Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-20
HOUSE DOES GOOD DAYS WORK
Large Number Of Bills Acted Upon,
Among Them Being valued
Policy Law.

PIERRE. S. D. Feb. ~1s.-(special Tele-
gram. THE house started with another
morning session today and when IT ad-
journed this evening II was TO 10 O'Clock
tomorrow.
Most Of the day was put In on third
reading and discussions. only four new
bills being presented, they being by Mel
son, providing the manner Of fixing cleo
tion precincts by county commissioners;
by Allen. granting to circuit courts powers
TO change names Of places and persons;
by Palmer, repeating the $4,000 600 limita-
ton on the state assessment board and
allowing them to raise to 500, 000,0 GOO II
necessary TO secure equitable equalizRtions
by May. to provide uniform system Of
guides and c~rosshesds in mining posts.
The house passed house bills to repeal
acts which prevent married women from
acting az executors and administrators Of
estates, limiting to fifteen a day the killing
Of game birds by any one hunter; to re-
imburse Oliver Gibbs, the Worlds fair
commissioner requiring road commission
ers to be freeholders; changing the law
which fixed the jurisdiction Of county courts
on population basis; providing appropriA-
tion to pay judgment against the state
held by Emma Kemmer; prohibiting the
fling Of surveys made by other than
licensed surveyors, and fixing compensation
OF State Board Of Agriculture.
While the house did not present to the
galleries the prepared set speeches which
the senate did, there was a lot Of snRppy
discussions and several parliamentary tan
giles over the boundary commission bill
and that fixing the salaries Of the State
Board Of Agriculture, both Of which were
opposed by Brown Of SRnborn. who takes
the part Of watchdog Of the treasury, his
opposition being based on the increase OF
appropriations in both cases. The boundary
commission bill was supported by the mem
bers from the southern part Of the state
who know the vRgaries OF the boundary
line. while those from farther north could
not see the benefit to be derived, unless
the boundary when once fixed should bt
guaranteed against a change by the mex
rise in the river, Rnd request another
commission to fx that point. Or vote th'
bill was lost, but an attempt to ctncl
this failed and the hiiB is up for con,
sideration and special order Saturday. On
the agricultural bill being put to a vot,
it failed for lack Of 4 constitutional ma.
jority, over twenty members being absent
and a call Of the house was ordered, afte,
which the bill was %untangled from IT.
bDdl II III BabbNA ~ q 6teA feNN
The senate passed the bill fixing fee
for filing articles of interpretations, re
peal Of provisions which attempted u
compel the purchase Of state supplie
within the state, and then took up tn
valued policy insurance bill as a specia
order at 3 O'Clock, on which a number o
members were ready with set speeches
Moody leading for the bill with the state
ment that such firms as Armour & Co. pail
less than ] per cent for insurance and tn
people Of this state were called upon u
pay Z per cent, and denounced that as rob
berry. Dillon spoke for the bill. McDougRl
Northrup and Lawson opposed the measure
and in closing his remarks there was
personal passage between Lawson an
Moody, in which charges were made an
counter charges new rapidly for a time, bu
the bill passed by % 10 10.