Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-02-18
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1885.

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WEDNESDAY,, FEB
sorizing the appointment Of clerk |
~ Appropriations Com nittee
<blishing tie County Of Ward from |
& prtions OF Stevens adjoining Nc
hiring licenses and fines to go into
n 6neral instead of the school fund
k 3nly Is.
siiEing the incorporation Of Valley
hnrizing Day and Hyde Counties to
VI thcir Indebtedness.
horixipg Morton County to buy
IN nf1s and build Court House
| kion is still deferred on the Ander-
6 Ra. Hutchinson contest, but it is
Etc come up for final disposition
lp time during the week. 80.
\ Hickeus, by request, introduced
III nSial asking Congress to compel the
axn Pacific to take patents for land
IN l6f to bring them into the lists for
lE THE CouNCTIlA At WORK.
81 afARfK, Feb, 11.--Mr. CANDLES
Skprder for Saturday.
ll pGpll bills passed:
atng the criminal code in relation
= opntoghldi6e Tor the Incorporation q
street rsilway companies.
+ Appopriating $33, 500 for the uni
versit at Grand Forks.
limiting the fees Of sheriffs on mort
gage sles.
Divtiing civil townships and creating
new nes in Trail and Grand Forks
| Counties
AmGding section 500 of the civil code
inrelaion to mortgage foreclosures.
incorporating and annexing part of
Chrk tyounty to Day and creating Mar
shall County.
Reinsurance bill was made the special
order Tor Tuesday II provides for the
organization Of companies and regulation
| Of hoe doing business in the Territory.
ANDERSON CONTEST.
Mr.. Anderson, contestant of the seat of
Mr.. Hutchinson, was examined by the
| investigating committee MS to his aban-
| dorment of the contest, and testified that
| he mised money to pay bills here and go
| home by the sale of real estate, and did
not know, but thought he would not have
mace Ne sale If he hadn't said he was
going lome. The investigation will be
continued Tomorrow.
To consider the best means of securing
the division of Dakota, the joint commit
| tee mel this evening for the first time TO
consider Mr.. Washabaugh's bill, calling
| for constitutional convention for South
Dakota at Sioux Falls in September and
the means to be used to promote division.
Mr.. Washabaugh's bill is likely to pass.
ANOTHER EXEMPTION BILL.
In the House this afternoon Mr.. Mar
tins bill reducing the exemption from
| $150O to $50, amended by the committee
to 81 900, was under discussion. 1t does
not affect absolute exemptions provided
by law, nor alternate exemptions, in
which farmers are most interested, which
| MAJ be chosen in lieu of exemption OF
1900, but does reduce one third the op
| potunity afforded dishonest merchants
| to lefraud creditors, and is regarded a fiji
companion to the family expense bill
which passed the House last week. The
| discussion did not develop the strength OF
themcasurc, but strong men are support
ing ii and presenting strong arguments in
its tehalf and it may pass
The bill was made the special order fol
tomorrow at p. m, and will then be
disposed of.
THE RAILROAD BILL.
| The Conference Committee on the rail
road bill was also discussed and finally
! referred TO special committee, consist
| ing of the Committee on Grain Grading
and Agricultural Features. This bill
as talegraphed last night. VIII not bt
| modified to any great extent
| The House passed its bills
Attaching Sargent County to Ransom
| for judicial proposes.
Defining the boundaries OF Cavalier
| County. which takes in ten township!
| from the western part of Pembin,
| County and unattached townships lying
between Pembina and Cavalier.
| Council bills passed:
Providing for court house and Jail il
Hamlin County and locating the county
seat at Castlewood.
| Amending section 101, chapter 8, of til,
| code of civil procedure by providing tina
| notices must be recorded as well as filed
Providing for the purchase of 25,
copies of the third volume of Dakota re
ports.
Among the bills introduced were:
| BY Mr.. johnson, appropriating $12, ,0O
1 for the Normal School at Grafton. Ais,
providing for the inspection of illuminat
ing oils.
THE SPHINX COUNTY BILL VETOED.
BISMARCK, Feb. IL. The Governor We
toed the Sphinx County bill, presenting Il
the Council the following points:
He regrets to disapprove the bill, be
cause it may be regarded as in some de
gree an act to solve the difficulties exist
i Ing in Sphinx County. His first objection
| is that the local questions involved ar
not submitted to the people interested
He objects also to special legislat on 0
this character, except where there is prac
/ teal unanimity on the question of divis
| ion submitted to vote. He notes tina
there is a food of schemes of county divis
| ions and the county seat spectre sOugh
to be dispelled by this bill rises in q nun
ber Of other localities. Though the tim
| will come when the large counties mus
be divided. he regards this as an unpre
piiious time-unpropitiou because tn
Territory Is seeking favor at the hand
| of Congress. and each new difficulty pre-
sented is used to Dakota's disadvantag
because Dakota is inviting immigration
\ and these dissensions and divisions pre-
/ sent unfavorable aspects. If 1t be sal
that this bill was in the nature of punish
mcnt for the late disturbances, then th
recent decision Of the Council relative 3
taxing the costs on Sphinx County, Is sui
ficient anbwer, and, indeed. the force 9
exemplary legislation would be lost IL th
sins Of sphinx County were visited o
Beadle County "A generaliaw applicabl
county seats, he would gladly approve
Section 10 Of the bill he considers yer
objectionable. 1t provided that the town
i aar1a fed from Rpadla Cnunfv shnuld No