Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-01-26
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Proceedings Of the Week in Brief in
Both Houses Of the South Dakota
Legislature. , , >
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Pierre, s. D., Jan. 1i.-Mcst of the mem
.bers returned on today's trains and short
sessions were held late In the afternoon.
In the house two bills were presented.
one BY Bratrud of Minnehaha to allow
stock insurance companies to invest their
surplus in securities outside the state,
and the other by Van Osdel of Yankton TO
ALLOW electricians to use that power for
dealing purposes under certain condi-
,tions.
An attempt to bring up the bill 10 al
low towns to condemn property outside
the municipal limits for w~atcrworks pur-
poses for final action resulted in its being
sent back to the judiciary committee.
The senate passed bills allowing towns
to condemn property outside the municip-
al limits for waterworks purposes.
a bill appropriating money for expenses
or presidential electors and a memorial to
congress asking for the opening to settle
'mcht OF the Cheyenne river Indian res
ervation.
II jack rabbit dipping bill was dis
posed of by Il committee report sending 1t
to the waste basket.
Bits were introduced by Fricberg of I'm
Jon relating to garnishment, and by Will
sic OF mi ton, giving county commits
,sioners power to build additions to county
lpuiiuIuRS without Il vote.
The initiative petitions for the primary
election law will be filed with both houses
by Secretary Wipf at tomorrow's session.
and II g rumored that this action will be
followed by the Introduction of several
dis to be used In pushing along the pri-
mary law. some of them being to give the
faliroad commission power to fixc tcle-
phone and telegraph rates. and to make
the Office clerk of the supreme court d
salary instead Of the fees of the office.
'I'h fnIion toms a~o f., -. Nh.
session from this on than for the opening
weeks.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Pierre. s. d., Jan Estate Secretary
both houses today, ana in the senate i,
was referred TO the elections committed
without reading. Its Introduction was
followed by the introduction of a bill by
'Shober to enact its principles into
law for submission to the people
at the next election. In the
house 1t was read before being re-
reading was followed by a resolution by
Rogde of Mirnchaha alleging that a mum
Der or the names were duplicated and
names had also been secured by misrcp-
resentation, and asking for an investiga-
:tton before action be taken by the house.
Among the senate bills introduced were
these:
BY Douhty. limiting municipal taxes on
agricultural and horticultural lands inside
city limits.
BY Wright. to provide for a Irvine lien
on grain crops.
BY Mortimer, declaring all unnavigablo
waters of the state to be public property
for Irrigation purposes.
Senators Bonney. Branson and Vessey
were appointed u committee to attend the
funeral OF Mrs. Brown, wife of the repre-
sentative from Sanborn.
h senate bill to provide for the TAX
Ing OF the census and collection of vital
statistics was passed by the senate and
pushed to a second reading In the house.
: In the house, Groce of Lake attempted
by resolution to reduce the pay of legis-
.lativc employees to the same rate as for the
last session, but did not find much en-
enlargement In the vote on the PROPOSE
ton.
The house educational committee recon-
mended the passage of the resolution for
a constitutional amendment to take the
limit off county superintend-
ents.
The principal house bill was one intro
duced by Blain to fix salaries of county
commissioners with increased pay for the
larger counties Of the state.
A resolution of sympathy was adopt I'd
by the house on the death of the wife
,of Representative Brown of Sanborn, and
u fund was raised for flowers.