitution and raise the limit of the cur
trent state Indebtedness from 500, 600 to
$3.50. 900, was made a special order for $3.50
on the 2sth.
The Senate on the 9th defeated the Kel-
ley bill, ~but..passed a bill to enable the
state to bid in property in suits where the
states interest appears, and No. 33S, to al
low cities to select government land and
sell the same. The bill a%ppropriating
$500 to pay Senate clerks was also passed,
and the Senate spent several hours in the
discussion Of House bill No. 57, which is a
bill providing conditions under which
county money should be deposited. The
joint resolution in reference to the read
justment of the boundary line between
South Dakota and Nebraska, made neces-
isary by the change in the course of the
Missouri River was also discussed. Sew
enteen bills were read for the first time.
House bill No. II requiring mortgagors to
furnish mortgages copies of mortgages,
WAS indefinitely postponed. The bill APP
'prOpriating 10000 acres to the Springfield
Normal and 10000 to the Northern Insane
Hospital at Rediield were defeated. No
:tices were given for reconsideration. Each
lacked but two votes of passage. House
bill No. 1856, relating to county courts, pro-
yidlng for county judges pro tenn, passed
--36 to /.
A resolution was introduced in the Sen
ate on the 2Sth for an investigation of the
sworn charges of c. l.. Lane of Ohio form
erly OF Redfeld, against Judges Corson
II kellam OF the South Dakota Supreme
Court. In the forenoon the Senate defeated
the Dill preventing games, racing, etc, on
Memorial Day, but in the afternoon it was
recOnsldered and passed. 1t also passed
bills to set aside 10000 acres of public land
for the Northern Insane Asylum at Red
field and the same amount for the Spring.
field Normal School. The Kingsbury rev.
enue bill received just the necessary 90
votes, but as the amendments had not
been properly incorporated the bill went
over. Senate bill No. 800, by Wilson, Civ
ing the lessor of water for irrigation a lien
on land and crops watered was passed.
Tie Senate also passed bill No. 252, to APP
propriate money for burial of deceased SOL
diers and sailors. No. $50. authorizing the
commissioner OF School and Public Lands
toappolnt a deputy, and 265, to amend
laws relating to tax certificates, requiring
the redeemer of certificates to also redeem
mortgages when given on school lands.
In executive session the senate confirmed
the following appointments from the Gov
ernor: For Board of Regents-Nelson w.
Eggleston, of Brule County; w. S. Peter
son, of Pennington: l.. T. Boucher, of Nc
Pherson; w. L. Jordan, of Minnehaha; +.
ID. Adams, of Brown; J. G.. Collier, of
Bookings. For Commissioners of the
Soldiers Home, to hold until April l,
1Ml-Rev. +. L. Clough, of Lawrence.
The House on the 2Sth, passed the Sen
ate joint resolution providing for a read
.justment OF the boundary line between
this state and Nebraska; also a memorial
asking similar action from the Legislature
OF Nebraska; also Senate joint resolution
No. Shy Aplin, to amend the constitution
and allow townships and counties to bond
to the amount of 10 per cent. Of their as
sessed valuation. The limit is now 5 per
cent. Senate bin No. S., providing for the
consideration OF warehouse sites; No. 346,
'appropriating money for Senate employees,
and a bill to reimburse the school fund for
the loss by the defalcatiOn, were aid over.
The day Of the LIST was largely taken up
in the House by a fight to defeat the dr.
tvOrce law, and this vas accomplished on
ithe final vote. The measure lacking two
votes of the necessary majority of the
tmembers-elect. Notice of reconsideration
WA given by Mr.. Burke and the bill may
yet pass. Senate bill No. 19S, to prevent
the spread of contagious diseases among
domestic animals, was passed and also an
important joint Senate resolution. No. IA,
which proposes an amendment to the con-
stitution as follows: That article II of the
constitution be amended by adding at the
end thereof the following: "Section 20.
MOnOpolies II trusts shall never be al
lowed in this state and no incorporated
company ,..copartnership or association of
persons in this state shall directly or indi-
rectly combine or make any contract with
any incorporated company, foreign or do
nestle, or any association of persons in
any manne whatever, to fix the prices,
limit the production or regulate the trans
portation Of any product or community so
as to prevent competition in such prices,
production or transportation, or to estab-
lish excessive prices therefor. The Leg;s-
lature shall pass laws for the enforcement
of this section by adequate penalties, and
in the case of incorporated companies, if
necessary for that purpose, may, as a pen
atty, declare the forfeiture of their fran
chise." Among the dozen amendments to
the divorce law one was proposed by Mr..
Lucas that in case divorce was granted
after one years residence the parties to the
suit should neither Of them be permitted
TO marry again during their natural life.
Senate bill No. 50, providing for five mem :
tbers Of the board of health, to be appointed
Iby the Governor, caused a fight to get
recognition in the bill of the different med
.ical schools, but on assurance from the
Governor that the different schools would