The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-09-25
sentative districts and number of repre-

-Clay............. 2l27-Sully ...........1
3-Yankton. ......... ll2s-Deuel .........2
i-Bonlinmme ....... ...........2
.,-Lincoiu.., ...... J 80 Roberts. ...........l
G-rmner... ....... 33l--hamlin ...........l
Hutchinson. -. 3a2-Godington ........2
S-Dougfas ......... .. l33-Clark. .........3
9-CbarlcsiniS ........ lIal-Splnk., .....-...-o
lO-Mianrlaha ......,.l 35-foulk.
n-MeCook.. ......2 3G-Po.tcr ...........1
1c-banspn. ......... 23i-itohert -,........l
i:I-lavlsou 80. $500 .........l
1l-Arrtr'. e. 800. lib Day. ...,.......2
l5-Brule .......... ..3liu-Brnwn and terri
6-Moody... ... ......2 tory north and south
lT-Lnke, .............2 of 10th parallel. '......
1s-Miner ,.,........--2tll-Edmunds.... 81
2G--Ieruuld .,....... i3-Nupherson .......l
2l-Brockinss Bid Ca,nnbell .. I'll
o2-Kiugsbury Observation-Disclosures Ct;ster.1
23-lcadic ......... ..3tlG Pennington. "....l
25-llydo. Suite. .-..s..... /
Lichtcnwallcr of Hughes will probably
submit n minority report, recommending
that districts having two senators be divided,
the regular report leaving the senators to be
elected ut large in the district
Sioux FALLS. Oak. Special Telegram, Sept
/ l6.-Ihe convention spent the greater part
of the day in committee of the Whole con
sidering the report OF the Legislative
committee. At s p. IN. the committee
rose. having finished the work with
the exception of some half-dozen nmenu-
ments, which were sent to the Legislative
committee for consideration. The report, as
left TODAY, will remain substantially as it
now stands. The principal provisions OF the
article are as follows:
Minimum number in house. 70: maximum,
1875. Minimum In senate. 20; maximum, 10.
Eligible age to either house. 25 wears, The
legislature to make an enumeration of the state
in 1895, and every ten years thereafter. and an
apportionlnent every five years. Members and
j officers at the Legislature to take an irouciau oath
which prohibits the acceptance of railroad passes;
terms of Office of members, two years; per diem
50: mileage, ten cents; length of session, sixty
days: time of meeting, first tuesday after the
first Monday OF the year next ensuing the cleo
ton of members: biennial sessions; the usual
prohibitions concerning the acceptance of offices
created by the members: and regulations con-
corning records, adjournment, and miscellane-
Gus subjects: prohibitions against omnibus APP
propriation bi.ls.
When the questions of per diem and mile
age We're taken up, the economists attempted
to reduce the former to IS and the latter to
five cents, but they We're voted down by an
overwhelming majority. The usual number
of resolutions We're introduced among which
We're the following:
Prohibiting members of the present conven-
ton from holding state offices until the close of
the session OF the first legislature: fixing the
minimum price of school bonds ut So per acre;
prohibiting the legislature from changing the
seat of government: recommending the sale of
one-fourth OF the school bonds OF the
enh 9" CAV !" AAS uh'aSe
tions of electors to be residence Of
one wear in the state, six months in the county,
and ten DAYS in the election precinct: prohibits
ing the delegation of special powers to conimis-
sions or corporations from making, supervising
or interfering with any municipal improve
ments, or selecting n capitol site: deploling the
infringmcnts of personal rights and suhmlttin.
aclausc for the protection of the same.
THE FORCE OF SEPARATE CLAUSES.
The C. committee on rules. to whom was re
ferred the resolution introduced on Satlir.
day by Kanouse. relative to the force of sep
arate constitutional clauses adopted by the
people, reported that in their OPINION such u
clause would, undo the law calling The con-
ventlon, become u part OF the constitution,
and us binding as other parts of that docu-
ment. The following standing
submitted reports:
Elections and right of suffrage: amendments
and revision OF the constitution; currency and
banking: compensation of public officers: reve-
nue. and finance: state seal and coat of arms.
Following is the report OF tke committee
on state seal and coat of arms:
The design of the great seal shall be rs fol-
lows: A circle, within which shall appear in the
left foreground a smelling furnace and other
features of mining work: in the left background
a range OF hills: in the right foreground u tnrmer
ut his pillow: in the right BACKGROUND n herd OF
;attle and a field of core. Between the parts
mus a aes stea@bos sha'i pr spRs1y a di E1kss 'f se-
;ween the upper and tho lower edges
i the circle shall appear the legend, Under God
the people rule" which shall be the motto of
the State of Dakota Exterior to the circle and
within a circumscrtbed circle shall appear in the
upper part the words, State of Dakota" In the
lower part the words Great Seal" and the
: hate in Arabic numerals of the year in which
!, the state shall be admitted to the Union.
TAXES.
! The report of the committee on revenue
! and finance provides for a state tax not to
exceed 1l2 per cent or the assessed yalua-
ton, and q special tax in case OF deficiency;
also the following:
t A bond interest tax of one-half of one per
cent. that a1l taxas shall he un,fnrr, ~, oil rasJ
and personal property of corporations and indi-
! viduals: that the power to tax corporations and
, corporate property shall no. be surrendered by
any in trust or grant to which the state shall
be a party: that all moneys, credits, instruments
i'll bonds, stocks, notes, bills, etc, are to be taxed.
t so that property OF banks shall be taxed the same
y ms that of individuals; prohibits levying a poll
!, tax; exempts property of agricultural societies.
schools, churches and cemeteries from
: taNatlon. and personal property tax OF
that 81 900 of land and improvements shall be
exempt from taxation to encourage tree plant
t ing; prohibits any other exemptions than those
enumerated: makes profit directly or indirectly
, out of public funds 4 felony.
The committee on elections and the right
of suffrage report as follows:
Male citizens tweuty-one years of age electors:
. suffrage may be extended to other classes OF citi-
= zens by II law ratified by a majority of the
{ electors at a general election; women allowed to
! vote at school elections and hold school offices
: provide for q separate submission of the ques-
! |, ti4m of making no distinction in sex.
= AiN' pi'p"lNS ulllOliON ItINtIb WIS SUD
I mitted by McCallan Of Beadle's:
The legislature may extend the right of suf-
frage by general law to any class or classes of
, citizens OF this state not enumerated in section
one OF this article, provided they shall have the
0 same qualifications MS to age, residence and citi-
zenship as the electors named in section one Of
: this article.
Section / of the report of the committee
. on the compensation of public officers fixes
the salaries of the state officers as follows:
8 Governor, 81. 500; judges Of the supreme
court, 5000; judges Of the circuit court, s., 600;
these salaries may be increased $500 after
1890; secretary OF sta e, treasurer and auditor,
: $l,s0O; superintendent OF public instruction.
$l,50O; attorney general, $1,000: lieutenant
no fees or perQuisites permitted for any duties
r connected with their offices.
n II following sections are taken from the
: report of the committee on
! BANKING N CURRENCY:
: Section 1. II a general law shall be enacted,
D 1t shall provide for the registry and counter
signing by an officer of this state of all bills or
paper credit designed to circulate as money. and
n require security to the full amount thereof to be
deposited with the state treasurer.
Section 2limtts the existence of banks tc
Section 3 holds stockholders indefinitely re.
J. sponsible for all contracts, debts and engage.
stock.
: The committee on amendment and reyis.
. ION OF the constitution Recommended tina,
G when an act for amendment passes the leg.
stature IL shall be submitted for ratification
= OF a majority of the electors, after
n publication for twelve weeks, and provide,
t Tor a constitutional convention by vote
OF two-thirds OF the Legislature. if notified by
Il a majority of the electors The convention
shall consist of as many members as the lower
n house. A resolution was adopted to.
u day providing for evening sessions
+ but even with this provision
y the work Of the convention can hardly h,
n completed within u week. The president
announced the following standing commit
Q tees to-day: