Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-23
SOUTH DAKOTA LAWMAKERS
Wheeler Railroad Bill viii Probably
Pass.
Diils NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Removal
Bill Will Likely Pass the Sem
ate---Causing Much Anx-
ETY. al Pierre.
Pierre. Ian. 1.-THE following bills

Pierre. Jan. 1.-THE following bills
were presented In the senate:
By Bouck, providing for a change OF
boundary In the Third and Fifth judi
ella districts n fixing terms OF court.
BY Bouck, providing for a depository
for county funds and making IL the
duty VI the commissioners to deposit
funds I'm a bank selected by them after
advertising for proposals for caring TOT
the cash.
BY Hinckley, providing that no APP
peal to the supreme court can be taken
where the amount involved Is less than
SIS.
BY Wlnslow, prohibiting the giving OF
mortgages on u~nharvested crops except
for the purchase of seed grain.
BY Hinckley, appropriatlng $6,333 de-
hciency for legislative printing for the
last session.
BY Wilkinson, repeating the law de-
nnlng a legal newspaper; repeating sec
tons 10,431 and 1892, compiled laws OF
1887; repeating the law relating to fore
closure OF mortgages by advertisement.
by Bouck. prescribing compensation
for states attorneys. based on popula-
tion. This bin allows 5000 a year in
counties Of 1000 or less and 500 for ev-
cry 1000 additional population.
by Palmer, providing for the purih-
cation OF civil elections and party con-
ventlons; fixing the penalty for vlolat-
ing the provisions Of the above law; le-
CALLING acknowledgements TO legal In
struments made prior to 1897; repeating
the deputy service law; providing for
,nngtr,,rVIpn az rat1NvaU prngginnQ nv
township officers; to secure purity Of
the ballot and providing penalties for
the use of money or other consideration
In elections or campaigns; 10 protect
game and fish and creating the Office or
game warden in each county at a sal
airy OF $500 per year
BY Hinckley, for the permanent re-
moval Of the seat OF government from
Pierre TO Huron.
Twenty-Five bills were introduced In
the house.
The principal measures were for reg
istration OF voters; amending the ballot
law; requiring lobbyists n agents or
corporations to register with the secre-
tary OF state; fixing a maximum t"le-
graph rate; approprlating 1851 10 Dan
lei Phinney for board Of men and horses
during the Indian scare of 1891; fixing
the maximum passenger rates on rail-
roads at 3 cents; fixing rates OF charges
for transportation 10y express compan-
les; Increasing the umb of supreme
Judges to five, and attaching Grant and
Robert counties To the Fifth judicial
circuit.
Senator Palmer, who introduced
the Wheeler railroad bin In the sem
ate Friday, hearing that some other
railroad measure might be introduced IN
the house, which might delay action on
the senate bill, secured a signed agree
ment from Speaker Colvin p,edging the
appointment OF a house railroad commit
tee that would agree to report the Palmer
bill without delay. and without amend
mcnt, and that no other bin would be re-
ported while the measure IL pending In
the house. The railroad committee will
meet this morning and there Will be no de-
lay In passing the measure.
Both houses practically agreed that nm
less there is great urgency, there Will be
no forenoon sessions.
The capital removal bill was introduced
I'm the senate by Senator IIinckley, and
IL causing much concern IN Pierre. The
b.l provides for the removal Of the seat
Of government from Pierre TO Huron, and
tho resubmissiOn of the question TO the
electors at the general election two years
hence. The bill Will come up this after
noon and If sentiment Is not materially
changed It will pass.