The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09

| under the resolution of King was
named: Johnson. Toy. Snow, Over
seth. Jackson King. Tyler. Gunderson
and Vance. The senate bill providing
for township fire guards and fire mar.
shals passed. The bill for purity OF
caucuses was defeated. but notice OF
reconsideration given. The senate bill
| to prevent any officer or Legislative
member from receiving or soliciting
passes was left in unfinished business
| by adjournment.
| In the house the committee reported
| favorably on the bill providing that
| the penitentiary shall furnish stone
and labor for the erection of the Chill
! dren's home ut Sioux Falls. The house
| bin for the creation of a Ninth judicial
circuit, composed of the counties OF
Hand. Beadle. Sphinx and Eingsbury
was lost for lack of two-thirds vote,
and notice for reconsideration given.
Purdin introduced resolution declar-
ing the members opposed to SO ex-
trayagant appropriations and opposed
to granting any land appropriation to
new institutions which would call for
further appropriations in the future
| This was holly debated. and on mo-
| ton of Glass, all after the words "ex-
trayagant appropriations was sticken
out, and as amended passed. The
| move was aimed at the new institu-
! tons at Aberdeen and Waterfowl
! Wilmarth asked for the appointment
of a committee to investigate the bills
| for printing reports and journals,
which were. On his opinion, excessive.
| The committee is composed of BaSkin,
| Brass and Woodruff.
| Bills introduced: Providing for the
| incorporation of cities and claSSiiica-
ton by population; Lingren, to pro-
! hibit electioneerng about polling
| places; Packard. mode of making levy
and collection of taxes; Thaycr, re-
! Quiring leases Of lands in organized
| townships to be classed with the town
! clerk; Foley, limiting the time for
commencing civil actiXs aga!ps' sher-
ifs; Murdy, providing for free text
! books and appropriattng $4,000 for
the purpose; Wilmarth general reve-
| nue. bill.
Bills passed: To provide for the care
of abandoned children; reative TO
drawing jurors in counties not organ
| lied into civil townships; railroad
! bill to regulate the control OF reads
| owning property and operating in the
state: 40 allow taxes to be collected in
two annual payments.
| The bill 10 tax inheritances was in
definitely postponed.
Pierre. S. D. Feb. AIN the senate
these bills were Introduces;
Toy. providing for the collection of q
sidewalk tax in cities of the third
class; Schamber. for n dog tax; Bene-
dict. providing for Il uniform tax for
! judicial purposes; Jordan, to establish
Il meteorological institute at the agri-
! cultural college TO test water and food
, products, appropriating $1,000; Han
| ton. abolishing the fellow servant law
SO far rs concerns railroads and mines;
! Tyler, empowering cities OF the first
class to establish n system of water
| works; permitting cities 10 elect water
| works boards with not less than three
nor more than four members: appropri-
ating sos to Gov Lee for the expense
of prosecuting Nipple, Mayhem and
! Anderson; Toy, relating TO the incor-
! poration of cities.
! The Gunderson anti-pasS bin was
pulled out of unfinished business and
called out n hot scrap. 1t was killed
| by tie vote, the lieutenant governor
voting against the bill. The bill for
the publication of caucuses was taken
up on reconsideration and passed. The
bill to repeal the power Of county au-
ditors to levy taxes for artesian wells
| was killed and the bill regulating the
practice of dentistry was put over until
| TUESDAY. a joint resolution asking
congress for III appropriation TO sink
! experimental artesian wells in Fail
/ River ard Custer counties was passed.
/ I'm, H,.-f h,,ni .aft 1Nn aat
suspension of the rules and taking up
| the third reading of senate bills. This
order occupied the entire afternoon and
f, the bills passed were:
Making the divulginc of the contents
of telegraph or telephone messages q
| misdemeanor: attaching certain lands
to Clay county for judicial purposes;
| raising the salary of the mine inspec-
tor from 81 900 to 81 200 per year; APP
propriating $1,000 for printing re-
ports, journals and bills; to establish Il
normal school at Aberdeen and appro-
priating 10000 acres of land for that
| purpose: to establish a normal school
ut WATERFOWL and appropriating 10000
acres of land; to prevent the spread Of
disease among swine; appropriating
81. $50 to Hanson county for the care of
Liman county prisoners; state wolf
| bounty bill.
The bill to allow mortgage of crops
in advance for purchase price of land
| was killed The bill to allow county
commissioners to purchase Deland's
Trial Practice for Justices OF the
Peace" failed TO pass, but will be re-
| considered The senate amendments TO
the bill to provide for eight justices Of
the peace in counties OF over 10000
population were concurred in. The
Aberdeen normal school bill secured a
two-thirds vote, which places it beyond
question as an appropriation bill, but
the Watertown bill only required a