Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-19
THE STATE LEGISLATU

4 to make the term of the county auditor
begin on March l, it having been
! changed to Jan. ]. by the code com
mission in it's compilation; and by
Martin, to provide for stone library
building on the statehouse grounds and
appropriating $4,000 for that purpose.
! A petition by farmers in the vicinity
of Bloomington was presented, asking
for an appropriation to pay for horses
killed by order of the veterinary SUR
geon.
| The first attempt at speechmaling
before the present session of the leg
| islature was in the house Tuesday.
when Vanosdel OF Yankton spoke in
| opposition to the resolution memorial.
/ izing congress to pass the 64O-acre
homestead bill. He went back to an
cient history to prove that it is not
necessary, and announced his opposi-
ton to the measure.
The first roll call of the session was
demanded on the concurrence in the
senate resolution for recess adjourn
ment, resulting in it's adoption by a
vote of 65 to 20.
The wolf bounty advocates have de-
| cided to make fight for increased
/ bounty since it has been agitated by
| the bill to repeal the old law, and
Stokes OF Butte Tuesday introduced a
bill to increase the bounty from So to
4 IS on wolves, with a total limitation
| of $4,000 a year.
Other house bills were: BY Lindley;
making homesteads subject to
chanics' liens; Wolzmuth, fixing
! aries of county auditors and registers
of deeds on population basis, and by
Stokes of Marshall, to provide the
manner of refunding county floating
debts.
A number of bills were presented in
the senate. Many were duplicates of
/ house bills. The principal measures
were: BY Northrlp, to prevent the
introduction of noxious insects into
the state; by Wagner, providing for
taxing the costs of suit to the plant
/ iff when the suit is brought in the
/ wrong county.
A communication was presented
from Gov. Herried, transmitting the
report of the boundary commission
4 which fixed the boundary between Ne
braska and South Dakota, and the res
olution accepting the report was push
! ed through both houses.
! A communication was received from
/ the governor of Virginia asking for
| an appropriation for an exhibit of Il 9
state at the jamestown celebration in
that state.
1t is not likely that any attempt will
be made to rush business before the
recess adjournment. which will carry
the session up to Jan. IL before any
real work commences.
In the house Wednesday the joint
/ resolution memorializing congress for
! the passage of the 640-acre homestead
act was placed on final passage Daley
and Sweeney spoke in favor of the
measure, which passed by vote of
| rs to 8.
Brown of Brookings offered a reso-
| luton that both houses meet in Joint
| session at o'clock Thursday to listen
to the arguments of ]. w. Shepard of
| the agricultural college and Dairy Com
missioner c. P. Sherwood on the needs
/ of the state for pure food laws. This
was adopted.
The pay of clerks was materially
raised from that of former sessions,
i that of principal clerks being placed
| at, SIS day and all others at "a, Pages
are to get $2.75.
| Both houses introduced numerous
4 bills, the principal ones in the house
/ being to appropriate $65,35O for legis-
lative expenses; by Stokes of Butte,
/ authorizing county commissioners to
offer rewards of 800 for horsethieves );
by Martin, changing terms of direc-
tors of county mutual insurance com
panies from one year to three; by Will
son, defining confidence man and
i making mis- operat1ons a criminal Of
4 Tense; by Parmley, to encourage farm
! ers' Institutes and for them providing
an annual appropriation of 100000; by
4 kribs, providing for state licenses for
motor cars and limiting speed to TWEEN
ty miles an hour on highways, and
4 from four to ten miles in town; by
! Webb, appropriating $4,000 for build
4 ings on the state fair grounds at HUI
ron, and by Carroll. a resolution for
constitutional amendment to allow
election holdover legislative members
Senate bills were by Willsie, ap-
1 propriating $500 deficiency at the
i school of mines; by Frieberg, provid-
ing that the statute of limitations in
other states are a bar to procedure in
this state.
A senate bill to provide for increased
school fund loans on farm lands passed
unanimously.
In executive session the appoint
ments of John H. King of Huron and
George H. Whiting OF Yankton, as
members of the state board OF agri.
culture and DR.. J. P. Foster of Huron
as state veterinarian. were confirmed
These are appointments.
4 In the senate there was offered a