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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
ARTICLE XVI.

IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.
SECTION l. The house of representatives shall
have the sole power OF impeachment. The con-
currence of a majority of all members elected
shall be necessary to an impeachment.
&c. 2. All im%peachments shall be tried by the
senate, When sitting for that purpose the sena-
tors shall be upon oath or affirmation TO do JUS
tice according to law and evidence. No person
shall he convicted without the concurrence ni
two-thirds of the members elected, When the
governor or lieutenant governor is on trial, the
presiding Judge of The supreme court shall pre-
side.
SEC. s. TIE governor and other state and judi
cial officers, except county judges, justices OF
the peace and police magistrates, shall be liable
rupt conduct or malfeasance or misd'meanor In
office. but Judgment in such cases shall not OK
tend further than to removal from office and dis
qualification to hold any office of trust or profit
under tho state. The person accused, whether
convicted or acquitted, sIlall nevertheless be
liable to Indictment, trial, Judgment and pun
isament according to Law.
SEC. !. All Officers not liable TO impeachment
shall b. subject to remDvHl for misconduct, NAL
f~easance, crime or m;stlrmeanor in otlico, OF for
drunkenness or gross ~incompctency in such
manner as may be provided by law.
SEC. 5. No officer shall exercise the duties of
his office after he shall have been impeachcd and
before his acQuittal.
SEC. 0. On trial of IN impeachment against the
the lieutenant-goyernor shall not net as
member Of the court.
SEC. !. No person shall be tried OH impeach.
mcnt before he shall have been served with a
copy thereof at least. twenty days previous to the
day set fortrial.
SEC. s. No person shall be liable to impeach-
lnont twice for the same ofIense.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
.RTICLE XXIII.
AMENDMENTS AND REvIs1oNs OF II CON.
STITCTION,

AMENDMENTS N REVIS1ONS OF THE CON.
sTITUTIoN.
SECTION 1. Any amendment or amendments to
this constitution may be proposed in either
house of the legislature, and if the same shall be
agreed to by a majority of the members elected
to each of the two houses, such proposed amend
ment or amendments shall be entered on their
journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon,
and it shall be the duty Of the Legislature to sub
nit such proposed amendment or amendments
to the vote OF the people at the next general
election.
And if tho people shall approve and ratify
such amendment or amendments by O majority
OF the electors voting thereon, such amend
ment or amendments shall become u
part of this constitution, provided that
the ~lnendmen or amendments, SO pro-
posed shall be published for q period of twelve
such mnnner as the legislature may provide; and
provided further, that if more than one amend
ment be submitted they shall DO submitted in
such manner that the people may vote for OF
against such amendments separately.
.SEc..2. Whenever two-thirds of the members
elected to each branch of the legislature shall
think it necessary to call q convention to revise
the constitution, they shall recommend to the
electors to vote at the next election for members
and It q majority of all the electors voting Mt said
election shall have voted for a convention, the
legislature shall, at their next session. provide
by law tor calling the same. The convention
shalt consist of as many members as the house OF
representatives and shall be chosen in the same
manner, and shall meet within three months nf-
ter their election for the purpose aforesaid.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
Frank james q Physical Wreck.

1sS
It was easy to understand that Frank
James yielded more possibly to the demands
of his wrecked constitution when he sur
rendered himself than to the demands of
law and order. He is in very poor health,
and there seems from his appearance some
foundation for the physicians statement
that he is dying with consumption. He has
not been well for several years. Lately
he visited his mother in Clay county, and
got back home complaint greatly
Of the physical torture he was enduring.
His hair is thinning on the top of his
head, his face is sallow and the bones
show, his long nose Is almost of the same
hue with his yellowish mustache, and his
hands n fingers are almost like those of a
skeleton. Tn veins that are seen in the
hands are frail threads Of blue.
1t is not easy to believe that these hands
Tor twenty years kept close .~companionship
with deadly revolver$, and that the swift
movements of their forefingers have cost
probably 100 men their lives. It is not easy
to think that this fading head with its thin
silken crop Of hair is tho one for which the
state three years ago kept open a standing
offer of $4,000; nor that his frame, now SO
shrunk that the clothes almost flap against
the limbs, has seen the bitterest hardships
and faced the ~fiercast dangers. If it were
not for the Enthusiastically "bad eye" and the
unusual development OF the lower facial
features, one might easily mistake Frank
James for a preacher suffering from a heavy
dose of malaria; but the cold glitter Of the
desperado's eye is still there, the slow, meas
ured speech and the defiant, set expression
OF the co%unteisnce which belongs to men
accustomed to value others lives lightly as
they value their own.
Hs looks no longer like the "wraith of
slaughter" that be has been described. He
says ne IS only AZ, but his appearance makes
him as old as 60. H. is a sick and dyin1
man, and he needs just such rest as he finds
under the cedar trees around the Raiston
dwelling, with the comforting hand of his
faithful, loving young wife, who was often
with him in the saddle, to soothe his closing
hours, and the bright face and glowing eyes
OF his. little 7-ysar-old boy to cheer and
tighten the lark moments that are gather.
ing over him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
ARTICLE X.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

Ohh Nv
SECTION !. The legislature shall provide ty
gsnsral laws for the organization and classih~-
lion of municipal corporations. Tho number Of
such Glasses ehall not exceed four, and tia
powers of each class shall be defined by general
avs, so that no such corporations shall have any
power, orbe subject to any restrictions o'hea
than all corporations OF tho same class. ils
legislature shall restrict the power of such cor
porations to levy taxes and assessments, borrow
money and contract debts, so as to prevent the
abuse Of such power.
SEC. q. Except as otherwise provided in this
constitution. no tax or assessment. shall %
levied or collected, or debts contracted by mimi
cipal corporations, except in pursuance u tan
Tor public purposes specified By law; nor shall
money raised by taxation, loan or assessment.
for one purpose, ever be diverted 70 any ";hsr,
Sec. 8. No street, passenger railway Or t"'s,,
graph or telephone line shall be constructed
within the limits Of any village, town or city
without the consent of it's local authorities.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
SCHEDULE AND ORDINANCE.

SCHEDULE AND ORDINANCE.
SECTION 1. That no inconvenience may arise
from q change of the territorial government to a
permanent state government, it is declared that
of individuals, and all bodies corporate. shall
continue as if no change had take place in this
government; and all process which may, before
the organization of the judicial department un-
der this constitution, be issued under the author
ity of the territory of Dakota, shall be as valid
as if issued in the name of the state.
SEC. 2. All laws now in force in the territory of
Dakota, which are not repusnant to this consti-
tuition, shall remain in force until they expire by
sEo.s: An fines. penalties. forfsitu.es and es;
cheats accruing to the territory of Dakota, shall
accrue to the use of the state.
SEC. I. All recognizances, bonds, obligations
may be taken before the organization Of tho ju-
dicial department under this constitution, shall
Fs%sin yslid a. a sSe sh nam pass S. oy tSe to stated saa a msY 81 be
bonds, obligations or other undertakings exc
e efis:iai b ssa ssis it]sr' sSai{ p ss to ov say to stti tSs in n2on his
for tho uses therein respectively expressed, and
may be sued for and recovered accordingly, All
criminal prosecutions and penal actions which
have arisen, or which may ar1se before the organ
Constitution L. and Which shall then be sAt pendins,
mny be prosecuted to judgment and execution IN
SEQ. s. Ali officers. civil and military, nov
holding their Offices and appointments in this
territory under the authority Of the Unitec
shall continue to hold and exercise their re-
spective cSaices and appointments until super
seeded undSe this constitution.
SEC. 6.4ES4Hs first meeting. Of the legislator
shall be hflasat such time and place as shall b
sslso 6gai aaSea t and Ps soTsdoIe. OF tn's consatat'o'
/, SEC. Z. The legislature elected under the Pre-
! Visions Of this ordinance, shall assemble at II r
second Monday in December. in the year of on
Lord one Thousand eight hundred and eighty-fv'
and on the first day OF their assemblAge the COY
ernor and other state officers shall. take the ont
Of Office in the presence Of the, legislature. III
oath OF Office shall be administered to the Sol
u stors and representatives Of the legislature. an
n to the state otficers by the chief Justice Of tt
territory, OF BY the president OF the state sxecl
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09

., state board of charities 5,u ana az the the legislature
a ,nnb rules and restsEiii,u " cons st OF not ~
shnll provide; sch poa," Iva appointed by ,ha
exceed five mempas, by tie senate anu ~"
governor ana "a e siaIi b. tiAtdb : a ,Mo horticultural
compensation s.,u u, university, the aSa ar Inc.
SIC. 3. me s,a'Il '%aachocls md ei,e na s;the,
%colleye., lne IONS ;nns that my be- ~ iva annd.r the
honai lnslio I, mart by the state shsli w amounted
Wholly "a u ~, "a board Of nine neilnel ,ia senate. to
CONGO ,orsrnorn and confirmed y rsstinn They
~ a. = the regents Oh three retiring
t%,.m lid their Office for SIX years u.
eS rhs s regents in connection w oan,s.o of stud. in
a,ch institution shall NIX 'ae !,
the salIth. n tho regents shall Ut hHN
The compensation VI ,
by the lrs's Ti,e regents shall appoint nu a ep' ths;'
Dc. = i f,r eYch institution W. W ,rus,e,s,
nsa n Z :" bo designated the hoala w nrubel
G s I II II holl otice for five years OH ;nstitn-
Lics > annually. The trustees OF e"'A Of the
retiring haii annoiut the facIl.! ina cn,.
ssma. and shall provide " institution,
ssr, infringement OF 1ne nInsr hrvo
h,lt all appointments and ren'I hs valid The
he onproyal of the regents J" sl,a1l receive
trustees of the several ,s'i.u'! anrr;res but the,
ne 93nn IN ,ps;m,in for al expenses lbeu.nI nv M
, ~, "a = ,rs..n If their duti =, upon psssei, ,re,sar
me GasoJlu arromnt Of the same 10 ais ,st p m,st-
ltelnlzen r svJo hoard of trustees at lis mrs; ~. hi h.
,ur Shou decide by 10. the order III "
~ shsl. retire from ctliSe. r;ie that tn"
M, lraislatuse shall provide uua , in
asu. . ~ mining and uletallurEy be Ma iSor the
at least ono institution OF Farming INV
of the state.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
ARTICLE Nv


sr,rr,oy I. The niltia of the state OF nah"'s
sh - cnns;s; of all able-boaigd mms y g' eirl'.
,]nsiiinr in the state, between the N.Y. rsons n,
,san mi fortv-tye years, except snch pe'H ~. ths
~ mr. hereafter may be eXclipnu ~ Wv
Ii ars If ihn United States orot TINS s!a'A' law
SEC 3. Tic legislature shall provide ~ a mIs
t,r No nnrolimnnt, unifo1aing, eQulPlhei, aIT N
aisr;nl;no ii the militia and the ss' apllsnulvm a, l.
vnInntaer and sucl. other organizations, o. nG,n,
W may he deamcd necessary for the propsru !Sa
If The state, the preservation OF ORDER III" vac
efficiency and good OF the service. fo- tho
SEQ =. The legislaturc in provlalns lr ~ rs
nsariv rs practicable, to the rcS1!at,oasc CEN. .m N'
government Of thearuies Of the II'trn ss.un m;s
Src. 4. All militia Officers snail se e:lt Inv
e;nned hy the governor, and may hold lheil c",n'
missions for such period OF time ns III, ies1s 10
,nre may provide, subject tn removal ny ts
,royerlor for cause. to be Ii st asceTt"lht'' ny d
Ss,nrtmnrtial. pursuant 10 law,
SIC : The mill, in shall in all cases, except
treason. felony or breach of the peace. o.
nririlnncd from arrest duf Ing their HttendailceM
n,ustar and elections, and III going TO ana re-
turning from the same. and
SEC. 8. All military records. thnnsIS nn'
relics Of the stats except when in Lawful use,
shall be preserved in the Office OF ,he hoJl,n.i'
general, as an enduring memorial OIL We p",iaa
otisrl and valor of Dakota; ard 1t snail ne uic
duty Of the Legislature to provide ny III" iof 'he
safe keeping of the same.
SEo.'7. No person having cunsclen1lons ssrn.
plos against bearing arms shall be cn1peleo 10
do military duty in time of peace.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
Working the Telegraph Racket"

AOA0AAs
A well-known crook was encountered ths
other day. He bore an air of profound
detection. He allowed his cigarette to 60
out after the second Whit, while he leaned
over a table and scrawled figures WITH .
piece of chalk.
Whats the troublef' the reporter ID
quired.
BAD e%nodgh," he answered. 8Our DIS,
h han a been pinched in Connecticut, ~
t = JUST got twenty-five years stralgnsm
W. oee neck. Who was It'll Why. 1aI1n Palmer,
-. course. He was one
ana 'ue profession. a1o has made tbo,,ss
cros, thousands. He wasn't like ordinar.
sc,,em. he was always getting up new
and ~ dc invented the telegraph rackat
-, ~ was a daisy. How was Il ,oorlsS,
800 20 to q hotel at Buffalo and rocis'
az as Charles Adams of New York AMI
" card as representing soma p,anufact-
~ uans concern In the city. He'd rush crowd
ahu seii, Or try to sell. by sample or hv ~
uus1d'slns book. and he'd always brine he
treat ~ customers to the hotel and thar
clsrl oa nem ana the clerk. He'd tell ths
t money telegraphed on, and to notiev 'b bine
eae moment the telegram cera y I'm
a.oernoon the telegram came from ono -
MS pals. 1t read: om one Ok
check at ~ l9. o,a, received. Mailed you certified
NJ, me next morning thu letter cane from
Ne" York, and inside was a CERT lad chscE.
~ course it was all forged and yery weii
t tbea walk A De- III show 10 1T it up to the clerk and
IL. The teller refused alwavs LII, .Tohn
was was Identified. He'd go back to the hotsl
and get the clerk to endors it or alse 70
down With him to the bank to Identity him.
Time tn e0' He sa essrb he CO. s%0lls Scsd the cash every
cess was too much for hira. He oct carsless
IN his biz. and then, instead Of stiokine to
hotels and banks, he tried to work The most
office. 1t breaks me all up, Tor I WORKED
the racket with Hmm
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
Bob Ingersoll's Boy Friend.
TChristian union1


Mr.. Ingersoll at his summer resort has
made friends with O manly little boy just
entering his teens, and the two had become
summer companions The boy was quite
ignorant of Mr.. Ingersoll's religious, or i.
religious. views, aud when some one told him
that the friend whom he so greatly admired
did not believe in the Bible, nor in Christ,
nor in God, nor in q future life, he at first
resented the accusation with indignation,
and then, when it was confirmed, had a
good cry over it The summer coming to
its Ell J, Mr.. Ingersoll was asked to write
something in his young friends album, and
what he wrote read something like this: ut
has been said that the best man is he who
has the most boy in him. I think the be;t
boy is he who has the most man in him.
Judged by this standard, I think my friend
- is the best boy I aver kuew.n
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
View OF Life.
Nf

4oraa atter all, is good and made to be en-
Ssseu IN all its agreeableness and beauty.
!, are young; cultivate with care three
g ~ n = wit, vivacity, good humor. But
the gay side Of things, and who laugh at
everything. Isn't one worthy of our race
unless he turns everything into mockeryi
Believe me, 1t is a meaEer use of wit to
know only how to belittle. Perpetual irony
Is often a mark Of impotence. Listen still
less to those who see only the somber side Of
life; the sod, the discouraged, to use a term
OF the day, the pessimistic.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
The wild Dogs Of woolwich.

The tendency Of animals to revert TO Q
savage state has been strikingly illustrated
at Woolwich, England, where a number OF
ownerless and halt-savage dogs have had to
be exterminated. Some time ago, it seems
a bitch, who had no definite home, reared a
litter Of puppies in the timber she'd Of the
royal arsenal. She assumed nocturnal
habits, which her descendants inherited,
until at last they became a nuisance to thu
neighborhood and a positive source Of ter,
ror. Several litters of puppies were founa
and destroyed; but at last organized war
had to be proclaimed and the whole PACK
has been shot down, one by one, by a po-
liceman provided with a rife for the puF'
pose. They are described as being Of q
large mongrel breed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
AEfACLE XIII,
M1nry~

naSIloS \. Neither the state nov
credit or mnH aoSStSapHlty shall loan or give is
diyidusl, ns 49, aonatl'ns to or i'll aid of any ;n ~
me necessary support ot mo nnnr u Except Tor
any ass nrS;stG9o 'hS ownsr of the capital 1sstp tck DE
zone responsiblee for So ,Gs fis,'f a. nor pay Or be-
uutYidual, association or cornnrati inlliy OF any
E Tx Gne stste may assume or INV snn,i pioSlued
detenSas y wt zen incurred in time Of war d fap o. or
i IN Il OF the state. Nor shall the STATE aor the
~ M YORK OF internal improvement e''e engage
,,nso. 2. For the purpose Of defrav;
mentss. Expenses sa e, and making public i un,rooa-
revenue, the state may contract u failure in
" exceed with previous dahts never
sEkKSI1 ga Soo,o9o, and no greater indebted n .ne
peIlinr. in our!eu except Tor the purpose OF RS q
aetendlng the state Or the United Sta ,ss.i % OF
mar mapt pf e; ihs in shall be made by law Tor the war sax.
when due e'1 by v1 tsa lsv; anan99 aall and the princiipsa
S.hef sources Of revenue; which law nr y , iron
Tor inc payment Of such interest and p,GSiuinI
u n.y. ip snc Tax do or 2; 9 Otherwise shall be irrepeallnPha'
SEC 3: The debt Of any county, c;tv .,u.
aenool distrlot or other subdivision shniil ,owl
the ta1a hye per oentun upoa the assessed value hu, {
amount OF indebtedness which n n,nn;n;;nunhiE II
SUBDIVISION may incur, the amount Of inpS AN
nets contracted prior to the adoption aha "s e
eonstltuMon shall be included. " III
SEo. T. ANY city, county, town, schoo, =;
dde eing msa shall, at or before the time Of !
tag sufficient to pay the interest and On am amy !
principal thereof when due, and ali 1aso t
f Gralnaace q providing for the payment Of
1 pesispIs, or an Ri5i1n noab aa 1t ANY n ns DEBT shall DO If
nc. 8. Consent is given that conerees =,
make snoh provision for the payment ~ \ !
state, ct The existing indebtedness Of the to,
able, and this state shall assume and nav 81 TI
snsreot a. congress may provide.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09

rect abuses and prevent discrimination md -
; ;s5;isn On in ,I Tie a iliss : e r. siSlS,xss :; = r. s,sssa ssr
Hh1 extent, i a,ssssary Tor that 1a parp pen :. of fo to
%'ej,s5s :; & ' a,aai pafsP1T sssd r as1d isaashises: = ''',
I pr:vaie slppsr'{ for public uss ish1iss m al .af ,,sf
s sslsa.j by ss' q eon eessSDsEty "a ssFs ! injured ' .!
" eoa, sasa;ion ,lsll Be- paid OF v seourea b ws1Sn
," aSS is ns5so :od ssG|h iid from .deprisi lss's any
inant Of daustsS against any such corporations aeu On
the amount OF ~ isua asinages in all sases Of ap-
e mined BY a 'tIy as in other civil cases. 'oe-
IS Sc lS.,i II 1 LII re e ''s sons9,ssS = s = used in in
Of Tie powcrs e privileges Of oorporations not
tesse.suJ By Individuals or partAerships.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
ARTICLE xvYu
hANkINo AND cuRnExcY

hAHhsN0 AND CURRENCY.
sscrlos l. III general banking law shall he
epuctel it shall provide for the registry and
coputersisuine oy an officer of this state of all
hills or paper 'sedit designed to circulate as
money. and re21lre security to the full amount
,borsof, tols deposited with the state treasurer
in tic approved securities OF this state or of the
United States tnbe rated at 10 per cent. below
iNriy par value, and In case OF their deprecia-
,;nn the deficiency shall be made good by ia.
,nsitius adIitional securities.
SIC. ]. livery bank, banking company or cor
pora,ion shalle V required to cease all banking
e]rsya,i.,: Win in . twenty year. from the time d
IT, blsinCss bpt.shall have corporate capacity to
we or be sued until its business Is faily closed;
but the legislature may provide BY general law
SIC. 3. Tie shareholders or stockholders of
any banking operation shall be- held individu.
ally responsible and Liable for ali contracts,
debts and enSaeenents Of such corporation to
The extent of he amount Of their stock therein,
at the par Tai9e thereof. in addition to the
amount inyes'sd in euch shares Of stock; and
such individual liability shall continue for one
sstockhold@ or stOokholders.