Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-09
THE STATE LEGISLATURE

SATURDAY Delng closure day on gen
eral bills, several new ones were pre-
sented, the principal being: To fix
salaries of county auditors and regis
ters of deeds on valuation basis, and
providing for licensing of legislative
| lobbyists. The latter measure was
framed after the Wisconsin law. and
was introduced by Sanders.
The house went into committee of
the whole on the resolution indorsing
the action of President Roosevelt on
the rate question, recommended it's
passage and put it at the head of the
days calendar, where it passed with
out dissenting vote.
The appropriation of $4,000 for the
soldiers hame was passed, swas a
small appropriation for the Lyman
county costs. When the bill ii license
the practice of optometry came up it
met with vigorous opposition. Turner
of Faulk, in moving indefinite post
ponement, said all the bill was drawn
for was to compel every seller of spec
tacles to pay to the state board of med
ical examiners 81 year, and that pay
was the main part of it. Brown of
SanbOrn said it was nothing but graft.
and the bill failed to develop a single
friend, either in debate or on the vote.
The bill requiring notice of lien on
grain before it should become effective
and one to allow county treasurer to
collect 81 from each nonresident tax
payer who paid by letter. went to the
morgue with the optometry bill, while
the bills to put transient merchants
under the penalty clause of the ped
dler license clause was carried.
The session ended with the first rip
pie in the harmony of the Black Hills
corner over the attempt to amend the
law rushed through at the beginning
of the session to allow Deadwood to 90
out into the Hills searching for the
creek it wanted to draw water from.
The desire Of the amendment was to
limit the scope of the original bill and
it was test of the strength of the
delegation from the Hills against the
Lawrence county members, with the
sympathy of the house against Law
renee county. The amendment was
passed.
The senate committee report named
among those who had twice signed the
petition, Senators Shober and Cassill.
These two offered written statements
condemning the rules committee and
The senate held a long session;
rushed through number of bills be-
fore adjourning, and ended in a gen.
eral row, as an aftermath on the pri-
mary election proposition.
explaining how their names appeared
twice. Lawson objected to the receipt
OF their communication, on the ground
that it was out of order and was not
proper question of privilege, but mere
ly an attempt to play politics. This
brought responses from Cassill and
Rice.
The president ruled that the resolu-
ton would not be received, for the
reason that the committee merely lad
stated fact. Shober appealed from
the decision Of the chair; Lawson
moved adjournment, and the session
ended in general wrangle, in which
Shober, Rice, Lawson, Toy and the
presiding officer took part
The report of the state appropria-
tons committee on the capitol build
ing was received and the bill was
made special order for Monday at
O'Clock.
The senate passed house bills to Ie-
duce the minimum penalty for rob-
berry; allowing county commissioners
to employ tax ferrets; making second
conviction for petit larceny penal Of
Tense, and prohibiting granting of sa-
loon licenses near government con-
ltract work.
The principal new senate bills pre-
'sented were: To license bucketshops,
and to allow one railroad to use the
unoccupied right of way of another
road.
In the house, at the forenoon SEES
sion Monday, an attempt was made
|by Satire to force committee report
lon the bill to change the office of SUI
|preme court clerk from fee to salary,
ibut he failed to make his point.
The principal bill acted on at the
forenoon session was that regulating
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football, which after a hot fight. pass
led by vote of So to 26. The bill dis
aqualifies player who Injuries another
and provides penalty for any at
ltempt on his part to play while under
disqualification, with penalty for the
lteam captain who allows violation
3Hebal, Shaw and Foster opposed the
hill. with Parmley, Craig and Andrews
flor it. The football enthusiasts will
make their fight in the senate.
/ At the afternoon session the house
ipassed the bills giving cities power to
isell or lease waterworls, part of the
fSioux Falls bill, in the fight to make
1.-THE city council part of the board Of
Equalization; amending the horse in
lspection law to require the filing of
certificate Of inspection Immediately
Y latter inspection. The house killed
shouse bills requiring the state board
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