Cooperstown courier., 1883-09-21

scribe TO or become tile owner OF the capital stock
of any association or corporation. nor engage in
any work Of internal improvement. Another sec
tion provides for defraying extraordinary expenses,
making public improvements, etc. but stipulates
that the aggregate amount shall not exceed $780,
600
These are but sample instances of the safe
guards that are thrown asoanl the powers
usually granted legislatures by constitutions.
The trainers of this constitution are bent on
making basis of State governms for future
generations, as we'll as which they
may be admitted to Statehood. Two other
sections bear upon the powers Of counties,
cities and towns to
INCUR INDEBTEDNESS
They cannot incur an excess of 5 per cent Of
assessed valuation and interest must not accu-
mulate. section on public accounts and ex-
penditures provides that the legislature cannot
grant extra compensation to any public officer,
nor authorize the payment Of any extra claim
after contract has been made. A wide scope
Of freedom is presented in the lengthy bill of
rights Among the clauses embraced in it are
Liberty Of the press. free religion. trial by jury.
etc Persons before conviction are made taiabe. .ex
cept In capital o6enses; wrts of habeas corpus not
to be suspended; the grand jury to consist Of
| twelve persons. any nine OF whom NAV find an in
dicment: but the legislature may abolish the grand
by the legislature No distinction shall be made be-
tween resident aliens and citizens in reference to the
enjoyment or descent of their pronerty. No per-
be in strict subordinaon to the civil power. Writs
of error never to be prohibited by Law. No tax
is to be imposed without the. consent Of the people
yesterday, IN adopting the report from The
the section giving woman the ballot at school
elections and making her eligible to hold
school offices, was stricken out. 1t came back
to-day from the committee, couched in differ
| entlanguage, but implying the same privileges
| Two reports were submitted from the commit
tee on rights Of married women. and it is not
| improbable that considerable debate will be
had upon the question.
They involve. the majority say, the real and per-
sonal estate of every female ACQUIRED before mar
riage aud all property Of which sue may afterwards
become entitled by gift. grant, Inheritance or de-
vise sha! be and remain the estate and property Of
| such female. aud shall
NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE DEBTS,
| obligations or payments Of her husband. and may
be devised or inserted by her as If she was unmar-
RED that the the wife shall have an absolute one-thrd
at the time OF hts death, as her dover: while the
minority. believing in giving the husband fair
chance. hold that all real and personal
| or woman shall be aud remain his or hers: and the
property Of the husband or wife shall not be sub
ject to the control nor be liable for the ceb.s or
| obligations of the other. aud may he devised by
will by either the same as If unmarried; but the
homestead Of any family not exceeding lGO acres,
not included in any city or village; nor exceeding
! $4,000 in value within city or village. owned by
the husba nd OF wife, shall not be sold by one with
out the consent of the other. and in case of the
| death of the one the other shall become the sole
owner of the homestead
| A resolution from Judge Moody was received
! ana referred, which Instructed tho executive
committee to take into consideration and re-
J port a proposition for Incorporation into the
{t,n
| ing power of the governor by creating board
| of pardon upon whose recommendation and
1 investigation, shall pardon be granted.
PROHIBITION AGAIN.
| Quite number of pet!tions were received
from different localities asking that prohbi-
| ton be submitted to vote of the people when
the constitution is presented for ratification.
| There are few who believe tho issue can be es-
| caped, and that it had better be voted upon as
an entirely separate measure from the consti-
tuition A committee will be appointed to de-
wise scheme for presenting the question to a
popular vote. Many who oppose prohibi-
ton favor submitting the question with the
constitution on the ground that it will bring
out full vote. An effort will be made to have
incorporated in the constitution provision fol
other time than that prescribed fol
the election OF governor ana members
of tho legislature. The preamble presented
yesterday does not give satisfaction because il
contains too much ancient history. Tho ju-
dietary have been asked TO draft another ono
During the consideration of the report OF the
committee on education aud school lands, an
effort wac made to incorporate A. 9. Mel
lette's amendment to require tho leg
islature to pass laws regulating school
text books, to be changed not oftener than five
years, and being defeated by close vots will
likely come up again. strong effort was
also made to amend the minimum price fixed
upon school lands making it Sl5 or x17 OF
acre, but it passed as reported at $lO
an acre. Compulsory, education was in
the legislative committee was unde,
consideration. H. ]. Campbell of Yankton in
strong language arragned the acts Of the last
Legislature. which he termed damnable, and q
blotch upon tho name of Dakota. He main
tanned that the log rolling by the governor was
q disgraceful abuse of executive power, and he
hoped the constitution would
PROVIDE AGA1NTs SUCH ABUSES
in the future. His remarks were in support o.
the thirty third section Of the legislative com
mittee's report which read:
Any governor this State who asks. receives
standing that his oieia judgment or actor
shall be influenced thereby. or who gives or offer
promises his official influence in considerable,
sSs h,n ss'' aas particular Ss'S or 'nfs
any question or matter upon which he may be re-
| UuIou W dCt III us Olilslui CdpaCllJs VI WIN
lnenaces anv member by the threatened use Of hi
veto power. or who offers, or promises
ernor, will appoint any particular person
persons to any Office created. thereafter to b.
created, in consideration that any member shal
give his official vote or influence. to any mattel
pending. or thereafter to be introduced iuto sthe
house Of the said legislature. or who threatens an,
member, that he, the said governor. vii
remove any. person or persons from any
Office or position with intent TO in any manner in
fuence the official action of the said member, shal
after be- provded by Iaw and % on CONVICTION I lon there
Of shall forfeit all right to hold O: exercise any
Office OF trust or honor in this State.
The affairs before the comm .ttee on corpora
tions other than banking and municipal have