Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
THE LEGISLATURE
Proceedings of south Dakotn's Law
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sitting committee presented its first
report yesterday, recommending foul
senate bills and twenty-five house bills
for consideration.
Representative Purdin offered a res
plution indorsing the action of Gov.
Lee in vetoing the Aberdeen and Wa
!tertown normal school bills. After Il
short skirmish a motion to defer ac-
ton on the resolution for one day car
ried. A resolution by Johnson of
Brown was adopted, limiting debate
to five-minute speeches. The senate
general appropriation bill was taken
up and the house bill substituted and
passed. The Aberdeen bill was then
passed by n vote OF 80 to 80.
The forenoon in the senate was TAX
I'm up with the dispensary bill. Bouck
ngain tried to force into ii his amend
ment specifically providing that 1t was
Eubject TO the referendum, in which he
lost. Smith secured an amendment
that the present license law shall re-
main in effect until the dispensary law
is put into operation. 1t then passed
rs to g. Stewart gave notice of a mo-
ton to reconsider, which ties it up for
the day.
The house continued action on bills.
passing a new revenue bill which had
come up from the senate, but not by a
sufficient vote TO make il an emergency
measure. The emergency clause was
stricken out and the bill passed. This
will o put ii into effect for the assess
ment of this year. The bill to increase
judicial salaries was amended ny in
cleasing the salary of the governor 10
So, 900, and on final vote IL failed to
past TO 3S-but will be reconsid-
cred. House bills passed: Appropria-
ton of $5,236 to pay a Judgment
against the state held by Lyman coun-
ty: changing time of elections in incor-
porated towns to first Monday in
April; changing time for quarterly
meetings of county commissioners
from Monday to Tuesday: appropriate
Ing $3.50 to Adjt. Gen. Humphrey for
services.
The military appropriation bill and
the bill to abolish publication of GER
tificates of nomination were killed. On
motion of Dwight the veto messages
ON the ballot reform bills were made a
special order for to-day. The commit
tee on agriculture reported f~avorably
on the senate beet sugar bounty bill.
Glass called up the governors veto
message on the Watertown normal
school bill and 1t failed TO carry over
the veto by 40 to 80. A r~econsidera-
ton was secured and it was set fer a
special order for this afternoon. A
message from the senate announced
the passage of the ~dispensary bill, and
an effort was made to force it through
at once by n motion to give It first and
second readings and instruction to the
committee to report 1t in the morning.
First and second readings were Sc
cured. but the motion to compel the
committee to report was killed by an
adjournment by a vote Of 43 to "a.
In the senate Stewart withdrew his
notice of reconsideration and the dis
pensary bill was ''cinched' and sent to
the house. The house initiative and
referendum bill was taken up and an
effort made to amend. which was lost,
and the bill passed without change.
The fusion members voted for 1t, but
protested that they believed the bill
MS drawn was impracticable, and re-
quested that their protests be noted in
the journal. The senate Went into
committee Of the whole on three bills
looking toward the establishment of an
immigration bureau. An effort to post
pone all action in this direction was
lost. The bill, which was recon-
mended for passage, provides that the
; commissioner of school and public
lands shall assume the duties of the
Office, and provides him with an ad-
ditionai clerk and an appropriation for
carrying it into effect. 1t passed 81 to
6. House bills passed appropriating
lS25, 600 for n dormitory at the Spear
fish normal school; to appropriate $780,
: 600 to establish an asylum for feeble
, minded at Redfie,d and an appropria.
4 ton of $4,000 for a dormitory at the
3 Madison normal school.
I Pierre. s. D., March 1.-The house put
S liz the afternoon session In the passage
0 of house bills ard pushed through a
q motion for an evening session on the
I ground that ii was the last day on
which house bills could be passed and
receive consideration in the senate
5 The bills passed We're:
: Resolution for an amendment to the
constitution to resubmit the dispensary
q question; for a state board of agricul
n ture; for n state fair board of five
members TO be appointed by the gov
, erner, and appropriating $1,000 pei
:, year for premiums; appropriating S15t
u deficiency in the salary of Il. i. Conk
lin as railroad commissioner; TO re
quire convicts at the state penitentiary
! to furnish stone for public buildings
r for n state board of insurance, and APP
, propriating $4,000 TO pay premium:
:, on insurance of state buildings; to pre-
, vent fraudulent practices by join
9 stock companies: providing powers ant