Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

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 on 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,O41 def
cheney for the state board of agricul-
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 a
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
Branson, increasing the salary of the
public examiner to eighteen hundred
dollars a 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 run
ming fire of questions in, regard to the
measure, most of which were 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,
Countryman 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 a building of
some kind if it could be shown that
it could be made part of a 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-
ton 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
as his reason that it took pension mon
ey from the old soldiers, and in his
remarks he stated that the command
ant and the home board could not al
ways be trusted to handle the funds
for the best interests of the old sol
diers. Brown of Sanborn defended the
bill and declared that Vanosdel had
misrepresented conditions as to what
was desired by the soldiers, and the
conditions existing at the home Clark
defended the measure and secured it
as a special order for the foregoing
date.
The seed grain lecturers from the
agricultural college, Professors Vince
Ter and Chilcott, addressed the joint
session Wednesday.
The principal measures among the
senate bills introduced were: BY
Cooper, providing for the selection of
a board of regents Of education from
different political parties by Wagner,
providing that the tuition at all state
educational institutions shall be the
same; by Cook, to prevent the reten-
ton of any inmate of the reform
school after reaching his majority; by
Abel, a boiler inspection bill; by
Doering, to appropriate $4,000 for car
rying on seed grain experiments at
state stations; by Hutchison, to au-
thorize cities to issue bonds for pa~-
ing judgments; by Shober, deflni
the liability OF a railroad in personal
damage suits. The latter is said to
be one of the boosting" bills prom
ised for the primary election law.
In the house, attempts are being
made to form conservative" faction
alleged purpose being to keep down
expenditures. This agitation is look
ed upon as another Boxer" move
ment, such as was organized in the
house two years ago, and it may