Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-01-29

hess aftsf roil call and the reading Of the
was the report of the conilntttee en-
elections,ll The case ~ Anderson vs. hntch-
VI. Hutchinson hold the certificate
Of election and has occr- = seat In the
house .p 70 date. The evidence submitted
by the committee shows that some two un-
bred votes had been thrown OUT on account
Of errors Ia the printing Of tickets, Thereby
giving Hutchinson a small majority. The
report closed With the opinion hat Anderson
is entitled TO the seat now held by Hutch
insou Messrs McComber and Coe
mambers of the committee, submitted a
minority report, recommending that the
case be held open for several days IN order
70 give Hutchinson an opportunity 10 sub
init certain evidence in the case which
not been considered While discussion
the adoption Of the report was going on,
Southwlck of Kingsbury county moved an
adjournment Tho motion was promptly
seconded hy M DeWoody of Edmunds
ard the clerk began calling the roll.
Before the roll eall had progressed far the
fact was evident 20 all that one party or the
other had made a sudden move for the pur
pose Of sJayihg OF tho question Of capital
removal. and when the clerk announced the
motion IA carried BY a vote OF "a 70 -, the
impression was materially strengthened A
scene Of confusion followed, in which both
members and spectators participated, groups
being formed, and the situation discussed
excitedly. IL transpires that the move was
by some OF the members to stave oil
action on the removal question until they
hear from their constituents, as well
IA TO await action Of the council In the matter.
The Northern members voted for adjourn
ment with the exception Of Messrs. Oliver
and Strong. The following southern men,
beers also voted for adjournment: Messrs
Barnes, Dewoody, Eldridge, Huntington,
Hueston, Hobart, johnson Logan, South
wick, Mark Ward, and Speaker Rice. The
North Dakota men were
JuBnAsT OVER TITS RESULT,
and claimed that they bad made a successful
inroad upon the ranks OF their opponents.
Six bills we're introduced to-day in the
council. among them being one appropri-
ating go, 900 for the completion and main-
tenance of the normal school at Madison.
Mr.. Wells. frem the Black Hills district, in
troduced q bill providing for the orRaniza-
ton Of a school Of mines, 20 be located az
Rapid CITY. the cost Of erection to be defrayed
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twenty yeara, payable at the option OF the
territory after a period of ten years from the
date of issue. The bill further provides that
the work of erection of the buildings shall
be commenced in ninety DAYS after
the approval Of the act The bill
creating the office or attorney gen.
eral was given, its second readirg
to-day and referred to the committee on ter
ritorial affairs In Ghis connection IL may be
said that several of the South Dakota mem
bers are after Attorney General Hughes
official scalp. A bill providing for the ex-
tension Of time for the payment OF taxes
from February to April, reported back from
the committee to-day, with Recommended
ton for passage, caused considerable dis
eussion, in which most OF the members en-
gagged II is probable that the bill will pass
Sphinx county again comes 20 the front with
a rehash of its county seat troubles a bill
was introduced in the council Monday by
Mr. Wagner. providing for the division OF
the county and the formation Of n
new county named Payson, the lat
ter to consist OF two tiers of town
ships from the southern part OF
SPHINX county, n one tier from the northern
part of Beadle county. BY the terms Of the
bill Ashton is to be the county seat OF SPHINX
county, and Altoona of Payson. The com
mittee on counties met Immediately after
adjournment to-day TO consider the bll. A
number OF lobbyists were present TO favor
the scheme. G. IL Myers, of the capital com
mission, appeared 10 press the claims OF
Redheld. where ne owns a considerable num-
Der of town lots, for the county seat A
lively scene ensued, several eloquent
speeches being made before the committee,
speakers becoming rather excited and
the SPECTATORS considerable enter
tainment 1t is difficult to Judge of the
merits OF the case, but the troubles are OF
such a nature and have continued for so long
a time that the best way out OF the difficulty
appears 10 be for the legislature to seize the
bull by the horns and locate the county seat
The bills introduced on Saturday
were not entirely satisfactory to the adyo-
Gates Of removal Different amendments
nave been considered and rejected, until
finally the one proposed this morning was
decided TO be the most satisfactory TO all
concerned When IL o'clock arrived, the
time set for the consideration of the bill, the
council resolved itself into a committee OF
the whole, with Mr. Jones of Hutchinson
county--Gamble's e~olleague-in the chair
President MISSIONER, who had a seat in the
house, apparently eager to put himself on
record in the matter, rose before Chairman
Jones had an opportunity either to announce
the bnsines before the committee or to read
the title of the bill, and proposed an amend
ment
wEsrovER's NDM
IT first section, providing for the removal
OF the seat of government from Bismarck to
Pierre, was left unchanged The remainder
of the bill reads as follows:
Section 2. Any and all interest or title which
the said Territory OF Dakota may have acquired
In any real property under or in pursuance Of an
ACT entitled An act To nrOVIIA for the loeai ion
OF the seat Of government Of the TERRITORY Of
Dakota and for the erection Of public buildings
thereaG, approved March 8, 1888, and any and
all interest or title which the said territory may
possess In or TO any building or buildings That
may have been constructed on such real prop
erty is hereby released and transferred to the per-
sons who contributed money, labor or materials
Tor the construction OF the capitol building aud
the Improvement of the grounds thcreat in pro-
portion TO the sum or sums Of money so con-
tributed, or the value Of the labor performed or
materials furnished and unpaid: and ali indebt-
edness incurred by the capitol commission mem
toned In said act for labor shall be first paid
out OF the proceeds received from the sale of the
said real property, and the district court or
judge thereof, upon the application OF any person
having contributed any labor, money or mate
rial, shall have power 70 appoint a receiver OF all
of said property, wit power 10 control, sell, or
dispose of said real property to pay all of the
said Indebtedness, and thereafter TO dis
tribute the balance received from the
s "a or disposition OF sad property
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materials Or money as aforesaid. pro rata, and
said receiver shall have full power of a receiver
nuder The code OF civil procedure under the
direction OF the district court or a Judge thereof.
Sec. .. Within ten days after the taking
effect OF this act all the territorial officers,
whose offices are properly kept at tho seat Of
Cove rnment, shall remove their several offices,
together with the public property, archives,
records, books and papers, TO the said city OF
Pierre. and the public offices Of the sai9 ter
ritory shall thereafter be kept at said city OF
Pierre, and the future sessions OF the legislature
shall be there held.
Sec. 4. Upon the taking effect Of this act the
present legislative assembly shall stand adj
1ourned until the seventh dav thereafter, when
IL shall convene al the city OF Pierre. where the
remainder OF the sixteenth session OF the legis-
lat1ve aSscmhly OF said territory shall be held.
Sec, 2. All acts and parts of acts In any man
Der conflicting with any OF the provisions Of
this act arc hereby repealed.
Sec 4. This act shall take effect aud be In
force on and after It's passage and approval.
Some discussion arose as TO the provisions
OF the bill as regards the power Of the
Judge OF the district court to pass upon the
made that a certain district should be speci-
ned. Finally. on motion of Mr.. Nickeus. the
committee rose and reported the bill back 10
the council, with the Recommendation hat
the amendment be printed, aud that Discus
sion of the bill be made the special order for
tomorrow at IL o'clock.
IN THE BousE
a similar amendment was proposed by
Mr.. Pickler. Mr.. Williams moved the refer
ence OF the amendment TO n select committee
OF twelve. consisting OF one member from
each legislative district MI. Picker moved
that The motion ha luid nu tEa ,.lJc xna