Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-04
MUCH WORK IN SHORT TINE
South Dakota Legislators Making Record
for Accomplishing Things,
LEASE BILL KILLED AFTER AsHARp FIGHT
Lively Contest in the House over Per-
mHBentIy LocatiuE 5 ate Fair at
Huron, which Finally
wins.

PIERRE, S. D.. Feb. 3.-(Special Tele-
gram. THE senate session today was short,
but a number of bills were pushed to final
action. they being to authorize the exten-
sion Of charters CT banking corporations,
extending and enlarging the powers Of
boards of trustees of Incorporated towns,
the adoption OF the anemone as the state
horal emblem, appropriation OF money 10
pay for burial of deceased soldiers. fixing
terms Of court in the Sixth judicial dis
trict, to establish a mining experiment sta
tlon at the School of Mines. amending the
laws relating to county depositions and
the bonds given by the ssme.
New senate bills introduced we're by
| Trigstad. appropriating $4,000 for new
buildings at the Agricultural college; by
Robertson, relating to taking Of evidence
and punishment for concealing evidence;
I by the judiciary committee. legalizing de-
fective acknowledgements.
The senate passed the house bill appro-
priating $500 for completion OF the codes
The senate went into executive session
on appointments Of members of the State
Boprd of Charities and Corrections and con-
! f1rmed tle appointments OF w. z. Upton OF
Armour, NJ. C. Thomas of Watertown and
William Powers OF Yankton, Powers
! taxing the place Of George w. Kingsbury
and the others being reappointments. The
other two members Of the board are Jacob
! Schmidt OF Memo and ]. d. LAWN of Aber-
! deen.
In the house the majority Of the ways and
means committee reported favorably on
/ bills 100 and 46, both relating to the State
Board of Assessment. giving them increased
! powers. Brandt Of Bon Homme returned a
minority report, declaring the measures to
! be a despotic assumption OF power and
! practically the elimination OF assessors and
! county boards on equalization. The com
mittee also reported favorably bill to tax
! the products of mines, as It did senate bill
| 60, providing for payment of funds from
! counties for the care of the insane direct to
! the asylum authorities, but so emended
! that the desired effect Of the bill is prac-
tically killed.
! An adverse report was returned by the
! appropriations committee on the bill ap-
propriating $4,000 for an armory at Huron,
| Bromley moved recommitment of senate
bill to the committee for the purpose Of
giving him. an opportunity to propose
minority report. which brought on quite
discussion in which bad faith was charged
/ in dealing with the bill. and It was finally
| sent back.
On adoption of reports OF committee OF
previous day Goddard moved the adoption
of the majority report on the lease bill,
and Lawson moved the adoption OF the mi
nor,ty report favoring the bill. After a
/ short discussion Goddard asked rocommt-
ment to the judiciary committee, which
! was carried, so to II, which practically set
ties the fate of the bill
! The principal house bills introduced we're
| by Jenkins, a general oil inspection bill
by Goddard, by request, making Sabbath
breaking a misdemeanor; by Egg, general
! bill authorizing incorporation of electric
railway companies and fixing their powerr; !;
by Vreeland. limiting street car fran
chise to twenty years.
The house passed house bills to appro-
pirate money to Mary z. Kidd; allowing
boards Of education and townships TO is
sue refunding bonds without a vote OF the
people; adding redemption price on mining
claims to amount OF assessment work done
after sale and before redemption; provid-
ing for the keeping of invoices of all prop
erty Of the state under control OF the heads
of state institutions and regulating i'm
portatioa of waits by outside societies.
The bill empowering the Board OF Char
tiles to authorize the warden of the peni-
tentiary to get ort stone for capitol build
ing was sent to the judiciary committee
and the bill authorizing county commits
sioners to appropriate money for county
fairs was Indefinitely postponed.
The house passed senate bills TO appro-
pirate 81 49O for deficiency at the Aberdeen
Normal school. which was opposed by Law
SON. but passed.
The bin to permanently locate the state
fair at Huron brought on a contest in which
Price of Yankton led the opposition and
Langstaff OF Huron was the leader IN
championing |he measure, which was car
ried by vote of 81 to II.