Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-03-03
'D0INGs AT PIERRE
WORK OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA
LEGISLATURE.
impartial Record of the Work Ac-
complishcd by Those Who Make
Dur Laws-How the Time Has Been
Occupied the Past Few Days.

Our Laws-How the Time Has Been
Occupied the Past Few Days.
Saturday, Feb. 18.
The Senate passed the House bills rclat-
ing tOtlle inc0nteslibility of u life insurance
policy in certain cases; to abolish profess
sional Jurors; to restore the circle at the
head of THE ticket, passed q to q,
three Republicans voting with the Pop
ulists against the bill; the bill to allow
voters who cannot read TO call the assist
ancc of the judges TO mark their ballots
called out Il heated debate, finally carried,
81 to IL: prescribing amount of work re-
quire,l 10 llol mining claims: requiring
owners of mining claims to post copies OF
mortgages on the property: providing the
method OF drawing jurors in counties not
organized into civil townships. The pro-
posed House amendment to constitution
giving greater latitude in Investment of
school tunds passed a new bill for the
Normal School at Aberdeen passed. Two
bills reducing the interest rate, one from
.tlle Senate and one from the House. were
killcl. Several minor bills were introduced.
one being to make the auditor collector of
statistics.
Monday, Feb. &c.
The Senate passed a number of bills, tllc
principal among which were to punish
trcspassing Oh public grounds; permitting
justification of an appeal to Supreme Court
TO be made before the clerk Of a Circuit
Court: directing the warden OF the Pen
itentiary TO furnish stone for Il chillrcM's
home: making judgments Il lien rs soon
aus filed: licensing and regulation OF bar
hers: legali2ing the settlement with Treas
irer Eastman of Aurora County: permit
ting municipal corporations to issue bonds
for the purpose Of securing water for
domestic purposes under provisions OF the
constitutional amendment Of 1896; per-
uniting cities to fund their outstanding
Indebtedness. The bill to raise
salaries of registers Of deeds
and auditors was indefinitely post
pOned. IIanten's good citizenship bill was
postponed for thirty days. The veto mes
sage OH Aberdeen and Watertown normal
school bills was called up for action and
the WatertOwn veto was sustained by Il
vote of % TO Is. Further action Oh the
Aberdeen veto was then indefinitely post
poned. The general appropriation bill
Was reported, carrying SSSi0,OUO, about $40
0OO less than the House bill. A resolution
was presented asking that the Secretary be
given 200 days at $3.50 per day, after the
close of the session. to complete the per-
maneilt journal. The Senate passed a bill
relating to teaching the effects Of narcotics
in schools.
The call of the House calendar showed
forty-cight House and twcnty-six Senate
bills ready for final action. The bill APP
propriating money to j. b. McCloud for
care of men and horses in the Indian
trouble of 1890, was killed on rejection of
committee report: and the Cooper revenue
bill met the same fate, but notice of recon-
'sideration was given. The %osteopathy bill
was returned by the committee without
recommendation. Then followed n long
discussion on the raising of the cOmpcnsa-
ton of House employees to the same as that
of last session, which, after being tangled
beyond recognition by amendments, was
put over for a day for action. The Senate
bill to establish an industrial school at
Aberdeen WIS given its first and second
reading. ASenate message announced nOn-
concurrence in House amendments to the
percentage appropriation bill for cduca-
.tional institutions, and the appointment of
Senators Cooper, BulOw and Johnston as
Conference Committee OH the bill. The
House Committee appointed was Repre-
sentatives Thayer, Pussy and Lien. On
motion of Wilmarth the vote by which the
Senate bill to fix the interest rate at Z per
cent. i'll redemption after foreclosure, which
was lost was recOnsidered and passed by
81 to 1. The rest of the afternoon in the
House was taken up in discussion of the
the Whole. and several reductions were
made in the bill as presented. Only about
half the report was passed upon when the
committee arose.
Tuesday. Feb. III.
In the House Dwight moved that the
chief clerk be allowed 2O days at s. per
day for the completion of the House per-
manent journal, OF which action was post
poned. The question of compensation of
House employees was called up and referred
back to the old committee OH compensation
for further action. Concurrence in the
Senate amendments to a number Of House
bills was secured, the principal ones being
on life insurance and school bonds. Mr..
HOldrcdge secured the appointment of
iMessrs. Woodruff, Rowe and Rosellc TO go
to Madison and examine into the needs of
the Normal School for Il heating plant.
Committees reported favorably OH the In
slustrial School bill at Aberdeen, with an
unfavOrable minority report by Purdin.
and an u~nfavorable report was presented
on the bill to reduce the terms of railroad
commissioners to two years. House bills
passed We're: To provide for pr0tcc-
tion of large game IAN effort was
made to allow shipment Of game, which
was defeated, and the bill passed as orig
inaily %prescnted); bill TO appropriate $780,
900 for fuel and maintenance of the de-
ticiency at the insane hospital. OF this
nearly $4,000 goes to Gov. Lee for cash adj
vanced OH fuel. The bill raising the salary
of the secretary of the railroad commission
from $500 to 81 600 per annum MAS passed,
as was the Senate bill carrying S1,45O for a
deficiency III the railroad litigation fund.
On motion of Pinkcrton the vote by which