The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-02
THE LEGISLATURE
Proceedings Of south Dakota's Law
Mill.

| Pierre, s. d.. Jan. 23.-A number of
members of both houses were absent
and on account of the excursion TO
Sioux Falls many of the absentees will
not return until as late as Wednesday
or Thursday. In the senate an adverse
, report was presented on the bill to
reimburse the commissions 10 the
Omaha exposition.
! Smith of Pennington, Populist, pre-
I scented resolution thanking the
| Northwestern railroad for its tender
of n special train to the buttermakers'
convention ut Sioux Falls, accepting
/ the same and providing for morning
| session Tuesday; that the start would
| be made Immediately after noon of
that day. Senator Jones objected to
/ the adoption of such Il resolution, and
! demanded n roll call on the PROPOSE
( ton. Many members asked to be ex-
cuscd from voting, but their votes
were demanded and the resolution was
defeatcd-30 to 4. Later in the session
| the vote was reconsidered without OPP
| position. Bills introduced: Littlefeld.
| for the establishment of an expert
mental farm at Sturgis; Rohweder. ap-
! propriating $4,000 for the equipment
and maintenance of a blind asylum at
, Gar. The bill to increase the salaries
of circuit and supreme court judges
/ $500 per year called out extended argu-
ment, and on roll call the bill was de-
! feated, 20 to II, but notice of recon
! sideration was given. Bills were
/ passed abolishing days of grace, pre-
scribiEg due diligence in collection of
notes or drafts to be construed to
mean the usual course of business.
In 4 l,r al,
! initiative and referendum, the previ-
Gus question was ordered, and as the
| bill contained the emergency clause re-
! curing a two-thirds vote to carry, it
/ was lost by lacking two of the re-
I quired number. The vote was then
| reconsidered and the bill made
| special order for Thursday of next
| week. A favorable report was pre-
scented on the bill for the selection Of
official papers by competitive bids.
The favorable reports on bills for de-
structlon of prairie dogs and obnoX-
ious, weeds were rejected The report
of the committee on the bill for ballot
reform called out n fight, but it was
adopted-35 to %. Representative
Glass presented a resolution of thanks
TO the Northwestern road for special
train TO Sioux Falls and asked that the
train he placed under charge of A. G.
Johnson of Watertown. This resolu-
ton was seconded by Cornwall the
fusion leader, and was passed without
a word of discussion or dissent. The
senate bill establishing a militia rem
devious at Huron was placed on final
| passage and received but five votes in
opposition. AS no bill had been intro
duced for three days, when that call
was reached there was rush, the fol-
| lowing being given first reading:
Reese, making penalty Of setting
| prairie afire q felony; Packard, author
iZing the formation of mutual insur-
ance companies: Everitt. making
homes for destitute mothers. guar
dams for children born in such homes;
! VarnLm, providing a method of mark
/ ing ballots; bolton, regulating practice
OF veterinary surgeons; Holen, provid-
ing regulations for filing mechanics
lieEs; Odland of Turner, allowing
taxes to be paid in cash and work to
be done by contract; repiring elections
| of county commissioners to be at large
| instead of by districts; providing for
| the printing of commissioners pro-
ceedings in but one paper in county;
| Bras, TO prevent contesting life insur-
| ance claims after three annual pay
ments have been made; Goddard, ap.
propriating $3.50 deficiency salary of
Adjt. Gen. Humphrey; providing an
appropriation of S12,5 for militia of
the state: Chiesman, to prevent ship
ment of cattle from the state by others
than the owners; Wilson. to establish
state board of agriculture: Knodt, re-
Quiring bids FOR medical services and
for all supplies furnished the poor;
Holen, for an appropriation of $4,000
for maintenance and furnishing blind
asylum at Gary.
The bill providing method of contest
ing elections was passed. The bill for
courts of Cancellation failed for lack Of
the constitutional majority. The vote
was reconsidered and the bill made
special order for Monday afternoon.
Pierre, s. D., Jan. 24.-In the senate
the following bills were Introduces:
Gunderson, providing that railroads
shall be taxed on the basis of valuation
of the entire system; requiring rail
roads TO construct and maintain high
way crossings; Cooper, revising the as
sessment laws on the basis of the In
diana SYSTEM King, making IL unlaw-
full for any member of the family or
next OF kin of member of the board
of regents to be employed in state edu-
cational institutions.
The bill to raise judges salaries,
which was defeated in the senate Sat
urday, was called up for reconsidera-
ton and made n special order for Fri
day Bills passed:
Prohibiting the payment of taxes by
warrants except by parties to whom
warrants were issued; cutting off the
issuance of unnecessary certificates
and reducing fees when county be-
comes n purchaser ut tax sales; legal
izing the assessment of and attaching
certain lnnds TO CLAW county; reducing