Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-01-19
THE LEGISLATURE
Proceedings Of south DakOta's Law
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Pierre, s. D., Jan. 1O-In the house
on roll call five members failed to re-
spond on account of sickness. The
speaker announced the appointment as
clerks of committees Munger of Miner,
state affairs; Wilson of Turner. cleo
tions and privileges; Morey of Brown,
school Inc public lands. The commit
tee on mileage of members reported
the amounts due each membef and
moved it's immediate adoption as an
emergency existed in regard TO a part
of the members. A resolution. pre-
scented by Wilmarth. was unanimously
passed ~instructing the appropriations
committee TO report n general appro-
priation bill not Iater'than Feb. g, and
making such bill a special order for
the 7th. All committee clerks were
ordered. when not otherwise engaged,
to report 4 the enrolling committee
for duty. The house bills introduced
we're: Smith. TO establish n
cial department at the school of mines.
appropriating $4,000 for free tuition;
Johnson, a reduction of the rate of in
terest in redemption cases TO z per
cent: Stillwell, appropriating S1.6S3 to
reimburse Hanson county for the tx
pense of the Phelps murder trial:
BoLrk, providing for the destruction of
noxious weeds ut the order of county
commissioners; Benedict, appropriate
ing $4,000 for i. b. McCloud for board
of troops in 1S90-'91; Benedict, appro-
priating S37S.65 clothing deficiency ut
the soldiers home: Gunnarson, a dis
pensary bill. which is known as the
Carhart bin, and longer than the orig
inal license bill; Bouck, a joint resolu-
ton reducing the legislative session to
thirty days.
In the senate. George Hair of Butte
county was appointed clerk of the COM
mittee on ways and means, and G.. III.
Barnes of Aberdeen on judiciary. Bills
introduced: Pussy, making the legal
rate of interest s per cent and forfeit
ing the interest where n greater
amount ~is>charged: Austin, exemption
from taxation of 800 of personal prop
erty; Purdin, allowing a voter who
cannot read the privilege of calling as
sistance in preparing his ballot; Mel
schneider, exempting from process
homestead with improvements not to
exceed $1,000, making such homestead
eighty acres of land or town lot; Foley,
allowing redemption of personal prop
erty sold on chattel mortgage at any
time within ten days after sale: Wood
ruff, providing for the appointment of
a state veterinary and deputies at So
a day and expenses; Hamilton, defin-
ing the amount of work required to
hold mining claims; Cornwall, provid-
ing for places of election in civil town.
ships; Dwight, tax on inheritances and
requests of $4,000 or more.
Pierre, s. d.. Jan. 11.-In the house,
Representative Glass of Coddington
rose to a question of personal privi-
lege, and after reading an article from
a Sioux Falls paper. which referred to
him as being in the Republican caucus
az an unlimited guest and that he had
been sighted in the committee APP
pointments, he styled the editor of the
paper as n malicious falsifier. j. III.
Sogn resigned as second assistant clerk
and l.. A. Werner of Day county was
selected to fill the place, on a party
vote, the minority candidate being G.
NJ. Dwyer of Hand county. The judi
ciary committee reported n substitute
for the joint resolution introduced by
Goddard to require a two-thirds vote
of the legislature to submit amend
UlcllS 10 lllt GOISllluttOHs tue SuDslI-
tute allowing an amendment to the
constitution by the initiative. A mi
nority report was submitted support
ing the original resolution. The house
went into committee of the whole for
the consideration of rules and took up
the rest of the session.
a resolution was presented in the
senate by Smith of Sanborn for an in
~vestigation of the state treasury, and
of the conduct of the governor in sup
pressing the examiners report in the
Dowdell matter. The resolution named
Senators Gunderson, Bouck and Bot
tum as such committee, and appropri-
ated $4,000 for expenses. Senator
Stewart moved that it be referred to
the judiciary committee, which was
carried. A memorial TO congress was
presented asking for the passage of
the senate bill granting United States
judges greater power in a certain class
of criminal cases on reservations. Res
olutions for memorials to congress
were introduced asking for the pas
sage of a postal savings bank law and
for an appropriation for sinking exper-
mental artesian wells in Custer and
Fall River counties. A joint resolution
was presented by Hanten asking for
a constitutional amendment providing
for elections in counties on the ques-
ton of ~exempting cemeteries and pub
lie property from taxation. Bills in
trodIced in the senate:
Stewart (by request), TO establish
state board of embalmers and to Ii
cense embalming; Gregory. TO permit
county insurance companies TO insure
against tornadoes and lightning; Stiles,
relating to elections and meetings of
boards of supervisors; Hanten, to
amend laws governing the exemption
of property relating TO property ex-
empt from taxation; for n normal
school at WATERFOWL. appropriating
$4,000 acres of state land for the our
pose; Hiatt, auth orfzing county treas
urers to sell property on which taxes
have been delinquent two years; Smith
of Remington, to ~disqualify profess
sional jurors; making the killing Of
live stock by trains prima facie evil
dence of carelessness on the part OF
railroad employees. :
Pierre, s. d., Jan. 12.-In the senate
Lawsuon presented a petition from
the citizens of Brown county, asking
asking for an appropriation to pay pre-
miums awarded at the state fairs in
1898 and 1899.
A bill was presented for per diem
and mileage for members and the same
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