The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-03-12
DAKOTA LEGISL a TURE.
Hills INTRopUcEp INs s,v ooU1NSct1f;

DAKOTA LEGIS URE.
sMls INTRODUCED N 1Hn COUNCIL sSSi1
schgpter s63, laws Of 1881 .5sBy Mr. Wagner d
memorial to congress- placing Ger. S4ranS on tho
s5sStssa h st Mr. Nsswsk certain
city Of okings BY Nj: PSttigrew repeaiinI
s siea ss qRa
socket, Sanborn county. BY Mr.. 5Bowdle. pro-:
viding for funding the indebtedness OF tho city
o. Of Mitchell yacating certain blocks In
special election in Steele county. BY Mr.. Jones,
tablishing Independent School District No j,
Hutchinson county. By Mr.. Wagner; authoriz.
fund indebtedness. BY Mr.. Bowdie; Sushorizint;
Sisaebssdaess nv T Vain, sasstins sers sa
Council bills passed: ReSivinF and amending
fthe charter Of the city OF Bismarok; Vacating
certain portions Of Cooper,s addition oily Of
ths 6osn St t soSnty
$vldinR for the construction Of court house In
Walsh county; improving the public school sys-
ten q the city Of Pierce; amending the charter
House Bills passed i. Locating the seat Of San
born county ats ocket: funding tho In
debtedness,of the eoWn Of Plaqsinton, Aurora
:6 The house spent the greater portion Of tho
afternoon In committee Of the whole considering
the e, insurance bill recently passed by the coun-
cia1 order for 8 O clock tomorrow. Among tho
bills introd day Is one by Mr.. Larson res
lattn9 to chanRea d bound afies Of counties. Tho
thai have been organized for three or more years
shall not be changed unless bv q majority vote
OF the legal voters in the county from which the
be s5ksn this
repetitions OF the county troubles that have oo-
ourred In the past. % 81 f3t FL
will probably come mp tomorrow In the house
Tor discussion. Miller's bill locating the county
seat at Ashton has been reported back from the
committee with recommendations to pass, g
minority report being submitted naming Red
field as the county seat. Both parties claim to
be able to carry the day. It, is quite probable
ss
main. and the removers feel that il anything Is
to be done action must be taken soon. ~ 8 s5I 11
Bills II The hogss By MI
code, entitled revenue. BY Mr.. McHugh,
amending chap. 3d. Gen. Laws Of 1883, relating
to the levy and collection of taxes on railroad
companies. By Mr.. BlakemoIe, providing for
the publication OF laws in the newspapers OF the
territory: also ohartering the village Of Woon-
socket. BY Mr.. Myron, repeating tho law pro-
svfding for the appointment Of superintendent Of
public instruction for the territory By Mr..
WtilihmE milling count orders receivable for
after pfesen 81 M Huntington, to pro- lss
mote the construction of the Sioux Falls, Fair
bank & Western railroad. By Mr., Dewoody,
ByMr Stewart authorizing The eommiss d%a
preventing changes i'll the boundary lines OF or !.
ean1zed counties; also, providing for the return
So sh e
nissioners OF Cavalier county to fund indebted
ness: By MI. Smith. establishing q territorial
swanton, establishing an Independent school
district in Oak Hollow, Hutchinson county;
also yacating certain portions Of the city Of
Mandan.S By Mr.. Williams protecting game In
BISMARCK. Oak. Special Telegram, March
3.-That the threats uttered occasionally
during the pastsix weeks, by southern mem
bers in the heat of debate, that the north had
not yet heard the last of thescapital removal
were intended to be carried out, was proven
Today by the resurrection from the special
house committee Of the bill relocating the,
capital at Pierre. The committee who have
had charge of The bill for several weeks, lust
consisted Of Messrs Southwick, Huntingdon
Miller, Mark Ward and Williams The first
ommending that it pass with the amendment
that the capital should not be removed from
Bismarck to Pierre until the 1st 81 May,
1885. Messra Ward and Williams sub
,mitted a s minority Y report y unfav-
orable to the bill A motion was
followed by another to Indefinitely postpone
further Consideration Of the bill, md this in:
burn BY 8 motion to lay the motion to indefi-
initely postpone son the table. Acall OF the
aouse was then ordered, and. the last motion
carried. by. q vote of % to 90: OF the south
Johnson, Huston, Langen, iDewoody and
Mark Ward voted In the negative. No
sooner had the vote been announced Chan O
HbombsheI was fired into the ranks of the
South Dakotians IN the form Of q resolution
offered BY Mark Ward, charging ". s Wells
and HP.P Prentice Of Pierre with 81 IL, i;
@ MAKNG CORRUPT OFFERS atS II
70 members, and paying them money to vote
for the capital removal bill The resolution
The council went into executive session Sat
4 O'Clock to day, and confirmed the nomInn-
Lion T;, OF Speaker Rice as attorney general.
half dozen votes, and Is said to have come
I from the north- Gov Pierce'sa motion In
nominating Rice appears to have been to
select man upon whom The south had
united, and Judging from The fact that Rice
secured their support for the Bpeakership,
HE appointment was made on that ground
The only criticism that Is heard on the ap-
apofntment Is as to Rice'H Qualif 1cations for
the position. The council concurred to-day
n the house amendments to the appropria-
don bills. with the ception Of the Brook
ngs Agricultural coll eye, IN which case o
committee Of conference was appointed.
Bills introduced In the council j: 4,
+ By Mi. Gamble. amending the charter 81 the
city q Yankton; also, fixing the term Of the
district court Of the Sixth Judicial district BY
NJ. Duncan. regulating the sale Of Intoxicating
any comfy. upon: peti tion Of the majority Of
legal voters Of the county, shall refuse to grant
se1ss ss hs sas Df
Henry county. ~ III 10 }555953 :fa
Council bills passed: ss5t: ss5. ~ Z
e Changing tho name OF certain churches in Bon
Homme county: safnendinR Bect5 5, chaps Po-
iitical Code; yacating certain portions Of Mat
iding for tho assessment and taxation 81 teie-
graph PROPERTY In the territory; regulating the
per diem and mileage 81. directors, trustees and
ward for tho discovery 81 antfracite coal in the
terito-y; authorizing the commissioners Of
Gsss s SSn9sy 81 and nsh
certntn sections of the penal code.
4 Housebills passed : 4 I: II
sAppropr attn9 $5 900 for the running expenses
Of che normal school ut Spearfsh; establishing
indspendens schooi District. Ne Douglas
Bills intoduced In the house:
By Mr.. Ward funding the Soutstandine In.
debtedness of Marion school district, Turner
county BY Mr. Barnea; prohib ting the manu-
fagture and sale o. liqhors, and pro-
ytdinK. oond ittons tor local options. by Mr..
ttnston sstab an independ lent school dis
trict tp Harrtson, Douglas count BY Mr. Nor
gan, exemptiug from asaeBsmsnt sor8 I tax
Alton y an n lands taken Tor public high-
.sEaya ~ Huston. - pIoyidilg ford the
lSEanten. pacsttne Cherry street. town Of Memo,
)hntcht1son county; also, ding Tor lie ne
itieSs Of labor, inaterial and mon who did work
" Oliver. amend ding tho charter 1T Lisbon.
~ MI Rice sstah lishinE an ependent school
Gtstrict IN FL andreau, Moody county By Mr..
Hutchinson. authofi zings the iof
Nelson county 70 fund tndeh ednesas BY Mr..
sW1iianls, r1xinR * NO city OF Bismarck TO
ISSUE $t3s 900 OF bond 70 pay TOR seseraee