Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-02-11
SOUTH Dakota LEGISLATURE.
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licIIc, EeD. Nuiic Oouth OuNoVo
was granted two congressman at the
time of admission as II state. the state
has never been divided into congress
sional districts, but the two have al
ways been nominated and elected at
large. Several efforts have been made
to secure the division of the state into
two congressional districts, but all
such efforts have failed. This can be
partly accounted for by reason of the
Black Hills section being set off from
the rest of the state by the unsettled
country between hat section and the
eastern portion Of the state, and the
trouble in Securing a satisfactory divi-
sion of the state.
A bill, which has been introduced I'M
the senate, divided the state into two
districts, the first district to be com
posed of the counties of Union, Clay,
Yunhton, Bon Homme, Charles Mix,
Douglas, Hutchinson, Turner, Lincoln,
MinnehahA, McCook, Hanson, DAWSON,
Aurora, Brule. Moody and all the
counties organized and unorganiZed
west of the Missouri river, except the
county of Stanley. The second dis
trict shall be composed Of the coun-
ties of Lake, Miner, Sanborn, Jerauld,
Buffalo, Hughes, Stanley, Sully, Hyde,
Hand, Beadle, kingsbury, Brookings,
Deuel., Hamlin, Clark, Sphinx. Faulk,
Potter, Walworth, Campbell, McPher-
son, Edmunds, Brown, Marshall, Day,
Roberts, Codington and Grant.
Senator King has introduced a bill
to give the governor greater power of
removal, it being: 'All constitutional
officers of this state not liable to inn
parchment may be removed by the
governor after notice and hearing for
misconduct or malfeasance or crime
or misdemeanor in office, or for drunk
tnness or gross incompetency.'
Attorney General Pyle has decided
that the establishment of the encamp-
mcnt grounds at Huron will not neces-
sarily forfeit the Sisseton grant. The
governor has signifcd his intention of
signing the bill.
Senate Proceedings.
IN the senate yesterday Littlcfield
presented "A joint resolution favoring
the election of United States senator's
direct by the people.
Bills introduced: Stiles, prohibit
ing bondsmen of public officials trans
ferring their property without notice;
Hanten, prohibiting children under IA
years of age from working or playing
near steam threshers; Ashford, per-
hitting taxes to be paid in equal in
'stallments March | and September i.
The King resolution for a commits
sion to apportion the remaining acre
age of the state endowment lands TO
institutions not yet i'm actual exist
nV,,n hat ,.h;nh th, p4ntn ig ~ ~ ~ n ~
for. was taken up and passed.
Senate bills passed: Reimbursing
Dawson county for the custody of
Frank Phelps; permitting cities and
towns to purchase tax sale certiti-
Gates. Empowering and requiring
railroad commissioners to fix maxi
mum rates for express companies,
vote &c to 5; appropriations for judg-
ment for fuel furnished Bookings
college.
The governor nominated and the
senate confirmed NJ. +. Greedy as mem
Der of the board of regents.
The House.
In the house the Aberdeen and Wa
tertown normal school bills were re-
ported favorably; also, with amend
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board Of agriculture. The bill to in
crease the tax upon Insurance compa-
MES was killed by the adoption Of the
adverse committee report, which held
that the present tax of 2H per cent
on gross premiums was sufficient.
A favorable report was made upon
the proposed new binding Irvine build
ing at the state ~penitentiary, appro-
priating 100000, and ii was adopted.
The referendum bill came up as a
special order, and called out a strong
effort on the part Of n minority to Sc
cure the submission Of laws under the
referendum at special elections. Hol-
bridges amendment was defeated;
yeas, "a; nays, 81. The bill then
passed; yeas, II; noes, 4: Goddard,
Norgren, Orland Of Turner and Stod-
dard voting in the negative.
Bills Introduces: BY Bras, amend
ing laws relating to school reading
circles; by Wiimarth, creating board
of auditors to secure safe handling of
state funds; by Anderson, providing
for release of claims in securing right
Of way for highways.
Bills passed by the house were:
For the relief of Christof Bank, of
Campbell county. i'm which a quit
claim was asked of the state for lands
enormously taken as endowment land;
deficiency of SlS6 in salary of George
4. Johnston as railway commissioner;
fixing jurisdiction of justices of peace
in unorganized counties; providing for
levy and collection of taxes in unor-
ganized counties.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Pierre, Feb. I'm the senate yes
terday bills were introduced as fol-
lows:
BY Arneson, for the preservation of
ballots cast at elections until eXpira-
tion of time for contests; by Gunder-
son, authorizing counties to fund out
standing Indebtedness; by Littletield,
joint resolution requiring board Of
charities to establish classes in peni-
Tertiary for education of convicts, TO
be taught by other convicts.
King, of Hand, asked to be relieved
Of a pair with Senator OBrien, who
has been appointed foreman of the
Homestake mine, on the ground that
O'Brien's absence is indefinite.
The senate went into executive ses-
sion at 4 o'clock, and the governor
withdrew the name of Judge Palmer
for commissioner of Soldiers home,
and nominated S. III. Bronson, of How
ard, i'm his stead. Consideration of
this and other nominations postponed
till February Is.
Senate bills passed increasing sal