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

senate DfilS introduced We're: BY
Paine, appropriating proceeds of North
Carolina bonds to state university: by
Willsie, to appropriate $1,000 def
cheney for John r. Brannan as railroad
commissioner in 1894; by May, for es-
tablishing day schools for the, deaf in
this state; by Cooper, appropriating
| $4,000 deficiency at the Spearfish nor
NAL school, and joint resolution by
Payne for constitutional amendment
allowing counties to incur Indebtedness
for ditch and drainage purposes.
The senate passed the Lightner bill
to provide for the planting and care of
trees on public school grounds The
Sioux Falls insurance bill, allowing
stock insurance companies to invest
their surplus outside of the state and
to reduce their reserve funds was OPP
posed by Craig and Vandosel, and lost
as ain emergency measure. 1t was ex-
planned by DAILY and Rodge and Brat
rud, but could muster only enough
votes to go through without the emer-
gency.
The new house bills were: BY Lee,
to make the open season for hunting,
September and October only; by
Satire, to prevent shipment of fraudu-
lent dairy products out of or into the
state; by Smith, to provide for the
examination at public expense of eyes
and ears of school children; by Clark,
to provide for an agreement by two
thirds of jury in civil suits; by Brown,
to appropriate $4,000 for a building at
the Aberdeen normal school.
In the senate Wednesday an unsuc-
cessful attempt was made to keep alive
the bill to elect county commissioners
by districts instead of by counties.
Committees reported favorably on the
| bill to give court bailiffs So a day in
certain counties; the bill to allow sher-
| ifs to collect taxes from transient mer-
chants, and the Spearfish emergency
appropriation to keep the school in OPP
Grafton. On motion, the senate ap-
pointed a committee to prepare q pro-
gram for Washington's birthday. The
| members named were Hutchinson,
Abeles and Whitlock. New senate
bills We're by Lawson, amending gen
eral banking laws, and appropriating
deficiency for the board of medical ex-
aminers; by committee on banking,
| limiting liability of bank on forged pa
per to six months after same had been
returned to Customer: by Lightner, pro-
i Wiling for incorporation and manage
| ment of life insurance companies in
this state; by Paine, providing a gen
eral ditch and drainage code; by Sho-
| Der, to require insurance companies
operating III this state to comply with
the valued policy and other insurance
laws, and exempting $500 of property
of war veterans from taxation.
In the house on motion of Parmley,
the Northwestern road seed lecturers
were invited to appear before a joint
session on Feb.1. On motion of Suth-
erland, the following committee on pro-
gram for Washington's birthday was
selected: Sutherland, CLANCY and
Hughes. Among THE new house bills
presented were: BY Wilson, to amend
| fish laws to allow the taking of carp at
any time; by Sutherland, making faith
er and mother equal guardians of
minor children; deficiency appropria-
tions by Sweeney for judicial expenses
in Lyman county, and by Holman, for
labor deficiency at insane hospital. The
Parmley parole bill was passed in the
house without dissenting vote. The
bill allowing court bai1iffs So a day in
Ecertain cases. coming up on reconsider
alton, the house went into committee
of the whole and threw down the, bars
on discussion. Several members who
have kept quiet in the past took occa-
sion to express themselves Shaw said
the bill is practically necessity in
Lawrence county. The bill affected
Lawrence, MINI ehaha and Brown coun-
ties. the former favoring it and the
latter neutral, with Minnehaha neu-
Istral. Sutherland was willing to let
Laurence have the law, but wanted it
amended to apply only when 50 men
could not be secured. Rogde and Pc
/ terson asked for favorable action,
while Browne 81 Brown, and WEIGH ops
posed it. The committee reported 1t
nnfavorably. the report being adopted
on roll call by so to al.
The senate Thursday passed the bill
Lasting for $500 al an emergency APP
propriation ID keep the Spearfish nor
NAL school Ii session and the bill for
Iareward of 800 to be offered BY coun-
ties for ti.e capture OF horse thieves
ne senats also passed the resolution
!smemorializing cong ress Tor q 640-acre
Ehomestead.
The house passed the bill relating to
1.-The sstt lan,alst and ss,p nort 81 the poor,
after amending on motion of Vanos-
I tIIiSs portion EeIers
ring To the soldier home. The bill
y
zlsnt spent = week III the HIS last
4 summer and decided u that time to
nm mana elnent Of the Black