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

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Ierect a building.
4. The senate held short session, in
which a favorable committee report
was secured on the bill to legalize Ii
/ censes in towns where no license cleo
ltlon has been held the last year.
Senate measures introduced were:
i BY Cook, G memorial to congress ask
ling for the election of senators by a
popular vote; by Cordill, bill requir-
ing steam engines on highways to give
right of way to teams; by Anderson,
/ for Irvine plant at the penitentiary,
] with $150,000 appropriation; by Sho.
Ibera, sheriffs' fee bill, and by Wagner,
providing for collection of expenses
4 of education of children from parents.
4 Gov. Elrod signed the first law of
the session, 1t being to provide legisla-
4 tive expense funds. The pen was pre-
sented to the State Historical society.
4 The house decided that it had been
quiet long enough, and debated bills
brought before it. The first was the
bill appropriating $500 deficiency at
the soldiers home. This was opposed
by Vanosdel, who announced 1t as his
belief that the deficiency was caused
j by. extravaganza in management and
violation OF direct law. He believed
that the old soldiers should be prop
erly cared for, but did not believe in
going to the extent Of violating the law
to do so. Clark of Fall River and Tur-
ner Of Faulk supported the measure on
| the ground that the deficiency was
Ecaused by absolute necessity. It was
passed with but four dissenting votes,
| Vanosdel not voting.
The resolution for constitutional
amendment to allow county superin-
tendents to hold more than two terms
| brought on general discussion and
the resolution finally was tabled on
motion OF Demalignon by vote of "A
to "a. The bill was supported by
Brotrud, Hebal, Carroll and Bowdell,
and opposed by Madison, Countryman,
Craig and Turner, the latter opposing
1t on the ground that the people Of the
state twice had voted and defeated the
same proposition.
An unfavorable report was returned
by the house committee on the appro-
priation of $4,000 for buildings on the
state fair grounds at Huron.
Two Irvine plant bills were intro
duced in the house, one by Hsbal, car
rying an appropriation of $780, 900, and
the other by Thoreson. with. an appro-
priation of $4,000. Other house bills
4 We're: By CLANCY, to make the office
of town marshal apppointive instead OF
elective: by Pennington, cutting away
all exemptions from a single man:
and by Turner of Brown, to prevent
druggists from selling liquor in ..no ii.
lscense towns except upon prescription.
The house passed bills fixing the be-
lginning of terms of county auditors at
the first Monday in March, and max
ing the terms Of officers of mutual in
surance companies three years.
Tho senate session Monday was a
short one, handling a small amount of
business. The Cooper bill to legalize
liquor licenses In towns where no IL
Icense vote was taken last year was
passed. Bills were introduced as fol-
lows; BY Doering, changing the date
when taxes shall become delinquent
from March to May !; by Cooper, to
provide stenographers for county
courts; by Rice, giving farm laborers
and threshing crews lien for their la
Dor.