The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1883-03-01
LEGISLATIVE.
Some More Bills Introduced, the
More Important Of Which
We Publish.
Governor Ordway NeMinates McVay
for Territorial Treasurer, and
His Son George for Auditor.
FoRrY-FouRTH DAY.

The council passed the house bill to
provide payment of c. j. B. Harris for
services rendered by him in preparing a
revision of the general laws of the ter
ritory
In the house the following council bills
passed To secure manufacturers of rail
road stock and equipments in making
certain conditional sales, contracts, and
leases; to create counties of McCauley,
Inman and Edgerton from Brown; pro-
viding board of education at James
town; to regulate the keeping of counts,
township and present officers; to preserve
the waters of the James river tor domes-
tic and drinking purposes; creating the
county of Shonasse.
FoKTY-FIFTH DAY.
An unsuccessful attempt was made in
the council to expunge from the records
the hasty and indecent language used by
Mr. Burdick against Mr.. Roberts.
Bills were introduced in the council:
By Mr.. Walsh, regulating the practice of
surgical dentistry. Also providing that
railroads may purchase or lease other
roads when both can be operated as a
continual lease By Mr. Jerauld, provid-
ing for legislative regulation ofpassenger
and freight rates on railroads. Also
memorial by Mr. Ziebach, asking con-
gress to repeal the duty on nails, lumber
and barbed wire.
In the house, a bill was introduced for
erecting the counties OF Delano, Scobey,
Pyat, Sterling, Cheyenne and jackson out
of the Sioux reservation.
Capital removal business was much dis
cussed, but nobody seems to know what
turn matters may take.
FORTY sixth DAY.
The council railroad committee intro
duced substitute for Mr. Jerauld's rail
road bill which aims to bring into the as
SCISSOR list lands sold by railroads. 1t is
applicable especially to the Northern Pa
citic country.
The Brookings agricultural college bill
passed.
The house passed resolution that it
would pass no more council bills until the
council treated the house with courtesy
and fairness This is because the council
would not act on the Moody salary bill
passed several weeks ago, and because the
council would not return the bill when ask
ed by the house yesterday.
FORTY SEVENTH DAY.
The disposition to remove the capital
seems to be growing, but the trouble is
where to locate it. The members are
particularly sensitive over some remarks
reported to have been made by railroad
ifrofiieials, that the RAILROADS wenld prevent
the removal Just now, or something that
was similarly construed Mr.. Nelson
introduced in the house resolutions of
censure. but they were rejected by IS to 6,
and Mr.. Nelson afterwards asked consent
to expunge them from the journal.
Mr. Nickeus has introduced bill tax
ing railroads, the main object of which
is to bring into assessors lists lands sold
or leased, or contracted to be sold or leas-
ed, by the Northern Pacific
FoRTY-NINTH DAY.
| The bill locating the deaf and dumb
school at Watertown passed by l6 to s.
The bill protecting school lands was de-
feated Also, the bill reducing legal in
terest from ~ to 10 per cent. The coun-
Gil bill authorizing bonds for permanent
improvement of the penitentiary passed
the house. Also, the bill incorporating
the city of Mitchell and requiring notaries
to afh1 after their names the date OF the
expiration of their commissions.
Governor Ordway sent in the renom-
ination of Treasurer Nc Way, for territorial
treasurer and for territorial. auditor, Col.
George L. Ordway. Both nominations
were confirmed
FIFTIETH DAY.