The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06

Appraised 1921
Total indebtedness ...........n...... 30,l44
Cost of steam heating. ............... $500
The steam heating apparatus was placed in
the building with the understanding that the
legislature would make an appropriation to
cover the cost. Furniture and lights have been
placed in the building for the Inspection of the
iegisIature, no assurance having been given that
the same would be purchased. Insurance to the
amount of &25, 900 has been placed on the
building, the policies expiring in April and May
next.
NEW BILLS.
OF the bills introduced to-day in the coun-
Gil the following are among the more impor-
tant:
Bv Mr.. Kennedy, to locate the Central Da-
nendence; by Mr.. Smedlcy, to locate
and establish an asylum and school
for the blind at Millbank. BY Mr.. Westover, to
provide for the payment Of expenses incurred by
the territorial militia in suppressing the Sphinx
county troubles, and to assess the amount,
50, 1886. 30. upon the village of Redield. By Mr..
Walsh, to construct the main building of the
North Dakota university at Grand Forks, and to
authorize the secretary Of the territory to issue
bonds TO the amount OF 100000, running
twenty years, at q per, cent, redeemable at OPP
ton after ten years, to defray the expenses Ct
construction.
The following council bills were passed:
To protect the passage of fish in the James
and Cheyenne rivers; TO authorize the board
OF GOl0IN commissioners vi OTIuu EOTkS TO
fund outstanding indebtedness; providing for
printing one hundred copies OF all bills daily: a
Joint memorial to congress praying tor the ap-
pointment of Lieut.. Greedy TO q position IN the
signal service; a joint memori to congress ask
ing for the reduction of the price of government
land inside railroad limits to 81 20 per acre; to
revive and re-enact the act locating the North
Dakota agricultural college at Fargo.
Business in the house moved along smoothly
this morning. The capital-removal bill has
been disposed Of for the present, and some
good work may be looked for. MI. johnson
introduced a bill to-day providing for the
abolition of boards Of county commissioners,
substituting therefor a board of county refer
ences, which shall hold its meetings twice a
ayear, in May and October. The board is to
consist Of the chairmen of the boards Of super
visOrs of the different townships in the county.
Each ward OF every city also to have a repre-
sentative. The salary Of each member is fixed
1t 50 per day for each day OF actual service. and
mileage at two cents.
The council bill defining the boundaries Of
Edmunds and Mcpherson counties was
passed. The council bill changing the name
of the village of 0rdway TO Independence
was read a second time and referred TO the
committee on towns and cities. The house
committee on elections will report to-mar-
row in favor of seating Strong, the member
from the Twelfth district whose seat was
contested by Bechtel- The new evidence
Introduced by Hutchinson in the matter Of
his contest may result in his securing the
seat
The board of capital commissioners Of Dakota
have made a report to the governor and legis-
~lature, which, after giving a concise history Of
the organization Of the board, and the pro-
gramme carried out in locating the capital at
Bismarck, continues with an elaborate descrip-
ton of the newly erected capitol building and
the litigation following the removal The board
alleges that but FOR the financial and i~itigious
depression the lots donated to the territory by
Bismarck would have sold for at least 250,0O0
The minimum valuation placed upon the 3qIlots
plated is S123,415, and TAO lots remain unsold,
appraised at $S5,521, beside 160 acres adjoin-
ing the city on the south. The financial trans
actions Of the board are show Us follows:
loLal recelpts w
loIal expenditures. 1oosoto W
Number OF lots plated ........... wa
appraised W
Number Of lots sold .......... Z45
Amount received for lots sold....... $3S, S49 90
Amount above appraised value. ..... 800 90
Number of unsoid lots ..... TAO
Appraised at xS5,52l %
Total indebtedness ............... 5O,l45 40
The capitol is insured for $4,000. and the
boakd recommends an additional $780, 600 in
'urance upon the building.
SENATE. Mr.. Merrill, from The committee on
finance, reported fa.erably, with amendments,