The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-10

The generaI appropriation bill
was passed finally and carries $500
900 or about $50, 900 more than the
total appropriation after leaving
the governors hands in 1897.
OJher appropriations amount TO
about $500. 900 making a total appro-
priation Of about ii, 300, 600 or ear
~ Il half million over that of two
years ago. No revenue bill has
passed and the income of the state
is not sufficient to meet %eXpendl-
lures. The issue of at least three
hundred thousand of emergency
warrants will be necessary.
The salary Of II. w. Sawyer,
secretary of railroad commission
was raised from $500 to 1920.
March Ex-Governor Lee today
issued the following commissions on
the cabled request of Col. Frost of
the First South Dakota regiment at
Manila: Jones H. Lien to be cap
tain of company |, vice Denny: re-
signed; DR.. Cox, first assistant
surgeon, vice Bowman, resigned;
DR.. Thompson, second assistant
surgeon; Hazel, first lieutenant, vice
H"rliny, deceased; Walter Dooli:tle
Of company B, second lieutenant,
vice Hazel, promoted; Evan e.
Young, first lieutenant and Hirman
A. Pratt, second lieutenant of com
pany +.
Sioux X. Grigsby resigned his
position as assistant attorney gen
eral and was succeeded today by
.Aiva f. Taylor of Chicago.
The house started this morning
with forty-one bills on it's calendar
for the last day and disposed of one
Of them at the forenoon session.
Resolutions were adopted donating
to the speaker his chair and gavel,
and other minor matters. The bill
passed was to pcrserve the official
ballots until the time of contest
had passed.
The senate amendment to the bills
fixing the salary of adjutant gener-
al, engineer license, and fish pro,
lection we're concurred in. An at
tempt to pass the Watertown nor
NAL school bill v e the governors
veto failed by AZ yes and AZ no. An
attempt to pass the permanent
educational appropriation bill oyer
the veto failed by 20 yes to II no.,
The senate started with ten bills
on the calendar and disposed of nine
Of them at the forenoon session:
Describing the manner of contest Of
state officers and the recount of
ballots; for the protection of large
game; to prevent the moving OF
buildings from lands before the
payment OF taxes; relating to meet
ings of boards Of commissioners.
Abolishing the Office of insurance
commissioner passed rs to 10; pro-
viding for the printing and distri-
button of a daily journal pertaining
to the duties Of road supervisors.
The house devoted this time to ac-
ton on the senate bills passing bills
providing for the letting Of contracts
for printing of supreme court re-
ports; appropriating money for the
efficiency at the reform school; ap-
p%r'praitipg money tor the expense
OF selection of endowment and in-
demnity lands; providing for the
disposal of dead and down timber
on state lands; appropriating 500
for the purchase Of pq~rtraits Of
Governors Mellette and Sheldon;
providing regulations for the con.
struction of sewers; allowing the
attachlnept of adjacent territory to
independent sch9ol districts; reg
ula ing the practice Of Qsteopathy;
requiring itemized expense account
from state officer, be'or. issuance Of
expense warrants, appropriating
money for additional Legislative sup
plies; approp:iating i 6,257 deficiency
IN expense account Of railroad COM
~MHissioners, legalising settlement
between Aurora county and Treas
urer Eastman; creating a state
board OF embalmers and licensing
it's practice:
A bill to appropriate money to