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


The house started in the morning with
forty-one bills on it's calendar for the
last day and disposed Of two Of them
at the forenoon session One bill
passed was 10 preserve official ballots
until the time of the count had passed.
Senate amendments TO bills fixing sal
airy of adjutant general engineering
license, etc, and fish protection. were
concurred in. An attempt TO pass the
Watertown normal school bill over the
governors veto failed by 40 years and
AZ nays. An attempt 20 pass the per
manent educational bill over the veto
failed 10y 80 yeas and A nays.
The senate started with ten bills en-
the calendar and disposed of nine of
them at the forenoon session, the bills
passed being:
Providing for manner of contest of
state officers and recount of ballots;
for protection of large game: 10 pre-
vent moving of buildings from lands
before the payment of taxes: relating
TO meetings of boards of commiSSiol
ers; abolishing the office of insurance
commissioner. passed 26 to 70: provid-
ing for printing and distributing daily
Journals; pertaining TO duties Of road
supervisors.
The general appropriation bill rs
passed carries 1891 100. which is Sl01.-
39S greater than the general bill of
two years ago. and almost equal To the
total appropriations of the last Ses-
sion. The total appropriations will be
nearly S1.500000
The senate had but little business be-
fore it in the afternoon. The bill de-
fning the First and Second judicial
circuits passed and the mutual insur-
ance bill was killed. An attempt 10
pass the ballot laws over the veto
failed-2G yeas 10 70 nays. The bill 10
allow the redemption of property sold
under chattel mortgage. which passed
Thursday. was called M on prptenSe
that il had not received third reading,
and on reconsideration it was killed
The house devoted the time 10 action
on senate bills, passing these:
Providing for the letting Of contracts
for the printing Of supreme court re-
ports appropriating money for def
cheney at the reform school. appropri-
ating money for the expense of the So
lection of endowment and indemnity
lands; providing for the disposal of
dead-and-doWn timber on state lands;
providing regulations for the conStruc-
tons of sewers: allowing the attach
ment Of adjacent territory 10 independ-
ent school districts: regulating the
practice of oSteopathy: requiring item
lied expense accounts from state Off
GERS before the issuance Of expense
warrants; appropriating money for
additional legislative supplies: appro-
priating $G2lI deficiency III the eX-
pcnse account of the railroad commits
sion; lcgaliZing the settlement between
Aurora county and Treasurer East
man: creating Il state board of en-
balmerS and licensing its practice.
The bin To appropriate money 10 J.
y. McClOud for the care of horses and
men ia the Indian uprising of l99O-9
was cat from S2,112 TO $500 and
passed The hill 10 create an immigra-
ton department in the office of the
land commissioner failed 10 pass. rs
did the bill to compel state officers 10
turn in fees ana persiquites. \ recess
was then taken.
The house AT the evening session
passed these bills.
Applying the principles OF the refer
Cndun To cities and municipalities; 81.
prupriating 81. 900 for the expense of
the trial OF John Rundo in the unor-
gdniZed county of shannon; providing
for Il beet sugar bounty OF l cent per
pound for seven years: requiring rail
roads 10 put in side tracks for mills
and small elevators: providing manner
of procedure TO secure the laying of
sidewalks in cities of the third class;
appTOpriating money to Banker N
Hunt as expert plumbers III the inves-
tigation of the buildings at the reform
school; authorizing counties To issue
bonds 10 fund outstanding indebted
ness: to allow cities and towns 10 levy
poll tax.
The senate wrangle over the house
resolution to resubmit the dispensary
amendment, which was opposed by
the Populists generally by all the tao
tics NJ their command, but enough
voted with the Republicans 10 carry IL
and it was adopted-29 TO IA. The bill
To allow the levy 81 an additional mill
for deficiency was lost.
The closing scenes in the senate
came near developing riot. Lawson
was i'm the chair. On reconsideration
Of the house resolution TO resubmit the
dispensary amendment, Senators Still
well, Loomis. Gregory, Ashford. Gun
derson. Oversee. Reed. Johnston. Lit
tlefield and Williams took occasion To
explain their views, saying they voted
for resubmission because of the action
of the house in refusing to pass the
dispensary bill and they believed the
la tnp oh no D,yb