Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-02-02
THE LEGISLATURE
Proceedings Of south Dakotn's Inv
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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 a 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 re~considera-
ton and made a special order for Fri
day. Bills passed:
Prohibiting the payment of taxes by
warrants except by parties to whom
warrants were issued: cutting of the
issuance Of unnecessary certificates
and reducing fees when n county be-
comes a purchaser at tax sales; legal
izing the assessment of and attaching
certain lands TO Clay county; reducing
the salaries of states attorneys in
small counties; permitting a township
TO hold elections in cities when such
township surrounds city limits; max
ing the killing of stock prima facie evil
deDce of carelessness on the part of
railroad employees jim counties having
no herd law: appropriating $1,000 for
Legislative and public printing.
The senate joint resolution memorial
izing congress and instructing mem
bers of congress TO work for liberal app
preparations for the state militia,
passed, as did the senate resolution
asking the president and secretary OF
war TO return South Dakota troops
home by way of Suez. The bills re-
peaiing the law allowing compromise
of taxes and requiring sheriifs to col
lect personal property taxes were de-
feated.
In the house. Woody attempted to Sc
cure reconsideration of the vote by
which the bill for the destruction of
prairie dogs was killed, but afailed.
Austin called up the court of concilia-
ton bill for reconsideration, and it was
set as a special order for Friday. Bills
introduced 4s a,.a.
Austin, defining the legal responsible
ity Of subscribers to newspapers; Bras,
providing that grand juries shall only
be summoned on special orders of the
circuit court; Kingsley, TO prevent
county. mutual insurance companies
from taking risks outside the boun-
daries 'of the counties in which they
are organized: Carlson, classifying in
surance companies and providing al
annual tax on their I gross returns;
Logery,. requiring railroads to furnish
scales at every station on their lines;
n revenue bill requiring all property of
the state t. be listed for taxation on
April i; Wilmarth, providing for the
organization of the militia under the
name. of the South Dakota guard, and
defining the size of the organization;
Risty, making the maximum salary of
county treasurers $1,000 per year; VIII
marth, TO provide for a state board of
medical examiners and to regulate the
practice of medicine; Trumbo, requir-
ing all property of the state to be listed
for taxation on Jan. i; Goddard, to pre-
v 'e annlavmant of n teacher who
is related within the third degree of
any member OF n school board, unless
on petition of ~two-thirds OF the patrons
of the school district repeating the law
providing for a state engineer Of irri-
CATION.
A number of senate bills were given
first and second readings and refer
The senate resolution requesting
the government to establish a branch
of the national soldiers home at Hot
Springs was passed, as was also the
house resolution calling for the pas
sage of the free homestead law.
Pierre, S. D.. Jan. 2S.-In the senate
Senator Cooper asked leave Of absence
to go TO his home in the Black Hills,
and asked that his pay stop during his
absence. The request was granted,
with the exception Of stopping the pay.
Senator Hanten presented Il petition
from citizens of WATERFOWL asking
that a normal school be established In
that city. Senator Cooper presented a
petition asking for the location of an
experiment farm in the Black Hills.
The committee on education reported
school at WATERFOWL without recon-
mendation. Bills Introduced:
Bouck, for the collection Of n road
poll tax in towns and cities: Littlefield,
for the division of the state into two
congressional districts; Johnston, pro-
hibiting illegal voting at cimaries and
.caucuses; to amend the Law relating TO
judgments, requiring the same TO be in
writing; to amend the law in relation
TO in civil suits; Stewart, for
n general act relating to negotiable in
struments; Stilwell, providing for send
ing habitual drunkards to institutions !
for treatment: Gregory, appropriating
So, 900 for an asylum for feeble-mind-
at Redfield; Snow, providing for the
attachment of adjacent territory to in
dependent school districts; Copper, au-
thorizing cities to Issue special bonds
FOR the purpose of securing n water
Hiatt. TO inforce the initiative
and referendum; Tyler, providing for
mileage at 10 cents per mile and $40
FOR each day while acting OF state al
vassing board; Il. Smith, reducing ex-
empffons in case OF labor liens; author
izing the adoption of Granthan's code
the code of the state: Hanten, APP
S153 for Coddington county
for the transportation of prisoners.
The Wilmarth house bill for the clas-
sification for counties was lost. but will
be reconsidered. A bill passed appro-
priating $1,000 for Custer county for
the expense of the trial of John Rond.
The bill to increase the salaries of SUI
preme and circuit court judges was i
made a special order for Wednesday.
In the house, on motion of Wilmarth. !
the referendum bill was made a special
order for Tuesday. The bill regulating
The purchase of supplies was sent back
TO the judiciary committee. The bill
requiring assignees and trustees of In
foreign corporations to give
bonds was passed. The nine-hour day
bill came I'M. After a number of