The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-21
THE ACTS OF CONGRESS.
NUS and Resolutions Introduced ssd rsp.
les Discussed by the Nations BODY q

Law Makers
Neither house Of congress was IN session q.
the eth.
In the senate on the 10th tho following senate
bilis were taken from the calendar and passed.
Approp,riating 10000 for . public building g
tedsr Rspid.. Ia. 70 amend and alter tho at
Of July 10. 1858. authorizing the construction OF
bridge ss,''0 :sso.. T's sss. MID si:.,s. sSSs p i've: &
time for the beginning and 6nishins. Of ths
struction Of . wagon aud foot passenger bridge
yyidias : Sims ana pi.os ios holding United
ton 70 the arrest Of offenders against the
United State. escsping from one distriet or
: :s: IL. to and sa0t pSS,io fSp ai'alnns ~ N.s 9S Ssls. .Ss
A petition was presented from the Indianap-
olis board Of trade asking for the repealIof the
Mississippi and Georgia praying for the pass.
ing OF 2 national law to secure the right Of euf-
frage and for the enforcement Of the fifteenth
ainendment to the constitution. The vice.
president laid before the senatea message from
the president on the subject Of the recent ne
eotiations with the Sioux Indians and recon-.
niending an Immediate appropriation to carry
out the recommendations of the commission,
Btlls were placed on the calender making ap-
propriattons for public buildings as follows:
Sterling. Ill, $4,000; Saltwater, Mimi, eioO,OoN
Adjourned.
In the house the conference report was pre-
sentsd on the bill to remove snags, etc.. from
the Missouri river. The day was consumed In
argument Ct the proposed new rules. Adj
journed.
In the senate on the 18th Senator Hoaf intro.
duceda bill to prescribe, in part. the manner Of
the election OF congressinen, aud It was referred
to the committee on privileges aud elections. It
provides that in all states Of union Represent
atives for congress shall be elected In aud for
the districts now prescribed by law until an sp.
ny congress according to the census taken In
lsJU. any law Of such state hereafter to be
g a,sss TO 70 tn, ls.t,e eontrsr n0tSXSithstandlns.
bona the hi vent over. BUS passed:
The pa sSnsts su Si,I spp pr hst' p 9 : sloo' go l sos
Neb. The senate bill for the rsiisi 81
It provides for issalizins II land p s1.ims fled tr dur.
bills introduced and referred we're the follow
public school system In Utah. Also providing for
the inspection of meats for expectation, pro-
eles Of food or drink; and authorizing the presi-
dent to make a proclamation in certain cases.
BY Senator pierce-To create an agricultural
pressed condition of the agricultural interests
Of the country. Adjourned.
The dsy was spent in the house in the die.
cusston OF the proposed code of rules.
In the senate on the 18th q resolution Wa
adopted congratulating Brazil on the peaceful
s sssoSltsnmg iny; 81 e f rep bira ~ go .sa H.s,t a
islands to send a delegate to the pan-Americsn
congress was also passed. In executive ses-
sion Gen. Morgan was confirmed TO be commits
etoner 0f indian affairs by Q vote Of % to ~.
Adjourned.
rules.
In the senate on the 18th bills wore reported
from committees and placed on the calendar
for the esteblistment and maintenance Of In.
dian industrial schools in Michigan and South
Dakota. The senate bill approrriating S5O.OrO
for 9 public building In Portland. Ore, passed.
A. PHI ~ Providing ,S",@a tgsI for :. - temporary government
under 1t. passed. Adjourned.
In the house the senate joint resolution con-
graduating Brazil on the establishment Of q
republican form of government was adopted.
Constderation OF the code Of rules was pro-
ceedod with.
In the senate on the 18th sixty bills were
passed, among them the following: The house
bill for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck Of
the United States steamers ut Samon; the bill
approprtattng S25,0OO for the relief of the Sioux
Indians at Devils Lake agency, North Dakota;
providing for an assistant secretary Of war at q
salary OF $3.50; for the re ief OF soldiers or
sailors who enlisted or served under assumed
names to prevent the obstruction of naviGa.
ble waters and to protect WORKS against trso
the Fort sedgwick military reservation liz the
states Of Colorado and Nebraska to actual set
tiers under the provisions of the homestead
laws; appropriating Sl00,OW for a public build.
ing at Ia Claire to prevent the Introduction
of contagious diseases from one state to an
tional arbitration. The Iii to declare uniaw-
ful trusts aud combinations I'll restraint of
trade and production having been reached ON
ne calendar, 1t was laid aside for the present.
= In the house after protracted debate the n.
rules we're adopted by a vote of l61 to 145, '
but slight amendment rs reported from
maiority Of the committee. Adjourned.
In the house on the 18th the senate
providing for the entertainment of the
gage indebtedness Of tho country was
up In the house and amended so as to prov.
ttenalties for any person who refuses to answer
any 4isstton propounded. After considerable
debate the aIIt.a n pnanta1 Nco ,,nooaca I..
llogies to the memory :. the leta Hon. Richard
uownshend. of Illinois. we~>ssnnoppced BY
Iowa, and Messrs. Mcmillan, Williams, Her.
deraon, Cannon. Lane and Springer. OF Illinois,
and then as 9 mark of respect for the deceased
the house adjourned. Tho senate amendments
we're concurred in to the house bill fixing .
duty on ribbons.
Tho senate was not in session.