Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-13
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

lot ana other state Officials has become a
law.
The house passed the senate bill for
bounties on coyotes. wolves and mountain
lions at 81. 81 and s. respectively. 10 be
paid by the state.
The general appropriation bin Il made a
special order for 3 O'Clock today, TO be fol-
lowed 10y the non-interest bearing warrant
bill.
The bill creating the office OF insurance
commissioner passed the house and Will
pass the senate.
The regency Of education bill was the
hrst measure up this morning.
The measure "a abolish grace on notes,
drafts and other similar Instruments
passed the house.
The bin to permit the establishments of a.
school OF o~steopathy IN this state and en-
powering such school 10 issue certificates
70 graduates who shah he licensed to
practice the art OF healing passed both
houses and Will be "A law
In the senate the valued policy insurance
hill was killed by being indefinitely post
poned.
a resolution of sympathy for the Gu
bans. and a memorial TO ngress recon-
mending the election Of United States sem
ator by direct vote were adopted.
enato Bouck and Senator Sage were
excused the former having received news
Of the death OF his father and the latter
being apprlsed OF the death of his mother.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Pierre, March I.-There are only two
more days OF the Legislative session and
the popuitst are playing BALI In earnest.
The osteopathy ball has passed zach house.
IL ~ a measure 20 legaize and license a
school FOR graduating students In the art
OF heAlinS by "A process similar 10 the
swedish movement or massage treatment.
ftundred5 OF kilograms from physicians
throughout the state were received urging
opposition TO the bill. ana two physiclans,
eoth members OF the senate, made a warm
Dght against II, but IL was passed IN both
houses by overwhelming mAjorliies.
The popuIists In the housc have in
creased the Appropriation more than $1,000
In excess of that OF two years ago, and
those members VINO are honestly IN favor
OF carrying u the.r party pledges are
mdking strenuous objections.
The mouse passed the regency education
al o.il three times. on che first ana second
vote II was attempted TO pass the measure
WIth The emergency clause attached. so
that the governor might appoint the re-
gents at once. THIS failed, and an amend
ment providing that the governor shall
make the appointments at once, and that
such appointment shan be qualified with
an ten days. was made and the bib was
passed.
After passing a bin through both houses
10 prohlDlt appeals 20 the supreme court
where the amount Is Jess than SIS. and az
Ter the bill hdd been signed by Governor
Lee, u was discovered that the measure
repealed the law OF appeals for all cases,
ana II was introduced for Correction. The
proposed change IN the law was killed and
the present law wds re-enacted.
Representative Summers, who was dep
MY superintendent Of public instruction
from 1881 10 1898, secured an Appropriation
OF Sble Tor a deficiency IN his salary during
that time.
The delegation from the omaha Trans
Mississippi. exposition, winch Is endeayor-
ING to secure All appropriation OF s.O,VO
Tor oefray.ng the expensc OF u South Da-
kota exhibit, talked 10 both houses OF the
legislature, but made no p~erceptible I'M
preston. The ball was Killed three weeks
ago.
The senate reported favor
aOIy the bill changing the OF
the Fifth, Sixth and Third judicial circuit.
Campbell, Mcpherson. wentworth and Ed
munds counties are To be annexed 10 the
Flfth circuit. SpInk county 10 be attached
10 the Sixth circuit and Beadle county 10
be attached 10 the Third circuit.
A resolution was adopted by the senate
allowing the chief clerk 10 days al s. a
DAY 10 write up n correct the permanent
Journal.
The following measures passed the SEN
ate.
For a committee 10 revise the revenue
laws; creating the office OF county tdler;
prohibiting alien ownership OF and in this
state; dppropriating deficiency for the
soldiers home; the casual deficiency bond
bin.
Yesterday a bill passed both houses Gre
atIng the office Of county tliler, but the
power OF appointment was gwen to the
county commissioners.
The election bill which became a law is
aimed TO d~Isfranch.se the Russian repub-
ican vote. This bill, is very like the pres
ent election law, except That 1t provides
hat a person TO be qualified TO vote, must
read the English language. The populists
expect this VIII lose the republicans 500
votes.
Both houses passed a resolution direct
ing both United States senators TO vote for
free and unlimited coinage of silver with
out regard TO he action OF any other ma
ton. This H. known TO have been inspired
by senator Pcttigrsw, who seeks 10 tie up
Senator Kyle on this question.
The bHl a~boI.shing the board OF charities
and corrections and creating A new board
passed the house Yesterday morning.
In the senate the b.ll 10 restore TO Mrs.
A. G. Mellette her WATERFOWL homestead
passed. The property was seized with the
Taylor assets.
The new legislative apporiionment bill
also passed both houses. II Increases the
membership TO a senators and s. repre-
sentatives, instead OF decreasing the rep
the campai gn should lac done.
The governor has practically agreed TO
appoint Arthur Linn of Canton. command
er Of the soldiers home, /; {. Campbell
OF Yankton. is slate q for oil inspector. and
NJ. T.. Dewoody OF Aberdeen. Is TO be his
deputy in the Black Hills.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Pierre, March Both branches OF the
legislature were occupied all day yester-
day with the genral Appropriation bills.
The senate bill passed the house with
slight changes after cutting out an appro-
priation for the Springfield normal school.
but the friends of this institution expect a
favorable report from the conference. The
hospital for the insane receives the best
treatment OF any OF the state institutions.
This Appropriation is exactly as demand
ed, and $1,000 is allowed for the new build
Ing.
The senate passed the resolution me
m~orializing congress TO recisssify the pos
tai service.
When the senate appropriation bill was
on its final passage the republicans began
voting for Il. The populists. true to their
record for opposing anything republican,
began voting against the bill. Noticing
this several republicans voted against the
measure, and when the vote was taken II
was discovered the measure was defeated.
Before the vote was announced. the popu-
lists saw the trap they had fallen into and
changed their votes. saving the bill.
The house passed a bill. which Will prob
ably become a law. extending the term OF
Office OF the present circuit and supreme
court judges one year and providing Tor
their election in the future at general cleo
lions.
Governor Lee has signed the liquor Ii
cense bill.