Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-02-02
Gross, Yirfna,. Dean, Davies and

Gross, Yiffha,. Dean, Davies Aht
Stfansky, voted for ID.
Price of Yanktoh commenced a fight
on the divorce laws by h introduce
ton Of a bill making the legal resi-
dence eighteen months before a decree
can be issued.
The house passed the bill taxing non.
resident grazers 80 cents per head PEI
month on cattle allowed to run OF
South Dakota state lands.
Ii the Senate,
The senate discussed the oil bill and
finally referred II to the judiciary com
mittee for further investigation OF Its
legality. Senator Sites will seek to
amend 1t to compel oil companies to
give a certificate to retailers that oils
sold are of the grades established by
the law, also showing date OF delivery
OF oil. the certificate tn be kept posted
In the retailers place Of business.
Newby's bill giving users Of wide
tire wagons a rebate Of rs per cent on
road taxes passed after a few senators
had played horse with II for a time.
The report of the committee giving
Governor Lee his office chair was
ing Governor Herreid for copies oil
the public examiners REPORTS on penal
institutions.
Senator LOOMS introduced a bill to
reduce the membership Of the state
board Of assessment combining II TO the
governor, secretary of state and au-
ditor.
Appropriation bills a~ggregating $685.
454 were introduced, n for $4,000 TO
put UP a building at the Gary blind
asylum, another being to reimburse
counties for money expended In bring.
ing the soldiers Of the First regiment
home from San Francisco. The rest
consisted Of small deficiencies.
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Pierre, s. D., Jan. 26.-The senate
session yesterday DOL an adjournment
at 2:45 on motion Of Stewart, of
Hughes, In Difference to the memory Oh
Senator Cooper's wife, who died yes
terday. and Senators Bennett, Stod-
dard, Lecline, Martin and Vance were
appointed a committee to draft resolu-
ticns Of sympathy for Senator Cooper.
The bill prepared by the state bar
association for the revision OF the laws
was passed unanimously, also the reso-
luton to give retiring Governor Lee
his chair. Senator Edgerton introduced
o bill providing that all money collect
ed by heads OF state institutions should
be turned over to the state treasurer
and Newly presented the sheriffs bill
to allow sheriffs to conduct insane pa
tient to the hospital. Senator Stod-
dard introduced the first anti-cannon
nrecracker bill OF the session.
Senator's Cooper and Johnson were
excused, the former having arrived last
night only to be intercepted with a
telegram announcing the death Of his
wife. Senator Johnson was called
away by the serious illness OF his
brother.
In the house McDougall, OF Marshall,
offered a resolution which was adopted
extending sympathy TO the English
people on the death Of the queen n
instructing that the flag on the state
house be displayed at half mast.
Gross, OF Potter, populist, intro
duCed a resolution to carry out Gov
ernor Herried's opposition to the slit
ing committee. The resolution vent
over. Woolidge, of Buffalo, introduced
q bill fixing maximum rates for express
companies and placing them under
the control Of the railroad commission
ers.
The republican managers here feel
beat over the unanimous passage yes
terday Of q resolution OF sympathy on
the death Of Queen Victoria by the
house of representatives in which 1t lie
said that:
I'm her death the world loses the
grandest and most illustrious person
age Of the last century" and In which
the flag Is ordered to be flung at half
mast owe the state house.