The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-10

The senate Monday cleared a large
calendar of senate bills. The only new
measure added was by Lightner, allow
ing the use of force of arms to prevent
the stop of convcts or to stop attacks
by them on their keepers.
In the calendar cleared were bills to
provide an appropriation for Lieut..
Gov. Snow for opening the session of
the senate; appropriating the proceeds
of the South Carolina bonds to the
state university; providing for the
placing of proceeds of any gifts to the
state into the state treasury; provid-
ing for the division of wards into vot-
ing precincts; approprating $500 for
land office filing fees ON state endow-
ment lands; making abandonment of
family misdemeanor; and fixing the
liability of banks on forged paper at
six months from the time the paper is
returned to the customer
The senate passed house bills appro-
priating SS,953 deficiency at the SOL
diers' home and joint resolution me-
morializing congress for the protection
of the banks of the Missouri river
The house passed senate bills to
appropriate $1,000 emergency def
cheney appropriation for the Spearfish
norinal school, which was required to
keep that school in operation after this
week; the bill legalizing liquor licenses
in towns which had failed to vote on
the license question the last two years.
and making it the duty OF school dis
trict officers to plant and protect trees
and shrubs on school grounds.
Bowel moved to indefinitely post
poned the last mentioned of these bills,
which brought Kribs, jackson and Car
roll to it's defense and it passed by a
vote of 50 to %.
The only house bill passed by the
house was the one providing regula
tons for examinations of teachers, to
put the certificates in line for inter
state exchange.
The house judiciary committee re-
ported favorably on a bill to define
swindlers and bunco men and to pro-
vide for their punishment.
The principal house bills presented
were by Blain, to amend the medical
law to allow magnetic healers to prac-
Tice in the state; by Madison, making
county financial statement a part of
the state auditors annual report, and
requiring county officers to furnish the
necessary statements; by Anderson, to
cut from the revenue laws the eight
mill limitation of county tax levies.
The senate held short session
Tuesday, coming up to hear the house
discussion or the capitol building bill.
While in session they passed senate
bills to authorize counties to fund out
standing indebtedness by issuing of
bonds; and appropriating $1,041 def
cheney for the state board of agrlcul
ture. They made laws by passing
house bills to fix the limit of term of
officers of county mutual insurance
companies, and the resolution for
constitutional amendment allowing
the legislature to fix the qualifications
of county superintendent of schools.
The principal new senate bills present
ed were: By Neil, to fix chicken hunt
ing season at two months in the year
and duck shooting at five months: by
X Branson, increasing the salary of the
public examiner to eighteen hundred
dollars year: by Cooper authorizing
the employment of assistant state at
torneys, and by Hayward, reducing
The fees for oil inspection.
The house was the center of attrac-
ton and was crowded to hear the dis
cussion on the capitol building bill,
which soon resolved itself into "a run
ming fire of questions in regard to the
measure, most of which We're directed
at Sutherland, the introducer, who out
lined the bill and it's possible effect at
the opening of the discussion and was
assisted by Representatives Scott,
Browne of Brown, Heball, Clark, Daily,
Brown of Sanborn, Horribly, Vanosdel,
Country1nan and Holman. The COM
mittee of the whole, which was pre-
sided over by Carroll finally dissolved
and reported the bill back to the com
mittee for further consideration The
discussion developed that the general
/ opinion was in favor of building of
some kind if it could be shown that
1t could be made a part of future
completed capitol, and the funds could
be secured without direct taxation.
A few new bills were presented in
the house, the principal ones being:
BY Horribly, requiring deposits with
the state treasurer of guaranty funds
by hail insurance companies operating
in this state, and by Brown of San
born, requiring full warranty deeds to
any tract before the state can appro-
pirate money for building on same
The soldiers home bill, which has
been meeting with many obstacles,
was called out and set for considera-
fion on Feb 9, but not until Vanosdel
again had expressed his views on the
measure, in which he attempted to Sc
cure indefinite postponement of fur
|. Their consideration of the bill, and gave
WERE INDIANS At PEACE OR WAR.
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