The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
alive DeWight was granted twenty

tour hours IN which to submit d
minority report.
The senate bills were passed
appropriating $7,425 deficiency at
the reform school, permitting county
commissioners to pay bounties for
destruction of gophers on petition
Of 80 per cent Of the voters, prohib-
iting county judges from acting
when they are interested or related
to the parties, strengthening service
of summons by publication, curing
defects in acknowledgements in
territorial days, empowering cities
of first.clasS to issue bonds for
waterworks, authorizing county
commissioners to take tax deeds and
sell lands, appropriatiny for publica-
ton Of proposed constitutional
amendments and repairing sta5e
house, prohibiting owners of thresh
ing machines from permitting child
ren to be about machines, permit
mortgagors to designate in the mort
gage where personal property may
be sold under foreclosure, requiring
county Judges TO hold regular terms
OF court beginning the first Mon
day in eoch month except August
and prohibiting judges from acting
as attorneys.
Gov. Lee presented a commune
cation to the senate on the Yankton
insane asylum declaring the building
which burned to have been a fire
trap and recommended that the
state erect no more buildings which
are not fire proof, futher recon-
mending that the Legislature set
aside 500, 900 for an insurance fund
to meet the emergency where state
buildings have been destroyed.
The bills signed by the governor
to day. Were: to prohibit manor
ality in covered wagons, to appro-
pirate money for deficiency in the
salary of George Johnson as rail-
road commissioner, to change terms
of office Of township supervisors,
providing for the insurance of bonds
for the refunding of old issues.
Feb. 17.-One of the shar pest
fights Of the session, came up over
the amendment on the second read
ing OF the bill to place telegraph and
telephone companies under charge
Of the railroad commission. Senator
Tyler introduced an amendment
placing all newspaper and other
special kilograms on the same basis
as private kilograms and Loomis as
chairman declared the amendment
carried aud was sustained on appeal
from the decision of the chair.
Another amendment by Senator
Tyler imposing severe penalty for
use of franks, carried. The belief
that the bill is being pushed by a
lobby for the purpose of extorting
money from telegraph companies
has made it unpopular.
In the house the railroad COM
mittee reported adversely on the
senate bill, LOOMS bill requiring
railroad commission to put in effect
maximum express rates in the state.
A bill providing for the salary of
adjutant general vas favorably re-
ported and the bill for a militia ap-
preparation vas reported without
recommendation.
Feb. 1s.-There is little interest
attaching to legislation today. A
number Of measures provoked small
fights but nothing worthy of atten-
ton.
In the house this afternoon Packard
called up the percentage apptopria-
ton bill for educational institutions
and it was passed after having been
amended to place the percentage Of
levy at ITO OF a mill, that the
amount to go to the institutions for
any one year should not exceed
500, 900, and the surplus to revert
to the state general fund.
House bills we're passed providing
for boards of review of assessment
in cities and towns and fixing terms
Of court in the Second judicial cir
cult. A communication from Gov
ernor Lee was read showing that
the total available cash in the treas
ury at the present time is only
$50, 900 and asking that no more