Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1903-02-13
LEGISLATURE AT WORK
After Recess of Few Days-Funeral of
Governors SOn.-Valued Policy Bill
Sure to win in House.

governor sSOn-Salued Policy Bill
Sure to win in House.
Pierre, s. d. Feb. 1O.-The funeral
OF Roscoe Herreid, son of the governor,
was largely attended. The young man
was fourteen years of age, a bright,
manly boy, admired by all who knew
him. His death cast gloom over the
capital city.
The House has laid away the Herd
Law bill for awhile-probably putting
it to sleep forever. By vote of only II
against it the bill was sent to the judi
ciary committee which, doesn't favor it.
So it is practically dead.
Both houses of the legislature re-
assembled Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock. The houses combination to
carry the valued policy bill through,
and to oppose all appropriations un-
til that measure shall have been pass
ed, which was formed last Wednesday
was still in control of the house. On
Gerhart's motion the committee on
insurance was instructed to report the
valued policy bill today.
The st. Louis exposition appropria-
tion came up, and by vote of A to 81,
it was decided to postpone considera-
tion until February "a, the same day
that the Aberdeen normal bill will
come up. Some claim that this post
ponement of consideration is merely q
genteel method of stragulation, but
this theory seems prematurely formed.
Bromley tried to stick Carols bill
providing for granting state certificates
to teachers and accredited graduates.
but his efforts at postponement failed.
Bromley thought he was clubbing the
house combination, but he soon dis
covered he was opposing n friend and
let the matter drop.
The house also went after the bar
bers' license bill and defeated it. The
bill granting mayors of cities Of the
first-class power to revoke license to
sell Intoxicating liquors was returned
to committee for redrafting.
The senate took cognizance of the
terrible conditions in famine stricken
Finland, and passed motion empower
ing county treasurers to collect and
forward funds for the destitute.
The joint resolutions to increase the
salary of the attorney general to $1,000
a year was favorably acted upon by
the senate.
The agitation of the matter of leasing
the state school lands, which has caus-
Ell the stock interests of the state con.
siderable uneasiness, but which at
ps' sent appears to have been perman-
emily put to sleep, has called out
counter proposition in house bill 143,
by Hale, which changes the matter of
appraisal for lease purposes from the
office of the state land commissioners,
and placing it in the hands of local
authorities. Its main provisions re-
quire assessors to report to the county
boards each year the quality of the iif-
ferent tracts of state lands in the ter.
ritory in which they do their work,
classifying them as to whether they are
good hay lands. or whether grazing
lands, with water on same. or without
water. On this report the county
boards of equalization, with the coun-
ty superintendent of schools, shall
each year, at the regular meeting of
the equalization boards, fix minimum
leasing appraisal of all such lands in
their county, which appraisal shall be
forwarded to the Office of the state
land commissioner, to be used by him
in fixing basis of leasing price, in his
annual rating. The main purport of
the bill being to class lands according
to quality and attempt to secure
lease value fixed on such appraisal.
Revival Meetings.
Rev j. A. Sutton, of Deadwood, ar