Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-03-09

the house and amended 1T by adding |
$4,000 a year for the Springfield nor
NAL school. The motion on which this
was done was made by Chairman
Bransen Of the appropriation commit
tee, who at first reported the bill to
wipe out the institution. The amend
ment was accepted without a dissent
ing vote and the bill returned to the
house for concurrence.
Bills passed by the senate were to
allow cities to acquire property out
side their limits for sewerage purposes,
and empowering cities to sell or lease
municipal water plants, which is the
last of the Sioux Falls bills to clear up
their waterworks tangle.
The senate killed the Carroll house
bill to allow sureties on official bonds
TO limit their liabilities. Carroll has
pushed this bill through the house at
two different sessions and both times
ii has fallen in the senate.
Gov. Elrod sent to the senate the
following list Of, appointees: Insurance
commissioner, j. C. Perkins, Sisseton;
public examiner, Fl r. Bramble, Wa
tertown; food and dairy commissioner,
liz. w. Small, webster; mine inspector,
Nicholas Treweek, Sr, Lead; members
soldiers home board, Charles A. Mar
shall. Rapid City; s. Pratt, Spearfish;
George w. Snow, Springfield.
The conference committee on the
differences in the general appropria-
ton committee reported about mid
night. cutting the appropriation for the
1 Springfield normal school ST. 900 for
| each Of the two years and increasing
the expense and litigation funds of the
/ railroad commission $500 for each
year. The report of the committee was
adopted by both houses, and as soon
as the bill was signed the session adj
1onrned
The, senate presented the lieutenant
/ governor with his chair and gayel. The
emily house action Of importance for
the evening was the passage OF the
/ law increasing the salary of the public
examiner to $500 year and the
state standard insurance policy. The
usual last night scene was carried out
in both houses while waiting for the
/ committee to finish the work.
| Among the most important measures
at the legislative session were those
dealing with revenues At the opening
of the session both the outgoing and
/ Incoming governors called attention to
the growing needs of the state in the
way of revenues, and of laws to bring
the needed funds. In this line several
laws have been enacted, the principal
OF which is to provide for annual meet
ings of county auditors with the state
board of equalization, beginning the
assessment work each year. This is
intended to provide an assessment over
1.-THE state which will not have so wide
range of difference between counties,
and it is hoped by this means to Sc
cure a much larger general assess.
ment than under the old law. Other
measures are for the taxation Of in.
heritances;. and the employment OF
tax ferrets by the county boards, to
search out property which has escaped
the tax lists, on percentage of his
finds. With these different measures
1t is believed that the revenues of the
state viii be largely increased in tins
next year.
The live stock interests have beer
well taken care Of In the different bills
which have become laws, the leading
enc being the dipping bill, which is in
i tended to eradicate the scabies which
prevail over the state. and which Law
ia drawn to cover the government reg
ulations for shipment Of cattle out 0
: the state. Other laws of interest t
this industry are those which increas'
the annual wolf bounty appropriation
to $4,000, and one to allow countie
to offer bounties for the conviction Q
live stock thieves.
The matter of changing the oil laN
Of the state to a different gravity ties
to allow Western oils to be brought i
was one which was lot taken until
thorough investigation had been mad
by the authorities of the state, and o
their report the gravity test was low
{ cred from 46 baume TO AZ, as the Yves
ern oils cannot be made to comply wit
. the original requirement.
In insurance matters. the princips
laws Of the session are those whic
provide for the organization and COZ
troll of old line life insurance comps
: MES, and several companies are a
ready being formed TO operate unde
this law. The old line companies |
the East take about million dollai
y q year out of the state, and with II
new companies it Is hoped that some
that money will be left in the stat
The FIRE insurance Law Of the sessic
was to- provide state standard polio
form, which, while following the NE
1 York standard policy in general US
Incorporates the provisions Of Y
"vaIue policy Law Of two years ag
/ and other measures covered by sta