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of taxes and requiring SherlnS To col
lect personal property taxes were de-
feated.
/ In the house, Woody attempted to Sc
cure reconsideration of the vote by
which the bill for the destruction Of
prairie dogs was killed. but failed.
Austin called up the court Of concilia-
ton bill for reconsideration. and ii was
set as special order for Friday. Bills
introduced:
Austin. defining the legal responsible
ity Of subscribers to newspapers; Bras,
providing that grand jurieS shall only
be summoned on special orders of the
circuit court; Kingsley, to prevent
county mutual insurance companies
from taking risks outside the boun-
daries of the counties in which they
are organized; Carlson. classifying i'll
surance companies and providing an
annual tax on their gross returns;
Lowery, requiring railroads TO furnish
scales at every station on their lines;
n revenue bill requiring nj! property or
the state to be listed for taxation on
April /; Wilmarth, providing fCr The
organization of the militia under the
name of the South Dakota guard, and
defining the size of the organizations;
Risty. making the maximum salary Of
county trtasurers 81 800 per year; VIII
marth, to provide for state board OF
medical examiners and to regulate the
practice of medicine; Trumbo requir-
ing all property of the state TO be listed
for taxation on Jan. /; Goddard, to pre-.
vent $50 amrlovrant Of Il teacher who
is related within the third degree OF
any member OF a school board, unless
on petition of two-thirds Of the patrons
of the school district; repeating The law
providing for a state engineer of irrl-
CATION.
A number of senate bills were given
first and second readings and refer
ence. The senate resolution requesting
the government to establish n branch
of the national soldiers home at Hot
Springs was passed, as was also the
house resolution calling for the pas
sage of the free homestead law.
Pierre, S. D.. Jan. 2S.-In the senate
Senator Cooper asked leave OF absence
to 90 to his home in the Black HIS,
ana asked that his pay stop during his
absence. The request was granted,
with the exception Of stopping the pay.
Senator Hanten presented petition
ITOIH cltlIpUS Vi w dSNihS
that normal school be established i'll
that city. Senator Cooper presented
petition asking for the location OF an
experiment farm in the Black HIS.
The committee on education reported
back the bill to establish norman
school at WATERFOWL without recon-
mendation. Bills itnroduced:
Bouck. for the collection of road
III Ia, nj ri I
for the division Of the state into two
congressional districts; Johnston, pro-
hibiting illegal voting at primaries and
caucuses: to amend the law relating to
judgments, requiring the same to be in
writing; to amend the law in relation
to SUNNI rs in civil suits; Stewart, for
n general act relating to negotiable in
struments: Stilwell, providing for send
ing habitual drunkards to institutions
for treatment Gregory, appropriating
so, 900 for an asylum for feeble-mind-
ed at l,edfie Snow, providing for the
attachment Of adjacent territory to in
dependent school districts; Copper, au-
thorizing cities to issue special bonds
for the purpose of securing water
supply: Hiatt, to inforce the initiative
and referendum; Tyler. providing for
mileage at 10 cents per mile and SO
for each day while acting on state can
wasting board; f. Smith, reducing eX-
emprlons in case of labor liens: author
izing the adoption OF Granthan's code
as the code of the state; Hanten, APP
propriating $3.50 for Coddington county
for the transportation of prisoners.
The Wilmarth house bill for the clas-
sification for counties was lost, but will
be reconsdered A bill nassed appro-
priating 81, Q for Gus L county for
the expense of the trial of John Rond.
The bill to increase the salaries of SUI
preme and circuit court judges was
made special order for Wednesday.
In the house. on motion Of Wilmarth,
the referendum bill was made special
order for Tuesday. The bill regulating
the purchase of supplies was sent back
to the judiciary committee. The bill
requiring assignees and trustees of in
solvent foreign corporations to give
Bonds was passed. The nine-hour day
bill came up. After number Of
amendments. which were presented by
farmer members to assure themselves
that the bill could in no way refer to
farm labOrers, and to cut out its appli-
cation to school districts. it finally
passed with only two negative votes.
The court of councilation bill was
called up as special order and caused
a great deal of discussion, In which
Risty of Minnehaha took the position
that the bin had been called Populist
measure, which he denied, and that his
friends had asked him To let 1t go. as
its passage at this time would win the
Republicans credit for it; but he was
willing to give them the credit If he
could only secure its passage. The bill
passed with only seventeen dissenting
votes. The bill relating to amount of
assessment work required to hold n
mining claim was passed. The bill
regulating the salaries of county attor-
neys by populations was defeated. The
bill Creating the Office of state Yeterin-