The Dickinson press., 1883-09-22

eio y y "@0o VAAShSs SAVAuS uaulo, ueo uAU
EEK to the county enumerator, who shall col
late all returns and turn them over to the CHIEF
enumeration, who shall collate all returns
from counties and place thom in
possession Of the chairman of the
ceneus committee. The committee are
to complete their work and make returns be-
fore Nov. 4, ana the chief enumerator mus,
make a report to the chairman of the commit.
tee before Dec. /. Tho payof the enumera.ors
is 3 cents for each iuhubi,aut enum.
Grated by them, and the county
enumorator is to receive 1 cent for
five persons enumerated in his comunty, and
the chief enumerator l cent for every ten
tee is instructed to Issue a
each person employed in the work when I'm
ished, and the first legislature after the adop-
ton of the constitution will make provisions
for their payment, During tho consideration
of the report Of the committee on
COUNTY M TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
o vast deal of discussion was directed to the
subject of reducing the area of counties found
done, aud what to do with the
fractions of counties to be made on the north
ern boundary of the State by a division on the
forty-s:xth parallel How tho deb:s OF
the consolidated or divided county were
to be borne was o question which also
ohtSAeu Aiito tuC cu1slIu. IL was pTOEOSeu tuat
it be left to q majority vote OF counties
the matter to the i.a%!slature regarding
debts Of counties divided or consolidated,
but a decrease Of the area of a county may bs
Effected by a majority vote Of electors Of the
county Effected ana Ie1l1lon 10
in tho legislature occupied q great deal of time
in debate. The subject had been referred to
the legislative committee. and was reported
back without accommodation. Delegates from
the sparcely settled counties supported minority
representation, on the ground that it was their
only salvation to get representation at all.
an experimental matter; that it had not
proven o success in States where it
had been tried, aud that inasmuch as the
:edent had been established in the out
set to iucorl crate 10 ''new wrinkles"
as one delegate put it, it was
defeated, and Dakota is 10 have no minority
representation in the legislature. A g.
porations other than banking and muuici-
pal, submitted the unanimous report of
the committee. This report has been antici-
pafed with more than ordiaary interest, on
account of the effect it must have upon the
TAXATION OF RAILROAD PROPERTY.
The properly of all CORPORATIONS, except re-
ligious ard educational, is placed upon the
samo footing so far az taxation is concerned, as
all other pllopcity. The State cannot become
the liabilities of any corporation, nor
grant subsidies. The coat of arms and the seal
of Dakota were dcsigncd-a shield wrapped
with the American flag, depending from the
a leak OF an eagle In the back
III the center of the shield a river, bearing a
steamboat, on either bank of the river a
ground a field Of wheat and
a field of corn; in The immediate right fore
ground a white man at Ills pillow; in the left
foreground an Indian and 'epee. Both the
white man and Indian are looking at
a rift in the clou:s, where appears the legend,
'Fear God and take your own part;' this
legend to be the motto of the State OF Dakota.
In adopting the report, The boundary line
Of tho State, the forty SIKH parallel. was not
disputed, but the north line of the State of
Nebraska was substituted for the Mis-
count of the shifting river bed.
Nebraska was accused of already attempting
to purloin al island or two which have turned
up from the ever-changing channel of the Mis-
souri, out of the territory south. Again The
section striken out of the report on elections
at elections and making them eligible to hold
offices pertaining to school management came
make women eligible to hold any office, but
vote only at school elections, received 10 out of
about $50 votes. While the subject was under
discussion, Judge Moody of the Black Hills
delivered an ardent speech
IN FAVOR OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE
He closed by saying:
Who can say that my wife and daughter are not
as competent to vote as 1 am to hold office? True.
thpv NAV not ha 90 anvinno no I IN (nrn1Nnuaf
laughter, and cries of You're right. judge!" and
especially as to the latter, "Thats all they want,
%ofice'), etc.
Both majority and minority reports on
woman's rights were indefinitely postponed.
Us the subject involves q matter for the
legislature to determine.
Sioux FALLS, Special Telegram, Sept. I3.-
Recognizing the fact that there is n vast amount
Of work yet to do, the first step of the cousti-
tuiional convention this morning was to adopt
a new time schedule. Hereafter the conven-
y; m. President Trip, Hon. A. G. :Mellette,
Hon. R. F. P%ettigrew, Hon. B. {. Caulfeld and
nther prominent delegates say the convention
should about complete the work before it by
Saturday evening. To the contrary, however,
the delegates evinced q longing to be rath err
tedious to-day. The debate was heavy,
for instance. where the report of the
committee on State, county and municipal in
was called up for adoption. The
convention tackled on D clause which prohibits
any city, town or county municipality voting
aid or aiding in any way from the general fund
to any individual, association or corporation.
Exceptions were taken 10 the provision because
it %precludes the old way of securing new rail-
ways by voting o tax upon the inhabitants of a
city. county or township. 1t was held by some
that it was absolutely necessary to grant this
right, else mauy localities will bs
kept from development A. B. Melville
of Beadle county, W. A Brookings of Minne-
haha aud others declared that unless county,
city aud other munro paiiters wore given con-
!rol of the matter of voting aid TO railways, vT
whatever corporation, the constitution would
not be ratified g. G. Moody of the Black
Hills and RE-. Pettigrew of Sioux Falls fought
for the adoption of the section as reported.
roads already in Dakota. and declared that had
there been a law permitting it every mile
of those roads would have been bull,
by the aid of means voted from the
people. AS 1t was, they cost them nothing.
Several of the delegates said a railroad that die
not build upon Its morris, and without aid from
the counties through which it PASSED, was
not worth having. AS the section was adopted,
railroads will get no aid from any county OF
municipal government in the State of Dakota
unless the constitut on is amended after it was
adopted. Early in the session
REPORT FROM u JUDICIARY
was received. 1t is very important in many
respects. TIE terms OF judges of the supreme
court are fixed at four years after tho first
term, which shall be five years, and the dis
tricts are arranged as follows:
First-All that portion Of the State lying west
of the Missouri river.
Second-That portion east Of the Missouri and
west of the Dakota line.
Third -Allthat portion Of the State east of the
Dakota river.
The judicial circuits are arranged as follows:
First Circuit The counties of Union. Clay, Lin
coin, Turner, Hanson, Lake, MinGehaha, McCook
and Miner.
~Second-Yankton, Bon Homme, Charles Mix
Douglas. Hutchinson, Dawson. Aurora, Brule
Buffalo and Jerauld.