The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-02-22
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURES.
The Proceedings of the lawmakers Dun
ing the Week.
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

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TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS,
Pierre, S. d., Feb. 13-Sweet's vol.
bounty repeal bill. which was forcibly
taken from committee and killed Mon
day during the absence of twenty-five
MEMBERS was the subject of merry
row in the house yesterday afternoon
at the conclusion of which the record
of Mondays proceedings was ex-
plunged and the bill again given the
breath of life and referred to friend
!y committee which will report it for
passage when the coast is clear.
The excuse for eXpunging was found
in faulty journal record of which
Everett of Sphinx and his followers took
advantage. The debate was the warm
est of the session, being participa ted
in by nearly half the members, Bene-
dict, Goddard. McDougall and Ander-
son fighting the Sweet bill, Heath, Ev-
erett and Lindgren contending for the
right to eXpunge the proceedings by
which the bill was buried. The vote
stood 35 to 49, The wolf bounty men
are Respondent over the result and de-
clare the action of the house irregular
and revolutionary.
Bills were introduced in the house
making mayors of towns and chairmen
of supervisors inspectors of public
scales and repeating the text book uni
tormity law. Bills were passed allow
scholarships at the educational insti-
buttons for ten students and fixing q
fine of 500 for defacing the American
flag.
The senate adopted the majority re-
port of the committee against woman
suffrage and defeated the anti-cigaret
bill by indefinite postponement OF the
committee report.
The house bill giving the governor
mower tn constitutional officers
for cause was passed as amended by
the senate to include the removal of
statutory officers summarily. Edgerton
and Gilmore, republicans, voted with
the fusionists against the bill.
The house bill placing a license on
transient merchants of no more than
500 nor less than SIS in cities and not
more than SIS nor less than $50 per
month in villages passed. A number
of important bills introduced by the
appropriation committee relating TO
fiscal laws and bonds of officers were
put over one day on request of Chair
man Stewart of the appropriation COM
mitteC.
The supreme court heard the initial
motion in the board of charities case
yesterday, denying defendants motion
tic. dismiss made on the ground that
the action should have been begun by
the states attorney on summons and
complaint like other civil actions. De-
PENDANTS sought to get. time, but the
court allowed only one week for prep
aration for final hearing.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Pierre, S. D., Feb. 14.-Both houses of
the legislature will hold morning SEES
sion today and take a special train out
this afternoon. The senate passed q
Dill regulating the placing Of children
OF absolute parents in good homes also
providing that local funds of institu-
tons must be turned into the state.
treasury.
Martin offered an amendment to the
bill regulating bonds of state officers,
increasing the state treasurers bond
from $25O,000 to 100000. The amend
ment was adopted and the bill recon-
mitted to the judiciary committee.
The bill requiring state officers to
turn over fees was amended in the in
terest of Frank Crane, clerk of the SUI
preme court, to apply only to those Off
GERS now receiving stated salaries and
as amended was passed.
The general educational bill was nut
over until Wednesday, February 20.
In the house the bill creating the Of
flee of chaplain Of the penitentiary at
1000 per year was killed, but will be
reconsidered. Benedict tried to revive
the wolf bounty fight by a motion to
reconsider the action by which the
journal was expunged Tuesday, but on
motion of Goddard the whole. matter
was deferred one week.
A senate bill appropriating SCI, 900 to
pay the expense Of criminal prosecu-
tons in unorganized counties was
passed.