Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-20
LEGISLATIVE WORK AT PIERRE
Some of the Measures That Be-
came Laws.
Out OF the MARI But Few Were
Chosen Many Introduced But
Few Run the Gauntlet
and Lived.


Pierre. March 13.-Some 700 bills were
introduced in the legislature. or this
number the following became laws:
House Bills.
BE- Goddard, making the penalty for
embezzlement a fine not exceeding S5,OO9
and Imprisonment not exceeding fifteen
years; amending estray law; amending
law relative to fire guards, sheep ana
arteslan wells. (Chapter IA, Laws Of
1880
BY Glass, providing that seed grain
warrants outstanding for on year shaii
be paid out Of the general FUND; re-
curing mortgages 10 furnish mort
gagors with CODY OF mortgage.
BY Storlie, requiring from county de-
pository banks bonds and interest on
daily balances at 2 per cent.
by Colvin making personal taxes "a
first llen.
BY Dollard, amending section 49SS'
Code civil Procedure.
BY King, permitting a majority OF the
voters In a civil township 10 abolish the
township organization and float the In
debtedness.
BY Colvin, deficiency bin FOR secretary
OF state.
BY McCaughcy, providing that in case
Of failure to elect city officers city coun-
ell shall forthwith call special election.
by Kirk, appropriation for mileage
and per diem OF presidential electors.
BY Anderson Of Pennington, forbid
ding ad%ulteration Of food and drink.
by Weeks, creating office OF insur-
ance commissioner; lien f~orbidding
township oficeres TO purchase tools
costing over 800 without submitting
matter TO vote Of town.
BY Storlie, maving void contracts en-
tered into by school boards except at
regular school meetings.
BY S%chnauber, prohibiting nickel-in-
the-slot machines.
BY Olson, repeating act allowing
Yankton county commissioners 20 fund
their warrants.
BY Bangert, To prevent the spread or
infectious diseases among swine; We
toed.
by Dollard, providing for the sale
and lease Of the Taylor lands.
BY Micheals. repeating the law Gre
ating the engineer Of irrigation.
BY Hare, legallzing Belle Fourche In
dependent school district.
BY Kirk, requiring states attorneys to
begin action against county commits
sioners for m~alfeasancc whenever seven
resident taxpayers petition.
BY Donahue. appropriating $2,2i25l
to pay Judgment obtained by A. l.. car
ter against the state,
Ry Burkholder, appropriating $4,000
20 cover legislative printing.
BY Goddard, providing that school
lands foreclosed under the general
school laws shall revert to county in
stead OF state.
by Dean, licensing the practice Of os-
teopathy.
by Lohr, legalizing incorporation Of
Fstelline.
BY Oleson, removing unnecessary
fumes and gases I'm smelling.
by Ryan, legsllzing Willow lakes In
dependent School district.
by HalvOrson, authorizing counties Ia
erect jails and court houses
BY Haor, creating a state registry OF
brands.
BY Hanson. peddlers' license.
BY OlesOn, safety OF miners.
BY Somers, appropriating 50, 800 for al
vertlslnE the sales and leases Of school
lands.
BY Greeley, allowing regents to cstab-
llsh sub-experiment station for culture
OF drouth resisting plants.
by Whealey, sheriffs shall receive "
per day for attendance ON justice court.
BY webb, making Lieutenant Frost
military secretary to governor.
by Greeley. sheep inspection, each
county with 1000 sheep to have an in
spector.
BY Hinrkley, r%eimburslng Sheriff Fa-
rig 1875.
by Prather, annexing Todd county to
Gregory.
by Gunderson, commissioners or SUI
pervisors may construct bitches or
drains where necessary.
by Grant, allowing township board to
assess for road tax instead of state
equalization board, as formerly.
by Keith. amending state board OF
act.
by appropriations committee. appro-
priatinE 1856 for deficiency in state house
maintenance.
BY Prather, legaliZing acts of Clerk OF
Courts Nichols Of Charles Mix county.
by case, empowering county judges To-
award custody OF destitute children and
those OF criminal parents to orphans
home; providing for adoption of minor
Ry committee on education, providing
or county uniformity OF text books.
BY Cook. defeating to use of reform
Nchool certain state lands in Aurora
ounty.
By Major. covering int general FUND
80, 900 of f~ragmentary funds lying in the
reasury.
by Grill, legalizing Artesian school
~istrlct.
by committee on education, general
ducation law; appUtionment bill.
BY committee on Legislative expendi-
ures, extra clerk hire for senate EN-
81, 900.
BY appropriations committee. general
bill,
Senate Bills.