Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

a.aae the county seat until the general
siecSon IN hcYe-.Ssf, 1880, when the
question would be referred to the beople "a
Eeaecided b a majority vote. Mr.. Hutch
hson, a member ofthe committee. submitted
minority report, recommending that the
election be held in June next. This precipi-
ated a heated debate, In which a large num-
DER OF the members participated, the bill
being finally referred to general orders for
consideration. Coming ub undo that head
Ia committee of the whole later IN the day
the Dill was the cause Of q general wranqIa
WMhiiams moved that when the committee
use u recommend that the hill be printed
anu made the special order for Monday.
me motion was lost after considerable de-
pate, In which Picker and the gentleman
rom Burleigh INDUCED Id an exchange OF
personal remarks Rice then proposed an
amehament referring the bill TO the COM
mlttee on counties, with instructions TO
FRAME A NEW BILL
providing for a division Of the county on an
east and west line, 80 that Ashton be the
county seat Of the northern, and Redaeld az
the southern half. This again stirred up the
animals, and heated debate followed Finally
Inc committee rose with the recommended.
Won hat Rice's motion be adopted Mccall
tailed TO secure the passage Of his bill to
alvlde Lawrence county. Coming I'M in
committee OF the whole, 1t was rendered de.
tunct by a motion quickly made and az
quickly carried that the committee recon-
mend the striking out of the enactinu clause
The committee then rose and adopted the
report by a unanimous vote, Mccall taking
refuge IN the eloak-room before the clerk
reached his name IN the roll. Those who
claim TO know say that when the
combination counted noses in caucusing
the bill, they were two votes short
so they determined to vote unanimously TO
XIII IL Thus one more county division
scheme Is laid aside An important bill was
considered and passed under special order in
the council to-day providing for contests Of
eiecuons OF county officers and of the loca-
non OF county seats IL regulates the form
and procedure of contests, authorizes any
eiector 10 initiate a contest, il an election for
locating a county seat or dividing a county
and enables an eleotor to carry on the con.
test II II is not maintained by the county
commissioners Both houses will hold short
sessions Tomorrow, as they leave in a body
Tor Fargo on the $50 p. m. train. The ar
engagements Tor the excursion are in charge
OF Hon. ID. IL Twoney, member of the coun-
ell from Cass county. None but members of
the legislature, territorial officials, Judges of
the supreme court and representatives of the
press, TO al or whom invitations have been
issued, viii attend. A banquet will be given
saturday evening at the Headquarters hotel,
and the excursion will return Monday IN orn.
ing.
NEW COUNCIL BILLS,
The following bills were introduced to-day
In the council.
By Mr., Smedloy, funding the indebtedness Of
Codington county. BY Mr.. Mclaughlin. Great
ing the counties of Ramsay TpNynpr Kangnnf
Roulette and Bottineau, a subdivision of the
Third Judicial district. By MIR. Austin, incor-
p~Orating Tower City.
Council bills passed: For funding the indebt-
edness Of Hughes county; providing for contest
ing elections tor county officers and location Of
county seats; for funding the indebtedness OF
Potter county; tor funding the Indebtedness OF
bully county; repeating sec. 4, chap. 81 Session
Laws OF 1881; cXemptlng volunteer fJemen from
serving as jurors and from the payment Of
poll tax while tiremen, and also after ten years
service as hremen providing for a constitutional
convention TO organize a state from that part Of
the territory south OF the fOrty-sixth p~arallel;
amending sec. > Of the act creating the office Of
district attorney for several counties.
House bills passed: begaiiZing the issue Of
bonds bv the town OF Wahpeton for water
works; incorporating the city OF De Smet, sub
Ject 10 a vote of the people: locating the county
seat OF Turner county. Bills introduced: BY
MT. Kruger, dividing EmmOns county aud Great
ing Niuona county theTefrOm. BY Mr.. Huston,
establishing the Independent school district OF
~AN'f wv 'NeEA~4 NShAAAs ~ MI bOAAlAHODR
repeating sec. 80, code OF personal relations;
also, II joint resolution providing for the appoint
ment OF emlRrant agents,
House bills passed; Providing a charter for
the city Of WahpetOn providing for the appoint.
ment Of sneep inspectors: authorizing the com=
mlssioners OF Ramsey county TO fund indebted
mos; amending sec, "a, chap. 70, Session Laws
Of 1885,, relating to drainaget TO regulate deal
Ing IN passage tickets: authorizing county treas
urers 10 bid of real estate in tie name Of tho
county where there are no bidders; defining the
NTVRnn HE NAWRaWr~ and IWAWHfIRnV VYV1EahauaA N
therefor; defining the boundaries Of Billings,
Willard, Dure and Wallace counties.
BISMARCK, Oak, Special Telegram, Feb.
Nothing Of special Importance was lone
in the legislature to-day, both houses devot-
ing the time to clearing the tables of a num-
Der Of unimpoTtant bills, preparatory to leav-
ing for Fargo, Bills introduced IN the coun-
Gil:
By Mr.. Pettigrew. amending section 400, Civil
Code. By Mr.. Westover, providing for the con-
struction Of sidewalks In unincorporated vii
lagos and towns; also, establishing an indie
pendent school district Of Fairbank, Sully conn
Is. By Mr.. Nickeus, providing for a board OF
education OF the city OF jamestown aul re9ulat-
ing the management Of the public schools.
Council bills passed:
Amending sec. $50, Criminal Code, fixing the
Of sheriffs and other officers for the trans
portatiOn OF insane persons tothe asylum; fixing
the ices Tor transporting COnNlgbs TO Jne Denl-
Tertiary: providing for recording official bonds
OF civil officers. experimenting the act to enable
districts in Barnes and Griggs oountins
to fund indebtedness; establishing an asylum
and school for the blind At Milbank; changing
the corporate limits of the city OF Redfieid.
Bill Introduced in the house:
By MI. Coe, amending sec. 1l3, Code Of Civil
Procedure; also, amending sec, 229, Civil Code:
alsc, amending sec, ll3, Civil Code, BY Mr..
authorizing the commissioners OF
Edwards county to fund indebtedness. BY Mr..
Runkel, amending sec. 7s, chap. %, Political
Code. BY Mr.. Rogers, restoring In part the
former boundaries OF Ramsey county. BY Mr..
Runkel. concerning corporations and persons IN
the business Of banking. BY Mr. Mccall, detln-
ing the boundary lines of Monroe county.
House bills passed:
A joint resolution and memorial TO congress
the president Of the United States to
from the market certain, pine lands in
Minnesota; authorizing the commissioners OF
Sargent county to fund Indebtedness; authoriz-
ing the commissioner Of Dickey county TO u
Indebtedness.
Council bills passed:
Establishing the North Dakota hospital for the
insane, and providing for the government OF the
same: revising and re-enactiug the act locating
and establishing the North Dakota agricultural
az Fargo: appropriattng 81, 900 for the
payment OF the expenses of the militia To Sphinx
repeating chap. 81, Session laws OF
1881, relating 20 the pay Of county commission
ers OF Scotsman county: amending the act in
cooperating the city of Grand Forks; providing
for a new board Of education in the city of
Fargo.