The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-09

| governor bIlN If'''NN' -
! votes, 10 ~ 10 sustain.
In The senate the vote by which the
hill allowing the governor 10 remove
am,ointees was indefinitely postponed
WAS reconsidered and the bill was lost
by a vote of "A 10 II.
An effort to pass the educational APP
J propriation bill over the veto OF the
governor failed. but lated in the day,
| on reconsideration. was paSsed-33 10
| 10 A bill from the appropriations
committee, authorizing an additional
! state general levy of | mill to meet the
! heavy appropriations OF the legislature
was given first and second readings
under suspension IF the rules, and the
! house resolution for an amendment
! 10 the constitutional resubmitting the
dispensary amendment was pushed to
! n second reading.
House bills passed were: Establish
ing depository for state funds; general
! game law. Senate bills passed fixing
/ terms of court in the Sixth circuit; re-
healing township artesian well law;
providing for the construction of sew
ers; regulating the practice Of Oste-
, optathy.
Pierre. s. D.. March 3.-The first
contention in the house yesterday
| morning was over the right of petition.
which Cooper raised over the refusal
Of the house TO receive a petition IA
voring bill killed several days ago.
| This was followed by another the re-
| port of the conference committee on
the general appropriation bill. Dwight
| opposed the acceptance of the report,
| which carried, and conference was
asked for, in which the house commit
| tee was instructed 10 refuse 10 con-
sent 10 any hill which increased the
| aggregate of the house bill The COM
mittee on temperance presented
unanimous report against the passage
of the senate diSpcnsary bill. The re-
port was adopted-95 10 3I-and this
! action "cnched'-46 10 81. This set
| tied the fate Of the dispensary bill at
| the present session. az IL is now too
! late 10 take action in the two houses
on any other measure.
The report was presented by Repre-
sentative Purdy who spoke at length
in favor of the action of the commit
| tee.
The senate passed the hill raising
the tax levy, and killed the house reso-
| luton TO resubmit the diSpensary
amendment. which will be recon
sidered. A resolution passed for an
amendment 10 prohibit state officers
! taking passes.
The house passed these senate bills:
For deficiency appropriation for en-
ployes; providing for printing reports
of appointive officers which have in
the past been submitted 10 the gov
ernor alone; deficiency for the publica-
ton of the constitutional amendments:
appropriation 10 pay Judgment for
| fuel furnished at the agricultural col
lege; appropriating money TO pay Da-
| vison county for the care of prisoners:
allowing claimants not in possession
TO dispose of their interests in real es-
tate; 10 prevent fraudulent voting at
| caucuses.
Senate joint resolutions were passed
authorizing the procuring and preser-
walton of the minutes of the constitu-
| tional convention which framed the
first constitution of the state. and for
an amendment to the constitution 10
| require amendments 10 secure ma
jority of all votes cast AT an election
to be declared carried The ballot
measures vetoed by the governor, 70
prevent name from appearing more
| than once upon q ballot and allow
a voter who cannot read English TO
call assistance in marking his ballot,
were passed. over the veto. The action
of the forenoon on the general appro-
priation bill conference report was re-
considered and the report concurred in
by strong vote. This is the first
time since the organization of the
state when the general appropriation
bill was out of the way before n late
hour Of the last night The senate bill
providing for form of negotiable in.
struments, bill Endorsed by the. Ma
tonal Bar association. was indefinitely
postponed. An attempt was made ia
call up the senate antip-asS amend.
ment, which was wranglpd over by
the senate most Of the forenoon. and
force it on the calendar, but utterly
failed.
The senate Mt the afternoon session
passed these house bills:
Empowering mortgages TO do as.
sessment work on mining claims: ap-
preparation for deficiency Of employees
providing that ali d.sbarment pro-
ceedings shall be taken in the supreme
court; general law for the protection
OF fish; increasing the salary of the
clerk of the railroad commission: pro-
tecting the interest of the state in the
Taylor lands and providing for the
disposal OF the same; requiring school
district officers TO notify the county
auditor of the issuance Of bonds: 10
empower cities TO issue bonds for
water supply: TO compensate Adjt.
Gen. Humphrey for services: 10 more
fully describe the duties of Judges and
clerks OF county courts: attaching cor
tain lands in clay county by vote of
the people; appropriating back salary
for the adjutant general; permitting
meetings Of township boards to he
held in cities where the same are sur
rounded by the township; allowing the
redemption of property sold under
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