Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-01-21

tee Oh the whole TO consider penatOr
Cooks resolution relative to territorial
expansion and the peace treaty.
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WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Pierre, Jan. 12.-In the senate yes
terday afternoon a message was re-
ceived from the governor, containing
nominations for Office, and the senate
went into executive session TO consid-
cr IL. The message contained the full
list of appointees. None except a very
few thought the appointments would
be made until late in the session, The
nominations were as follows:
Board of Charities and Corrections
Burr Lien, of Sioux Falls, and Fred
Brown, of Deadwood.
Board of Regents-John Sutherland,
of Pierre.
Public Examincr-Maris Taylor.
Soldiers Homc-C. s. Palmer, Of
Sioux Falls, and y. w. Dewey, of Wa
tertown.
These were the only nominations
made. Their consideration was made
a special order for January IS,
Bills were introduced as follows:
BY Gunnarson, memorialiZing con-
gress TO pay taxes on Indian lands;
by Fitzgerald, instructing the appro-
priation committee to report the gem
eral bill not later than February g..
On motion of Senator Stewart, consid-
Grafton of the last named resolution
was indefinitely postponed.
The following bills were also intro
duced: BY Gunnarson, TO prevent
,,aY,ln.. 20 tha ngrig1afntn nnnnnfinn
passes; by O'Brien, requiring copies
of all mortgages and liens to be pro-
tected on mining property; by
O'Brien, requiring copies of all mort
cages and liens to be protected on
mining property; by O'Brien, fixing
the mine inspectors salary at $1,000;
by Benedict, amending the law rela-
tive to tax deeds; by Reed, requiring
railroads to- furnish ears TO shippers;
by Ameson, increasing the liability of
innkcepers; by Fitzgerald, %appropri-
ating $4,000 for a dormitory for Mad
ison normal.
Debate on the Bouck resolution to
adjourn in thirty days consumed the
remainder of the afternoon. LOOMS
moved as amendment that the pay of
members be discontinued after thirty
days, but that the session continue as
long as necessary. The Bouck resolu-
ton was defeated and the senate adj
journed.
The House.
In the house yesterday the commit
tee on federal relations reported favor
ably on the peace resolution, and the
committee on judiciary presented n
favorable report on general registrn-
ton of voters Of the state.
The committee on appropriations
introduced a bill to cover legislative
expenses, which was given the first
and second reading and made a spe-
cial ordrr for today.
The expected scrap on the constitu-
tional amendment resolution did not
come up, as no effort was made to call
it up.
A resolution was introduced by
Cooper rendering the thanks and
praise o. the Legislature to the South
Dakota "%oluntcers, which was unani-
mously adopted.
A resolution was presented asking
the committee ON ways and means 10
draft a revenu bill TO be presented as
early as possible. After debate the
resolution was defeated.
Bills were introduced in the house
to provide manner of election of civil
township officers; to provide for Il
state board of embalmers; to make
the setting of forest fires Il felony; to
appropriate $4,000 for Northern hos.
pital for insane at ltedfield; for the
protection of game and providing for
appointment of wardens; providing
requirements for practice of dentistry,
indorsCd by State Dental association
of the state; making taxes a perpetual
lien against property, deducting
amount of land for taxation; for a
normal school at W~atertown; appro-
priating $4,000 for dormitory At Mad
ison normal; for Il commercial depart
ment at the school of mines; to en-
courage attendance at state normal
schools by giving graduates prefer
ence as teachers; joint resolutions
were presented supporting postal a V
ingS bank and free homestead laws.
Bills were also introduced rs fol-
lows:
Giving property wner lien Oh all
personal property Of tenants for rent;
requiring lists of mortgages on all
mining property; requiring managers
Of grain warehouses to give guaranty
bonds; requiring notice of foreclos-
IRE of chattel mortgages by publica-
ton; making seduction a penal Of
Tense; abolishing the Office of insur-
ance commissioner; providing for sup
port of child in bastardy cases; appro-
priating $lS7 for deficiency IN salary
of George \. Johnston as railroad COM
missioner; fixing salary of inspector
of mines at $1,000 per year; providing
for n committee Of three from the
house and two from the senate to visit
state institutions.
The speaker appointed Dwight and
Myron as additional members of the
appropriations committee. Daniel
Macklin and &. ii. Hopkins were APP
pointed clerks on cngrossing commit
tee.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
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