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Pierre Correspondence:
Gov. Herred on Feb. 10 returned his veto on
the hill to allow the use of abbreviations on tax
lists. A bill was introduced in the house to
change the boundary between Meade County
and Lawrence and Pennington Counties. Osher
bills were: Changing the estray laws. allowing
publication In local papers, appropriatng $l5 600
for a girls dormtOry ut the school for deaf and
dumb; providing for lien for rent. making crop
and tools liable. On a third reading the house
passed bills to require guard railings ON town
and county bridges; pro, iding for regulations
| for state board of dental examiners; placing
children'S homes under control of tile board of
charities; amending the game laws, making the
end OF the season for killing ducks April Is. and
limiting days bag to twelve. Senate bills were
passed requiring directorsin state banks to hold
live shares of stock; legazing the incorporation
| of RevillO, Grant County. and Il Joint resolution
| confirming the Hatch and Morrill, funds to the
state agricultural college.
Senate bills introduced Feb. 10 were: To ded-
lcate certain property in Dell Rapids for street
purposes: governing tile taxation of range cat
Tic; providing for recording wills prObated in
O.llef states; providing for teaching physical
culture in public schools; providing that where
fees OF registers OF deeds do not reach $500 that
| amount shall be made up from the county gem
senate compromise wolf bounty bill was up
again. and Sweet made another effort to kill it
by indefinite poStpOnenent. but wa opposed by
| Stewart. and the effort was defeated by q vote
of % to6 Senate bills were passed to provide
penalties for the destruction of telegraph or tel
ep!lone lines by steam thrashers. and penalties
Tor tamperng with or tapping telegraph wires
| empowering towns with $50 population to MAIN
tam waterwOrks, especially beneftlng the town
OF Mellette. The cannon fire cracker bill again
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come back from the house amended to prohibit
the use of crackers and Sweet again put up q
hght on tile measure and defeated the concur
ren e. but notice of reconsideration has been
given and the matter will come up again.
The House Feb. 20. settled down to business
after Its recess. and cleared UP long calendar
OF bills Which we're ready for final action. The
letter from ex-Gov Lee returning the chair vot-
ed to him was read and received. Tile matter
Of eXpunging the record in regard to the wolf
bounty was called up. but as the leaders of the
bounty crowd were absent as members of the
investigating committee, 1t was again put over
The house concurred in the senate amendments
to the Dill giving the governor power to remove
certaln officers without giving any reason for
his action and that bill now goes to the govern
OF for approval. House bills were passed den-
ing and providing punishm' mt for trespass upon
state lands; to oappropriate $1,000 to pay the jul
dicial expenses of Gregory County prior to It's
organization; providing penalties for the trans
portatlon OF diseased swine; legalizing the ill.,
corporation OF Irene: dividing the cost of keep
ing up the repairs of bridges between townships
ana the county, and Il Joint resolution memOr-
falizing congress for the better preservation of
pine on the Black Hills forest reserve.
INC senate on Feb 20 cOncurred in the house
amendments to the bill to prevent the manufac-
ture. sale and use of cannon fire crackers and
air guns. after lively tilt. senate bills were
passed permitting further consolidation of tax
levies; enlarging the powers of city authorities
to suppress the sale of Intoxicating liquors. and
Sweets liquor license bill, which prohibits drug
glsts from handling liquors, which was discussed
Tor some time and further delayed by finding
errors in the engrossing. but 1t passed by q vote
of 81 to3. Other bills were passed to withhold
from advertised tax lists all tracts purchased by
the county until they have been taken up by
some other outside party; providing for the col
lection of the delinquent personal tax by the
Sheriff instead of the treasurer; providing for
the election OF city assessors. and for protection
of large game; requiring Il deposit before
beginning action on tax deeds. and fixing
the manner of levies for town libraries. A reso-
lutlon was introduced allowing county seats to
be moved from the point off q railroad to point
on a railroad by petition of IS per cent. of the
voters. and memorial to congress for an inter-
state drainage canal to join Big Stone Lake and
Lake Traverse.
House bills were introduced Feb. q requiring
road supervisors to fill abandoned wells and
other dangerous excavations in the districts
providing for the appointment of administrator
pendcnte lite. and for coditlcation and revision
of laws. making the governor. secretary Of
state and alto. ney general u board of supervis
ors. and providing for the appointment of two
attorneys to act with the attorney general for
that purpose and appropriating $4,000. reso
luton was passed by 10th houses donating the
chair refused by exGov. Lee to the state histor
ical society. The governors veto on the bill tc
allow the use of aDbreviatiOns in tile tax list was
sustained with but one vote against it. The
house passed bill to provide coun sci for indigent
criminals. and fixing an attorneys fee Of $685. and
killed the bill to prevent the sale of stocks of
goods in defraud of creditors by vote of 40 to
81, and defeated motion for reconsideration.
The senate bill was passe to fix the salary of
the state veterinarian ut $1,000 per year; chang
Ing the name of the Aberdeen School of Technol
ogy to the Normal and Industrial School, and to
require all incidental funds received by any state
institution to be turned into the treasury and be
drawn out by auditors warrant. The appoint
nent of Jacob Schmidt of Hutchinson County as
member of the state board of charities and
corrections was confirmed.
Senate bills introduced Feb >2i. were to re.
move the reform school from ~PlankingtOn to
| lands owned by the state near Watertown, and
to appropriate $500 to Mrs. 7. N. Evans
| for extra work performed at the Soldiers home
| at Hot Springs In 1899. The house bill to com.
pei thrashing machine operators to plank
bridges before crossing was killed after hot
discussion. and an effort to kill the jag cure bill
was defeated by a narrow majority. Senate bills
passed providing q compilation, Of the redemp.
tion laws prepared by the State Bar Association;
fixing the rate of interest per year at per cent
and exempting compounders Of medicines from
| the provisions of the peddler license law. The
senate then went into committee of the whole
on the educational bill which took up the rest of
the afternoon, and passed the bill by SO to 9.
Both houses adjourned to Feb. %.
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