Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23

risks and issue policies for three years:
permitting honorably discharged sol
diers and sailors to attend state educa-
tional institutions free of charge; per
mitting taxes to be paid in semi-annual
installments-March and September.
Pierre. S. D.. Feb. lin the house
the following bills were passed: Re-
quiring engineers TO secure licenses;
defining duties Of clerks and judges OF
county courts; appropriating $4,000
for improvements. at insane asylum;
allowing cities to bond for the purpose
of securing water works: allowing
cities to create boards of public works
and providing the manner of care OF
insane. The appropriation committee
reported the general bill, which carries
| SS72,000. an increase of SS6,64S over
the general bill of two years ago. Rep
resentative Dwight was granted a
hours in which to submit n minority
report.
In the senate bills were passed ap-
propriating ST.425 deficiency TO the re-
form school: permitting county COM
missioners to pay bounties for the de-
struction of gophers on the petition or
works; authorizing county commission
81 per cent Of the voters; prohibiting
county judges from acting where they
are interested or related to the parties:
curing defects in Acknowledgements in
territorial days; empowering cities OF
the first class to issue bonds for water
ers To take tax deeds and il lands:
appropriation for publication of pro-
posed constitutional amendments and
repairing state house; prohibiting own
ers Of threshing machines from per-
mitting children 10 be about such ma
chimes: permitting mortgagors TO des-
ignate In the mortgage where personal
property may be sold under foreclos-
ure; requiring county judges TO hold
regular terms of court, beginning the
first Monday in each month excepting
August, and prohibiting judges from
acting as attorneys.
Gov. Lee presented communication
To the senate Oh the Yankton insane
asylum, declaring the building which
burned to have been fire trap, and
recommending that the state erect no
more buildings which are not fire.
proof, further recommending that the
legislature set aside 100000 for an III
surance fund 10 meet an emergency
where state buildings have been de-
stroyed.
Bills signed by the governor to-day:
To appropriate money for deficiency ia
salary Of George Johnson. as railroad
commissioner: to change term of office
of township supervisors: providing for
issuance of bonds for refundinG old
issues.
Pierre, s. D.. Feb. 1S.-The house
took up the third reading of senate
bills and passed two relating to attach
ing territory to Clay county, a bill to
prevent the acceptance OF warrants III
payment of taxes or license unless pre-
sented by the party TO whom they
were issued. and TO authorize the use
of Granthan's Code. The bill for per-
manent appropriations for state insti-
tutioLs was wrangled over for two
hours and finally indefinitely post
ponad. but notice OF reconsideration
was given. Tie hill as it viii come up
for reconsideration is amended in sew
eral particulars from the original state
bill. 1t was declared by Wilmarth
that the amount III the senate bill of
eight-terthS of a mill of the total levy
would give the institutions an annual
appropriation Of $4,000, while for the
last year they got along ON St3,000,
and he moved an amendment to cut
the appropriation to siX-tenths of a
mill. This was defeated, and an
amendment to reduce to seven-tenths
carried. Another amendment limits the
total amount which can he secured by
the institutions In any one year to
100000. is placed il in shape
where il did not satisfy it's original
supporters, and the motion TO postpone
was carried-i9 to 81. The bill for ad-
ditioDal buildings at the state univers-
ity was indefinitely postponed. The
senate passed the bill authorizing the
Incorporation OF state premium life in
Surance companies and 10 reduce the
board of corrections and charities to
three members. On the second read
ing of the bill to put telegraph and
telephone companies under control of
the railroad commission there was
lively fight. Tyler presented an amend
ment placing press and special matter
at the same rate as any other matter.
and LoOmis. as chairman, declared the
amendment carried an, was sus-
TANNED on appeal from his decision.
A motion to indefinitely postpone was
lost. Another amendment by Tyler
prescribes severe penalties for the ac-
ceptance of franks. There will prob
ably be another fight when it comes
up for final action.
Pierre, s. D.. Feb 20.-In the house,
Packard called up the percentage ap-
preparation bin for educational insti-
tutions and II was passed, after having
benz amende' to place the percentage
Of levy at seven-tenths of a mill; that
the amount to go to the institutions for
any one year should not exceed $780,
coo, any sur 'us to rever to the state
ger eral fund. House bills were passed
providing for boards of review of as
sessment in cities and towns, and fix
ing terms of court in the Second judi.
cial district. A communication from
Gov. Lee was read, showing that the
total available cash in the treasury at
the present time is only $4,000, and
asking that no more emergency appro-
priation bills he passed than were abb