The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-01-26
THE LEGISLATURE
Proceedings of south Dakota's Law
Mill.

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Mill.
Pierre, S. D., Jan. 15-President
Gunderson presided over the senate
after roll call. the lieutenant governor
being indisposed. A memorial was pre-
sented from the commissioners of
Hughes county asking for law re-
ducing the number of official papers TO
two, and cutting the rate of publca-
! ton of the delinquent tax list 10 cents
per description. Senator Benedict in
PRODUCED joint resolution asking con-
gresS to establish n branch of the u.-
tioIai soldiers home at Hot Springs.
/ The bill changing the terms of court
+ in the Second circuit was passed With
out opposition, as was the bill to pre-
vent the spread of contagious disease
among swine. The bill to permit per-
| sons not in actual possession To sell
1 real estate passed after striking out
/ the emergency clause. The bill passed
establishing military encampment at
Huron on land owned by the state. A
! favorable committee report on bill
70 increase the salary of judges was
unanimously adopted. The following
bills were introduced: Wohleter ap-
propriating $4,000 for new buildings
at agricultural colleges; Benedict, APP
prOpriating $4,000 for deficiency at sol
diels home: Bulow. to put into effect
the initiative and referendum: King,
repeating the law of 1897 which per-
mits the compromise of taxes.
! In the house, the committees report
a " hn l,a
pointment Of committee to visit the
state institutions, and against the bill
to tax Understanding securities. A
majority report in favor of the bill to
abolish the insurance office and minor
ity report against the passage of such
bill, We're presented, the minority re-
port being signed by Purdin. An I'M
/ favorable report on the bill to allow
live stock to run ut large for the win
/ ter months called out a discussion.
Such report was finally adopted A
resolution passed authorizing the house
officials, in company with the officials
of the senate. to take charge of the
Sioux Falls trip. Bills introduced:
To provide county fund by dog tax
to pay for sheep killed by dogs; Ander-
son. to appropriate $4,000 deficiency
school; Woody, to appropriate $4,000
for the destruction of prairie dogs on
state land; Woody, TO fix the jurisdic-
ton and salaries of county judges;
| Dwight, for redemption of personal
property after sale of chattel mort
gage; Peterson of Lawrence to provide
an appropriation Of $4,000 for state
experimental farm in Lawrence coun-
I fy-s 70 10
ton of $1,000 for hospital and $500 for
well at the soldiers home; Stransky.
TO provide manner of publication Of
certificates of nominations; Chiesman,
for the collection of personal property
tax by distress by the sheriff.
| The bill reducing the rate of interest
to 10 per cent on contract and per
cent without contract, was placed on
final passage and passed without an
opposing vote. The balance of the SEES
sion was put in on first and second
reading of senate bills.
Pierre s. D., Jan. lin the senate
the appropriations committee reported
favorably on the bill of J. b. McCloud
for board of horses and men in the In
dian troubles of 1890 and 1891, but re-
duced the amount of the claim. Sena-
tor Stillwell introduced a joint resolu-
ton censuring the railroad commits
sioners for not putting into effect a
schedule of rates for express compa-
MES and directing the board to take
such action forthwith. This was re.
ferred to the Judiciary committee. The
bill to allow circuit courts TO appoint
persons TO serve papers in certain cases
was killed in q committee report. Bills
introduced
Smith, TO amend the law in regard to
the location of mining claims; Copper,
TO permit warrants to be turned in as
taxes only by persons to whom they
We're issued: to reduce the membership
of the board of charities and correc-
tons to three; Benedict, to pay the eX-
penses of the trial of John r. Homb in
Shannon county. and of the trial of
Frank O'Neill: Stewart, appropriatlng
SIT 900 for printing and binding the re-
ports of the 1897 session.
lii the house. Representative Pusey,
as a member OF the committee on fed
Grafton. presented report on the SEN
ate resolution indorsing the admins
tration policy in the war and peace
treaty. with an amendment opposing
the annexation of the Philippines.
There was a short debate on the adop-
ton of the committee rep It on the bill
to abolish the insurance commissioner
office. but the majority + IT favoring
the adoption of the bill was adopted
40 TO % The unfavorable report of
the committee on the bill to tax inter-
est bearing papers was defeated and
the bill returned to the committee with
orders to bring in a favorable report.
Bills introduced:
Purdin, to regulate freight rates
within the state. fixing the rate at
cents per ton per mile under twenty
five miles. ID cents between twenty
five and fifty miles. and l cent over
fifty miles: Dwight, appropriatinS
S2.376, deficiency in the expense ac-
count of the board of charities ana cor
rections; Lingren, ballot law to pre-
,apt tho mama of anv man from aID-