Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-09-19

with the majority report. which alb
sorbed 1t subsequently.
COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP.
\ minority report came from the
committee on county and township or
ganization. 1t did not differ materially
from the majority report.
CENSUS.
II. j. Campbell of Yankton. Of the
special committee on census, reported
that there he appointed by the conyen-
ton one chief enumeratOr, who shall
appoint and remove at pleasure one
county enumeratOr for each county in
the state. who shall have the general
supervision of taking the census Of the
state. The county enumeratOr shall
appoint one enumerator for each town.
ship, district. ward, or precinct in his
county, taking care to appoint a suffi-
cient number to insure the speedy
enumeration of all the inhabitants Of
his county. The returns of the enum-
orators are to he made in writing, CIV
ing name, age and sex, to the county
enumeratOr, who shall cOllate all re-
turns and return them to the chief
enumeratOr. He in turn, shall cOllate
all returns from counties and place
them in possession of the chairman of
the committee. The enumerators are to
complete their work and make returns
before November l, 1883. and the chief
enumeration must submit his report to
the chairman of the committee before
December l. 1888 The pay of the
enumeration is three cents for each in
habitant enumerated by them and the
county enumerator shall receive one
cent for every five persons enumerated
in their county and the chief enunera-
tor one cent for every ten persons. The
chairman Of the committee shall issue
certificate OF the amount due each
person. and the first legislature after
the adoption of the constitution shall
make provisions for their payment
The report was ordered to be printed.
sTENOGRAPHERs.
Porter Warner of Lawrence reported
that the committee on stenographers
had secured the services Of r. G. Brown
and Tom Hooker. and that they were
in the performance of their duties.
HOURS OF MEETING.
II. j. Campbell submitted "A resolli.
ton changing the rules governing the
hours for the converting of the conven-
ton TO A. NJ. 2 and $50 P. NJ. The
resolution was deferred.
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The, majority report of the committee
on county and township organization
was called up for adoption.
Section was. upon motion Of j. r.
Gamble OF Yankton. stricken out as
being pure legislation. 1t designated
certain corporate bodies polite.
A. {. Mellette of WATERFOWL thought
section 2 more in detail. as a matter of
legislation, than the first, and that since
the first section had been stricken out
because it was legislation, section
should also be refused.
}. X. Gamble of IanktOn-lt is only
a Limitation Of power and is not legis-
lation.
There was considerable discussion
upon the question of what size counties
should be. in which B. +. Campbell of
Minnehaha supported the limits made
by the report.
G. G. Moody of Lawrence thought
the report lame, and should be recon-
mitted to the committee. as it made
the area of counties too large. and
went too far into the depths of legisla-
ton.
1t was moved to refer the report to
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\. :. Jones of Hutchinson said it
would be disrespectful to the commit
tee ON county and township organiza-
tions to refer the report to the legisla-
tive committee.
r. F. Pettigrew Of Minnehaha-If
this is referred the committee will
know no more about what the cOnven-
ton wants than is known now. The
question does not involve legislation,
but merely places limit upon legisla-
ton.
The report was not referred, nor did
the motion to recommit prevail.
Il. +. Pettigrew offered an amend
ment prohibiting the consolidation of
counties.
g.. e. Moody submitted An amend
ment, that no organized county can be
divided or consolidated without the
consent of the majority of the voters of
such county or counties.
There was deal of discussion over
tho question of how organized counties
should be divided or consolidated. 1t
seemed to be an insOluble problem,
what to do with fractions of counties
found to contain too much area for one
county and not enough for two and be-
ing surrounded by counties containing
the full area allowed. The section as
reported provided that division and an
nexation and formation of two counties
from one should be effected by the leg
islature after majority of the people
interested should direct by majority
vote.
Before vote could be taken the CT n
vention Cat 12:4O adjourned to 2 Pm.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Upon the reassembling of the COLI
yention at 2 o'clock, consideration Of
the report of the commmittee on coun-
ty and township organization was re-
sumed.
W. W. Brookings of Minnehaha Of
fered a substitute for the whole report,
the rock upon which the convention
split being section of the original re-
port relating to the removal of county
seats, a three-fifths vote, AS provided
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