Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
ole Legislature
Proceedings Of the Lawmaker.
AZ the South Dakota Capital
WEDNEspAY's PRocEEDINos.

Pierre, S. d., March 5.-The closing
days of the legislature find almost all
interests pacihed, 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, n votes were taken with
dispatch.
The senate passed bills to create
town and county boards Of health; the
general appropriations measure; pro-
viding an appropriation tor a sewer at
the school for the deaf; a deficiency
appropriation for state employees; and
a bill enabling the board of charities
and corrections to carry insurance Of
state buildings in course of erection.
The senate also made laws out Of
the following house rolls: Bill carry
ing appropriation for the deal school,;
Madison normal; Springfield normal;
state university; Yankton asylum;
penitentiary; St. Louis fair. The
Spearfsh normal bill went astray, but
will be made a special order for today
for final passage.
Appropriation house bills were
passed carrying defic! ,ncies for the
Spearfish normal school, the paniten-
tiaTy and other institutions. The
Ninth circuit bill vas 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 bin vas 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 inebriate, on the ground that by
changing the words ana punctuation
the law would be n meaningless tumble
of words, and the effect of the pres
ent law killed. The veto was sustained
by a vote of 70 to Z.
The $4,000 appropriation for build
ings on the state fair grounds at Huron
failed to pass, but a reconsideration
was secured for today.
The general appropriations bill, on
which Gross made a fght 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
the appropriation for the Yankton asy-
lum.
Bills were passed authorizing the
board Of charities to purchase lands at
the Redfield asylum; appropriating
$4,000 for q cottage at the pe%nitentiary.
A number of senate bills were pre-
sented and given first and second read
ings, and committee reports were re-
turned upon them at once.
The senate held u session last night
II 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
offices; requiring report of
brands on estray stock to be reported to
the state brand inspector; giving no.
tice of taking up of estrays by publ
cation; requiring the state treasurer to
give a bond of half a million; giving
boards authority to lay out
highways along ciCy boundary lines;
appropfiating money tor publication Of
reports of the State Horticultural So
ciety; providing that where parents
children to the school for feeble
minded n leave the state they must
remove the children with them or make
provision for expenses of their care.