Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-03
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
Transactions Of Day by the Assembled
solons at Pierre.
DISPtNSARY BILL KILLED IN THE HOUSE
Governors Nominations of Public
Examiner and Mine Inspector Are
ConHrmed-Numerou Bills
Are Passed.

PIERRE, S. D., March Especial Tele-
gram THE first contention in the house
was over the right OF petition which Cooper
raised over the refusal of the house to re-
ceive q petition favoring n bill Killed several
days ago. This was followed by another,
the report OF the conference committee on
the general appropriation bill. Dwight op-
posed acceptance of the report, which car
ried, and new conference was asked Tor,
in which the house committee was in
structed to refuse any bill which Increased
the aggregate OF the house bill.
The committee on temperance presented
a unanimous report against the passage of
the senate dispensary bill. The report OF
the committee was adopted-95 to 3I-an1
action "cinched"-46 to SO. This action to-
day settles the fate of any dispensary bill
at the present session, 1t is now TOO late
to take action of the two houses on any
other measure. The report was presented
by Representative Purdy, who spoke at
length in favor of the action Of the commit
tee, declaring the senate bill to be some
thing which impotency could not CLASSIFY,
but which bad been branded by the senate
as dispensary bill; that the advocates Oh
both sides who appeared before the com
mittee had declared some OF It's principal
features to be in direct vislation Of the con
stitution and that 1t carried no appropriation
with which to make 1t effective except
warranty provision which could not possibly
be put into effect. Representative Stoduaru
spoke in favor of passing some kind OF
measure to carry out the provisions OF the
constitution.
The house in the afternoon passed senate
bills for deficiency appropriation for en-
ployes; providing for printing reports OF ap-
pointiye officers, which have in the past been
.ko n1n 1pHripncy
for publication OF constitutional amend
1nents; appropriation to pay Judgment for
fuel furnished at the Agricultural college;
appropriating money to pay Davisson county
for the care of prisoners; allowing claimants
not in possession to dispose OF their inter-
est in real estate; to prevent fraudulent
voting at caucuses. Senate joint resoiu-
tions were passed authorizing the procuring
and preservation OF the minutes OF the con-
stituticnal convention which framed the
first constitution of the state and Tor an
amendment to the constitution to require
amendments to secure majority OF all
votes cast at an election to be declared
carried.
The ballot measures vetoed by the gov
ernor to prevent a name from appearing
more than once on a ballot and to allow the
voter who cannot read English to call as
sistance in marking his ballot, were passed
over the veto.
Action of the forenoon was on the gen.
eral appropriation bill conference report,
which was reconsidered and the report con-
Cured in by strong vote. This is the first
time since the organization of the state
when the general appropriation bill was out
of the way before late hour Of the last
night.
The senate bill providing n form OF ne
gotiable instruments a bill endorsed by the
National Bar association, was indefinitely
postponed.
Work of the Senate.
The senate passed a bill raising the tax
levy and killed house resolutions to submit
the dispensary amendment. resolution
passed fer amendment to prohibit state
officers taking passes
House bills were passed empowering
mortgages to do assessment work on min
ing claims to reimburse Hans ]. Smith for
attendance at the Taylor Investigations, ap-
preparation for deficiency Of employees, pro-
yidlng that all dsbarment proceedings shall
be taken in the supreme court, general law
for protection Of fish, increasing the salary
of the clerk of the railroad commission,
protecting the interests of the state in the
Taylor lands and providing for the disposal
Of the same, requiring school district OFF,
GERS to notify the county auditor of the Is
suance OF bonds, to empower cities to issue
bonds for water supply, to compensate
Adjutant General Humphrey for services, to
more fully describe the duties of judges and
clerks of county courts, attaching certain
lands to Clay county by vote of the people,
apprcpriatng back salary for the adjutant
general, permitting meeting of township
boards to be held in cities where the same
are surrounded by the township, allowing
the redemption of property sold under chat
tel mortgage within ten days after the sale
The senate tangled up again on the parlia'
mentary question of allowing member to
hold a bill at the close of the session by
giving notice OF reconsideration. This was
decided in the morning session against the
contention, but was all fought over again