Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-09-19
THE CONSTITUTION.
Further Reports from the
Committee Rooms.
The Convention Nearly Ready to
Commence Consideration Of the
Various Reports.

Various Reports.
JUDICIARY.
Chairman Moody from the committee
on Judiciary made partial report:
Section l vests the judicial power Of
the state in q supreme court, circnit
courts, county courts, and justices of the
peace, and suoh other courts as may be
created by Law for cities and incorporat-
ed towns.
Section Q gives the supreme court ap.
pellate jurisdiction and general judicial
control.
Sectien specifies further powers OF
the court.
Section provides for two terms of
court each year at the capital.
Section 5. "The supreme court shall
consist of three judges,. to be chosen
from districts by aualined electors of
the state at large, as hereinafter provid-
3D."
Section 6. The number of Judges
may, in five years, be increased to five.
Section 8. First term four years and
subsequent term six.
Section IL. First distributing west
OF the Missouri river; second district
lying east of the Missouri river and west
of the Dakota; third district-lyipg east
OF the Dakota river.
Section IA. The state shall be divid-
ed into judicial circuits, in each of
which there shall be elected by the
electors thereof, one Judge of the circuit
mt nf off hal
be four years. First circuit-the
counties of Union, Clay, Yaukton. Bon
Homme, Hutchinson. Hanson, Charles
counties of Lincoln. Turner, Minneha.
be, McCook, Moody, Lake and Miner.
Third circuit-the counties of Brookings,
Kingsbury, Deuel., Hamlin. Codington,
CLARK, Grant, Marshall, Roberts, Day
tions, and all that strip of the territory
the county of Day and the forty sixth
parallel of north latitude. Fourth cir
cuit-the counties of Sphinx, Besdle
Sanborn, Dawson, Aurora, Brule, Buf
falo and Jerauld. Fifth circuit-the
counties of Brown, Hand, Hyde
Hughes, Sully. Potter, Faulk, Edmunds,
Walworth, Campbell. Mcpherson and
including all that portion of said state
lying east of the Missouri river, not in
cluded in any other Judicial circuit.
Sixth cireuit-all that portron of said
state lying west of the Missouri river.
Section Is There shall be elected in
each organized county county Judge
who shall be Judge of the county court
of said county; whose term of Office shall
be two years until otherwise provided
by law.
Section 10 County courts shall be
courts of record and shall have original
jurisdiction In all matters of probate
guardianship and settlement of the
estates Of deceased persons and such
other civil and criminal jurisdiction as
may be conferred by law provided that
such courts shall not have jurisdiction
in any case where the DEBT, damage,
claim or value of property involved
shall exceed one thousand dollars, ex-
cept in matters of probate, guardianship
and the estate of deceased persons.
Section 20. County courts have ju-
risdiction IN cases of misdemeanor
Section %. The legislature shall have
power to provide for an attorney gen.
eral for the state aud states attorneys,
and to prescribe their duties and fix
their compensation.
Section 81. There shall be a clerk OF
the circuit court in each organized
county, who shall also be clerk of the
county court, and who shall be elected
by the qualified electors of such
county.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
Chairman Williams of the committee
on public accounts and expenditures
reported:
Section l provides for payment OF
money only by appropriation and war.
rant of proper officer.
Section g The general appropriation
bill shall embrace nothing bat appro.
priations for ordinary expenses of the
executive, legislative and judicial de-
partments o: the state, the current ex.
penses of state insitutlons, interest ol
the public debt and for common schools
All other appropriations shall be made
by separate bills, each embracing bu,
one object, and shall require a two
thirds vote of all the members elected to
each branch of the legislature.
Section prohibits back pay.
Section prohibits public aid to cor.
porations.
Section provides for public state.
ment of state receipts and ecpendi
lures.
MINES AND WATER RIGHTS.
Chairman Corson from the committee
on mines, mining and water rights re
ported.
Section provides for a state commits
sioner of mines.
Section requires provisions to pro
tect the health and secure the safety o
miners, and prohibits the employment
OF children under twelve.
Section provides for school o
mines.
Section declares the water of every
natural stream to belong to the public
| Section gives preference to users o.
| water for domestic purposes.
Section gives right of way upon JUS
compensation, for purposes of convey
ing water for industrial purposes.
Section places regulation of wate
rates in the hands of county commits
sioners.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.
| Chairman Wright of Brookings, frou
the committee on corporation, made {
report.
Section requires the legislature t.
provide by general law for municpal cor
porations.
Section 2 limits them to four, ani
limits their powers. None of them shal
aid any railroad or private corpora