Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03

inurSday, feD.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house met At Q p. N, and was called
to order BY the speaker.
A message informed the house ,hlt the
council had passed house file No. ls, a,-
tachinx the county Of Ransom 70 the conn-
" Of Richlaad Tor the purpose Of recording
deeds, mortgages and other instruments :
Also, house flo No. 90. 10 repeal sections
two and three. Of chapter five and sections
two and three chapter six OF The private
and local laws Of lS74-5l
The committee on ways and means re-
ported 0Ack sundry matters referred thereto
with recommendations.
The house then resumed the considera-
ton Of chapter 80 Of house file No 4, re-
lating 70 revenue, and continued the con.
sidesasion thereof until p M, when the
house took recess until III p. N.
EVENING SESSION.
The house me, At TX p. M. and WAS
called to order BY the speaker.
The house resumed and concluded the
reading Of section 80 of house ale No. A,
when the house adjourned.
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Friday, February 9, 1877
The house met at 10a. m. and was
called to order by the speaker.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Roll called. nembss sll present.
Minutes Rad and approved
Mr.. Hexem aaked to be excused from
further services ~ chairman Of the commit
Tee on enrolment The request Was grant
ed and Ar. Coddington was appointed to
dll The vacsncy.
The committee on elections submitted
the following report:
Mr.. Speaker-The committee on elec.
tions, 40 which was referred the question
involving the right of j. Q. Burbank to
the ssas In the houss Of D. II. Kellehsr the
sitting member from the seventh district,
have had the same under consideration,
and beg lesyo TO present the following re-
port:
The srideDee presented to the committee
tends to show that moro votes weru cas, q
jamestown, Siutsman county, on the 7th
day Of November last than vers legally
present In the county on that day yet
there WAS no evidence presented showing
that any psrson voted Illegally at said elec-
ten Thsrsfore, inaamuch As al. or nearly
MI the members of this hosae heard the
evidence and the arguments Of tho attor-
ys In the case, tho committee report the
same back to the house without recommen-
dation.
G. II. Van Tassel, chairman; +. D. lie
bach, +. Taylor, W. F. Durham, Asa
Sargent, committee.
Mr Sargent offered the following resolu,,
tion:
W1kREAS, II appears from the ,estimo-
ny before the, house that about one hun.
dred illegal votes were cast on the 7th day
OF November, 1875, at JAMESTOWN, Stuts.
man county, D. T., for %. NJ. Kelleher as
representative from the 7,h dislrict; and
MHERkAa, L appears that John q. Bur.
bank received the hfghest number OF tegxt
votes frsm that district,
:. 6s Il Resosned, That John Q Burbank Is
the legally elected member from The fth
district aud 10 eHsit4ea te 4he seat,
On motion Of Mr. Clarksoa, the consid-
Grafton Of the matter was postponed up,ll
2 D, m.
Mr.. Stewart gsve notice Of bill to es-
tablish territorial road from Swan Lake
TO Sioux Falls.
Several council bills were read . second
time and referred.
Council bill No. %, joint resolu,isn
relating 70 changing the time OF meeting
Of the legislative assembly and for an extra
session In 1877, VAS, under suspension Of
the rules, read : third time and passed.
House fle No. 10. an net providing for
the vlbmission 10 the qualified voters Of
the respective counties Of the territory the
question whether license to sen istoxica-
ting beverage shall Be gnnted or re.
fused In such counties, was referred TO the
Of the whole having In charge
house die No. 4, as bill for political
code.
House die No. SO, = bill for an &C, to pro-
1ecs Wild animals, fowls and insect de-
stroying birds. was taken up and passed by
! yots Of IA 10 IL.
House als No. 81, bill for an acs 10
provide for the location and Improvement
'f'cartain Highways from the Missouri river
o the Black Hills Of Dakota. came up for
u third reading
Mr.. Burke offered amendments a. fol-.
ows: substitute thfss commissioners for
IL give The commissioners . compsnsa-
Ion Of three instead Of 6vs dollars per day,
md reduce the appropriation from nve to
hree thousand dollars.
4r. Thompson moved thu, the bill b.
eSefred 70 the coumittes on Ways and
neans, bat Afterwards withdrew The me.
lon,