The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-22
With the %
Lawmakers. 20
Weeks Doings In the
State Legislature. ..
Tuesday, Jan. 10.


BY mistake of the printer most of
the members to-day voted on what
they thought was a valued policy m
surance bill, carrying it by vote of
n to 2.
The bill really voted upon was In re-
lation to witnesses on sealed instru.
ments, but members generally were
depending on the printed bill on their
desks, and paid little attention to the
reading by the clerk, and II was only
after the vote was taken, and an ex-
PLANTATION called out by one of she
members, that the error was discov-
cred. All house bills which had come
out of committee were pushed through
to-day, most of them being in relation
to practice, but two of them granted
certain school lands to the govern
ment for the national soldiers home
at Hot Springs. and ceded state jurls-
dictiOn over the same.
The senate capitol resubmission res
olution was placed on its final passage
and went through by vote of 20 to 16.
In this relation Pierre met the first
defeat on such measure ON the tffir-
teenth day Of the thirteenth year since
the capitol was located here. Bills
were introduced in the senate declar.
ing the waters of the artesian basin to
be public property and providing for
selection Of public repositories for
civil township funds.
Gov. Herreid to-day appointed Noah
Newbanks Of Stanley county, Henry
o. Anderson of Meade county and
George McEathron of Beadle county
members of the state brand commits
sion, the appointments to take effect
March 8.
Each member of the pres ent legisla-
ture will receive a gift from Moses X.
Armstrong of st. James, Mimi, who
has shipped to the secretary of state
enough copies of his book, "'The En-
pire Builder of Dakota, u give each
member a copy. Mr.. Armstrong is an
old-time Dakota legislator, and did a
great deal toward building up the ter
ritory in it's early days. He has often
expressed a wish to attend a meeting
of the state legislature, but his age
precludes his carrying out of this
wish.
Chairman Bromley of the house
state affairs committee will push his
| bill for an appropriation for represen-
! tation at the St. Louis exposition.
The bill provides for a general exhibit
of all the resources OF the state, and
carries an appropriation of $4,000.
Out of this all the expenses of a COM
mission Of five are to be paid as well
as the expenses OF the exhibit and
| building. Mr.. Bromley announces
! that he is receiving encouragement
! in his canvas of the members, and as
! the sentiment IN favor of such an APP
preparation was almost strong enough
| TO call a special session when ii was
! thought that the exposition would be
held this year, the chances are in favor
of this or a similar bill at the present
| session.
| In fixing the compensation of house
and senate officers the maximum of
| the last session was taken, and all
were fixed at this. The pay runs from
| So a day for the secretary and clerk,
down to S2.25 per day for the pages.
| It was the hope of the committee to
! fix a standard which would go through
without change but the senate raised
the pay CT the clerk of the judiciary
committee from 81 to S. per day, be-
! fore accepting the report.
The Welcn-Hanna contest brought
out the first oTatory of the session in
that body, Bromley of Sphinx and Rog.
den of Minnehaha speaking in favor
| of seating Welch, the Republican,
whose claims were supported by the re-
port of the majority of the committee,
while Gross of Potter spoke for
| Hanna.
Brown of Lincoln has presented a
| bill which requires the petitioners to
saloon license to be freeholders
This will give the property owners in
the vicinity of which it is desired to
| locate a saloon, the option of saying
whether it shall be located, and will
cut off signatures of the average hang
er-on around such places.