Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-09-24

sam. e,eation at which this constitution shall be
admitted. and the place Receiving the highest
numbssr OF votes cast ON this que stion shalt DO
me Temporary seat Of government until per-
manent seat " g0yetnGient shah pc ebIap!isheu,
a. hereinafter provided.
Sec. 4. Tie legislature, OF It's nrst session
after the admission OF this state, shalt provide
for tina submission or the question OF place LOT
| permanent seat of government 70 tne qnahned
yoters OF the state and that place which receives
4 aaiority OF all the votes cast upon that ques-
ton shall be the permanent seat 81 goyernmeat:
The committee on exemptions submitted
the following report:
Tie right OF the iebtor to ENJOY the comforts
and pecessaries of life shall be recognized ey
homestead. the value OF which snail DC imitea
and defined by law, to all heads OF Iamule.' sna
yaIue 81 which shall be ny "a bv general laws:
hut no change In the exemption laws shali be
effective IN the collection OF anv deot contiaceed
PRIOR 10 the adoption OF this constitution
A minority report provides that lhe
amount of real estate exempted shall In no
case exceed So 900, nor the amount of per-
sonal property 81 900, and that real prop
erty shall not be exempted from executions
for labor performed thereon, or for the pur
chase prlce thereof The chairman or the
standing committee on bill OF rights re-
ported two additional provisions, one that
no person shall be required to perform any
service for the public on any day set apart
by his religion as day of rest, and the
other that the principles of government OF
free people require liberty OF personal action,
SO far as consistent with the public safety
and welfare The executive and admins
trative committee reported fayorably the
appointment OF commissioner OF school
lands Mr. McCuluin. from the committee
ON seal aud coat-of-arms, submitted
minority report, recommending for state
motto sThe People Rule" A majority OF the
committee on preamble submitted the fol-
lowing report:
We the people OF Dakota, grateful to Almighty
God for our civil ard religious liberties, aud de-
string to secure them for ever In order To form
more perfect and independent government aud
promote the general welfare do ordaln and es-
tablish the constitut IN for the State OF Dakota
Updyke of Codingtoa, chairman OF the
committee submitted the following minority
report: ~ ...
We, the people OF Dakota south OF the forty
sixth uaraiiel of north latitude. having the right
of admission into the Union on an equal footing
with the origin9l states, and having eor'phed
with aii the conditions made necessary 70 tne
France of the province OF Louisiana
and by an act q congress ext. sxtenaiss ITO TO
the lnhaaitssntTi 81 a P Or rrhta priV,
ilegrs and inmuniies secured to the people OF
the territory northwest % lhe river ohio by the
81
gress the guarantees Of the federal Constitution
and the blessing OF Almighty God, in order Ia
form a more perfect government, establish JUS
ticc promote the general welfare and secure our
liberties for ever. do ordain and establish this
constitution for the government OF the state OF
Dakota
| supplemental report of the committee on
revenuo and finance recommends that no
salo OF land for taxes can DO made except by
order or Judgment of a court of record, and
providing for the right of redemption from
tax sale within two years
##f ..fE PROHIBITION
The committees on prohibition reported in
favor of submitting the question to a vote OF
the people. Section one OF the report reads
NJ Jllows:
No Terson or corporation shall manufacture
OF aid IN the manufacture for sal nuy mtoNi
eating hqHor: 40 pHsCn shah sell Or kefp int
legislature shall by law prescribe regulations
for the enforcement OF this section and provide
suitable and adequate penalties for tho violation
thereof. ..@ ~.
Section relates that the schedule shall pro-
ytd1 for vote upon the qilesti AZ the same
election at which the question os the adoption
Of the constitution shall be submitted, the
clause to become q part of the constitution II
receiving an Affirmative majority OF all votes
cast, Otherwiso not #s
The woman suffrage movement received u
boom this morning In the form of a letter
from Marietta Bones, its special champion
In Dakota, who. In bad English, protested
vigorously against the injustice shown her
sex, and entreated the convention TO Inner
talize themselves by granting women tho
right 10 use the ballot The communication
was referred, amid laughter, to the commit
To on elections and right OF suffrage The
movement was further advanced by petit /
ton signed by forty live citizens Of Yankton.
md arnx-f,aa fN.
the people of clause granting the
right OF suffrage to women. eommuni-
cltion was read from the surveyor genera
ns Huron, stating that the forty-sixth par
allel had not been surveyed through the ter
ritnry. Government surveys give the latl- J
tude Of Huron US "A deg II min and 3 sec.
north 1t is computed that the fcrty- sixth
parallel is hive and one-fourth miles north OF
the seventh standard parallel, which IL the
southern boundary OF sthe counties OF Em-
mons, Mcintosh, Dickey, Sargent and Rich
land. From these compilations il appears
that If the forty sixth parallel is taken for
the northern boundary, the following amount
OF territory, stated in acres, win be cut oil
from these countless - a. a9eaa
Emm0ns.. y 103 6s3 e6lT4ekey IN leo G3l, IT (
Mcintosh. 4l,3l6.4l lRichland. lOGO7G as /
Aa#E THE REsoIUTIoNs ~
INC FOLLOWING are the more important res /
olntions reported to day;
Prohibiting the Legislature from exempting by /
lawBny agricultural horticultural so,sieties /
churches, sectarian schools colleges aud CEN.
eterics providing for legislative superintendent /
among the counties in single independent dis I
lncisi hxing the maximum rates of taxation 1
for slate paupers AZ four mills, when he assess |
ment IL xsO,O00O00 TO he three mills when 4
saooooo,ooo At two mills, except in great
may by atwo-thiTds vote increase the ate,
Z 4 Is E -frH
Sioux FAILS, Dak,, Special Telegram, Sept
ls.-Tho question OF how far the conytitu.
tional convention should 90 in the matter al
setting up state government for the pro
posed State of South Dakota, which has all
along threatened to bring . heated discus
sion on the door Of the convention. proeipi
tated crisis this afternooa As indicated
10 previous dispatches, there Is diversity az
ppinioa on The subject, some fayoring the
plan OF making provisions for a state gov.
eminent without carrying them out, Others
advocating the election of state officers and
congressman, while some take the advanced
ground that ia case congress shal
refuse admission the state shall con.
nnue to exercise the same powers
as other states In general however
the delegates agree in the main upon one
thing, That 10 IL to be taken for granted that
when the senators and representatives TO be
elected the coming fail sEall knock &C the
doors OF congress for admission, they syiIl be
admitted, and that the territory will secure
the long -desired boon of Statehood. There
are but few, so far as can be ascertained.
who are IN favor Of taking any other course
than acquiescing in the decision Of congress,
aiter I'll has been done that can be done for
admission The question came op this after-
noon when the convention in committee OF
the whole was considering the report of the
Standing committee on the bill OF rights
NTRopucED by cAsuPBEII.
when consideration Of tho report was
nearly completed, Hugh J. Campbell OF
Yankton introduced the following additional
section, which he stated was verbatim
copy from the Pennsylvania constitution Of |
1870: