Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-18
with the majority report, which alb
sorbed it subsequently,.

with the majority report, which alb
sorbed it subsequently.
COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP.
\ minority report came from the
committee on county and township or
ganization. 1t did not differ materially
from the majority report.
CENSUS.
II. j. Campbell OF Yanhton. Of the
special committee on census. reported
that there he appointed by the conven-
ton one CHIEF enumerator. who shall
appoint and remove ut pleasure one
county enumeration for each county in
the state. who shall have the general
supervision of taking the census of the
state. The county enumeration shall
appoint one enuinerator for each town
ship, district, ward, or precinct in his
county, taking r to appoint a suffi-
cient number to insure the speedy
enumeration of all the inhabitants Of
his county. The returns of the enum-
orators are to be made in writing, Civ
ing name, age and sex, to the county
enumeration. who shall collate all re-
turns and return them to the chief
enumerator. He in turn, shall collate
all returns from counties and place
them in possession of the chairman of
the committee. The enumerators areto
complete their work and make returns
before November 1. 1883, and the chief
enumerator must submit his report to
the chairman of the committee before
December l, 1889. The pay OF the
enumerator is three cents for each in
habitant enumerated by them and the
county enumerator shall receive one
cent for every five persons enumerated
in their county and the chief enlumera-
tor II cent for every ten persons. The
chairman of the committee shall issue
a certificate of the amount due each
person, and the first legislature after
the adoption of the constitution shall
make provisions for their payment.
The report WAS ordered to be printed. .
STENOGRAPHERS.
Porter Warner OF Lawrence reported
that the committee on ste~nographers
had secured the services OF T. q. Brown
and Tom Hooker. and that they We're
in the performance of their duties.
HOURS OF MEETING.
III. J. Campbell submitted a resolu-
ton changing the rules governing the
hours for the converting of the owen
ton to a. NJ, and 7:3o p. NJ. The
resolution was deferred.
COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP.
The majority report of the committee
on county and township organization
was called up for adoption.
Section l was. upon motion of j. r.
Gamble OF Iankton, stricken out as
being pure legislation. 1t designated
certain corporate bodies polite.
A. G. Mellette of Watertown thought
section 2 more in detail, as a matter of
legislation. than the first, and that since
the first section had been stricken out
because it was legislation, section 2
should also be refused.
j. X. Gamble of Yankton-1t is only
a limitation of power and is not legis-
lation.
There was considerable discussion
upon the question OF what size counties
should be, in which Il. f. Campbell OF
M%innehaha supported the limits made
by the report.
&. G. Moody of Lawrence thought
the report lame, and should be recon-
lljlltGi W lliC COtlIlllllIets do IL lIlOuc
the area of counties too large. and
ton.
1t was moved to refer the report to
the committee on legislation.
a. :. Jones Of Hutchinson said it
would he disrespectful to the commit
lions to refer the report to the legisla-
tive committee.
II. L. Pettigrew of Minnehaha-If
this is referred the committee will
! know no more about what the conven-
tion wants than is known now. The
question does not involve legislation,
but merely places a limit upon legisla-
ton.
The report was not referred, nor did
the motion to reconlmit prevail.
il. +. Pettigrew offered an amend
ment prohibiting the consolidation of
counties.
q. G.. Moody submitted an amend
ment. that no organized county can he
divided or consolidated without the
consent OF the majority Of the voters of
such county or counties.
There was Il deal Of discussion over
tho question OF how organized counties
should be divided or consolidated. 1t
seemed to be an insoluble problem,
what to do With fractions of counties
found to contain too much area for one
county and not enough for two and he
ing surrounded by counties containing
the full area allowed. The section as
reported provided that division and an
neXation and formation of two counties
from one should be effected by the leg
islature after a majority of the people
interested should direct by a majority
vote.
Before a vote could be taken the ctn-
vention Cat 12:4O adjourned to 2 p. Nj.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Upon the reassembling Of the con-
y@ention at , o'clock, consideration of
the report OF the committee ON coun-
ty and township organization was re-
sumed.
w. W.. I>rookingS of Minnehaha Of
fered substitute for the whole report,
the rock upon which the convention
split being section 4 Of the original re-
port relating to the removal of county
seats, a three-tifths vote, as provided
for in the report. being Objectionable to
many.