Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-01-26
The remainder of the bill reads as fol

4Ao Iem6luuor VI Tue OH feaQS a6 1Ol.
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Section 2. Any and all interests or
title which the said territory of Dakota
may have acquired in any real property
under or in pursuance of an act entitled
the seat of governments of the territory
Of Dakota and for the erection Of public
buildings therest," approved March 8,
1883, and any and all interest or title
which the said territory may possess in
or to any building or buildings that may
have been constructed on such real
property is hereby released and trans
ferred to the persons who contributed
money, labor or materials for the con-
structlon of the capitol building and the
improvement of the grounds thereat in
proportion to the sum or sums of money
so contributed, or the value of the labor
performed or materials furnished and
unpaid; and all Indebtedness incurred
by the capitol commission mentioned IN
said act for labor shall be first paid out
OF the proceeds received from the sale of
the said real property, and the district
court or Judge thereof, upon the applica-
tion of any person having contributed
any labor, money or material, shall
have power to appoint receiver of
all of said property, with power
to control. sell, or dispose of said
real property to pay all of the
said Indebtedness, and thereafter to dis.
tribute the balance received from the
sale or disposition of said property to all
persons who have contributed labor,
materials or money as aforesaid, pro
rata, and said receiver shall have full
power of receiver under the code of
CIVIL procedure under the direc-
tion of the district court or a Judge
thereof.
Sec. 8. Within ten days after the TAX
ing effects of this act, all the territorial
officers, whose Offices are property kept
at the seat of government, shall remove
their several offices, together with the
public property, archives, records,
books and papers, to the said city of
Pierre; and the public Offices of the said
territory shall thereafter be kept at said
city of Pierre, and the future sessions of
the legislature shall be there held.
Sec. 4. Upon the taking effect of this
act the present legislative assembly
shall stand adjourned until the seventh
day thereafter, when it shall convene at
of the sixteenth session of,the legislative
assembly of the said territory shall be
held.
Sec. S. All acts and parts of acts in
any manner confic ing with any of the
provisions of this act are hereby re-
p ealed.
Sec. G. This act sha II take effect and
be in force on and after Its passage and
approval.
Some discussion arose as to the pro.
visions of the bill as regards the power
of the Judge of the district court to pass
upon the titles of property involved,
the claim being made that q certain dis
trict should be specified. Finally, on
motion of Mr.. Nickeus. the committee
rose and reported the bill back to the
council, with the recommendation that
the amendment be printed, and tha
discussion of the bill be made the special
order for tomorrow at II o'clock.
In the house similar amendment
was proposed by Mr.. Picker. Mr.. Will
liams moved the reference of the amend.
ment to select committee of twelve
consisting of one member from each
legislative district. Mr.. Picker moved
that the motion be laid on the table
and succeeded in carrying hil
an hour of hlibustering, Mr..
Pickler leading the southern and Mr.
Williams the northern forces. Mr.. Will
hams lie much the better parliamentariau
of the two; but what his opponents
lacked, in knowledge of "Jefferson'e
Manual" they supplemented by the force
OF superior numbers. The supporters o
the bill finally voted to refer it to th,
committee for engrossment, after which
1t will come up in its regular order to
+ morrow for consideration. The flibus
!, terlng resorted to is more or less directl,
chargeable to Plckler, who desired t,
: secure the notoriety of having his bill
passed by the house before the councl
! bill is passed. The majority of tn.
a southern members prefer, however, tina
the council take action first. in orde
. that in case of an executive veto the bill
Will be returned to the senior body fo]
, consideration.
, The first business to come before th
5 council this morning was the report O
the committee OF elections in the con
, tested cases of Collins vs.. Walsh ant
! Wilson vs.. LaMoure. The COMMITTEE
reported unanimously in favor of Walsh
| and that gentleman was duly accorde,
J his seat by vote of the council. Fou
OF the committee reported favorabIy t.
seating Wilson, the fifth member, NJ,
]. Richardson, submitting a minority re
} port to the effect that certain evidepc
in the case should, in his opinion, b
: submitted to the council. After som
} discussion, the council decided to NEE
: at O'Clock to listen to the evidence j,
!. the case. When that hour arrived th
; body resolved itself into committee o
the whole, with Mr.. Walsh in the chai,
!, Col. O. B. Pratt, of Grand Forks, an
pesred for Wilson and A. B. Melville, Q
, Huron, for LaMoure. LaMoure base
his cases on certain alleged frauds com
mitted in Pembina county, whereby tn
entire vote of that county was throw
/. out. A large amount of evidence wa
! submitted in the case up to o'cloch
!. when the council adjourned. Mi
Q Twomey introduced two blIls-one to re
vive and re.enact the Law to locate an
t establish the north Dakota agriculture
). college at Fargo, the time for donatiu,
: and securing land for the same to be e1
8 tended one year from the approval 9
the act; and the other appropriatin
: 100000 for the erection and constructio
of the same. The house memorial t
s congress praying for the reduction q
the price of government ! I'D
: within railroad limits from $25O t
81 rs per acre was given iti third reaG
8 ing, and passed by a unanimous vot,
!. The joint memorial to cotgress. passe
t last week by the house, praying for til
8 division Of the territory Oh ths .event
9 standard parallel, and the admission {
t the northern half as II state, caused ccr