Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-05-24
DAKOTA CORREspOND OF
REGISTER.
YANKrox, May 18th, 1862.

Inc LegasIatlVe Assembly OF Dakota
adjourned sine die, on Thursday last. at
6 o'clock p. N. The adjournment was not
attended with any thing Of particular note
or interest, a. all the important business
Of the session had been closed up in the
fore part Of the week. All bills in tho
hands Of the Executive were returned to
the two Houses, approved or vetoed by 7
o'clock on Thursday. Only three bills
have been vetoed during the session two
Of which were apportionment bills, and
the third bill regulating marriages, all
of which were more or less defective in
their provisions, and needed vetoing. No
superintendent bill could be passed which
was satisfactory to all the Representative
districts hence the Governor vetoed eve
~ bill Of that nature which did injustice
to any one district; and, therefore, the
representation in the two Houses stands
the same for the next year, increased only
by the Red River delegation, which will
raise the Council to ten members, and The
House TO fourteen, being twenty seven
members in both branches. The repre-
sentation is high enough for the presen.
population Of the Territory.
One of the most important of the laws
enacted during the session is one prevent.
ing Indians from entering upon the ceded
lands Of the Territory, without written
pass from their agent; and any Indian
found without such pass may be arrested
by the county authorities and conveyed to
his proper reservation, and the expense
incurred by such arrest is to he refunded
by the U. S. Indian Agent to the county
making the arrest This law throws u
safeguard around the timid emigrants who
have hitherto been kept out Of the Terri
tory through fear of the red mans ghost
Another law, which will be Of vital i'm.
portance to many Of the Industrious and
embarrassed laborers Of the East, is the
one exempting from execution all property
acquired within the Territory for the salts
faction Of debts contracted out Of and
prior to the debtors becoming citizen Of
the Territory. This will make On asylum
of Dakota for hundreds Of the honest and
hardy husbandmen and mechanics of the
States, who are now laboring under al
unreasonable burlent OF debts and taxes,
brought upon them by series Of unavoid
able circumstances.
A very important and liberal railroad
bill has also passed both Houses and be
come law Of the Territory. The Com
pany (Which is styled the Missouri River
and Niobrarah Valley Railroad Company
is composed mostly Of Dsko,ians, who
will be likely to guard against any Rail-
load fraud" which many companies for.
merly palmed off on the people Of other
Territories. The charter extends for
period Of twenty years, and all land
grants hereafter to be made to the Terri
tory for railroad puroorposes, are, by the
provisions Of this bill, placed under the
immediate control Of the Company. The
bill could not pass, and was likely to be
defeated. until the Company stopped their
wheels and took on full load of passen.
gers, consisting of all the members of
both Houses Then the twenty years
cnarter went through like the wind.
The Governor and mos, of the members
of the Legislature have now gone to their
homes. Political fgurers are mapping
the ground for the September canvass
Campaigning, electioneering and camping
out in the streets, was the order Of exer.
cises carried out by some members Of both
houses during the last nights ofthe session.
For three nights before the adjournment
camp.fres could be seen in the streets
from dusk till daylight, around which was
seated, wig.wam style, an electioneering
party Of Counciimen and Representatives
oil happily drinking, smoking, eating
singing, snoring, speech.making and
milking cows. l happened to cross the
street one morning at the peep Of day
and there beheld, around a smoul.
dering camp. fire, two 'usty legislators
holding q kicking COW by the horns. and
a third one pulling his full weight upon
her horizontal tail. On eacl. side of the
milkless heifer, sat two Counoiimen fat
upon their unfAiling foundations with pail
in hand making sorrowful and vain at,
tempts at teasing milk enough from the
farrow quadruped for their final pitcher
Of "egg nog.' OF on one side lay cor
pulent representative sprawled upon his
belly and convuls ed with laughter. And
there in front Of the scene stood another
eloquent law maker, with hat. coat and
boots off, making a military speech, and
appealing to the sympathie, Of the COW in
behalf Of her country.
To-day the town is quiet, and is like to
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