The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-01-19
THE LEGISLATURE
Proceedings Of south Dnkota's Law
MIL.

Mill.
pierre. S. d., Jan. 9.-In the senate.
,he &C mmIttee on legislative EXPENSES
reported bill carrying appropriations
I. of sd 40 OF this. $4,000 is for per
diem Of members, $4,000 per diem of
employees, and the rest mileage of
members. The only business of the
senate was the reading of bills intro
duced, which We're:
stewart, authorizing county COM
mlsSioners to purchase law books for
justices of the peace; Vance, providing
ulaces of encampment and rendezvous
of the national guard at Huron on
land now owned by the state; Law
son, prohibiting the state auditor from
issuing warrants except when full
vouchers are filed for expenditures by
state officers and employees, and pro-
hibiting state officers from accepting
any fee whatever; Bottum, that bills
shall take effect ninety days after the
adjournment OF the legislature unless
otherwise specified; providing that the
filing of accounts by the plaintiff In an
actiol shall be preSumptive evidences;
providing for lien on grain for cutting
and harvesting; Benedict, providing
for election Of assessors in counties
not fully organized; providing for a
lien for herding or keeping animals.
Uhe county commissioner shall desig-
nate free places In the county for sale
empowering the circuit court to au-
thorize certain persons to serve papers
In certain cases; King, permitting
civil townships to sink artesian wells
and issue bonds for the same; Bouck,
concerning limitation of time i'm which
tax sale certificates shall be presented
and deeds demanded; compelling rail-
roads to permit sidetracks for mills
and elevators; compelling railroads to
carry bicycles as baggage.
In the house the committee on COM
pensation of the house employees re-
ported allowing the chief clerk So per
day, assistants $3.50 and 81: sergeant
at arms. $3.50; assistant, $3.50, and
clerks $3.50 and So, which was adopted
without objection. Bills introduced:
Risty, Fixing the salaries Of county
attorneys on basis of population; Ho-
len, giving four months In which to file
mechanics lien; Wooley, to provide for
issuance Of funding bonds by cities;
Austin, restoring to mills the general
county school tax repealed in 1897;
Bras, for boiler inspection and qualifi-
cations OF inspector; Peterson of Law
renee, increasing the number of JUS
tees Of the peace to eight in counties
of over 10000 population; Cornwall,
to allow live stock to run at large
through winter months; Wright, re-
lating to the matter of search war
rants; Johnson of Brown, providing
for the location OF normal schools at
Aberdeen and appropriating 5000
acres Of state land for that purpose.
Pierre. s. D., Jan. 10.-In the house
on roll COLL five members failed TO re-
spond on account of sickness The
speaker announced the appointment as
clerks of committees Munger of Miner
state affairs; Wilson of Turner. cleo
tons and privileges; Morey of Brown.
school and public lands. The commit
tee on mileage of members reported
the amounts due each member and
moved its immediate adoption as an
emergency existed in regard to n part
of the members. A resolution, pre-
sented by Wilmarth, was unanimously
passed instructing the appropria tons
committee to report n general appro-
priation bill not later than Feb. 6, and
making such bill special order for
the 18th. All committee clerks were
ordered, when not otherwise engaged,
TO report 10 the enrolling committee
for duty. The house bills introduced
were: Smith, to establish CONNER
clal department at the school of mines,
appropriating $4,000 for free tuition;
Johnson, q reduction OF the rate of in
terCst in redemption cases to per
cent: Stillwell, appropriating 81 .6S3 TO
reimburse Hanson county for the eX-
pense of the Phelps murder trial:
BoLTk, providing for the destruction Of
noXiOus weeds at the order OF county
commissioners; Benedict, appropriate
ing $4,000 for J. Il. McCloud for board
OF troops in 1S90-'91; Benedict. appro-
priating $31S.65 clothing deficiency ut
the soldiers home; Gunnarson, dis
pensary bill, which is known as the
Carhart bill, and longer than the orig
mai license bill; Bouck joint resolu-
ton reducing the legislative session to
thirty days.
In the senate, George Hair Of Butte
county was appointed clerk Of the COM
mlttee en- ways and means, and &. III.
barnes of Aberdeen on judiciary. Bills
introduced Pussy, making the legal
rate of interest 3 per cent and forfeit
ing the interest where n greater
amount Is charged; Austin. exemption
from taxation of 500 of personal prop
erty; Purdin, allowing a voter who
cannot read the privilege of calling as
sistance In preparing his ballot; Mel
schneider, eXempting from process
homestead with improvements not TO
exceed $1,000. making such homestead
eighty acres of land or town lot; Foley,
allowing redemption of personal prop
erty sold on chattel mortgage ut any
TIME within ten days after sale: Wood
run. providing for the appointment OF
state veterinary and deputies at s.
a day and expenses; Hamilton, defn-
MS the amount OF work required TO
ho!d mining claims; Cornwall. provid-
mo ion, Illnns Of nlnntiaIl In 1.i.-il