Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-19

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COUNCIL MERAGEs
Messages from The council informed The.
house thai the codncl had rejected hodse
dEe No 50, for The annual rcaistrstlon OF.
voters In towns and cisIss having over FIVE
huadrea inhabitants.
Passed house file No. 10, memorial in
regard to proceeds Of the sales- Of public
lands in certain states and territories.
Rejected house file No. 4a, to provide for
the election OF county officers,
and 10 prescribe the manner of proceeding
therein
Indefuitely postponed house file No. Al !,
TO locate territorial road from the village
of Swan Lake, by way of Finlsy and How
ard. to the village of Sioux Falls.
The house then took recess until l 80
p, N
AFTERNOON SESSION.
( Thchouse met al ! p. m, and was called
to order by the speaker.
Mr. Eesdle, by Unanimous consent. in
troduced a bill making the rate of terrific
finl lax five mills on the dollar,
Mr.. Thompson moved to amend by max
Ing the rate three mills, which WAS lost.
The rules were then suspended and the
bill read shird time, and prnrtng tes pass
age call of the house was demanded and
The sergeant at arms, sent after Absentets.
The absen,ees haring been brought In,
on motion further proceedings under the
call were dispensed with.
The bill was then rejected
On motion of Mr.. Bead!e the vote by
which the bill was rejected Was recon Sid.
cred
On motion of M1. Clarkson the house
receded from lis amendments TO council
bill No. A, being the appor,ionment bill.
A motion TO reconsider the vote las,
taken WAS laid upon the table
| On motion the vote by which house file
| No. 80. In relation to The Sioux bridge, was
Ind efaiteiy postponed, was reconaidered.
| On motion of Mr.. Adams the house con.
Cured il the council amendment,
HOUSE BILLS.
Ne, -, 10 Establish territorial road
irotn the city of Yankton to Sioux Falls
mas read third tune and passed.
No Is, TO repeal chapters ss and ss o
the session laws Of 1862, wes read ,hirt
time and passed.
On motion the vo;e by which the bill
assed sas reconsidered and the farthe
consideration Of the bill indefinitely post
| poned.
No. 30, relating TO railroaa. Ia the terri
4 tory OF Dakota-fixing the rates of freigh
and Passenger tariffs was read third tim,
and passed
4 % motion the hotsse went into commit
tee Of The whole on house file No. 40, 4
fix tue tune fur hotdtug elections for couu
i " officers. and for other purposes,
i The committee rose and reported ,h,
sA back VIII the Recommendation sha
the bill be indefinitely postponed.
I! The Recommendation Of the conmi.te,
were not adopted.
! On motion OF Mr., Thompson the bill
was amended to apply only to Minnehah.
county
The rules were suspended. and the bill
put nfton its its final passage, and was pass
ed.
] Dir. Codding,on, by unanimous consent
introduced bill to provide for the paymen,
to the respective chief clerks of the house
and council the sum Of one hundred dol
lars for extra services required BY law.
/ On motion the rules were suspended, th,
bill read three times and passed.
/ On motion the house took up c.unci
bill No. IS. to establish territorial boare
OF immigration.
Several amendments wcrs offered and re
jected, when, on motion the further con
sideration of the bill WAS indefinitely post
poned.
Mesags As from the governor informed
the house that be had approved house flle.
Nos, IL, 90, 10 and s3.
The house then took up house file No
s being the political code and considered
the amendments thereto made by the coun
Gil.
Pending the consideration OF the amend
ments, the hsuse took recess until I p. m
EVENING SESSION
Al p. m, the speaker took the chair
but there not being quorum presedt, 4 cal
Of the house was ordered, and the sergeant.
alarms ordered to bring In the absentees
When sufficient number OF the absen.
tees came in. the call was dispensed With
and the house resumed the consideration
of the council amendments 10 the political
code
: A message was received from the Cover.
nor returning without his approvsl
House filc- No. 80, bill defining the
dutjcs Of the commissioners oe ~.