Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-02-23
Territorial! Legislature.

Territorial! Legislature.
YANKToN, Feb. 17-Sevcral important
council bills passed the house yesterday.
Among them bill to refund the railroad
debt of Yankton county. The passage Of
this bill removes Senator Hale's objcc.
tions to division and admission.
Most Of the council appropriation bills
passed the house, viz: To provide funds
for pear Fish Normal school, to complete
Vermillion university, for Grand Forks
Territorial university, for constructing a
wing to Yankton insane asylum, main
tanning the insane asylum.
House bills to provide funds for locat.
ing the North Dakota penltentiary at
Bismarck and appropriating $4,000 for
its constructions; to provide funds for cre
ating school of MINES at Rapid City.
The council bill for q pcnitentiary at
Fargo has been made he special order for
Thursday.
The following passed councils: That a
committee OF three members Of the coun-
c'l be appointed by the chair whose duty
it shall be to prepare bill forthwith pro-
.
vlding for a constitutional convention for
that part of Dakota territory south of the
46th parallel of latitude and for the ne
cessary measures to carry the same into
effect.
The following important bills were IN
troduced:
TO repeal the act prescribing for the
secretary of the territory to establish
board of health examiners and to regulate
the practice of medicine.
To authorize the county commissioners
to rcdlstrict Grand Forks county.
To legalize the action of the board OF
county commissioners of Grand Forks
county in issuing $4,000 Of jail bonds.
House bills passed the house: TO incor-
porate the city Of Larimore.
Bills will he introduced Monday to
move the capital.
YANKroN, Feb. l9-Twenty-thrce new
bills were introduced to-day. The most
important were:
BY jackson, to establish in Dakota
school for deaf mutes at Sioux Falls.
BY Jcrauld, to create the office of attor-
ney general.
By Dewey, to protect school lands and
improvements.
BY Nickeus, to authorize the establish
ment of an asylum for insane at James
town and provide funds therefor.
Bills were also INTRODUCED creating Ben
co., N;oI,nrc u,rvov opd Townor cOnn.
ties IN North Dakota.
Council bills passed council: To pro-
hibit the importation Of Cherokee and
Texas cattle.
There was strong contest in the house
over McCallister's house bill reducing
exemption and was passed by vote of II
to II. The bill redu. cs personal property
exemption from 1900 to $500 and re-
peals the section providing for specified
alternative exemption. The sections
repealed by the act permits the debtor
to select in lieu of other exemptions al
lowed $500 worth of books and musical
instruments and $500 worth household
furniture The bill also provides that
the modification does not apply to debts
contracted prior to the approval of the
proposed law
Another tax bill will come up IN the
house tomorrow as special order, in
troduced by Mr.. Thompson of Mlnnehaha
county, providing that railroad coz
porations shall be assessed for taxes the
same as private individuals. 1t is similar
IN effect to other proposed measures on
this subject and will probably meet de
feat.
Nothing new was developed on the
capital removal, but indications now are
that both railroads will draw out OF the
fight, proposing not to disturb the capt.
tai just now.
YANKToN, Feb 2O-There was strug.
gle in the council this morning over the
location of the Northern Dakota pcnl-
tentiary between Fargo and Bismarck.
The friends of Bismarck gained tempora-
nv advantage and forced Bismarck's bill,
which has passed the house, to be made
the special order for Thursday. 1t IS
thought Bismarck will win.
The house done little business to day
the only important item being the defeat
of Thompson's bill providing local taxa.
tion of railroad property. The vote was
sixteen to six.
The council passed house bills: To
incorporate the village of Mlnto and 10
auth ,r;ze the commissioners of PENN ag-
ton and Custer counties to issue bonds to
refund its outstanding Indebtedness, also
council bill to regulate the weighing and
grading of wheat.
Council bill legallzing the action OF the
council of Grand Forks in contracting for
water works.
The house passed the council bill MAX
ing an appropriation Of s76,655 for cur
rent and contingent expenses of the Sioux
Falls penitentiary.
The house passed the following bills:
Defining the boundaries of Steele
county.
To divide Lawrence county and create
the county of Hale and define the boun-
daries thereof.
To locate normal school at Mimic,
Walsh county.
jackson introduced bill to reduce
legal interest to 10 per cent.
Jerauld. joint resolution providing for
the appointment of tax commissioners