Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-02-09

Wnetler NJ OF perSOIdi property ShoAi
he exempt from taxation; Bottum, per-
tanning TO bonds Of independent school
districts.
Schamber presented a petition ask
ing for the attachment of Mcpherson
county TO the Brown county circuit.
The committee to select public lands
under the resolution of King was
named: Johnson, Toy, Snow. Over
seth, Jackson. King. Tyler. Gunderson
and Vance. The senate bill providing
for township fire guards and tire mar
shals passed. The bill for purity of
caucuses was defeated. but notice of
reconsideration given. The senate bill
10 prevent any officer or legislative
member from receiving or soliciting
passes was left in unfinished business
by adjournment.
In the house the committee reported
f%avorably on the bill providing that
the penitentiary shall furnish stone
and labor for the erection of the Chill
dren's home at Sioux Falls. The house
bin for the creation OF a Ninth judicial
circuit, composed OF the counties of
Hand, Beadle, Sphinx and Kingsbury
was lost for lack of two-thirds vote,
and notice for reconsideration given.
Purdin introduced a resolution declar-
ing the members opposed TO SO ex-
t%ravagant appropriations and opposed
to granting any land appropriation TO
new institutions which would call for
further appropriations in the future.
This was holly debated. and, on mo-
ton of Glass, all after the words Eek
travagant appropriations" was sticken
out, and as amended passed. The
move was aimed at the new institu-
tons at Aberdeen and WATERFOWL.
Wilmarth asked for the appointment
of a committee TO investigate the bills
for printing reports and journals,
which were, in his opinion, excessive.
The committee Is composed of Baskin,
Brass and Woodruff.
Bills introduced: Providing for the
Incorporation of cities and classifica-
ton by population; Lingren, to pro-
hibit electioneerIng about polling
places; Packard, mode of making levy
quiring leases Of lands in organized
townships to be classed with the town
clerk; Foley, limiting the time for
commencing civil actions against sher-
ifs; Murdy, providing for free text
books and appropriating $4,000 for
the purpose; Wilmarth, general reve-
nue. bill.
Bills passed: To provide for the care
of abandoned children: reative to
drawing jurors in counties not organ-
lied into civil townships; a railroad
bill to regulate the control of roads
owning property and operating in the
state; 40 allow taxes to be collected in
two annual payments.
The bill to tax in~heritances was in
definitely postponed.
Pierre, s. D., Feb. Am the senate
these bills were introduced:
Toy, providing for the collection of a
sidewalk tax in cities of the third
class: Schamber, for a dog tax; Bene-
dict, providing for q uniform tax for
judicial purposes; Jordan, to establish
a meteorological institute at the agri-
cultural college TO test water and food
products, appropriating 5000; Han
ton, abolishing the fellow servant law
SO far as concerns railroads and mines;
Tyler, empowering cities OF the first
class to establish n system of water
works; permitting cities to elect water
woras boards with not less than three
nor more than four members; appropri-
ating $70S to Gov. Lee for the expense
of prosecuting Nipple, Mayhem and
Anderson; Toy, relating to the incor-
poration of cities.
The Gunderson anti-pass bill was
pulled out Of unfinished business and
called out a hot scrap. 1t was killed
by a tie vote, the lieutenant governor
voting against the bill. The bill for
the publication of caucuscs was taken
up on reconsideration and passed. The
bill to repeal the power of county au-
ditors to levy taxes for artesian wells
was killed and the bill regulating the
practice OF dentistry was put over until
TUESDAY. A joint resolution asking
congress for an appropriation to sink
experimental artesian wells in Fall
River and Custer counties was passed.
The first business Of the house was
suspension of the rules and taking up
the third reading Of senate bills. This
order occupied the entire afternoon and
the bills passed were:
Making the dlvulging of the contents
of telegraph or telephone messages a
misdemeanor; attaching certain lands
to Clay county for judicial purposes;
raising the salary Of the mine inspec-
tor from $1,000 to $1,000 per year; ap-
propriating $1,000 for printing re-
ports, journals and bills; to establish a
normal school at Aberdeen and appro-
priating $4,000 acres Of land for that
purpose: TO establish a normal school
at WATERFOWL and appropriating 10000
acres Of land; to prevent the spread Of
disease among swine; appropriating
S1,360 to Hanson county for the care of
Liman county prisoners; state wolf
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 Deland's
Trial Practice for Justices Of the
Peace failed to pass, but will be re-
considered. The senate amendments to
the bill TO provide for eight justices of
the peace in counties Of over 10000
population were concurred in. The
Aberdeen normal school bill secured a
two-thirds vote, which places it beyond
question as an appropriation bill, but
the WATERFOWL bill only required a
majority and the question OF it's pas
sage was raised. Glass took the posi-
tiou that II was only money appropri-
atoms that required a two-thirds vote.
and the speaker ruled that he would
declare 1t passed, and II any one
wished to question its validity, the
courts were open for that purpose.