Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-01-12

Joint resolution olcTcu w C.ouu'
indorsing the actions of President NC
Kinley in the conduct OF the war n
| securing a treaty was adopted Almost
unanimously. Resolutions were passed
in both houses memo.ializing congress
to pass the free homestead bill II TO
make Il permanent post OF Fort Meade,
compensation of house employees was
given another day to report. The sen
ate compensations were liked ut oU
cents per day less than last session.
The most important house bills intro
duced were:
Providing for the government or
cities of the second class and placing
absolute power of removal in the
hands of the mayor, classifying cities
according to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES first
class, between two and ten thousand
second class. and under two thousand
third class: reduction of interest rate
TO 10 per cenr, to prevent spread or
disease among swine; requiring re-
ceivers. assignees or trustees of insoly-
ent corporations to give bonds; fixing
a days work of public employees ut
nine hours: regulating the purchase OF
supplies by public officials; providing
an appropriation of $4,000 for an ad-
ditional building at the Speariish nor
NAL; to amend the revenu law by
striking out the gross and net earn
ings privilege from railroad taxation.
A long list of bills was introduced IN
the senate. The most important are:
Requiring the railroad commission
at once to fix maximum rates for eX-
press companies: substituting railroad
commissioners for state treasurer on
the board of equalization; empowering
cities. villages and towns to purchase
certificates of tax sale; requiring state
officers to reside at seat of govern
ment; defining the liabilities of cor
porations in setting fire to property;
carrying out the initiative and refer
endum; establishing courts Of concili-
alton; providing that claimants of
lands, though not in possession, may
convey their interests; amending Sec
ton 6909, compiled laws. relating To
penalties for d~ivulging telegraph mes
sages; attaching certain lands to Clay
county for judicial purposes; requiring
county auditors TO procure and keep
index books; 10 prevent the spread OF
hog cholera; requiring the p~enitentiary
to furnish stone for the children's
home; providing a jailer in each or
ganized county: allowing n discount on
taxes if the same are paid before COM
ing due; requiring of stock
brought into the state to pay taxes
thereon; for a new building at the
Spearfish normal.
Pierre, S. D., Jan. 9.-In the senate
the committee on legislative expenses
reported a bill carrying appropriations
of S21,440. OF this, $4,000 is for per
diem of members, $4,000 per diem of
employees, and the rest mileage of
members. The only business of the
senate was the reading of bills intro
duced, which were:
Stewart, authorizing county com-
missioners to purchase law books for
justices of the peace; Vance. providing
places Of encampment and rendezvous
of the national guard Mt Huron on
land now owned by the state; Law
son, prohibiting the state auditor from
issuing warrants except when full
vouchers are filed for expenditures by
state officers and employees, and pro-
hibiting state officers from accepting
any fee whatever; Bottum. that bills
shall take effect ninety days after the
adjournment of the legislature unless
otherwise specified; providing that the
filing of accounts by the plaintiff in an
action shall be presumptive evidence:
providing for lien on grain for cutting
and harvesting; Benedict, providing
for election Of assessors in counties
not fully organized; providing for n
lien for herding or keeping animals.
fThe county commissioner shall desig-
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empowering the circuit court to au-
thorize certain persons to serve papers
in certain cases; King, permitting
civil townships to sink artesian wells
and issue bonds for the same; Bouck,
concerning limitation of time in which
tax sale certificates shall be presented
and deeds demanded; compelling rail-
roads to permit sidetracks for mills
and elevators; compelling railroads to
carry bicycles as baggage.
In the house the committee on COM
| penSation of the house employees re-
ported allowing the chief clerk So per
day, assistants $3.50 and 81; sergeant
at arms. S4.50; assistant, $3.50, and
| clerks $3.50 and So, which was adopted
without objection. Bills introduced:
Risty, Fixing the salaries of county
attorneys on basis of population; Ho-
len. giving four months in which to file
mechanics lien; Wooley, to provide for
issuance of funding bonds by cities;
Austin, restoring to 2 mills the general
county school tax repealed In 1897
Bras, for boiler inspection and qnalifi-
cations of inspector: Peterson of Law
renee. increasing the number of JUS
tees of the peace to eight in counties
of over 10000 population: Cornwall,
to allow live stock to run at large
through winter months; Wright. re-
lating to the matter of search war
rants; Johnson OF Brown, providing
for the location of normal schools mt
Aberdeen and approprlating 1900
acres of state land for that purpose.
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