Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-16
TIE LEGISLATURE
Proceedings CT suuth DGilotR's Law
Mil.

Pierre, $. D.. Feb. S.--The house took
up third reading and final action on
house bills under suspension of the
rules. Action on the senate bill to au-
thoriZa county commissioners to pur-
chase De Lands Trial Practice" was
killed. The election registration bill
was amended slightly and passed. The
only other bill which secured favorable
action was an appropriation of S9ll
TO a. G. Sommers as deficiency In sal
ary as deputy Superintendent OF In
struction. The bill for the establish
ment OF twine plant at the peniten-
tiary called out a bitter fight and was
supported on the strength of its being
farmers BILL but after number
of dillatory motions ii went down
with other bills of the afternoon. Sew
eral of the bills known as the "Sher-
rard bills" drawn by Supt. Sherrard,
Of tha children's home at Sioux Falls.
and which related to the manner of
caring for children, called out warm
protests. and four of them went down
in straight order in spite of the efforts
of few friends of the measure TO Sc
cure consideration.
committee reported an appropriation Of
$1,000 to enable the railroad commits
sion to prosecute the present railroad
suits before the supreme court and the
bill was advanced on the calendar IN
der suspension of the rules. Bills in
troduced:
Johnston. relating to life insurance
companies organized under state laws;
w.Ia 90 h,ti1
loan associations; Hoese. requiring rail-
roads to sell 1,000-mile tickets for $50;
Gunderson. permitting school boards
to transport children to school: judici-
ary committee, relating to affidavit Of
publication of summons; curing defects
In acknowledgements by notaries in
territorial days.
Dispensary bills were introduced By
Senators Yanten and Stiles. Bills
passed:
Requiring railroads to furnish side
tracks for private grain warehouses OF
small capacity; regulating the practice
Of dentistry; providing for the appor-
tionment of q tax of eight-tenths of a
mill for all state educational institu-
tions: regulating the printing of SUI
preme court reports; Furnishing intoxi-
cation in pubic places: approprating
$500 deficiency for fuel ut the state
university; authorizing the attachment
of adjoining tracts of territory 70 inde-
pendent school districts.
Pierre. s. D., Feb. 9-In the house
the free school book bill was adversely
reported and the bill to reimburse the
citizens of plankinton for money eX-
pended in erecting building at the re-
form school returned without recon-
mendation. Several revenue bills were
favorably reported.
A motion by Wooley to'beGin holding
morning meetings on and after the
10th was defeated.
Purdon offered a resolution declaring
the house TO be opposed to the passage
Of any bin carrying an old or any de-
ficiency until after the same had been
submitted to the attorney general as TO
it's validity or the liability Of the state.
The resolution was killed. Bills intro
duced:
Harrington. method of classification
and levy of taxes in cities; appropria-
tions committee, deficiency bill to ena-
BILE the railroad commissioners to carry
on litigation; Dawson. providing that
prisoners shall be taken to the state
prison by an attendant from that in
stitution: Wilson, to remove the school
of mines from Rapid City to Nermil-
lion: Norgren, fixing pay of election
boards at So per day and % cents per
hour for overtime: Thayer, requiring
school district officers to report bond
elections to county auditor: Myron, to
attach certain lands to Clay county,
submitting the proposition to vote;
Knodt relating TO powers and duties
of boards Of supervisors: Holdridge,
placing sole power of disbarment in
the hands Of the supreme court; Haw-
good. TO restore boundaries of counties
of the northwest corner of the state TO
what they were prior to the act OF 1897
and their incorporation into Butte
county. by a vote: Lien. appropriating
$3.50 for the purpose OF selecting bal
ancc of endowment and indemnity
lands; Russell, appropriating money to
pay Judgment against the state by
James Morgan and Lyman county;
Meisenholder, relating to exemptions.
The bill for the creation of the Ninth
judicial circuit came up as special or
der. and as it developed considerable
opposition il was continued TO next
Tuesday and made a special order
The bill for an appropriation of $4,000
for an asylum for feeble-mirded at
Redfield passed An effort to hold up
all special appropriation bills until
after the general appropriation bill had
been returned to the house was fought
over for an nou;, Wilmarth and Stod-
dard supporting and Glass, Cornwell
and Woody opposing. 1t was finally
voted down. The bill for an approp-i-
alton of S25.000 for dormitory at the
Madison normal schuel failed for lack
of two-thirds. but will he rccorsidcred.
In the senaye a resolution was adopt
ed in favor of morning sessions on and
after Friday.
Gov. Lee returned his veto on bills
for normal schools at Aberdeen and
Waterfowl They were made a speci"l
order for the 10th. The reasons given
for the vetocs are that the schools are
unnecessary and their establishment
would weaken existing institutions.