Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-07
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
House Appoints a Committee TO Settle the
Question of Mileage,
RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE PRESIDENT
Conduct of the War and the signing
of the Peace Treaty Are Com
mended-Iist of the senate
Committees.

PIERRE, s. D., Jan. 6.-(Special Tele-
gram) lin the house today a committee
consisting of Stoddard, Hawgood, Hurlburt
Ryan and Sophy was appointed on mileage
OF members. resolution was presented by
Dwight, asking that the appropriation com
mittee prepare and present as early as pos
sbe a deficiency bill for the reform school.
a Joint resolution by Stoddard, endorsing
the actions CT President Mckinley in the
conduct Of the war and securing treaty OF
peace, carried almost unanimously. Reso-
lutons were passed in both houses
memoralzng congress to pass the free
homestead bill and to make a permanent
post OF Fort Meade, the senate resolutions
being taken up and passed as soon as they
came up to the house. The house commit
tee on compensation Of house employees was
given another day to report.
Senate compensatons were fixed at 80
cents per day less than last year.
The most important house bills introduced
and given first and second reading today
were:
Providing for the government of cities of
the second class and placing absolute power
OF removal Ia the hands of the mayor;
ck ssifying cities according to population,
10000 In the first class. between 1000 and
10000 second class and under 1000 third
class; reduction of interest rate to 10 per
cent; to prevent the spread of disease among
swine; requiring receivers, assignees or
trustees of insolvent corporations to give a
surety bond; fixing a days labor of public
employees at nine hours; regulating the pur-
chase OF supplies by public officials, provid-
Ing an appropriation of $4,000 for an addi-
tional building at the Spearfish normal; to
amend the revenue law to strike out net
and gross earnings privilege from railroad
taxation.
A long list OF bills was introduced and
given first reading in the senate the most
important being:
Requiring the railroad companies at once
to fix maximum rate for express com
panies; substituting railroad commissioners
for the state treasurer on the Board OF
EqualizatioO empowering cities, villages
and towns to purchase certificates of sale;
requiring state officers to reside at the seat
of government; defining liabilities of cor
porations in setting fire to property; carry
ing out the initiative and referendum; es-
tablishing courts of concilation claimants
of lands, though not in possessiCu, may con-
rey their interests; amending section G9O9
Compiled Laws. relating to penalties fot
divulging telegraph messages: attaching
certain lands to CLAY county for judicial pur-
poses; requiring county auditors to procure
and keep index books; to prevent the spread
OF hog cholera; requiring the penitentiary tC
furnish stone for the Chidren's Home; re-
state to pay taxes on the same for new
building at the Spearfish Normal; amending
geigious and charitable corporations act:
providing for the purchase of portraits OF
Governors Mellette and Sheldon.
Senate clerkships will be announced to-
morrow and all which appear to be certain
at present are: Black of Minnehaha, for
dspensary: Wilcox of Bon Homme. rail
roads; Wilson OF Beadle. engrossing; Pow
ers OF Dawson, Commit OF Hughes and
Crane OF Brown were appointed on the
house engrossing force today.
On account OF the importance OF the case
to the whole state Attorney General Pyle
will very probably. appear officially in the
contest for the governorship.
The following committees Of the state cen
ate have been announced:
Rues-Sr wv, Stewart. Lawson, Gunder.
son. Boucke.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Benedict Bottum
Stewart. Sites. Gunderson. Boucke. Bulow
Smith OF Pennington.
Elections-Bottum. Vance, Lawson