The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-02-03

| The senate session Monday was a
short one. handling a small amount of
| business. The Cooper bill to legal!ze
ccnse vote was taken last year was
passed Bills We're introduced as fol
lows: BY Doering, changing the date
| when taxes shall become delinquent
from March | to May ]; by Cooper, TO
provide stenographers for county
courts, by Rice, giving farm laborers
and threshing crews lien for their la
Dor
The house passed the Lawson SEN
ate bill providing for the taking of
the census and collection of vital sta
tistics. Before it passed Turner of
Faulk secured an amendment to make
the record of the commissioner and
clerks of court in connection with the
bill proper evidence in court. Heball
attempted to secure an amendment to
strike out all that portion of the bill
which related to vital statistics, but
his amendment was voted dOwn-44 to
"a. The bill then passed with but one
vote to spare, as an emergency meas
ure. getting 81 votes. House bill pass
ed to allow counties to offer reward
for capture of horse thieves, and bill
to give court bailiffs increased COM
pensaton in the larger counties was
killed. House joint resolutions were
passed for constitutional amend
ment allowing the legislature to pro-
vide qualifications for a county super
intendent. memorializing congress for
protection of the banks of the Missou-
ri river. and providing for the publish
ing of legislative manuals and hand
books. Kribs introduced a bill to fix
qualifications required for teachers
examinations, the purpose of the bill
being to make certificates conform to
requirements for interchange with 9TH
er states. The Huron state fair build
ing bill, which was unfavorably re-
ported, was re-referred to the commit
tee for further consideration. Apland
got his state song bill changed from
the committee on immigration to the
education committee
Senate bills introduced were: By
Paine, approprating proceeds of North
Carolina bonds to state university; by
Willsie, to appropriate $1,000 def
cheney for John r. Brannan as railroad
commissioner in 1894; by May, for es-
tablishing day schools for the deaf in
this state; by Cooper, appropriating
$4,000 deficiency at the Spearfish nor
NAL school, and a joint resolution by
Payne for constitutional amendment
allowing counties to incur Indebtedness
for ditch and drainage purposes.
The senate passed the Lighter bill
to provide for the planting and care of
trees on public school grounds. The
Sioux Falls insurance bill, allowing
stock insurance companies to invest
to reduce their reserve funds was OPP
posed by Craig and Vandosel, and lost
as an emergency measure. 1t was ex-
planned by Daily and Rodge and Brat
rud, but could muster only enough
votes to go through without the emer-
gency.
The new house bills were: By Lee.
to make the open season for hunting,
September and October only; by
Satire, to prevent shipment of fraudu-
lent dairy products out Of or into the
state; by Smith, to provide for the
examination at public expense of eyes
and ears of school children; by Clark,
to provide for an agreement by two
thirds of jury in civil suits; by Brown.
to appropriate $4,000 for building at
the Aberdeen normal school
In the senate Wednesday an unsuc-
cessful attempt was made to keep alive
the bill to elect county commissioners
by districts instead of by counties.
Committees reported favorably on the
bill to give court bailiffs SO day in
certain counties; the bill to allow sher-
ifs to collect taxes from transient mer-
chants, and the Spearfish emergency
appropriation to keep the school in OPP
Grafton. On motion, the senate APP
pointed committee to prepare pro-
gram for Washington's birthday. The
members named were Hutchinson,
Abeles and Whitlock. New senate
bills were by Lawson. amending gen.
eral banking laws, and appropriating
deficiency for the board of medical ex-
aminers; by committee on banking,
limiting liability of bank on forged pa
per to six months after same had been
returned to customer; by Lightner, pro-
viding for Incorporation and manage
mont NJ Iifa insurance cOmnanieS in
this state; by Paine, providing a gen.
eral ditch and drainage code; by Sho-
Der. to require insurance companies
operating in this state to comply with
the valued policy and other insurance
laws. and exempting $500 of property
of war veterans from taxation.
In the house ON motion of Parmley
the Northwestern road seed lecturers
were invited to appear before joint
session on Feb. /. On motion of Suth
erland. the following committee on pro
s,ro,,, f0r yUoch3nutonso hirth6av was