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

Both houses held short sessions Sat
| urday to allow members who so desire
| to spend Sunday at home. The gen
ate went into executive session for
the first time and confirmed the APP
pointments of G. H. Englesby of Wa
| tertown as adjutant general. to sue
coed s. j. Conklin, and Of Morning F.
Greeley of Gary as member of the
state board of regents of education.
| Committees were announced with
| chair.cen as follows: Senate Commit
tees-Rules, Lawson; judiciary, Law
son; elections, Toy; education, Payne;
state affairs, Abel; appropriations
Bronson; railroads, Saltmarsh; federal
relations, Wagner; counties and towns.
Johnson; public buildings, Stephens;
| cities and towns, Robertson; public in
stitutions, Hayward; printing, Whit
lock; mines and mining. May; agricul-
ture, Bonney; live stock, Hanley; en-
crossed and enrolled bills, Cooper; in
surance and banking, Northrup; pub.
| lie health, Frieberg; Journal, Cook;
warehouse and grain, Rhoyl; incorpor-
ations, Rice; military affairs, Neill;
charities, Williams; school and public
lands, Stoddarrd; legislative expense,
perance. Doughty; irrigation, Morti-
mer.
In the senate Wright introduced a
bill to amend the statute relating to
abandonment Of wife or children by
husband or father. The bill attempts
to fix a penalty commensurate with
the offense. AS an echo of the recent
liquor license law, comes bill by
Cooper to legalize the acts of towns
and cities in granting liquor licenses
for the last two years where no IL
cense was voted as required by law
Senator Frieberg started the wolf
| bounty scrap all over again by mo-
ton to repeal the state bounty law.
While pressure was brought on the
members from the stock counties to
attempt to increase the amount of
| bounty, they had decided to lay low
and hold what they had and not risk
+, losing it by asking for more, but the
game has been started and there will
probably be another long fight.
| j. f. Foster, the successful contest
ant for the seat of Mather, was assigns
| ed to the committees on which Mather
had been placed
| kribs introduced bill to require
| all barrels and cans in which gasoline
is kept to be painted red. Thoreson
had joint resolution for constitu-
| tiopal amendment to abolish the two
Year-term limit In the office of super
lntendent of schools
The first move toward relieving the
| session from an all-night meeting on
the last day to wait for the general ap-
preparation bill was made by Omdahl
| bf Union, who offered a resolution to
| the effect that the appropriation COM
| hittee be instructed to report the gen.
| eral bill not later than Feb. Is, and, in
case of their failure to do so, to make
! the bill q special order for Feb. 16.
| committee moved to refer the resolu-
| lion to the appropriations committee,
| which was sustained by the house.
| AS the session opened at the begin
| aing of the year, many members left
| nome before closing up pressing bust
| aess matters, and the plan is to ad-
ourn from next Thursday evening to
| tuesday of the following week.
Football legislation received its first
| attention in the senate Monday, COM
| ing in bill by Lightner, who seeks to
do away with the rougher plays in the
game, proving a disqualification for
any player of any school team who
either accidentally or intentionally in
| jured another player. Other senate
bills were by Cordell, to change back
to the old district method of selecting
county commissioners instead of the
present county system; by Andrews,
to provide state aid for high schools,
and by Lightner, to encourage tree
planting on school grounds.
AT the Saturday session of the SEN
! ate a resolution was presented for a
1 joint committee to visit the soldiers
home and investigate the needs of that
institution. Monday Bonney moved
that the junket committee consist of
all the members and employees of both
houses, and that they be given thirty
days in which to make the trip.
The senate made the first move for
"a recess adjournment by adopting a
resolution for an adjournment from
Thursday of this week to Tuesday of
next week, and this will come to the
house for adoption tomorrow.
In the house, Horribly of Moody start
Led the first freak bill, measure for
the protection Of jack rabbits, and
making closed season from May [ to
Sept. 10. Other house bills were by
Parmley. to provide for parole law
4 for good conduct prisoners; by Car
roll, to limit liability of sureties on
bonds; by Groce, to prevent the prac-
i flee of veterinary surgery NV any nj h