Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-02
the committee on immigration to the
education committee.

education committee
Senate bills introduced were BY
Paine, 4appropriating 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 a joint resolution by
Payne for constitutional amendment
allowing counties to incur Indebtedness
for ditch and drainage purposes.
The senate passed the Lightner bill
Ito 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 anG
to reduce their reserve funds was op-
posed by Craig and Vandosel, and lost
as an 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. y
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 committee to prepare pro-
gram for Washington's birthday. The
members named We're Hutchinson,
Abeles and Whitlock. New senate
bills were 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-
viding 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 in 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 tile 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-
lions 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 a dissenting vote The
bill allowing court bailiffs So a day in
certain 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 a necessity in
Lawrence county. The bill affected
Lawrence, Minnehaha and Brown coun-
ties, the former favoring it and the
latter neutral, with Minnehaha neu-
! trail. Sutherland was willing to let
Lawrence have the law, but wanted it
amended to apply only when SO men
could not be secured. Rogde and Pc
/ ,tsrson asked for favorable action,
while Browne Of Brown, and WEIGH OPP
posed it. The committee reported it
sly, I'll eport being adopted
on roll call by SO to 81. Is
The senate Thursday passed the bill
Easking fer s., 800 as an emergency APP
preparation to keep the Spearfish nor
NAL schaol In session and the bill for
"A reward of $500 to be offered by coun-
ties for the capture OF horse thieves.
The senate also passed the resolution
meme rializing congress for 640-acre
homestead.
The house passed the bill relating to-
1.-The settlement and support Of the poor,
after amending. on motion Of Vanos-
del. to strike o,it all that portion refer
ring to the soldiers home. The bill
provides that no inmate Of any state
ment spent ! week in The Hills last
1 summer and decided at that time to
have the management Of the Black
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