The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-13
THE ACTS OF CONGRESS.
sucClNcr SUMMARY OF A WEEKS
LEGIsLATIvE WORK.

SUCClNCT SUMMARY OF A WEEKS
LEGlSLATIvE WORK.
Bills md Resolutions Introduced and Ton.
tcs Discussed by the National BODY Of
Law Makers.
Iu tie senate on-the I'd q conference was
o,dsr ed on tho naval appropriation bill and
Senators Hale, Allison aud German were
appointed referees ON the part Of the sem
ute. Among the petitions introduced
were two from New Hampshire
aud Vermont against further con-
Z ssions to the Pacific railroads
and IN favor Of the government taking pos
.ion OF them. Senator Plumb presented o
hill prepared by Banker st. John. of New
York. for the purchase of silver to use us
e on finance. The resolution
heretofore offered by Senator span-
Ger calling on the attorney.gen-
eral tur Information as to the practice in
TIC United States courts at Fort Smith,
Ark, and Paris, Tex, in esard to o1fenses
in Indian territory, was taken up, discuss
ed aud agreed to. The silver hill was
taken up aud Senator Morrill, addressed
the senate. Senator Morrill, argued against
the proposition to issue legal tender
treasury notes in excha,g SO for
silver as unconstitutional. Tho
conference report OH the military
The conference report on the army uppro.
p~rihtion bill was again taken up and the
question in regard to c%anteeus was dis.
cussed. Senator Allison, who presented
the report, spoke in defense OF It. Srna-
tor Hale pre- icted that if this ca..teca
system went into effect it would be-
come SO obnoxious it would last hut a little
white. Senator Plumb sugg. sted that the
movement against the canteen system was
in the interest of the post traders. Sena-
tor Hale said it was q serious and grave
question whether the United States gov.
eminent should now for the first time em.
bark i'll the selling Of liquor to its sol
diers. Senator George remarked that if
the proposition could 10 be made to ap.
ply to officers as we'll as the men, he would
vote to strike the whole thing out. The
conference report was agreed to-yeas, 35;
nays. =. Tue silver bill was again taken up
aid Senator Harris addressed the senate. He
said he would vote for the free coinage of
| silver and if he failed in securing that he
should support the nearest approximation
to it that he might be able to secure. The
silver bill went over, and the senate, after
executive session, adjourned.
In the house on the I'd u memorial from
the Philadelphia board of trade was pre-
sented favoring the establishment of a
number of bills, including one transfelr-
ing the expense Of the trial of Indians for
crimes committed on other Indians in the
territories from the territories to the
United States. Adjourned.
In the senate on the Sd, among the
memorials and other papers presented and
referred were resolutions from the Loui-
siana legislature extending thanks to con-
gress and the sufferers from the recent
Mississippi floods. The senate bill for
preventing the adulteration of food aud
drinks was reported and placed on the
calendar. A resolution was offered
by Senator Edmunds for an in
vestigation by the committee on
fisheries INTO the management Of
the fish commissioners Office. After some
Blair, from the committee on education
and labor, reported the senate bill to pro-
vide for the obligatory attendance at school
of children III Alaska. and the senate bill
without recommendation to organize
bureaus of information relating to employ
ment, occupation and means of
livelihood. Placed on the calendar.
The silver bill was then taken up and
Senator Pugh addressed the senate. At
the conclusion of Senator Pugh's speech
the silver bill was temporarily laid aside
and the following senate bill was taken
from the calendar and passed: 10 amend
section 1854 of the revised statutes SO as
to make it read: ANY person who with
draws any fermented liquor from any hogs
head, barrel, key or any other vessel upon
which the proper stamp has not been
affixed, for the purpose Of bottlirg the
same, or who carries on the business of
bottling fermented liquor in any brewery
or other place in which fermented
liquor is made, or upon any
premises having communication with
q brewery, or o warehouse, shall be
liable to a fine of $500, and the property
used in such bottling or business shall be
liable to forfeiture. Provided, however,
that this section shall not be construed to
prevent the withdrawal aud transfer of
any brewery by way of q pipe line or other
conduit to another building OF place for
the sole purpose of bottling the same; such
pipe line or conduit to be constructed and
| operated under such rules and regulations
as shall be prescribed by the commissioner
Of the internal revenue, subject to
the approval Of the secretary of
the treasury; aud all locks aud
scales prescribed shall be provided by the
commissioner Of internal revenue al the
expense Of the United States. Provided,
further, that the tax imposed in section
1899, revised statutes, shall be paid on all
fermented liquor removed from u brewery
to q bottlipg house by means Of q pipe
line or conduit at the time of such re-
moval by the cancellation aud DETACHMENT,
by the collector of the district, of the
number of stamps dcnoting the tax on the
fermented liquors thus removed; the
stamps thus cancelled and defaced to BIO
disposed Of and accounted for in the man.
ner directed by tho commissioner of in
ternal revenue, with the approval Of the
secretary Of the treasury. And the
regulations hereinafter prescribed by
the commissioner of internal rev
enue, with the approval of the Sec
Rotary of the treasury, in pursuance to
these provisions, shall be subject to the
penalties above provided by this section.
Every owner, agent, or superintendent of
any brewery or bottling house who re-
moves or connives at the removal of any
fermented liquor through q pipe line or
conduit without the payment Of the tax
thereon, or who attempts to defraud thu
revenue MS above, shall forfeit all liquors
made by and for him, and all utensils and
appurtenances used in making tho same"
The bill was also passed to provide
for the expectation Of fermented