Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-27
REPORTS OF SPECIAL. COMMITTEES.


Presen.-Mr President and all the mem.
hers.
HEPoKrs OF SPECIAL. COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Bsiicy reported back from specia
committee coudfil bill No IL, which is
bill for an act % regulate the mode of pro
csdurc in contcsted seats OF members of The
legislature. The committee returned Ger
tain amendments and asked that the bill
be printed. The report was adopted and
the bill ordered printed.
INTRODUCTION OF DiELs, &c,
Mr Bailey introduceda bill for an act
for the protection OF game. The bill was
read by ih title and referred to the iudlciG
ry committee, Mr.. Miner, chairman
MT. Back presoAted memorial 10 con.
gress asking for an appropriation for the
Improvement Of ~ Red River Of the north
EHsesd Nv &c and REFERRED 70 the, committee
on territorial affairs, Mr.. Wilson. chairman.
HOUSE BILLS, ETC.
House filc No 10, a bill for an act 10 e.
galizs the election Of county officers OF
Brookings county, was read Ist and second
times and referred to the iud dhciarY commit,
tee.
House tlie No 81, Bs}i h6s an &C. to es.
I tahlisli territorial road from Firesteel to
/ Fou Thompson, was read first and second
tiues aud referred to the committee on high.
" ays, bridges and Ierlies, Mr. Gundcrson
chairman
| UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Council bill No. 16, q substitute ler coun.
Gil bills 4 and 5, relating 10 the es,atlish.
ment of a board Of immigration mas brough,
up
This blu was ihe report OF the special
/ committee of which Mr. Mills was chair
MAD The committee MAS appointed fol
the consideration Of bills and 5, the frs,
being bill 10 abolish The bureau OF i'm
migration and the secons a bill TO establish
Il hureafof immigration. The instruction.
to the committee included authority 10 re
I'Et substitute bill if they saw lt II
accordance Herewith the committee yes
j lerday reported council bill No l6, AS sub
s,itutc for council bills 4 aud s.
The question arising In the course of de
bate. the president ruled that council bill
l5 WAS q new bill and should therefor.
be submitted to the regular process Ii,
which bills arc manufactured into laws,
/ Messrs. Mills Bailey, pe,tisrew ant
! Wallace agreed that substitute was not q
I Dew bill but that ii should bic taken up fol
I action where the original bills left off
which was on the third reading An ap
peal Was therefore made from ths ruling O
the president.
i Mr. Peitigrew rose te speak upon Iii,
i question when the president ruled that ,
motion to s,istsin the appeal was no, &c
batable. There was considerable excite
ment about this time. Mr.. Pe,tIgrew rose
to speak against this ruling and the presi
dent ordered him to sit down
and added that he hoped the ger.
lleman would in tho future have
the courtesy 10 remain in his seat when be
was ruled out OF order.
i An appeal was taken from the ruling OF
the president, and the questions we're then
put on both eppealss IN council sussaialne
Nc presids1s, By vois sAich was divided
by strip Of mating placed from the en-
trance door Of the councilto the speaker.
desk-aycs on the south side, noes en- The
north.
4 An animated debate followed this vote
4 i was held by Messrs, Bailey, Petligrew
Wallace and Mills that an appeal was de
batable, and numerous authorities were
quoted sustaining this proposition.
/ The chair stated finally, that 1t did no,
rule that debate vas cut OF BY an appeal,
md Il was % plsced upon the minutes Of
the council The debate on this point was
mostly between the members on the north
side Of the carpet and the prcsiden,, the
souihsiders participating only as interested
listeners, The contest was spirited ant
before 1t ended the lobby was filed by .
crowd drawn thither BY the tamnlt OF III.
wordy war.
After the discussion on this point OF ,hs
i right Of debate on appeals was ended, an
other reason Of Argument occurred upon
the propriety Of calling substitute bill a
new bin. Il terminated by the presidea,
adhering 70 his ruling. and the bill was
read first and second times and made the
special order for Tuesday as halfpas. ter
!. a. me
The COUNCIL tlrcn adjourned to honda,
morning.
II t-
4 las.se.
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