The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-24
TAKE LAST FORMAL STEP
CANDLES ELECTION AS UNITED
STATES SENATOR TO SUCCEED
PETTIGREW CONCLUDED
NEW CORPORATION FEE BILL
Still Rubbing 1t In on the Repub-
ncans for Their Nismanage-
ment of the State Reform
School.

PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 23.-(Special.)-
In joint session this morning the vote of
yesterday was announced declaring r. ]
Gamble to be elected as United States
senator and the record was duly signed
by the proper officers.
The principal bills introduced In the
house were: 10 license travelling mer-
chants, to cede the jurisdiction Of the
state to the national government for
crimes committed on Indian reserva-
tions, to create a state fair board of
five to be appointed by the governor, and
to provide for the assignment of mort
cages by county commissioners.
A favorable committee report was pre-
scented on the bill giving the governor
power to remove certain constitutional
officers. The usual resolution was pre-
sented ordering an early report of the
general appropriation bill by the COM
mittee.
House bills passed were: For ballot re-
form, and a deficiency appropriation for
expense of transferring prisoners to the
penitentiary.
The principal senate bills yere: To Gre
ate state board of agriculture and horti-
culture, and providing a license fee of
$500 per year for cigarette dealers. The
Oil inspection bill was made a special
order for Thursday and the bill to en-
courage farmers institutes passed.
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The fact that number of corporations
have filed articles in this state the past
few years, has created call In some
quarters for a change in the manner of
payment of fees. This is house bill 50.
by Walters, and makes the fee one-tenth
of one per cent of the capital stock, in
stead of fiat fee of 80 as is now re-
quired. This would mean reduction in
the filing fee where the amount of capt
tai Is less than $4,000 and while it
might shut out parties from fling who
desire to organize with large amount
of capital it might also reduce the rev.
enues, in fact almost certainly would,
as only those with a small amount OF
capital would file under South Dakota
laws, while those with desire to issue
a large amount Of stock would take their
articles to some other state, where the
provisions were more liberal
Another bill, house bill SO, is exclusive
ly tax bill on companies organized
under the laws Of any. other state or
country. Its provisions are such as to
prohibit any company organized outside
of the state from tranEacting business
within the state without paying a liberal
tax for the privilege The requirements
are for tax of one-half of one per cent
of the capital stock of such company, to
he paid annually and prohibiting the
transaction of any business, or the MAIN
tenapce of any suit at law in any court
of the state by such company unless the
tax is paid. While such a. law would be
a revenue producer for the state in case
1t should ever pass, it would mean that
South Dakota merchants doing business
with outsiders would be placed on
cash basis. as no outside company would
risk placing goods il the state with such
a provision, as they would not care to
pay the tax for the privilege of solicit
ing business, nor risk anything through
business done outside Of the state.
1t is not often that representatives
from the same county secure chairman
ships Of the same committee of the house
and senate, but that is the case this