Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-11
DAKOTA
PreeesdlMgs Of the Council aud
House 81 Representatives.
DAY.


E COAAHNVIs
Judge Kuykendall yesterday introduces
in the council . bill dividing the territory
into council and representation districts and
apportioning the representation therein,
The bill defines the districts and assign rep
resen,ation as follows: lot district Union
county-one member Of the council and two
Of the house; I'd district, Clay connty-one
member of the council and two member Of
the house; Sd district, Yankton county, one
member of the council and two of the house;
4th district, Bon Homme, Charles Mix, in
Guiding the Yankton reservation, Brule.
Buffalo, Hutchinson, Armstrong, Hanson
and Dawson counties-one member of the
council and two members of the house; 9Th
district, Lawrence c%ounty--two members Of
the council and fee members of the house;
9Th district, Turner and Lincoln counties-
one member ofthe conncil and two mem
bers of the house; 7th district. M%innehaha
and McCook counties-one member Of the
council and two of the house; 9Th district,
Lake, Moody, Brookings, Deuel., C~odinytop,
Hamlin, Wood and Grant-one member Of
the council and two members of the house;
9th district, Cas-, Richland, Barnes, Ransom,
Foster and Stutsman oounties-one member
of the council and two members Of the house;
10th district, Trail, Grand Forks, Ramsey,
and Pembina-one member of the council
and two members Of the house; 18th district
Burleigh, Kidder, Morton, Emmons and
Stevens-one member of the council and
one member of the house; 18th district, Pen.
and Custer counties-one member
of the house.
c. H. McKinnis brought into the house
his morning a big bundle Of paper which
being unrolled proved to be a petition signed
by nine hundred residents of Lawrence
county protesting against . division Of the
county. Mr.. McKinnis telegraphed to
Deadwood that a bill would be put in to
the house for the creation Of the county Of
Howard out Of a portion of Lawrence coun.
ty and this petition comes in reply to bis
information. The Deadwood Pioneer of a
recent date takes occasion to compliment
Mr.. McKinnis for his prompt action in thif
matter and intimates that the names to the
petition asking for the division of the county
were not procured in a straightforward man.
ner. From the tone of the Pioneer
upon this subject we infer that Deadwood
is opposed to any division of Lawrence
county.
The penitentiary bill had its run through
the house this morning and passed by q
very large majority, with a couple of fresh
sections tackled to it which materially
modify the measure. The bill locates the
penitentiary at Sioux Falls, but before i,
can be built an appropriation bill must pass.
Mr.. Stephens fought hard against the bill,
but was outnumbered.
The bill giving Clay county the privilege
Of levying q tax for the construction of a
all and other public buildings has been one
the most closely contested measures of
he session. The CLAY county house dele.
cation was equally divided, one-half favor
Ing the bill and the other half opposing it.
It came to . vote in the house to-day and
passed by a majority of four, Mr..
speaking in its favor and Mr..
Cross against it. The bill now goes to the