The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-01-21
THE LEGISLATURE.
South Dakota SOlOns and Their
Work.

a joint resolution providing that the
question of the location of the capital
be again submitted to the people.
Senator Horner moved that this be
indefinitely postponed. Mr.. Hinckley
moved that Mr.. Horner's motion be
laid on the table. Then the senate and
the presiding officer proceeded to get
tangled up in the mcshes of parlia-
mentary law until some one made the
point of order that. under the rules.
this resolution would have To lie over
until the next day, which point was
sustained.
The following bills were then intro
duced and had their first reading:
s. Il. No. adding Grant and Rob
erts counties to the Fifth judicial cir
cult.
S. b. No. 3-Requiring county treas
urers to deposit funds in county depOs-
3tOrieS.
S. Il. No. 4-Providing hat appeals
i'm cases shall not be taken to the su-
preme court in cases where the amount
involved is $40 Of less.
S. Il. No. 5-By WinslOw, prohibiting
the giving of n chattel mortgage on
harvested crops.
S. b. No. 6-By Hinckley, for a def
cheney appropriation for printing Of
fourth session.
S. e. No. by Wilkinson. repeating
the law defining legal newspapers.
S. j. No. S-By Wilkinson, repeating
laws providing for foreclosure by ad-
vertiSemcnt.
s. Il. No. 9-By Wilkinson. repeating
sections 1431 and 1882, Compiled Laws.
$. b. No. 1O-By Bouck, fixing com
-, 81 a,,tAE 49,. -, Iar;,
of population.
S. b. No. 11-By Palmer, relating to
election laws.
S. b. No. 12-By Palmer, relating to
election laws.
$. =. No. 13-By Palmer, legalizing
all acknowledgements.
s. b. No. 14-By Palmer-Repealing
Chap. 10, Session Laws Of 1893, relat-
ing to office Of deputy surveyor.
5. Il. No. i5-By Palmer, relating to
railroad crossings.
S. b. No. 16-By Palmer, relating to
bribery at elections.
S. b. No. 17-By Palmer, relating to
game law.
The following bills We're introduced
and had their third reading:
II. b. No. 9-By OleSOn Of Lawrence,
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preme court judges to five.
III. Il. No. 11-By Goddard, to amend
section 669S of Compiled Laws, increas-
ing the penalty for falsifying accounts
by public officials.
II. Il. No. 12-By Goddard, to amend
sections 2297 and 229S to facilitate re-
coyery of cstrays.
II. 4. No. 13-By Goddard, regarding
f~ire-guards.
II. b. No. 16-A bill providing for
! registration and preventing fraudulent
| voting.
H. Il. No. 15-By Blass, regulating
the employment of Hobbies.
II. b. No. 16-By Glass, prescribing
charges Of telegraph companies.
II. b. No. 17-By Glass, relating to
bribery of public officials.
II. b. No. 1S-By GlasS-regarding
seed-grain laws.
II. b. No. 22-By Peterson, relating
to registration aud qualification of vot-
erS.
II. Il. No. 24-By Anderson of Pen
nington, relating to mines and mining.
II. Il. No. 2J-By Anderson of Pen
ninGton, providing for an appropriation
Of 81, 591 30 for Daniel y. Finney, for
boarding men and horses during the
Indian uprising of 1S9O-91.
III. B. No. 29-By Bruce, providing for
protection of game.
IL. b. No. 25-By Bruce, providing for
maximum rates for carrying passen-
gers cents per mile.
II. r. No. 2S-By Sterile, providing
for the safe-keeping of county funds;
county repositories to be selected
which shall give bonds.
In the House-The house convened at
2 p. m. with the usual ceremony, the
speaker presiding.
Seven new members, most of whom
had been On the road for several days,
We're sworn in.
A communication vas received from
the secretary of state giving the list of
legislative expenses already incurred,
and requesting the legislature to make
an appropriation for the same, and sug-
costing that an additional sum of $4OO,
for incidental legislative expenses, be
appropriated.
Pierre, Jan. 1.-THE senate convened
at = p. III.
After certain corrections were made
in the journal, Il message was received
from the governor calling attention to
the fact that the bond Of the state
treasurer was TO be approved within
ten days; that the bond required by
statute was less than the amount on
hand; that, in the opinion Of the gov
erDor. there Should be an exhibit Of
actual cash, instead of evidences of
money deposited in banks. but that, in
the opinion Of the attorney general, no
one could legally call upon him to do
this except the legislature; and that, in
his opinion. this was the proper proceed
ure in such cascs. and should be in