The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-13
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Pierre, S. d., March 5.-The closing
days of the legislature finds almost all
Interests pacifed, and everyone seems
to be anxious to finish up the work of
the session in a hurry. In the senate
yesterday bills went through with a
rush, little talking was done on any
measure. and votes We're taken with
dispatch.
The senate passed bills to create
town and county boards Of health; the
general appropriations measured. pro-
viding an appropriation tor a sewer at
the school for the deaf; a deficiency
appropriation for state employees: and
la bill enabling the board Of charities
and corrections to carry insurance Of
state buildings in course of erection.
The n a also made laws out of
the following house rolls: Bill carry
ing appropriation for the leaf school,;
Madison normal; Springfield normal;
state university; Yankton asylum:
|penitentiary; st. Louis fair. The
.Spearfish normal bill went astray, but
will be made a special order for today
for final passage.
Appropriation house bills were
passed carrying deficiencies for the
Spearfish normal school, the pentteu-
tiary and other institutions. The
Ninth circuit bill was passed and that
circuit is now assured containing the
counties Of Beadle, Kingsbury, Sphinx
and Miner.
AT the afternoon session Of the house.
on motion of Allen, the adverse com
mittee report on taxation Of the pro-
duct Of mines was changed to a favor
able report. A bill was introduced by
the irrigation committee granting to
the United States government a tract
of land in Aurora county for artesian
well purposes.
Governor Herreid vetoed an ATTEMPT
to amend the liquor law by providing
a penalty for buying liquor for a minor
or an inebrtate, on the ground that by
changing the words punctuation
the law would be a meaningless tumble
of words, and the effect OF the pres
ent law killed. The veto was sustained
by a vote of T3 to i.
The $4,000 appropriation for build
ings on the state fair grounds at Huron
failed to pass, but a reconsideration
was secured for today.
.Ihe general appropriations bill, on
which Gross made a fight on several
minor provisions, was adopted, with
the exception of an addition making
provision for the woman's board of In
spection of charitable and special in
stitutions.
Price failed to secure an Increase in
- ~ dSy-
|lum.
Bills were passed authorizing the
board Of charities to purchase lands at
the Redfield asylum; appropriating
$4,000 for a cottage at the penitentiary.
A number OF senate bills were pre-
scented and given first and second read
ings, and committee reports We're re-
turned upon them at once.
The senate held a session last night
and passed the senate bills to prevent
cruelty to children and cruelty to ami
mails. Laws were made by the passage
of the house bills for inspection OF
scales; protecting property OF owners
OF bottling plants; providing for keep
ing a record OF real estate transfers In
auditors offices; requiring report al
brands on estray stock to be reported to
the state brand inspector; giving no.
tiee OF taking up of estrays by publ
cation; requiring the state treasurer tc
give y bond Of hals{a million; giyine
county boards authority to lay oui
highways along city boundary lines;
|appropriating money ror publication 81
reports of the State horticultural So
ciety: providing that where parents
send children to the school for feeble
minded and cave the state they mus