The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-03-14
Cbecegislature
Proceedings Of the
% Week in the 49,.
State Law Mill -.

for a revision and c~odification of the
laws, but struck out the provision that
the printing of the same should be
done in this state, which is further ev-
idence Of the u~npopularity OF the
printing fraternity with the members
OF the present legislature.
Pierre, March S-Representative Will
martins bill prescribing penalties for
using money for any other purpose than
for which 1t was appropriated has pass
ed the house and will probably fare as
well in the senate. If it becomes a law
1t will put an end to an abuse that has
existed in practically ever Institution
since statehood.
Pierre, March S.-A bill has become a
law, by virtue OF an emergency clause
attachment, that will keep the county
commissioners on the jump for some
time ii they comply with its require
ments. Under it's terms commissioners
are compelled to put guard rails on all
bridges that are over six feet in width
and the distance between the rails must
be not less than fifteen feet. And they
must set about it at once.
Pierre, March S.-Fusionists are not
ayerse to creating a few offices them.
selves. A fusion member has intro
duced a bill to create a board of chart
ties and corrections, consisting of three
members, to receive 81, 500 a year each
and expenses. The bill will probably
be defeated, but at the same time it is
not without merit. Such a board, il
composed of business men, would save
the salaries twice over.
Pierre, March 7.-Nothing is left of
anti-combine in the senate except an
occasional rumble of discomfort. Short
ly after converting this morning the
Springfield special appropriation bill
was reconsidered and passed with one
vote TO spare. The Brookings agricul-
tural college also secured the passage
of a bill appropriating So, 500 for a de-
ficiency in the fuel Juno and the Spear
fish normal got 81, 600 for a deficiency
in the construction OF the dormitory.
Pierre, March 7.-House bill No. III,
which is up to the governor for APP
prevail, affects the salaries of county
judges throughout the state, but par
ticularly applies to Brown county The
salaries of these officers are fixed by
population, the old law providing that
this should be ascertained by multi
plying the vote by five. The new b II
makes the multiple 4 1-2, which will
reduce the salary to 500 and curtail
the jurisdiction in Brown county. In
the smaller counties the salary IL
raised about rs per cent.
Pierre, March Although Yankton
mas beer the home of the state fair
some years past, it is rumored that
cayaral torvnc will aonfact with ba,
for the honor for the next two years.
The fair will be under the management
of an entirely new board and a new
deal will probably be called for.
Under the terms of the bill creating
the new hoard the state will give So
900 a year toward the payment of pre-
miums, and this is proving an addition
al incentive to ambitious towns to com
pete for the prize. The majority of the
members of the board reside in the
northern part of the state and it is said
that two or three towns in the center
ton of the fair.
Pierre, March 7.-Bill to prevent the
name or a candidate appearing more
than once on a ballot has travelled a
rocky road. Saturday it reached the
governor for approval, but had to be
sent back for correction.
The bill provides that in the eve-t
that a candidate is nominated by more
than n party he may choose the
party name under which his name
shall appear, but if he fails to choose
the auditor may place the mama ac-
cording to his judgment. No provision
| xyaS paaIn fnr Tho cnnratarr <f etaf1 80
ercising the same power in the case OF
a candidate for a state Office or tho
auditor of a city in the case OF a mu-
nicipal Office.
The bin will be put through a-ain,
and this time finally.
Pierre, March spending the greatrr
part of the night with the special ap-
preparation bill the senator's decided
TO put them to the test at the forenoon
session Of the senate.
With few exceptions they had little
hope OF pulling through owing to the
solidity of the anti-combine, but it was
deemed wise to secure a test vote for
future guidance. Being in the major
ity these senator's felt confident of be-
Ing able to secure a reconsideration
which was done in each case where it
was defeated.
Stewart, chairman of the appropria-
ton committee, showed that the reve-
nues of the state were ample to meet
the general appropriations bill and all
pending special appropriations bills.
Thirty votes were necessary to pass
the bills.
Brookings came first and was bowl
ed down by one vote. Redield lacked
two. Vermillion passed with thirty-one
votes. Brookings was reconsidered
and passed with thirty votes, Gilmore
of Union changing from no to yes. Abb
erdeen skinned through with one vote
to spare. Redfield lacked two on re-