Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-23

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The senate Monday passed senate
i landlords liens on growing crops. ane
providing manner of change of VENUE
when suit has been commenced in
wrong. county.
Bills were presented in the senate:
BY Hayward, a joint resolution for a
! constitutional amendment TO allow
| tax levies to provide for the expenses
or a binding twine plant at the peni.
Tertiary; by Neill, locating the
northeastern hospital for the insane
at Watertown, no appropriation. In
the senate tomorrow the committee
on rules will report in favor of the
indefinite postponement of the pri-
mary election initiative petition on
the ground that with duplicates and
| irregular names stricken out. not
are left on the petition to meke 1T
/ legal.
The house made laws by passing
senate bills: Providing $500 def
| cheney at school of mines. and s1,041
deficiency for state board of agricul-
ture. House bills were passed to fix
| compensation of county boards of
health. and memorial to congress for
pure food laws. Bills increasing the
| compensation of county commissions
ers, and to allow appointments on
board of regents of education from
counties in which state institutions
are located. were killed.
A number of new house bills were
presented, chief of which were: BY
Craig, appropriating $4,000 for an ar
tesian we'll and silo at the home for
feeble-minded; by Kelly, to locate the
northeastern hospital for insane at
Milbank, no appropriation, the town to
donate quarter section of land; by
Brown of Brookings, making it mis-
demeanor to treat in a saloon, or for
proprietor to allow treating; by com
mittee on charitable institutions, for a
Irvine plant and shirt and overall tac-
tory at the penitentiary, appropriating
$4,000 for former and $4,000 for lat
ter; by Holman, a caucus bill, which
will be pushed by the opponents of the
primary election law, as a substitute.
An attempt TO secure house concur
renee in the senate amendments to
the joint stock insurance bill met fail
ure after being opposed by Hebal and
Craig, and on motion of Bogde it went
to conference committee, the house
members being Bogde, Shaw and
Craig. The house appropriation com.
mittee reported favorably on the cap
itol building bill, which carries an ap-
preparation of 100000. 1t will prob
ably come up for action Wednesday.
The orators who have been selected
for the Washington birthday program
are John H, Carroll, Lincoln Jason
p. Payne, Mckinley" John Holman,
Washington" Q. L. Branson. "our
Country"
i The principal senate bills presented
Tuesday were: BY Lightner, making
it the duty of the state agricultural
college to make an exhibit at each an
nual state fair; by Cassill, reducing
exemptions to about half the present
figure.
The senate rules comittee presented
its report on the primary election PEI
tition, recommending indefinite post 1
ponement. Young represented a min
ority report favoring action. Both re-
ports will come UP for consideration
tomorrow.
The appropriation committee report
ed faYorably on the appropriation of
$4,000 for state fair buildings at Hu-&
ron.
The report on the farmers institute
bill, which carries an appropriation
OF $4,000, brought on, contest, Bon
ney opposing and Lightner and Bran
son supporting. Finally, on motion Of
Rice, it went back to the agricultural
committee. A fall was taken out Of
the proposed legislative hand book,
Stoddard and Vessey opposing it, the
former declaring that there is a graft
In it, and that farmers would only look
at the binding and pictures. The next
round was on the wolf bounty bin,
carrying an appropriation of $4,000.
Frieberg opposed the bill as being in
favorSof few counties, which should
pay their own bounty. The bill was
supported by Lightner, Abel, Hanley
and Rice, and the report in favor of 4
the bill was adopted by vote of 36
to g. s]
u The state capitol building measure
will come up in the house for action
tomorrow.
The house appropriations committee
to-day reported favorably on the gen
eral Irrigation code. Carroll again
pushed his motion for d report OF the
house elections committee on the prf-
mary election petition. Chairman
Stokes OF the elections committee de-
MED any desire Is hnld M, mi
said II would he reported as soon as
possible at the farthest. some day
this week.
Holman said that as . member Of
the committee he considered the first
duty was 10 learn whether sufiscient
petition had been filed, and not to take
II for granted that such was the case,
After further discussion Carroll With.
drew his motion 5sss
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