Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-02-10

c1NVy bUA 1lVAO tAdIt cCNCltUy ellNcs dtlU
that the membership of the Senate shalt
not be more than thirty-fvc nor less than
twenty five; Pease, to appropriate $500
for a reform school building; Hanlon, per-
hitting counties by popular vote to de-
termine whether 500 Of personal property
shall be exempt from taxation. Schamber
presented a petition asking for the attach
mcnt Of Mcpherson County to the Brown
County circuit. The committee TO select
public lands under the resolution Of King
was named as follows: johnson, Toy.
Snow, Oversetli, jackson. King. Tyler,
Gunderson. Vance. The bill providing for
township fire guards and fire marshals
passed. The bill for purity of cat,c,ses
was defeated, but notice of reconsideration
was given. The bill TO prevent any officer
or legislative member from receiving or
soliciting passes was left unfinished bus
mess by adjournment.
In the House the committee reported fa-
vorably 0n the bill providing that the peni-
Tertiary shall furnish stone and labor for
erection of the Childrcn's Home at Sioux
Falls. The bill for creation of the Ninth
Judicial Circuit, composed of the counties
of Hand, Bcadle and kingsbury, was lost
for lack OF two-ttirds vote, and notice for
reconsideration was given. Purdin intro
duced IL resolution declaring the members
opposed to cNtravagant appropriations,
and opposed To granting any land appro-
rriation to new institutions which would
call for further appropriations in the future.
This Was holly debated, and Oh motion of
Glass, all. after the words s%seXtravagant
appropriations was stricken out. and as
amended the bill was passed. Wilmarth
asked for the appointment of IL committee
tN ipNntirntn ill.,, hill, rr. ..:.:..
reports and journals, which were in
composed of Baskin. Brass and Wood.
ruff. who was ordered to report Friday.
Eight bills We're introduced. Bills passed
We're: To provide for the care OF abandoned
children: relative TO drawing jurors in
counties not organized into civil townships:
Il railroad bill to regulate control of roads
owning property and operating in state: 10
allow taxes TO he collected i'm two annual
payments. The bill to tax inlleritanccs was
indefinitely postponed. Auditor Reeves
requested the allowance OF vouchers of the
railway commission for 500 for hotel en-
penscs for this month and for $25 expenses
OF cN-COmmissioncr Tompkins for January.
Friday, Feb. 3.
The GuntlersOn anti-puss bill called out
Il warm time in the Senate. After argu-
mcnt it Was killed by Il tie vote, the Lieu
tenant Governor voting against the bill.
The hill for the publication of caucuses
was taken up OH reconsideration and
passed. The bill TO repeal the power of
county auditors to levy taxes for artesian
wells was killed. \ Joint resolution was
passed asking COngressfo for All appropriation
to sink experimental artesian wells in Fall
River II Custer Counties. Bills introduced
We're: EyTOy(by rcquestl, providing for col
lection OF sidewalk tax in cities of the third
class; Benedict, providing for uniform tax
for judicial purposes; Jordon, to establish
a meteorological institute ut the Agricul-
tural College to test water and food prod
ucts and appropriatimg 5000 for the pur-
pose; l~Ianton, abolishing the fellow SER
want law so far as il concerns railroads and
mines; Tyler, empowering cities of the
first class to establish a system of water
works. permitting cities to elect a water
works board with not less than three nor
more than four members: appropriating
sos to Gov. Lee for expense of prosecution
of Nipple, Mayhem and Anderson.
Tho first business of the House was sus-
pension of the rules and taking up the
third reading of Senate bills. This order
occupied the entire afternoon, and the bills
passed were: Making the divulging of the
contents of Il telegram or telephone mes
sage a misdemeanor; attaching certain
lands to Clay County for judicial purposes;
raising the salary of the mine inspector
from $1,000 to $1,000 per year: a%ppropri-
ating $4,000 for printing reports, journals
and bills; to establish a normal school
at Aberdeen and appropriating 5000
acres of land for that purpose; TO
establish a normal school at Water
town, and appropriating 10000 acres Of
land; to prevent spread of disease among
swine; appropriating $l.36O to Hanson
County for care of Lyman County prison.
ers. The state wolf bounty bill passed.
The bill to allow mortgage of crops in adj
vance for purchase price of land was killed.
The bill to allow county commissioners to
purchase DcLand's trial practice for
justices of the peace failed to pass, but will
be reconsidcred. Senate amendments were
conc,rred in with the bill to provide for
eight justices of the peace in counties Of
lover 10000 population.