Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-03-04
LEGISLATURE
o.xota soIons and Their
Work.


9 u FEB. 15.--The senate
F.notber slice off the Palmer
o. hill by eating the license
- grain from $40 to %, rms
very little of the original Dill.
,ate also showed its reverence
1 honored customs and preroga-
4, referring the bill prohibiting
nasses by members OF the
20 back to the committee.
~ smile upon the faces of the
= n nav BE- inferred that the
4 slpmber there until the Fifth
,,sa 10 q thing of the past.
y house equal suffrage had the
q woy. Oleson of Lawrence
khe speech of the day in opposi-
the hill. 1t received a majority
.nmhers voting. but as this was
I'm q majority of all members
was lost. This ends it In the
n't a similar bill is before the
and as 1t viii probably be
nv that BODY. the ladies have
NJ chance
u s. D.. Feb. 1G--Woman's SUI.
had the right of way in both
In the house the vote by
n, was lost Saturday was re-
.red and the friends OF the bill
6,ed TO postpone further action
airs could be declared Off. They
In this. some OF those who voted
IL MEASURE deserving them ON
Inement. The measure received
votes. lacking two Of the neces-
Constitutional majority. In the
the measure Jared better. Mrs.
hen Mrs. Simmons and Mrs.
h were invited to address the
4 and without speeches from the
krS tbe resolution was placed on
I'M massage, carrying by a vote
FL O The house will now have a
4 70 vote on the senate measure.
senate met ut . o'clock and did
N DAVIS work or routine bust
New bills introduced: 10 es-
!, state printing office at the re-
school. and creating office OF
superintendent of printing; that
les shall designate the time or
Rtion of notarial commission; re-
10 the assessment Of railroad
pty: TO Issue state bonds known
sual deficiency bonds; providing
nppra!sment Of loss under lnsur-
should not prevent an APP
10 the courts.
bng the new bills introduced IN
was one sppropriating ST.
br Page & Co. for furnishing
eg apparatus at soldiers home;
ding that $500 be allowed each
4 Judge for travelling expenses:
corporations to become
les on bonds and undertakings;
ding that the maximum compen-
Of county commissioner shall
b. and mileage of $40 per annum,
ding that where a circuit judge Is
aliied TO try a case, the presid-
ndge Of the supreme court shall
bate the judge TO take his place.
IRE, s. d., Feb. 1T.-Both senate
house settled down to work to-
The senate convened at 10 and
a steady gait. Among the
bills passed was one abolishing
lice Of commissioner of irrigation;
ling warehouses; limiting salaries
les Of the firSt-class; changing the
Df interest after sale on mortgage
losure from l. per cent to 10 per
changing time OF assessment
May l to April L; protecting sure
IN written obligations.
the house the bill abolishing the
of commissioner of irrigation was
ably reported. After discussing
oiler inspection bill for two hours
house wound up by indefinitely
II. The joint resolution
ding for an investigation OF the
'lnent of the w. w. Taylor mat
'as made Il special order for Sat
7. This provides for the appoint
Of a committee 10 go over all the
Is Of that settlen ent, the property
and its actual value and report
e next session of the legislature.
was adopted providing
no bills except the appropriation
npportionment bills be introduced
the fiftieth day except upon a
-fourths majority.
ire, s. D., Feb. 1S.-The senate
J spent the afternoon upon the
ID reading of the Bouck license
and a determined effort was made
rlke out the provision giving the
Sl5O from each license, but Ii
!. The anti-treating clause was
Aeh out. The other changes made
OF a minor character.
Z house took up the senate equal
age Dill and gave it it's first and
reading, AMI made it a special
Tor Friday. This provides that
OF equal suffrage shall be
TO a vote at the next general
lon. III the friends of the measure
'ed In getting all the members IA
oie on hand it Will probably go
The senate bill appropriate
z,4.o to reccmpersa J. b. McLoud
lster county for board OF men and
,n norses during the Indian uprising
Nv passed the house; also de-
Dlils carrying $1,675 for the
, charities and reforms and
'of The Brookings agricultural col.