Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-09

come in; requiring instruction in pub
lie schools, as to the effects of alcohol
and narcotics on the human system;
to provide for the organization of life
insurance companies under the laws
of the state; making notes for light
table, and locating a northeastern hos
pital for the insane at WATERFOWL. The
last named measure was contested as
an extravaganza at the present time,
but it passed by vote of So to 80.
The senate had a wrangle over the
Deadwood water bill. Cooper offered
an amendment, which was refused, and
it was announced that from this time
on it was to be fight to finish ON
the measure, with no compromise.
The senate cleared a long senate
calendar, the principal bills being:
To reduce the legal rate of interest
from ~ to 10 per cent; providing for
state standard frs insurance form.
and changing the date of the closed
game season from April Is to Sept. /.
The senate passed house bills to appro-
pirate $4,000 for building at the
Aberdeen normal school, and the Irvine
plant bill to locate q mandatory at
the penitentiary.
The Van Osdel resolution to make
pass-taEing by public officials OF their
families a felony was killed Thursday
by vote Of IS to Is, on motion Of Hol-
man, who said every man on the floor
pocket, and that there was no use of
playing hypocrite.
The fight to finish promised by
the Deadwood people on their water
bill in the senate came to-day, and af
ter the smoke had cleared away, the
Deadwood people had been defeated
by a vote of SO to 8. They are now
in worse condition in regard to getting
city water supply than when they be-
gan the struggle.
The house bill to allow condemna-
ton of property for sewer purposes,
an Aberdeen bill. so closely followed
the Deadwood bill in some particulars
that it went down, but is back for re-
consideration and will be amended.
Gov. Elrod to-day appointed as the
members of the state live stock COM
mission, under the provisions of the
new dipping bill: Frank w. Stewart
of Buffalo Gap, Frank c. Huss of Pc
dro, David R. Jones of Ipswich, c. L.
Eakin of Blunt and Daniel ]. Stafford
of Wakonia.
The senate accepted the house eau
Gus bill and the one providing pen
atty for operation of bucket shops.
Both houses passed resolution
memoralizing congress to create a de-
partment of mines and mining with a
chief of department.
The Springfield people have won a
complete victory. The senate amend
ed the house appropriations bill plac-
ing their normal school appropriation
in the bill and the house will accept it.
The house to-day crowded along
more rapidly than usual with it's work,
clearing its calendar early in the fore
noon and handling a number of SEN
ate bills. The only contests were
over the appropriations for the state
fair at Huron, which met some opposi-
ton, but only enough to make itself
felt in talk but not in the vote.
Gov Elrod to-day signed the capt.
tol building bill
The afternoon session OF the senate
Friday took up the general appropria-
ton of the house and amended it by
adding $4,000 year for the Spring
field normal school. The motion on
which this was done was made by
Chairman Branson of the appropria-
ton committee, who at first reported
the bill to wipe out the institution.
The amendment was accepted without
dissenting vote and the bill returned
to the house for concurrence.
This was refused by a vote Of Al
against for 45 for concurrence On
motion of Chairman Turner of the
house appropriation committee that
committee was selected as the house
conferees, being antagonistic to the
normal. No report is expected until
late hour.
Other principal house bills passed
by the senate were: To allow cities to
acquire property outside their limits
for sewerage purposes, and empower
ing cities to sell or lease municipal
water plants, which is the last of the
Sioux Falls bills to clear up their wa
ter works tangle.
The senate killed the Carroll house
bill to allow sureties ON official bonds
to limit their liabilities. Carroll has
pushed this bill through the house at
two different sessions and both times
it has fallen in the senate. The house
calendar has got down to a point
where the principal bills are cleared
out about the only measures Of gen
eral Importance left being that to Gre
ate a state standard fire insurance
policy and increasing the salary Of
public examiner
Both houses started the evening ses-
sions with calendars so nearly clear
that the waiting will have to be on the
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