Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-09

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81. .9GO to Hanson county for the care Of
I I.inan county prisoners; state wolf
1 bounty bill
| The bill TO allow mortgage Of crops
+, in advance for purchase price of land
was killed The bill to allow county
! commissioners TO purchase Delands
| '.Trlal Practice for Justices OF the
| Peace" failed to pass, but VIII be re-
! considered The senate amendments to
! the bill to provide for eight justices OF
| the peace in counties of over 10000
! population We're concurred In. The
| Aberdeen normal school bill secured a
| two-thirtls vote. which places 1t beyond
| question as an appropriation BILL but
| the Watertown bill only required Il
| majority and the question of its pas
| sage was raised Glass took the posi-
| ton that 1t was only money appropri-
| ations that required twothirds vote.
| and the speaker ruled that he would
I declare ii passed, and II any one
wished to question its validity, the
courts were open for that purpose.
| Pierre, S. D., Feb. 6.--In the senate
Jackson PopJ introduced a resolution
! memorializing congress for the expul-
| sion of Roberts, the bigamist congress-
man from Utah; Smith of Pennington,
! resolution opposing railroad pooling
and anti-scalpiug bill; Schamber, reso-
! luton for n institutional amendment
: reducing the membership of the legis-
/ lature. extending the terms to four
years, and making legislative sessions
! quadrennial.
| Bills introduced were: King. to re-
peal the township artesian well law;
| Benedict, TO create board of pardons.
to consist of the presiding judge of the
supreme court, secretary OF state and
! attorney general
y resolution was adopted TO ignore
! pairs between senator's
House bills passed providing that
! constitutional amendments must be
submitted on separate ballots. and bills
| providing the manner of levy Of special
I taxes in cities of the second class.
In the house there were SO many alb
sentees that no introducer of bill de-
! sired 10 push his measure. and the day
was put in clearing up the loose ends
of business.
Committees reported favorably on
bills providing for boiler inspection,
! pure food. appropriation of $4,000 for
! buildings at the state university, S20,-
! 600 for new buildings at the agricul-
! tural college, $1,000 for heading plant
at deaf and dumb school. adverse re-
port on bin limiting appeals to supreme
| court.
An effort to indefinitely postpone the
senate hlll TO abolish days of grace was
defeated. Bills introduced:
| Appropriations committee deficiency
! appropriation of S911 10 4. G.. Somers
rs deputy superintendent of public in
struction: Odland Of Yankton, provid-
! ing for the election of an oil Inspector:
/ Hanson. appropriating money to Hans
! j. Smith as witness fees in the Taylor
/ investigation: Woodruff. To empower
! cities of the first class 10 bond for pur-
pose OF securing water works; Her
! ringtou, requiring railroads To furnish
sidetracks for mills and elevators:
| Woodruff. to allow cities of the first
| class to elect boards of public works;
Baskin. general revenue bill; VIII
! marth, prviding manner of procedure
( In insanity cases.
| Senate resolutions asking for postal
[
I the interstate commerce commission
passed.
! House resolutions to extend the term
of governor and of members of the
legislature 10 four years, and for the
metric system Of weights and meas
! ures. were defeated.
/ Gov. Lee signed the senate bills ap-
propriatiGc money to pay for printing
of reports, journals and bills: making
disclosure of telegraph and telephone
messages misdemeanor: attaching cer-
tain lands TO Clay county for judicial
purposes; increasing the salary of mine
inspector to 81 200 per year: house bill
to increase the number of justices Of
the peace to eight in counties of over
10000 population which are not or
ganized into civil townships.
| In discussing the matter of appropri-
ations on the floor of the house, Repre-
sentative Dwight. one of the members
of the appropriations. committee, made
the statement that over a million and
n half dollars OF appropriations had al
ready been asked for. and made plea
for economy. His statement Is as fol-
lows:
J For new buildings
/ House bills ................ S1Sl ,250
Senate bills ........... 163.S77
Deficiency in house. .... 1G2S9
Deficiency In senate. .... 1925
Total .,................ $40, ,101
General appropriation bill
Estimates of boards Of state
officers ...... ......... 100000
Judgments against state. $4,000
Grand total 81 $50, T0l
J To this must be added practically
100000 which was asked for in bills
introduced in the house to-day and
making a total of nearly S1.7OO, 900.
This leaves half of the session yet to
hear from.
Pierre, s. D.. Feb. Tn the house
the attendance was so light that little