Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-05
GETTING READY FOR WINDUP
Both Branches of south Dskota Leg
islRture Rushing Bills
Through.

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PIERRE, S. D.. March 4-Cspecial Tele-
gram.)-With the closing days Of the ses-
sion at hand the senate is passing up talk
and rushing bills. 1t, unlike the house, has
no measures to resurrect, as II passes
everything which comes along and does It
without talk. which proceeding has so far
cleared that body Of the necessity Of morn
ing sessions. At today's session the senate
passed the senate bill to create county and
town boards Of health; the general appro-
p%riation bill; an appropriation for a sewer
at the deaf mute school; a deficiency ap-
preparation for employees Of the senate;
empowering boards Of charities and OF re-
gents OF education to expend money for in
surance OF buildings In course OF erection.
House bills passed as laws by the senate
were the appropriation for the deaf mute
school; for the Madison Normal. The
Spearfsh Normal bill was tangled in some
manner yesterday and again taken up today
and given first and second readings and
made a special order for tomorrow, when Il
will pass. II also passed the Springfield
Normal; State university; Yankton asylum:
the penitentiary, and the st. Louis fair ex-
hibit. Besides these appropriations house
bills were passed carrying deficiencies for
spearhish, the penitentiary and OTHER insti-
tutions. The Ninth circuit bill was passed
after defeating several attempts to amend
and that circuit is row assured, containing
the counties Of Beadle, Kingsbury, Sphinx
and Miner.
The house at its morning session passed
house bills authorizing the Board Of Charl-
ties to purchase certain lands at Redfeld
asylum; apprOpriating $4,000 for a cottage
at the penitentiary; to prevent the unlaw-
ful appropriation of stock on the free range;
fixing terms of court in the Fifth circuit:
providing for election Of road overseers;
ballot law; increasing the penalties for
burglary. At the afternoon session OF the
house, on motion Of Allen, the adverse
committee report on the taxation of prod
ucts Of mines was changed to a favorable
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 returned a veto on the
bill which attempted to amend the liquor
law by providing a penalty for buying
liquor for a minor or inebriate, which veto
was based on the ground that by changing
words and punctuation the law would be a
meaningless tumble Of words and the effect
of the present law killed. The veto was
sustained by a veto of rs to I.
The bill to appropriate $40, 900 for build
ings on the State fair grounds at Huron
was called up and discussion cut of by the
previous question. 1t failed to pass for
lack of two-thirds majority, but reconsid-
Grafton was reserved for tomorrow.
The house went into committee of the
whole on the general appropriation bill. in
which Gross made a fight on several minor
provisions, but the bill was adopted as re-
turned by the committee with the exception
Of an addition r1aking provisions for the
Woman's Board of Inspection of Charitable
and Penal Institutions. Price made a hard
fight to secure an increase in the appropria-
ton for the Yankton asylum, but failed.
The bill passed by "A to 2.
A number OF senate bills were presented
and given first and second reading and
committee reports returned upon them at
once. Everything Is now clear for the final
cleanup, which will keep both houses busy
from tomorrow until some time Friday
night.
The senate held a night session and
passed senate bills to punish cruelty to
children and cruelty to animals. Laws
were made by the passage OF house bills for
inspection of scales; protecting property of
owners Of battling plants; providing for
keeping of record of real estate transfers IN
auditors Office; requiring report OF brand
on estray stock to be reported to state
brand Inspector; giving notice of taking up
estrays by publication; requiring state
treasurer to give bond CT $500, 900; giving
county boards authority to lay out high
ways along city boundary lines; appropriate
ing money for publication OF reports Of
State Horticultural society; providing that
where parents send children to feeble
minded school and leave the state they
must remove the patient with them or make
provisions for expenses Of care.