The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02


Pierre. s. D., Special. Feb. 21.-The
senate passed number of bills yester-
day afternoon. principal among which
We're: To punish trespass on public
lands: permitting justification OF APP
peals to the supreme court to be made
before the clerk of the circuit court;
directing the warden of the penitcnti-
airy to furnish stone for children's
home: making judgments lien as soon
as filed; licensing and regulating bar
bers; making a settlement with Treas
urer Eastman of Aurora county; per-
hitting municipal corporations to issue
bonds for purposes of securing water
for domestic purposes under the con-
stitutional amendment of 1896: per-
hitting cities to fund outstanding in
debtedness; n joint resolution memo
rialiZing congress not to pass railroad
pooling and anti-scalping bills, amend
ed to include only pooling bills. The
bill TO reduce the salaries Of registers of
deeds and auditors was indefinitely
postponed. Hanten's good citizen
ship bill was postponed for thirty
days. The veto message on the Aber-
deem and WatertOwn normal school
bills was called up for action and the
Watertown veto was sustained by q
vote of % to IS. Further action on the
Aberdeen veto was indefinitely post
pOned.
In the house the senate bill to estab-
lish an industrial school at Aberdeen
was given first and second readings.
A senate message announced nencon-
currence in the house amendments to
the percentage appropriation bill for
educational institutions and the ap-
pointment of conference committee
on the bill. A house conference COM
mittee was appointed on motion of
Wilmarth. The vote by which the SEN
ate bill to fix the interest rate at Z per
cent in redemption after foreclosure
was lost was reconSidered and the bill
passed-SG to 1. The rest of the after
noon was taken up i'm n discussion of
the general appropriation bill in COM
mittee of the whole. and several re-
auctions were made in the bill. Only
about half the report was passed upon
when the committee rose and il will
be completed to-day.
Pierre, S. D.. Feb. 22.-In the house
yesterday afternoon. on motion of
Glass, action on the veto of the gov
ernor on the Watertown normal school
bill was made n special order for Fri
day morning. House bills passed: To
provide for the protection of large
game. An effort was made to allow
the shipment of game. which was de-
feated and the bill passed as originally
presented. To appropriate $4,000 for
fuel and maintenance deficiency at the
insane hospital. OF this nearly $4,000
goes to Gov. Lee for cash advanced on
fuel. Raising the salary of the secre-
tary of the railroad commission from
$500 to 81 900 per annum. The senate
bill carrying 81 400 for deficiency in
the railroad litigation fund passed. On
motion OF pinkerton the vote by which
the McCloud appropriation bill was
killed yesterday was reconSidered. The
bill 10 place the collection of delinquent
personal property taxes in the hands
of the sheriff was killed. The house.
i'm committee OF the whole. considered
the bill to provide state board of au-
ditors and for repositories of state
funds. Several minor amendments
were presented and the bill will be up
for action Thursday. The house adj
journed until tomorrow afternoon
further consideration of the general
appropriation bill.
The senate killed Tyler's bill for leg
islative stenographers, and went to
committee of the whole on the general