The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-13
But little legislation was enacted to-day.
Among the bills introduced in the council

hAhohiS GICl piilS llU1OuuCGu III CQe council
were the following:
civil code relating to insurance companies. BY
MIR. Walsh, amending the political code relating
TO the tees OF justices OF the peace; also. amend
ing the charter OF the city of Grand Forks: also.
amending the Justices code relating to The duty
OF Justices in case of appeal; also. amending the
justices coae reiatiAs to trials. BY Mr.. West
over, funding the indebtedness of Potter
county, BY Mr.. Kennedy, amending the civil
code relating to the foreclosure of mortgages.
Council Council bills passed: Increasing the menu
penitentiary at S oux Fails to five. and
creating the office of deputy warden; establish
ing independent school district No. Q in Lake
county; amending acts providing for a / board OF
education OF the city OF Fargo: amending sec,
loi, chap, ., civil code; repeating chaps. 81
flom territorial funds for the PAYMENT Of ey-
penscs incurred by sending militia to subdue
Inc riot IN sphinx county. The house
On elections reported to-day in their Anderson-
hutchinson contest, recommending thnt tho
seat be awarded to Anderson. They stated in
their rerort that they had reason to believe
that attempts had been and are now being made
to secure the seat by fraudulent and dishonest
ohers and bargains. deprecating such acts and
practices. a minority report was also made
fayoring the seating of Hutchinson. After =
heated discussion by the house, the majority re-
port. was referred back to the COMMITTEES for
1nrther action. The following bills were intro
duced IN the house To-day: BY Mr.. Gregg, pro-
Slding for the appointment of county sheep in
spectors. BY Mr.. Huntington, creating the
SyuIl! il SlalSnall ana ucf1ntng the boundaries
OF Day county. By MIR. Coe, amending the
charter OF the city of Mandan.
HOUSE, BILLS PASSED.
AuthoflzlnR the commissioners Of Richland
county TO Issue bonds for paying certain indebt-
ness: amending the session laws OF 1870 relat-
ing TO building bridges under township orpan-
ization: changing the boundaries of Ricbiand
county and locating the county seat of Roherts
county at Traverse. Ft,cc's bill altering the ex-
emption law, which was defeated Yesterday.
came up again to-day on a motion for rcconsid-
Grafton. and after discussion passed by n vote az
2!tolO. There is considerable doubt about its
passing the council. No action was taken to-day
py the council Ill the c ntest case of Wilson Va.
La Mourc. eXceptto allow In Mourc to take the
petition for reference. There il hardly a posi-
bllity OF the case being reopcned. The passage
OF the SPHINX county bill, yesterday, Ia generally
regarded as the best way ont of u disagrecable
trouble. Various other county division schemes
are on foot, each being backed by n strong lobby.
Judge Leeper and Mr.. Youngblood of Blunt ara
mere IN tue interest Of the division OF Hughes
aid Sully counties With the county seat at
Blunt. }. w. Smith of Huron, owner of a
portion OF the townsi,e OF Blunt, sent here
70 oppose the division of Beadle county.
mas IL hard to occupy consistent ground. Tho
!acp ID thefe ls no great moral principle involved
IN an ordinary county division scheme one wav
or the other. Selfish considerations are arrayed
on either side. 1t is safe to say that as long as
there are such large counties. IN Dakota there
VIII be plenty of schemes to divide them nm Va
sun AMBITIOUS townsite proprietors and poli-
eicians. e