The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-24
THE LEGISLATURE

In regard to the settlement OF eStates,
Is one which will relieve small estates
form a burden which eats up all the
property left. Under present proceed
tngs, the cost of administering an es-,
tate is practically the same. regardless
Of the amount Of property; but. under
the new bill, the county judge may
take immediate charge of an estate
consisting wholly of personal property
not to exceed $500. and. after paying
burial expenses and debts, II there are
any, turn whatever Is left over to the
heirs, without the formality OF probat.
Ing. -
Senator Sweet introduced a bill for
the repeal of the wolf bounty law. M
when he went to his seat in the senate
tn e next day and pushed his feet un-
der his desk, a gray wolf pup. which
Representative Anderson of Lyman,
had secured for the purpose. crawlad
out of the way of the senatorial feet.
1t is claimed that Anderson has the
pup. which was raised as a pet, trained
to take his part in an exhibit. when he
makes his speech against the bin.
The ate OF pay fixed by the joint
comrnittee of both house and $ nate for
clerks and employees, is the same for
like places in both bodies. and Is: Sec
ertary. Sc per day; first assistant. $3.50
per day: second assistant. $3.50 per
day; bill clerk. $3.50; assistant engross-
Ing clerk. $3.50: sergeant-at-arrns,
$3.50: assistant sergeant-at-arms- "a:
chaplain, 50, messengers. 81; watch
man, So; pages. $3.50 per day. Clerks
of the judiciary and appropriations
committees. each receive 81 per lay; all
other cie.xs, SO per day. In the past.it
has b6en customary for each house to
make its own rates. and. as a result.
there nave been discrepancies. which
allowed a claim for raises in both
honses at the close of the session. 1t
Unexpected his VIII be avoided during
the present session.
Bills were introduced In the house as.
follows: ,FEieberg. for the erection OF a
rcience hall at the state university, a
bill which was pushed at the last ses-
zion but fell by the wayside. Brass, to
Increase the salaries of governor, SUI
IRENE court judges and circuit court
Judges. which bill passed atithe laSt
tcssion but was vetoed by Gov. Lee
ritter he had agreed to let 1t so
through, but h feaEcd a trap" and
hut it out at the last minute. The ex-
Ira salaries We're provided for in the
~teneral appropriation bin, hut could
not be used for that purpose.
TIE sensation of Saturday was the
Introduction IN both houses of a chm
rlunication from f. M. Steere. n mem-
ter Of the board of charities and cor
iections.. relying to those port ons or
3 ~. Y L. -u..o ~, ia, .olafa -, tho
board. He.says that Lee was respons
Tile for the delay il, the transfer of the
Eosr ital for the insane. and says the
i~resent incumbent 4 incomp teat and
that tie attack on DR.. Meade Is as
lTisho>ora bio ami unjust as II is { lie.
& replying to the charga that excess
lie prices are charged for ~sunnliss. he
rites TIE cas- in Sioux Falls. where too
i~uch WIS charged recently for wood
tIa replies to the several charges Of
mismanagement b saying that the
practice still eyis's. and Gttributes the
mistake in purchasing boilers to the
consulting engineer. ~"
He says the srlarv grab of Warden
Phillips was TO reimburse him for STAT,
money lost in the failure Of = bnrt.
md tina Pstefson's and Getty's grab
was for extra duty. The pipe wh'ck
they were accused Of anproDriating
was paid for, which explains the 4 :
ference in the mount spent by the su
perinteroent of the reform school. say
ing that under .Alnsworth $4,000 was
put into permanent improvements and
that lprge amounts OF supplies were
left on hand. He says that the state.
ment hat A~insworth kept no books Is
absolutely false. He answers y
structures ~c5ncernng tie Gary blind
asylum by saying that the governor
did not n ention that IL was CHEAPER &c
send to Iowa hen the asvlum was
dedicated, n exTl ms the disappear
ance of nineteen head Of cattle from
the reform chool as an error in the
record. =
Bills were introduced In both houses
Monday to reduce the legal rate of in.
terest to z and 10 per cent, and to Civ
the governor power 10 remove consti.
tutional officers for certain causes.
In the senate bills were introduced
for establishing a commission for code
revision and for providing f1r an ex,
hibit at the Pan-Amcrican exposition.
In the house q bill was introduced by
Mr.. Pietz establishing a jud cial dis
trict to consist of the count . 4 Pot
ter, Campbell, Walworth. Mcpherson.
Edmunds and Faulk and a bill h. Mr.
Moore. allowing mayors in cities OF
the first class to SUSPEND liquor licens-
es which they have granted.
In the house. Monday. Mr.. Gross of
Potter, moved to expunge from the
records the communication offered by
Mr.. Steere on Saturday. on the grounds
that 1t was int cmperatA IN language
and improper In matter. Mr.. Seward
opposed he motion, and said the COM
munication was a challenge to Gov.
Lees statements, and shoul3 go on
record. The motion was lost on a