The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-23

the discretion to direct the attorney
general to begin prosecution rests Win
the REPRESENTATIVES, of the people. Inc
messages were sent to the judiciary
committee without reading. The con
| sideration of the governors nominal
tons was postponed one week ana me
consideration of the veto messages Cd
normal school bills until Friday. Tho
senate passed the following house
bills:
| Approprlating So.3TG deficiency in the
| salaries of the board of corrections ana
charities; permitting mercantile 1re IN
SUrance companies TO take cyclone
risks and issue policies for three years;
| permitting honorably discharged sol
| divrS and sailors TO attend state educa-
| tional institutions free of charge; per-
hitting taxes to be paid in semi-annual
| inStallments-Ma and September.
Pierre. s. D.. Feb. lin the house
the following bills were passed: Re
quiring engineers to secure licenses;
| defining duties of clerks and judges OF
! county courts; appropriating $4,000
| for improvements ut insane asylum;
allowing cities to bond for the purpose
of securing water works: allowing
| cities TO create boards of public works
and providing the manner OF care of
insane The appropriation committee
reported the general bill. which carries
| $4,000, an increase of $S6,64S over
| the general bill of two years ago. Rep
resentative Dwight was granted ~
hours in which TO submit a minority
report.
In the senate bills were passed ap-
propriating 81 .42J deficiency to the re-
form school: permitting county com
I miSsioners to pay bountieS for the de-
struction of gopherS on the petition or
81 per cent OF the voters; prohibiting
county judges from acting where they
works; authorizing county commission
are interested or related to the parties;
curing defects in acknowledgements in
territorial days; empowering cities OF
the first class to issue bonds for water
ers 10 take tax deeds and sell lands;
appropriation for publication of pro
posed constitutional amendments and
repairing state house: prohibiting own
ers of threshing machines from per
hitting children to be about such ma
chimes: permitting mortgagorS TO des
ignate in the mortgage where personal
property may be sold under fOreclos
ure; requiring county judges to hold
regular terms of court, beginning The
first Monday in each month excepting
August, and prohibiting judges from
acting as attorneys.
Gov. Lee presented q communication
to the senate on the YanktOn insane
asylum, declaring the building which
burned TO have been a fire trap, and
recommending that the state erect 40
more buildings which are net fire
proof. further recommending that the
legislature set aside Sl000 900 for au in
surance fund to meet an emergency
where state buildings have bp2u de
strOyed
Bills signed by the governor to-day:
To appropriate money for deficiency III
salary of George Johnson. as railroad
commissioner: to change term OF Office
of township supervisors: providing for
issuance of bonds for refunding old
issues.
Pierre. s. H.. Feb. 1S.--The house
took UP the third reading of senate
bills and passed two relating to attach
ing territory to Clay county. n bill to
prevent the acceptance of warrants in
payment of taxes or license unless pre-
scented by the party to whom they
were issued. and TO authorize the use
of Granthan's Code. The hill for p2r-
manent apr rpriatiOns for state insii-
tutioIs was wrangled over for two
hours and finally indefinitely post
poned but uotice OF reconsideration
was given. The bill 60 il Will colGe up
for reconsideration is amended in sew
eral particulars from the original state
bill. 1t was declared by Wiimarth
that the amount in the senate bill OF
eight-+o~+hs of mill of the total levy
would give the institutions an annual
appropriation of $4,000. while for the
last year they got along on SG3O00,
and he moved an amendment to cut
the appropriation to six-tenths of {.
mill. This was defeated, and an
amendment to reduce to seven-tcnths
carried. Another amendment limits the
total amount which can be secured by
the institutions in any one year To
100000. This placed il in shape
where it did not satisfy it's original
supporters, and the motion 60 POSTPONE
was carried-I9 to 81. The bill for adj
diuonal buildings at the state univers-
ity was indefinitely postponed The
senate passed the bill authorizing the
incorporation of state premium life in
surance companies and to reduce the
board of corrections and charities to
three members. On the second read
ing of the bill to put telegraph and
telephone companies under control OF
the railroad commission there was n
; lively fight. Tyler presented an amend
ment placing press and special matter
at the same rate as any other matter.
and LoOmis, as chairman, declared the
amendment carried and was sus-
TANNED on appeal from his decision.
A motion to indefinitely postpone was
lost Another amendment by Tyler.
prescribes severe penalties for the ac-
cppt9uco of franks Thara win ,,,.,,