The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
of a few friends of the measure to Sc
cure consideration.

In the senate, the appropriations
committee reported an appropriation OF
81. 900 to enable the railroad commits
sion to prosecute the present railroad
suits before the supreme court and the
bill was advanced on the calendar I'M
der SUSPENSION of the rules. Bills In
troduced:
Johnston. relating to life insurance
companies organized under state laws;
Gunderson, relating to building and
loan associations; Hoese. recurring rail
roads to sell 1,O0o-mile tickets for $40;
Gunderson. permitting school boards
to transport children to school; jud!ci-
ary committee, relating to affidavit or
publication Of summons; curing defectS
in acknowledgements by notaries In
territorial days.
Dispensary bills were introduced by
Senators Yanten and Stiles. Bits
passed:
Requiring railroads to furnish side
tracks for private grain warehouses of
small capacity; regulating the practice
of dentistry; providing for the appor-
tionment of a tax of eight-tenths of a
mill for all state educational institu-
tons; regulating the printing OF SUI
preme court reports; Furnishing lntoXi-
cation in public places; appropriating
$500 deficiency for fuel at the state
university; authorizing the attachment
of adjoining tracts of territory to indie
pendent school districts.
Pierre. s. d., Feb 9.-In the house
the free school book bill was adversely
reported and the bill to reimburse the
citizens of plankinton for money eX-
pended in erecting building at the re-
form school returned without recon-
mendation. Several revenue bills were
favorably reported.
A motion by Wooley to begin holding
10th was defeated.
PurdOn offered resolution declaring
the house to be opposed to the passage
of any bill carrying an Old or any de-
ficiency until after the same had been
submitted to the attorney general as to
its validity or the liability Of the state.
The resolution was killed. Bills intro
duced:
Harrington. method of classification
and levy of taxes in cities; apprOpria-
tons committee, deficiency bill to ena-
BILE the railroad commissioners to carry
on litigation; Dawson, providing that
prisoners shall be taken to the state
prison by an attendant from that in
stitution; Wilson. to remove the school
Of mines from Rapid City to Nermil-
lion; Norgren, fixing pay Of election
boards at 50 per day and % cents per
hour for overtime; Thayer, requiring
school district officers to report bond
elections to county auditor; Myron, to
attach certain lands to Clay county,
submitting the proposition to a vote;
Knodt, relating to powers and duties
of boards of supervisors; Holdridge,
placing sole power Of disbarment In
the hands Of the supreme court; Haw-
good, to restore boundaries Of counties
Of the northwest corner Of the state to
what they were prior to the act Of 1897
and their incorporation into Butte
county, by vote; Lien, appropriating
$50 for the purpose of selecting bal
ance of endowment and indemnity
lands; Russell, appropriating money to
pay judgment against the state by
James Morgan and Lyman county;
Meisenholder. relating to exemptions.
The bill for the creation of the Ninth
judicial circuit came up as a special or
der, and as 1t developed considerable
opposition IL was continued to next
Tuesday and made a special order.
The bill for an appropriation of $4,000
for an asylum for feeble-minded at
Redfield passed. An effort to hold up
all special appropriation bills until
after the general appropriation bill had
been returned to the house was fought
over for an nour, Wilmarth and Stod-
dard supporting and Glass, Cornwell
and Woody opposing. 1t was finally
voted down. The bill for an appropri-
alton of So, 900 for a dormitory at the
Madison normal school failed for lack
of two-thirds. but will be reconsidered.
In the senate resolution was adopt
ed In favor of morning sessions on and
after Friday.
Gov. Lee returned his veto on bills
for normal schools at Aberdeen and
WatertOwn. They were made special
order for the 18th. The reasons given
for the vetOes are that the schools are
unnecessary and their establishment
would weaken existing institutions.
Bills were passed relating to qualifi-
cations of state and county superin-
tendents of instruction.; appOrtioning
dog tax to cities and towns; requiring
railways to construct crossings at all
highways; providing that clerks OF
courts shall not receive higher salaries
than county auditors; making railroads
responsible for damage by fire regard
less OF contributOry negligence.
A resolution was presented COM
mending Senator Kyle and censuring
Senator Pettigrew over their action on
the peace treaty.
The house bill classifying cities was
lost. but will be reconsidered.
Bills signed by the governor: To pre-
vent spread Of disease among swine;
to reimburse Hanson county for care
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