Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-02-21
VALUED POLICY
PASSES HOUSE
But Measure Must Yet Run tho
Gauntlet Of Upper Branch
at Pierre.
VOTE WAS ALL ONE WAY
With 81 in Its Favor and Only ~ OPP
posed, the Measure Carried-Con-
siderable Other Business
Disposed Of.

Pierre, S. d., Feb. 16.-The valued
policy bill passed the house Friday
morning, Ga to IA. Those voting
no were Belts, Broaley, Daley, Far
rem, Jackson, Johnston, Kribs, Ma
ligon. Martin, Redding, Rogde, Ryan
Lower and the speaker.
Other bills passed to regulate adverse
claims to real estate, permitting electric
railways to occupy city streets and
amending the liquor law requiring TWEEN
ty-fivc free hold voters TO petition for a
legal option election.
Thursday night the house passed
bills to regulate salaries of county Of
f1cers on the population basis and ex-
empting fraternal insurance companies
from taxation. The travelling library
commission bill was killed.
Captain Clay Carpenter of Faulkton,
former adjutant of the FIRST regiment,
has been commissioned major of the cav
airy squadron. lie is succeeded as adju-
tant by Lieutenant Ed Beckwith of
Pierre.
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session the house
passed the following bills:
One carrying a deficiency appropria-
ton of 5000 for the state university;
one to establish an experiment station
at the state school of mines; one ad-
uniting law graduates Of the state uni
versity to practice without examlna-
ton; n providing for the publication
of the revised codes.
A joint resolution mem%orializing con-
gress to repeal the duty on lumber
passed the house by a vote OF "A to 2,
and the county local option bill also
passed the house.
The valued policy measure came up
in the senate on its first reading and
was passed nde a suspension of rules
by the close vote Of 20 to Is. Nine
members were absent or not voting,
and upon these depends the fate Of
the bill. The friend Of the bill claim
that they can poll five more votes for
the measure, while the opposition de-
clare they will not be able to muster
up three more members favorable 20
It, the number necessary for final pas
sage.
Final action on the bill will be de-
layed until Senator lawson returns to
Pierre, he being home TO attend the
funeral of his mother. Lawson has
opposed the measure vigorously, n
on his return the opposition viii look
q little stronger.
The scnate had q busy session n
passed eight bills, among which was
the house bill providing for the special
assessments for stock improvement in
cities, and cutting the number Of pub
lications of estimates from ten to one;
also one providing for the collection of
city taxes by city ~treasurerS, and one
providing for the inspection of sheep.
The house came up squarely against
the problem of revision when Carrrolls
two bills creating a state board of as
sessment and removing the restrictions
on the state board Of equalization, Civ
ing 1t power to rate the assessment,
fairs, and Johnston moved to postpone
further consideration Indefinitely.
This precipitated a discussion, n
though the bills were unsatisfactory
they were adopted to bring a discussion
before the house to determine some
means Of increasing the venue
This was the first time during the
session that the matter had been re-
ferred to on the noor of this body, and
the general conclusion now is that the
house Is ready to try to solve the prob
lem.
Hale's horse inspection bill was go
ing down to defeat, when he had ii re-
ferred back to the committee on live
stock to have some of the police fea-
lures removed. 1t was Objectionable to
The members east of the river.
The house and senate calendars are
low clear, and the senate's time will
De devoted largely to committee work.