The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-17
A REWARD OF $4,000.
THE LEGISLATURE OFFERS A
REWARD FOR TAYLOR.
Gov. Sheldon Empowered to Offer a Re-
ward of 81. OOO-Hurryins Up Lcgisla-
tiOn-SessiOn Likely to BE Shortened ON


liz leSibittuTc IdAcS Hcttphs -
In the Legislature on the 10th, the dcfal-
cation of Mr.. Taylor received its first at
tentiOn. Each house was disposed to rush
action, and the result was a joint resolu-
ton, passed under suspension of the rules
without objection, empowering the eXecu-
tive to offer a reward of $1,000 for the
apprehension of Mr.. Taylor. The amount
OF the defalcation given in the resolution
which emanated from the Senate was $:6'.-
600. This amount includes the money due
the school fund. which money must finally
be made good out Of the general fund.
Owing to the financial condition of the
state it is probable that the session will not
run the full sixty days. and hence there is
a h~ustling to get bills in as rapidly as pos
Siblc. From fifteen to twenty new bills
were introduced i'm each house. and among
them bills that will become the hubs.
around which legislation will largely cir
Gle. The railroad bill introduced Is an eX-
ceedinGly elaborate and stringent measure.
adding much to the powers of the Railroad
Commission. 1t contains forty-nine sec
tons and consumed at least two hours in
the reading. The rcsubmission question
already appears in Il bill to give the voters
of the state the privilege of expressing
themselves on the question of constitutional
prohibition. Another bin Of seeming i'm
pOrtance, which doubtless will be the
starter for stringent legislation in reference
to the custOdianship of public moneys and
in reference to bonds. was introduced by
Mr.. McCaughey of Sphinx. This hill is
likely to attract especial attention owing
TO the weakness apparent in the bonds OF
~eX-Treasurer Taylor, and it is possible that
the law may be made to require public
officers to provide bonds after the style
usually required from federal Ofliceholdcrs,
which limits the liability of each bonds
TAI to a specified amount, and which
would tend to lessen the tendency of bonds
men to pool.
In the Senate on the 10th. Mr.. Alpin in
trOduced a long irrigation bill, which is
amendatory of the Melville irrigation law
passed in 1891 and known as the township
law. The amendments purpose to enable
townships to accomplish the best possible
results ~undereXisting restrictions and will,
in its consideration, be taken in cOniunc-
ton with a joint resolution for amending
the constitution SO that townships may
bond at least Is per cent. of the assessed
value for irrigation purposes only.
a full list of the chairmen of the Senate
committees is as follows: Rules, Aplin:
Elections. Johnson: Judiciary, Pease: Ed
u%catiOn. Kingsbury: State Affairs, Wilson;
Appropriations, FOOte; Railroads, Ken
nedy: Federal Relations, Chamberlain:
Counties and Towns. Johnson: Public
Buildings, Boyce: Public Institutions.
Craig; Public Printing, IIebal: Mines and
Mining, Rice; Appropriations, Sinclair;
Charitable and Penal, Aldrich: Temper
ance, Smith; Agriculture, L%awrence: En-
crossed and Enrolled Bills, Howard, In
surance, Schalber: Banks and Banking,
Elliott: Public Health. Bennett: Senate
Journal. Allison: Warehouses and
Grain Grading. B%rooberg: interpretations,
Wheelock: Military Affairs, Howard: In
migration, Ellis: Highways and Bridges,
Belts: Irrigation, Aplin; Statistics,
Schultz: State Library. Jacobs: Legisla-
tive Expenditures, Lothian: Suffrage, AL
Iison.
Tho House committees were announced.
The chalrmen are as follows: Judiciary,
Glass: Education. Truman; Agricultural,
Johnson: Railroad, Dickover: ApprOpria-
tons. Gold; Temperance, Williams; Ways
and Means. Uerrick: Counties, IIokenstad:
Municipal Corporations, Mckinn0n: Pub
lie Printing. Hair: Engr0ssed Bills, Or
cutt: State Affairs. Donahue: Insurance,
Eye: Banks and Banking, Saaron: Mines
and Mining, Price: Charitable Institutions,
MietemOre: Penal Institutions, Smith:
Highways. Leach: immigration, Thomas:
Elections, Russell: Indian Affairs, Perrin:
Manufacturers, McGaughey: School and
Public Lands, Burke: Public Health, Mill
or: Warehouses. Jones: Military Affairs,
Parker: Federal Relations, Eggbrod: Pub
lie Buildings, Allison; Irrigation, Lucas:
Rules, Burke: Medicine, zimmerman; Cor
rection Of journal, Williams; Usury,
Douglas.