Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-01-13
'UAkUTA E|'''lj FNIVNKKTR''S'
THIRD oENe eaAL ASSEMBLY IN
BIENNIAL SESSION.

Dally Rcfort OF the Measures Introduced
nssst tho .ict.om Taken Thereon In
Both ths Senate amt House of Rcprc-
sons7s'vs..
TIE Legislature.
AT n. N. on the 4th the lIouse convened
ant! atIer the opening prayer the oath OF
office was admiui ,tercd to Representative
y. w. Sch: mber, who was not present when
u was taken by tile ether members. The
report OF the Committee on Rules was read
ny the chief clerk of III, House. and like
Ihat OF the Corresponding Committee in the
senate. the changes from the rules in force
at the last session wcsc very slight Rep.
rescntative Everett then moved tho a,,-
ointment OF II comm!ite of three to act in
conjunction with similar committee from
the senate in preparing !; code OF rules To
ue Used by both House, when i'll joint ses-
on. The mOttOn carried. Representatives
Everett, Witbce and Ashley were appointed
by tue speaker. Representative Summer
side moved the presentation tu eX-Guv.
Melette o! his official chair as IL token of
sNGd will from the Legislature on his de-
parture from Office. Representative Wat
son followed with IL motion that copy of
the complied laws, copies of the laws of the
three sessions held since their com III ilatiun,
and the House journal OF the last session.
be placed OH the desk OF each member. A
motion to appoint four pages came newt
and. after some consideration as to the
number needed, was carried. ltcpre,emtr-
tive Ashley then arose and moved that the
snembers lie permitted To choose their seats
The proposition being to decide IL by lot.
Representative Fowler proposed that the
motion he So amended as to enable the dit
ierent dc!esnt:onsto to sit ittogether. After the
Representatives, were seated the reading of
the Journal for the day preceding WIS be-
gun. Another to adjourn followed, but be-
fore IL had been seconded Clerk Cone called
the attention of the House to the fact that
the Senate would hold but one session on
the 9th. which would he at 10 o'clucli Il. III. I,
and as there would be mess ,gcs to- he taken
from House to Senate and vice versa this
could be much more easily managed by
holding u ses sion ut the same hour The
notion was accordingly made that tile
uou>e adjourn till 10 o'clock on the 5th
and was UNANIMOUSLY carried.
In the House on the 5th hut two bills
were presented. being one by Hall to pro-
vide for tho regulation of freight ,iiil's by
railways and other common curriers'. and
one by Packard tn provide for the estab-
ii>hment of an insane hospital ut Rcdlield.
The bill presented by Hall was impo. t;lnt
and very extensive. 1t is sub-tant;ally IL
reproduction of the Iowa Law, and provides
that the railroad commissioners shall have
authority To fix u maximum schedule Of
freight and passenger tariff by ali irailioat,s
in the state. prohibits unjust discrimna-
tiOt. the demanding OF greater colnpcns;l-
tion for shorter than for longer hauls. and
the pooling of freight. After the prescnt;-
tion of the bills tho spe,ker proceeded to
announce the Standing Committees, as fol-
lows:
Appropriatons-IIoop Gold, Watson.
Amermun, Sulimcrside, Cleveland, llosmrr
and Ashley.
Eaiirod.-Donohuc Burke, Hall. Hill
singer. lierrick, stuvcrua, Grant, SEDAN
and Oakes.
mmigr;tion-l Iilsinger, Hall, Grindlc,
ratten, Gold, Srdam aud Scunlan.
Public neutrality-suspicious., Ravcndahl.
Miller. Patten. Harrington, Dahl and
O'Neill.
Education Sheldon, Williams, Prathcr.
Read. Rclk, Mauhicson. Walters, Dwyer
and snyder.
Enrolling aud EnsroS>ins Hills-Sessions,
Amermin, Paul>on. Kcve, Smith. Ottcrnes.
Anderson, Banks. cleveland, Everett, Doug
las. Chamberlain. Miller, Dahl, Fizzel,
Berdh:,l and r:ttcr ON.
Municipal Corporatlons-Kclly, Dilger,
Beik. Lynch, Kline. Cranston and Bean.
Highways. Bridges and Fcrries-Smitl.
Miller, lynch, Packard, Digger, Kocnig and
Bean.
State ADMINISTRATORS, Sangstad, Apland,
Watson, Holmes, Sciumber and MalcLow.
Insurance-lrcston, MaI,icson, Fornell,
Ililsinger. Hooper, Lynch and Peterson.
Charitable ln>ttution>-Geary, Walters,
Donnluc, Boy. Lumbard, Kcstbooth and
Ashley.
Penal nsttutions-llcrrirk, Ottcrnes.
Ayers. Paulson. Forncll, Dwyer and Snyder.
Military Aif,ils-Waltcrs, Doug.as, Pat
terson, Chamberlain, S,uverud, Ruswick
and Kestboth.
Warehouses;. Grain Grading and Dealing
--(:rtnt. Witlnp (:ilhprt Hprriri. N,JI
Dahl anG Oalies.
Usury-- Motley, Prather, Kline, Douglas,
Chamberlain, Ferguson and Campbell.
House Journul-Williams, Box and Pres
Medicine. Surgery and Pharn acy-Amcr-
man. Cleveland, Read, IIilsinger, and
O'Neill.
lsulcs-rrice. Everett. Ravendahl, Withec
and Peterson.
Irrigation and Drainage Stuvcrud,
Hooper and Geary.
Sessions-Gilbert. Malcliow and Oukes.
Elective Franchisc-Cranston, L,mbard,
Anderson, Watson, Ravcndahl, Dwyer and
L;lbrcche.
Public Buildinss-Summersidc Harring-
ton. Holmes. Paterson, Grindc, Apiand and
Campbell.
Federal Re.ations-Price, Ayers, Kcnc,
Bc,dahl and Scanlan.
Agriculture and Horticulture - Box,
Geary, Boy, Lumbard. Patterson and Bean.
Ways andM eans-Gilbert, Price and Mot
ley.
Sessions-Sunmcrsidc, Ferguson, Grant,
kocnins and Campbell.
Judiciary--Everett. Price. Fowler, Ot-
tens, Sessions, Packard, Sheldon, Ravcn-
dahl and Anderson.
Mines and Mining-fowler, Burke, john
son. Patten. Motley, Smith. Kline, scanlan
and Fenlon.
Schools and Public Lanfc Gold g. e. y..ll.or. q.
Box, Fowler, Grant, Dwycr and scdam
Ildian Affairs-Schamber, "A Paulson, Sangs-
tad, Aplapd, johnson and kestboth.
Electtons-Kead. Preston, Kelley, Hos
mer, Burke, Fizzel and Anderson,
Counties-Wcther. Hokcnstad. Schainbcr
Ayers Grindc, Holmes and Labrechc.
Heulth-Muthicsou. Ilokcilstud, Amer
man. Packard. Anderson, Labrcche ant
Fizzel.
Manufacturcrs-Hokc Belk. Kel.
ley. Patterson, Keve, Koenig and O'Neiil
Worlds Faii-Ravcndahl, Packard, Price
Summersde, Fowler. Stuvcrud and Rus.
wick.
Temperance Chamberlain. O'Neill
Bean, Read, Lynch, Dilger, Kelley unt
Helk.
In tho House on the 9th Mr.. Fowler in.
Produced bill for an act rcsubmitting art
isle n of the State Constitution, that be,n,
the prohibition clause. to II general clec.
tion to se held in November. 1894. Mr.
Hooper presented 4, bill to amend the di.
vorce law, providing that II divorce shall
not be granted except where the plalntif
has been 4. resident of the state for on,
year preceding the action, and in case the
cause complained OF occurred outside TIL,
state, II two years residence is necessary
MIR. Ravendahl introduced Il bill for the es.
tablishment OF municipal saloons, which
hQWpYpr. had no SNNupr been rt.ai fhan Il