The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

lum for the blind at Gary was miro
duced. The report or the coliilhi''ee
was lower than that OF the mousse anu
with the increases made by the senate
and cuts by the house the bills will not
be far apart. the only difference being
i'm items which will have 10 be ADJUST
cd by conference. The senate passed
the house bills appropriatng money TO
A. G.. SomerS, TO encourage reauinS
circles. and the pure food bill The
| senate adjourned 10 Thursday.
Pierre, s. D.. Feb. 24.-ln the house
Stoddard introduced a joint resolution
urging the state board Of equalization
and assessment TO assess all corporate
property under it's control at the same
proportionate value as other property
assessed in the state. 4 motion to ad.
vance the resolution on the calendar
was Killed. The house went into com
mlttee of the whole for the considera-
ton of the q eral appropriation BILL
| ana the rest of the afternoon was
taken up in this and the final passage
! or the bill after the committee report
/ mad been adopted. An effort was
! made TO secure an appropriation for an
/ assistant in the public examiners Of
nee, which failed. The first fight came
! on the matter of an appropriation of
| Slu.ooo FOR litigation fund for the
| railroad commission. This was OPP
! posed by Glass and Wilmarth. and de-
Tended by number of members and
lhaiIy carried after voting down n
NUMBER or amendments looking toward
cuaIlSlng the amount. The only other
| cohtest WAS on an appropriation OF
| Ff'ooo per year for the maintenance Of
me school for the blind at Gary On
4, 'lis proposition Wilmarth and Pusey
Hiaue night against this appropriation
ana after they were defeated and the
committee report had been adopted.
WHhlarth attempted 10 carry out his
views IN the way of an amendment
covering the same ground. before the
OH was read and again after il was
read. He was defeated both times.
III the senate the Hanten resolution
Tor constitutional amendment per
mlttlng counties by vote TO exempt
certain property from taxation. practi.
cally single tax measure. was de-
feated The report of the conference
committee on the bill to provide for
permanent annual appropriations for
educational institutions was presented
ana adopted and the bill passed AS
reported by the committee il carries
niteen-twentiethS of mill and limits
tne amount TO he received by the insti-
tutlons to 100000 per year This was
aiso adopted in the house. Considera-
lioh OF the governors appointments
was postponed to March ] by a vote of
20 10 IL. Bills We're passed regulating
Ihe erection of walls in common. de-
inning negotiable instruments. to pro-
Vlde beet sugar bounty of cent per
pound TO be continued for seven wears.
providing for courts of Cancellation.
ana the house election registration
| Dill. which will be reconsidered. Joint
resolutions were passed to provide for
procuring records of the constitutional
convention aId to require that con-
etit'ilional amendment to carry must
receive majority of all votes cast at
tne erection. The bill placing tele-
Etaph ana telephone companies under
lhe controi OF the railroad commission
Wa, Was mace special order for Tuesday.
Inc general appropriation bill was
Iiaue special order for to-day A
lew unimportant bills were introduced
ana tomorrow set as the last day for
the introduction of bills.
Pierre. $. D., Feb. 25.-In the house
.ile cohiihiltee on compensation of
mouse employees reported in favor of q
raise of 20 cents "a dav for nopes and
90 cents day raise for messengers
which was adopted. Bills passed:
providing for the safe keeping of nub-
lie funds through a state board of AN.
dltors and banks of deposit: appropri-
alton for printing and distributinp
mouse and senate journals and session
laws; allowing county mutual insur-
ance companies to transact business
IN ADJOINING counties; for oil inspect-
tion: allowing county commissioners
10 offer reward of not to exceed $500
Tor the apprehension of stock thieves.
10 provide for personal notice of fore
closure where the party is a resident
OF the county.
Gov. Lee vetoed the house bill to al
low voter 10 call assistance in mark
ing his bal. !, when he cannot read the
English language and to prohibit
name from appearing more than once
on the ballot. 1t is not likely that these
bills can be carried over the veto.
In the senate, the appropriations
committee introduced bill appropri-
ating S6,310 for deficiency in the ex-
penditures of the railroad commission.
of which $3.50 goes to T. III. Null and
silly to w. Q. Temple as attorneys
fees, and the bill to reimburse experts
for examination Of buildings at the re-
form school. The general appropria-
ton bill was taken up for final action
and number Of amendments present
ed. the principal Of which were to in
crease the stenographer's salary in the
governors Office to 81 200 year, which
was carried, and several to restrict the
management of the fund provided for
the bling asylum at Gary, all of which
were lost. The senate went into COM
| mittee Of the whole on the dispensary
bill and alnntel twelve of the twenty