The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-09

| First ana second readings were Sc
| cured. but the motion 10 compel the
| committee TO report was killed. ny III
| adjournment by vote of 43 10 d.
In the senate Stewart withdrew ms
| notice of reconsideration ana the as
pensary bill was "cinched ana sent 10
the house. The house initiative ana
I referendum bill was taken UP anu ah
| effort made to amend, when was lost'
and the bill passed without cilaiise.
| The fusion members voted Tor H. put
! protested that they believed the Dill
as drawn was impracticabie, ana re-
nuested that their protests be noted IN
The journal The senate went lhio
committee of the whole on shfee Diils
looking toward the establishment of an
immigration bureau, An effort 10 post
pone all action in this direction was
lost. The bill which was recon-
mended for passage, provides that the
commissioner of school and public
lands shall assume the duties of the
office. and provides him with an al
ditional clerk and an appropriation Tor
carrying il into effect. 1t passed 81 10
g. House bills passed appropriating
| S250 900 for dormitory at the Spear
| fish normal school; 10 appropriate Soo,-
600 to establish an asylum for feenle
minded Mt Redfield and an approprla'
ton of SOD 600 for a dormitory at the
Madison normal school.
, Pierre. s. D., March 1.-The house put
in the afternoon session in the passage
of house bills and pushed through n
motion for an evening session on the
ground that IL was the last day on
which house bills could he passed and
receive consideration in the senate.
The bills passed were:
| Resolution for an amendment 10 the
constitution TO resubmit the dispensary
question: for a state board of agrlcui-
, ture: for state fair board OF hVe
members to be appointed by the gov
ernor. and appropriating $1,000 per
year for premiums: approprlating Sloo
deficiency in the salary OF r. +. Conk-
lin as railroad commissioner: 10 re-
Quire convicts at the state penitentiary
10 furnish stone for public buildings;
for n state board of insurance. and APP
propriating $1,000 to pay premiums
on insurance of state buildings; TO pre-
vent fraudulent practices by Joint
stock companies: providing powers and
duties of school boards.
| Senate bills passed approprating
money for the services of experts in
the examination of the buildings at the
reform school, and an appropriation
for deficiency in the expenses of the
railroad commission. House bills
passed by the senate:
/ The engineers license bill. which
was amended TO apply only to institu-
tons which employ five or more en-
gineers under charge of master me-
chanic: game bill. which was amended
by reducing the license fee for non
resident hunters 10 SO: fixing terms
of court in the Fifth judicial circuit.
/ An atte,npt was made TO kill the Os-
teopathy III in the senate on com
mittee report. which failed, and an eff
fort TO advance the house dispensary
amendment on the calendar met the
same fate.
| Delegations rom Omaha and Chica-
go representing firms which supply a
baking powder company with materi-
ais. We're before the governor in oppo-
sition to the pure food bill, which re-
quires all alum baking powders and
adulterated food products to be
, marked as such. G. $. Hutchinson,
representing Red, Murdoch & Co, ap-
| peared in favor of the bill, which was
signed.
| The house oil inspection bill was
read in the senate and amended to
strike out ports of entry and gravity
! test. allowing oil of any test 10 be en-
tered. but providing that it shall be
marked as 10 quality.
| The house at the evening session be-
gan by playing horse with the house
bill providing for stamping negotiable
paper for taxation. Glass supported it
as a constitutional measure, and the
house would neither pass nor allow it
10 be killed, but kept it in torture and
offered amendments. but it was finally
killed Bills passed:
Providing that in case of a disputed
claim the auditor shall call the govern
, or, secretary of state and presiding
Judge of the supreme court as board
to pass on the claim: appropiiating
$50 for the expense of selecting state
lands providing for county registra-
ton of physicians and q state board of
medical examiners; fixing legal holi-
days. adding Lincoln's birthday and
Labor day 10 the list; providing the
manner of fixing damages in the lay
ing out of highways; providing special
polling places in school districts.
Pierre S. H.. March 2.-The house
passed senate bills increasing salaries
of supreme ana circuit court judges
and the governor by a vote of IS to &c.
The bill was opposed by Messrs. Stod-
dard and Cooper and advocated by
Messrs. Glass, Wilmarth and Pussy
The bill increases the salaries of the
governor ana supreme court judges to
$1,000 per year and that of circuit
court judges TO $4,000 per year. Other
senate bills passed: Providing for wa
ter supply at the soldiers home; pay
ing for buillng erected at the reform
school by the people of Plankington;
appropriatirg $500 fuel deficiency at
the state University; allowing counties