Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-03-15
THE STATE CAPITAL.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE Is
DOING AT PIERRE.
An Impartial Record Of tn. work Ae.
complished by Those Who Make Our
Laws-How the Time Has Bssa Occu-
pied During the Past Week.
Doines ut Pierre.

Rl0W O0xk0R S00 x08e W00k,
Doings ut Pierre.
The Senate on the 9Th refused to pay
Clerk PattisOn of the school and public
land office, for extra labor in helping Ex-
aminer Myers on the settlement of the
Treasurer's accounts. The following SEN
ate bills were also passed: No. sos, by APP
lin, providing for the incorporation of tel
egraph companies. No. $50, by Wheelock,
giving county superintendent power to
administer oaths. No. 3S2, for the pro-
lection of persons and property at grade
crossings and railroad intersections. No.
S59, allowing railroads to establish ferries.
No. q, transferring Grant and Roberts
Counties from the Third to the Fifth Cir
cult. No. 241, providing for the election
instead of the appointment of city assessors.
No. 1893. requiring sherifs to appoint dep
uties in towns outside of the county seat.
No. las, fixing the Railroad Commission
ers' salaries at 81 200 and the clerks not to
exceed $500. No. 255, amending the laws
relating to the duties of the Railroad Com
missioners, giving them power to enforce
their DEGREES. No. S66, provides that the
Land Commissioner may withdraw GER
tain land filings and refile. on more val
liable land. The Senate passed the House
joint resolution authorizing the Agricul-
tural College to give a bond to the General
Government for ordnance, ETC., furnished
the cadets.
All interest on the Legislature centered
in the House on the 9th, where the new
railroad bill was under consideration and
was passed. The resolution of Mr.. Dow.
dell, %instructing the Attorney General to
bring action against the Railroad Commits.
sioners for m~isdemeanor was swamped.
House bill No. ~, prohibiting the pass
system, came up. but after a brief discus
sion, was indefinitely postponed. The
census bill, making an appropriation of
5000 and putting the work in charge of
the Auditor, was lost. House bill No. S499,
making an appropriation for selecting the
balance of endowment land wal passed;
also House joint resolution No. 1858, memo
.rializlng Congress for aid to eradicate the
Russian thistle; Senate joint resolution
No. 26, to print the report of the Ruth in
vestig ton committee; House bill No.
267, to authorize the Governor to offer S.
600 for the apprehension of w. w. Taylor;
No. 305, to prevent boards of education
from changing text books without a pub
lished notice and No. BIZ, affecting rules
of practice in circuit courts.
The Senate OH the 9Th passed House bill
No. 2lS, to shorten the term of imprisoll-
mcnt by time earned by good behavior and
to restore citizenship when prison laws
have not been violated; No. 26, to legalize
the county seat election in Butte County:
No. 900, providing that no action can be
brought against a county until the claim
has first been presented to the board of
commissioners; No. 1877, amending the
civil code in reference to duties of foreign
corporations and to provide a penalty for
violation thereof; No. SO, amending the
election laws; No. 1876, fixing salaries of
officers of cities of the first class, affecting
only Sioux Falls; No. 81, providing for
systematic roundups of range stock at a
specified time: No. PIG, amending the gen
eral municipal corporation law. 1t also
passed the following Senate bills: No.
27l, for the protection of children and for
bidding parents from allowing children
under II years from soliciting on the
streets by singing; No. 1917, requiring a
portion of the bonds of state and county
officers to be given by guarantee COM
panies; No. 127, game and fish protection
bill, providing for game wardens; Senate
joint resolution authorizing the printing of
the Ruth investigation committee: a bill
for the trial of causes upon information
and abolislling grand juries except when
the judge, upon petition of the states at
torncy, shall direct the same to be sum-
moned: No. l2S, fixing the salary of the
veterinary at s., 900 and defining his duties:
No. 302, providing a method of voting on
constitutional amendments; No. 800, de-
filming the duties of the Railroad Commits
sioners and requiring them to keep an
office at some central point; No. SS7, de-
timing legal newspapers and pr0viding that
consolidation does not affect the legal
standing and that papers in a foreign Lam
guage may be legal; No. 172, providing
for the appointment of a deputy veterinary
surgeon: No. 215, providing for the inspect
ion of sheep: No. $40, defining clerks of
courts and fixing their fees; No. 1874, al
lowing building and loan associations to
impose fines, but to cut them off when mo-
tice of withdrawal is given; No. III, de-
timing rape and fixing the age Of consent at
10. The Governor sent in the name of Ell
mer +. Hemingway of BrOokings for Pub
lie Examiner, and he was quickly con-
firmed. The discussion of the a%ppropria-
ton bill developed the following condi-
ton of the state finances. Estimates:
From fees of Auditors Office, two
From fees Of secretary's office. two '"''''
years....... 6,000
United states ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. o5,GOo
FROM 5000
county insane 175,0OO
!ss5 tax, I Mills 100000
l6b tax, mills 23O,OOJ
Mlscellaneous.. ................. 5000
so4, 600
Uncollcctcd taxes amount to $4,000: in
terest, $6O,0OO:, appropriations passed or
pending, $12S,O0o, leaving a balance of
$697 900. against which the general appro-
priation bill draws for 500. 900.
In the morning session of the Senate on
the 9th the following Senate bills were
passed: No. 241, fixing the number of city
officers to he elected and appointed; No.
lsl Cor m mammalian ~ n.