Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-01-19
START MADE TOWARD
INQUIRY INTO CHARGES
South Dakota House and Senate
Will Investigate at Governor
Lees Suggestion.
OFFICERS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
Are Accused Of Embezzlcment and NAL
feasance-Morc Bills Introduced
Complete List OF Committees
Is Announced.

Pierre, S. D., Jan. 14.-The feature
Of the day was the introduction or
Joint house and n resolutions by
Packard, In the house, and by john
ston Of Dawson, IN the senate, recitinS
the fact that Ex-Governor Lee had
made charges Of emDeZzlement ana
m~alfeasanCc against the fC-mer Of
nCeI3 Of the hospital for the insane
and the reform school, and providing
a committee of four from the house
md three senate members to investi-
gate the charges.
In the senate the inaugural message
Of CO. nor Hcrrcid was referred to
the committee on judiciary.
Senator Bennett Of Pennington in
troduccd a joint resolution memorial
izing co! g.Css TO make Fort Meade a
permanent military post Tor the tram
ing Of recruits ana a sanitarium for
conyaleSCcnt soldiers engaged In the
Philippine campaign.
glc following senate bills were in
lroGuCed aH4 given their first reading:
BY Rowley, an act to change the
expiration OF the game season TO Au-
gust Is.
by Bennett, appropriating S25, 900 for
an additional building at the school
OF mines.
by jenkins, an act regulating en-
balming.
BY Lawson, an act appropriating
$4,000 for the normal school at Aber-
deem.
By Hall. changing terms OF court in
the Third district.
by GuEdcl8on, approprlating $4,000
for q scicnCc hall at the state uniyer-
city.
BY johnson OF Dougia., providing for
one legal paper i'm each county.
by Stewart, changing the salaries OF
the governor and judges OF the su-
preme court to 5000 per year.
by Lecratt, to create a dairy COM
missioner.
BY Englesby, relating to publication
of public legal notices.
BY Lcclaire, making game season
commence August 10.
By Newly, an act to encourage the
use Of wide tired wagons.
In the JuSe the speaker announced
the following committee clerks: Judi
ciary, Harry HOLSTER OF Beadle; rail-
roads, w. S. Hamilton Of Butte; APP
Preparations, Geo. l.. Merriam Of Ed
munGs; ways and means, IL. D.. Bond
Of Fall River; engrosScd n enrolled
bills, Dan Macklln of Grant; cduca-
ton, w. &. Baker of Dawson, county
and county affairs, l.. w. Foss Of
Roberts; appropriations, w. q. Nc
ABBY Of SanDorn, warehouses, etc, ii.
~. Harrison OF Aurora; temperance,
Harry chamberlain OF Faux: elections
ana privileges, j. G. Roper OF Charles
Mix; agriculture and horticulture, l..
NJ. Simuns Of Sphinx; state affairs, Ben
j. McPecS of Clark; enrolling and en-
crossing force, James Allrich OF
Brown, John Trigslad Of Moody, Chas.
Mcneil OF Bon Hommc and Geo.
Palmer or Clly.
Packard offered a resolution to have
the speaker appoint an official stenog-
rapher for the house, which was
warmly opposed by several members
and overwhelmingly defeated. The
following bills were introduced In the
house:
BY Lock, providing for testing scales
by the railroad commissioners.
BY Chicsman, allowing Incorporation
Of cities with 1900 population.
BY Hawgood, appropriating 1891 to
reimburse Matt Plunkett, sheriff Of
Lawrence county, for transporting
prisoners TO the penitentiary.
BY request, an act appropriatinS
S4l7l to pay j. B. McCloud for supplies
furnished soldier in 1880.
By Iverson. to establish a law school
at the state university.
BY Woods. changing date of terms
Of court in the Third judicial district.
I'y F%rieburg, erection of science hall
at state university, appropriation $780,
eco.
by Browne, for appropriation Of $780,
coo for the erection of q school of tech
nology at Aberdeen.
BY Benedict, changing time Of hold
ing terms of court IN Second judicial
circuit.
by Parmlcy, providing for insuring
Indebtedness by board or education
by cities Of first class.
by Brass, an act fixing salary OF the
GOV crnor ana supreme judges At $1,000
per year and circuit court judges at
$1,000.
by Patriquin, establishing Il state
board of cnbalmerS.
by Dean, commissioners to desig-
nate one paper as official paper.
List OF Committees.
The comp etc list of committees an
nountcd yesterday is as follows:
Ru ~cs-Bennett, Leach, Stewart, Var
mum, On Vert.
Judi,iary-Hall, Lawson, William
son. Johnston. Stewart, LeClaire,
WEit,ock, Cahill, Martin.
Northumberland, Sweet, Vance,
Johnston. Bennett, Close, Engles5y,
stoddard, Bell.
Education 49, Gundcrson, LcClaire,
Eenkins, Stillwell, williamson. New
-, Whitlock. Cabin. Johnston.
state Aflairs-CuoIer, Leach, Le-
Claire, Whitloyk, Few, Stewart, Cahill,
Olerseth, Rowe.
Ways and Means Leach, William
son, Burke, LaCraft, Gilmore, Vance,
Campbell, Gregory, Wilkes.
Appropriations - Stewart, Mauch,
EdwGrdS, Cahill, OversetlE. Lewis,
Narnum, Few. Bell.
Rai.roads-Narnun, Lawson, Ben
nett, Sites, Leach, Burke, Gilmore,
EdgertolS
Federal Relations-Loomis, Williams,
Gunderson, Sweet, Johnson of Mime
haha, Eng,esby, Johnson of Douglas.
Counties II Towns-Stillwcll, John
son of Minnehaha, Lewis, Lawson,
Jenkins, Edgerton and Bell.
Public neutrality-suspicious., Stod-
dard, Johnson Of Minnehaha. Close,
Wilkes.
Cities and Municipal Corporations
sites, Johnston, OF Dawson. Rowley,
Hall, Newly. Cooper, Van Vert.
Public lEstitutions-Gregory, Row
ley, LOOMS, Mauch, Parks.
Public Printing-Johnston Of Da-
vison, LaCraft, Campbell, Gunderson,
Martin.
Mines and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Burke,
Edwards, Bennett, Vance, Rowe, Lew
is,
MISUNDERSTANDING, Close, Newly,