The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-01-19


| teachers; Wilmarth, giving property
owners lien on the effcts of tenants
| for rent; Resell. requiring guaranty
| bond from managers of warehouses:
| Dwight, requiring foreclosure of chat
| tel mortgages by publication; Hurlbut.
| aboiishing the Office Of insurance COM
missioner and placing his duties on the
! auditors office; Bras. 90 appropriate
/ S1S7 for deficiency ~ the salary of
| George \. Johnston as railroad COM
| missioner; Haywood, fixing the salary
| of mine inspector at $1,000 per annum:
| Purdin, providing for Il committee of
! three from the house and two from the
| senate to visit the state institutions.
| Representatives Dwight and Myron
were added to the committee on appro-
priations.
The speaker appointed G.. II. Hop
kins and Daniel Macklin members Of
| the engrossng force.
Pierre. s. D., Jan. BIN the senate
| the committee on state affairs reported
favOrably the bill to locate the state
militia encampment ut Huron Sena-
| tor Bottum introduced resolution
sailing upon representatives in con-
gress to support liberal appropriations
for the maintenance of the state MILL
| tia. and one asking the secretary Of
war to return South Dakota troops
home from the Philippines by way of
Suez canal. Mr.. Edgerton introduced
1 memorial to congress to increase the
powers of the interstate commerce
commission. The senate passed it's
first bill, one granting an appropriation
to pay legislative expenses. The COM
mittee report on the bill to change the
makeup of the state board of equali-
cation was called up and created a
warm discussion. Mr.. Bottum moved
that the committee report, which IA
vored the change, be rereferred, and
Mr.. Hanton moved to lay the Bottum
motion on the table. The Hanton mo-
ton was lost on a tie vote, and Bot
tum's motion was lost by a vote of II
to %. and the report was adopted-26
to IL. Bills introduced: Bottum, to
appropriate So, 1915 for deficiency in
militia expenses: Benedict, for the re.
duction of sheriffs' fees: Cooper, giving
landlords liens on tenants goods for
rent.
V. s. Smith of Faulk county was APP
pointed clerk of the elections commit
tee
In the house the speaker announced
as additional members of the commit
tee on judiciary Messrs. Pussy and
Wade: banks and banking. Thayer,
Wildermurth, cortland and Smith. On
the mining committee Cindel was with
drawn and Smith added. a committee
on private corporations was named,
the members being Glass, Devine. Will
Tt al Is nd Dntn
son of Lawrence. The committee on
usury reported favorably on bill to
reduce the interest rate to 10 per cent
on contract and per cent where no
contract price is called for. The sub.
stitute resolution for the house joint
resolution, which substitute was to al
low amendments to the constitution
to be made through the initiative, was
called up. and on motion of Wilmarth,
indefinitely postponed, together with
the original resolution to require a
two-thirds vote of the legislature to
submit amendments Mr.. Willnarth,
on making his motion. stated that
newspaper correspondents had de.
clared this to be capital removal
measure. but it had no such intent, but
was ONLY introduced to kill the original
measure. and as it had accomplished
its purpose he was willing that it
should drop. A messenger from the
senate brought in the expense appro-
priation bill, and after it was received
It was given first and second reading
and referred The committee reported
il back and it will come up for final
action to-day. Bills introduced: An
de,son. to compel overseers of high
WAYS to destroy noXious weeds on
highways; Pussy (by request, to in
crease the salary of the secretary or
the railroad commission from $500 per
year to $1,000; Wooley, relating to
challenge of jurors, making juror in
eligible to serve on jury until after q
iapse of two years from former serv-
ice: Warren, for a permanent appro-
priation for state educational institu-
tioIs. giving them g of a mill Of the
tax levy for the state; Glass, to provide
A state bounty on wolves, coyotes ana
mountain lions (This same bill was
introduced in the senate by PhillipJ
A resolution was presented asking
congress to adopt the metric system or
weights and measures.
Pierre, S. D., Jan. lin the senate,
Lawson presented n petition asking
for law empowering townships TO
elect fire marshals. Cooper presented
n petition from the Northern Black
Hills asking for the location OF an eX-
detrimental farm IN that section OF the
state. The judiciary committee re-
ported n bill for the increase OF sala-
ries of supreme court judges to $1,000
and circuit judges to $500. Bills in
PRODUCED:
| Bouck, providing Tor damage against
railroad companies for loss of life;
Cooper for an experimental farm at
Spearfish; Hiatt, providing that audit
ors and treasurers of cities of the first
and second classes cannot hold other
offices; appropriating $4,000 for AdJt.