Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-18
Council bill No. 1e, y bill for an ac. y
.,ere.l seoatoa-A07 Of the-penai cede ;-asd

Council bill No. l2, y bill for an act u
repesl ~secaiea4S7 Of tAe-penai csde ;-ssd
Council bill No. Is, n bill for an act 20
amend section 100 OF the civil code, were
read the first time.
SECOND READING OF BILLS.
Council bill No. i, a bill for an act relat.
ing to penalty on taxes;
CouLcil bill No. 5,a bill for an act to
amend an act relating TO funding the indebt.
edness of Minnehaha aud Lincoln counties;
Council bill No. 6, a bill for an act in re
lation to renewing chattel mortgages;
Council bill No. Z, a bill for an act re.
garGipg the relations Of landlord and ten
ant e
Council bill No. s, u bill for an act to
create Z lien for miners and laborers in GER
tain cases.
Were read a second time.
Council bills Nos. 4 aud s were ordered
engroesed.
THIRD READING OF BILLS.
Council bill No. !, u bill for an act to
amend the charter of Sioux Falls, was read
a third time, and passed.
Council bill No. 9, a bill for an act to in
crease the number of justices of the peace
and c%onstablcs and provide for the election
Of the same. came up tor its third reading
and on motion of Mr.. Keykendall was re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary:
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
A message from the house Informed the
council that the house had appointed NJ.
Burbank chairmantof the joint committee
on superintendent ; and also that the house
had passed council bill No 9, bill for an
act to provide for the election Of assistant
clerks.
ELECTION OF ASSISTANT CLERK.
On motion Of Mr.. Cuppett the council
proceeded to the election Of an assistant
clerk of the council.
Mr.. Roberts nominated f. II. Foster. Of
Stutsman county, for that office, and The
roll being called Mr.. Foster received twelve
votes and was declared elected.
Mr.. miner was excused from voting, on
the ground that he was not within the bar
of the council when tue question was put.
TERRITORIAL TREASURER.
Mr.. Pettigrew arose 10 a question OF priv
ilege, aud defended the territorial treasnrcr
against the implication contained in The
governors me sage, that the treasurer had
not properly accounted for the the t%crritori-
al funds which have come into his hands
Mr.. Pe,tigrew claimed that the governor in
his message had made q mistake in not cred.
iting the treasurer with the warrants re.
de- med Of the Issue of 1876 (; that if tho
proper credi, for that vc,r had been giver
there would have he'n no discrepancy
shown, and no necessity for the implied
structures contained in the governors mes
sage. The whole trouble, he said, arose on
Of a mistake made by the governor, whicl
any person could ace who read the message
and no fault whatever attached {,
the treasurer. He, Mr.. Pet'igrew, had 70
three DAYS rcFraiued from abiding tn ,hi
subject, in the hope that the governor
when his mistake was discovered would
hasten to rectiiy the same anil axoneraie
the treasurer from The imputations cast up3r
his integrity through tic inexcraable mis-
take of a hi:ah official. Mr.. Tet,igrew sale
this exoneistion had not been made from
she source from which it was due aud +.
therefore felt ii % be his duty to defend th,
treasurer, who is one Of his constituents
against the unjust aspersious cast upon hi
honesty and integrity by the governor whose
only excuse for his assault must be his owl
mistake. That attack upon the honesty
and integrity oft treasurer has heen siver
as wide a circulation ss has been obtain
ed by the governors message, end coming
as it does from the highest official
in the territorial government, it has a ten.
dency TO injure the reputation Of a Just and
upright man; and the only way in which the
governor can requite the wrong he has
done is TO give to a retraction or explona.
ton of his charges as wide and as an author
itative a circulation as was given to the
charge. These were Mr.. Pettigrew's ideas
on the subject.
Gov. Edmunds, in reply to Mr.. Pettigrew
said it was not the design of Gov. Howard
to impugn the honesty of Mr.. Sherman, and
thought the message weuld not bear tina, con-
s,ruction. The governor in preparing his
message, drew his deductions from the da.l
at hand, and if any error had occurred it
was the fault of the data and not of the gov
ernor. The law requires that the ter.
%ritorial treasurer shall on or before the 18th
day of December proceeding each regular
session Of the legislative assembly make a
:eport containing a full and true exhibit of
the state Of the public accounts and funds,
the amount by him received, the amount
paid out during the preceding fiscal year