Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-16


/ Chairman Stokes said one of the COM
| mittee vas hard at work on an ABB
i stract of the petition, and while they
might be ready to report on Monday,
1t might take day or two more before
the report would come in. On a divi-
sion, the Carroll motion was defeated,
3S to 80.
| The senate session Thursday was
brief. Passing a senate bill making
1 notes for lightning rods and patent
rights not negotiable, and introducing
new bills. BY Lawson, prohibiting the
/ purchase of brass and other old metal
! from minors; by Toy, providing for
the appointment of county game war
dens by commissioners at a salary OF
| $50 month, and by Dillon, appropri-
ating money for new buildings and
! deficiency at the insane hospital.
The house passed senate bills which
| Dental electors and Lieut. Gov. Snow;
regulating the manner of division of
cities into wards; providing for the
| collection of taxes from transient
| merchants, and providing for the man.
agement and control of cemeteries
On the passage of the house bill
providing for the government of the
| soldiers home, which turns the pen
sion money of those at the home over
| to the commandant, Vanosdel made
his last, fight against the bill. The
measure passed by vote of So to Is.
One of the principal house bills in
| troduced was by Holman, providing
that whenever vote is taken in any
town on the question of liquor Ii
! censes, that whatever the result it
| shall stand until another election is
| held on that question. This is the bill
of the state liquor association, and it
will be bitterly fought by the temper
ance forces.
Other bills were: BY Foster, making
it a misdemeanor to conduct bucket
shops or board of trade rooms in the
state; by Stokes of Butte, prohibiting
county commissioners from granting
liquor licenses at any point within
five miles of government contract
work; by Hebal, changing the time of
assessors meetings from the first
Tuesday to the last Saturday in April.
The house educational committee
opened the way for fight in the
house by unfayorably repoping the
Countryman state uniformity of text
book bill, and the introducew wild at
tempt to overturn this report in the
house. The same committee returned
the state song bill without recon-
mendation. Bills that are coming
within a few days provide for state
library commission, caucus law, and
for a shirt factory at the peniten-
tiary.
The strongest lobby which has ap-
peared in the city so far this session
is here in the interest Of the bill to APP.
propriate $4,000 for permanent home
at Mitchell for the Improved Live
Stock Breeders association.
The house Friday had no bills for
final action, the first time in the his
tory of state legislation for the last
half of the session. The state song
bill coming up on committee report
without recommendation, the occasion
was taken for little amusement.
Apland moved adoption of the report,
which was amended by Brown of Lin
coin to refer the bill to the judiciary
committee, and by Craig to indefinite
ly postpone. AS a number of mem
hers desired to get it out on the floor
the Craig motion was voted down.
Hughes then moved reference to Doan
Robinson, secretary of the State His
torical society, which motion carried,
and the bill is now in the relic room
of the society with no way of getting
1t out.
Countryman secured an overturning /
of the adverse report on his bill for
state uniformity of text books, and it
will go on the calendar for final action
The new house bills were: By On
dahl, requiring township clerks to re.
port delinquent real estate taxes to
county auditor; by Huff, increasing
term Of compulsory attendance at
school to sixteen weeks in a year; by
Pennington, providing for appoint
ment Of county game wardens at a
salary Of $125 a month during open
season; by Kribs, creating state IL
brary commission and providing for
circulating libraries, and joint resolu-
tions by Lindley, endorsing the posi-
ton Of president Roosevelt on railroad
rate legislation, and by Rogde, for a
constitutional amendment to provide
municipal courts in cities OF over ten
thousand population.
The senate passed senate bills:
Providing method Of Investment OF 1
county sinking funds, and deficiency
bill for conveying convicts to the peni-S
tentiary. The sheriffs' fee bill came
up, and after discussion was sent back
Deuel. was next with III while Yanlz-