Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1903-01-16
LEGISLATURE AT WORK
The Lawmakers Have Started the Grind
in the Interest of the State and
Dear People.

in the Interest of the State and
Dear People.
The following news notes are clipped
from various sources and cleaned from
the legislative journals which our rep
resentatives at Pierre occasionally
supply us:
Senator Burke's bills, Nos Z and 8,
are provisions for ceding jurisdiction
over the Sanitarium site to the U. S.,
and granting school seotion to the U.
s. for the National Park. They passed
their first and second reading on Wed.
nesday-the first day any business was
transacted.
The first bill to be introduced in
either house was by Peirce of Fall
River (Bear Tracks), andlprovided for
the cession to the United States of q
section of school land near Hot Springs,
which is included in the National Park.
A companion bill provides that the
federal government shall have exclus-
i've criminal and civil jurisdiction over
the National Sanitarium site.
Senator Burke is member of five
committees and chairman of one. He
is chairman of the Live Stock commit
tee and member of the following:
State Affairs, Appropriations, Mines
and Mining, and School and Public
Lands. This is splendid recognition
of Mr.. Burke, and it is fortunate for
this portion of the state that he is
upon such important committees
In the House Representative Peirce
is upon these committees: Indian
Affairs, Usury and Municipal Corpora
tions.
Bartlett Tripp, Of the committee on
code revision, appeared before the as
sembly Monday and outlined the
scheme and plan of treatment pur-
sued in the work of codifying the codes,
which are now complete and in the
hands of the proper authorities. He
stated that the commission had not
delegated to itself the power to supply
deficiencies in the existing law. but
had harmonized and stricken out, and
in certain cases, changed the language
slightly in the the interest of perspicu-
ity and clearness.
The senate. in executive session
Monday confirmed the following ap-
pointments by the governor: Mine
Inspector, Thomas Gregory, Lawrence;
Adjutant General, 8. j. Conklin,
Clark; Members of the Board of
Regents, r. NJ Slocum, Campbell, f.
A. Spafford, Moody, A. NJ. Burtt, of
Beadle; Public Examiner, o. E. Hem
ingway of Brookings; Food and ..Dairy
Commissioner. G. p. Sherwood of
Kingsbury; Veterinarian. j. P. Foster
of Walworth.
On Wednesday the remaining for
malities of the capital removal reso-
luton was completed when it was
signed by the president of. the. senate
and speaker of the house. 1t .now re-
mains for the people to say where the
capitol is to be located.
The difficulties in the way of the in
vestment Of the present uninvested
school fund will be lessened to large
degree by the passage of a bill: intro
duced by Martin of Union county. 1t
| ,,ro,;Joc for Tho ov,ook,,SoDk oe lou, n
give force to the amendment carried in
in the recent election, and will permit
the loaning of school money on Ethe
bonds of an organized county as we'll
as on state bonds, and to an amount
equal to one third of the cash value of
the property. 1t will increase the in
terest and income fund of theystate by
at least 100000 year.
A Pierre special to the Sioux City
Journal, Jan. Ii, says: s'triumvi.
rate" has not dissolve he three
cornered partnership, nor can it do SC
until the issue so soon to be placed be.
fore the people is decided at the elec.
tion in 1904, and then settled in the
courts if it is necessary to carry it SO
far This may not embarrass Redfeld
to any considerable degree, but with
Huron it is u more serious matter
With that hustling city capital re-
moval has always meant removal to HUI
ron, but it now is recognized by Huron
as we'll as the other parties in interest,
that what Huron has always hoped fo,
in this direction is no longer a posi-
bility. When the compact was made
binding the triumvirate, it was agreed
and has been given out through the
state that when the people have spoken
on the matter once more the agitation
shall cease and movement will be
inaugurated to build a suitable capito
at whichever city is chosen by the
people. At the present session the re
movalists will advocate the appoint
ment of q capital commission to pre-
pare plans aud make the preliminary
arrangements for the construction o