The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-01-21

the said company TO pay the said survey
ices uponlands already sold Immediately
and upon such as may hereafter be sold Al
soon a.s may be alter sale thereof, and 81
that the same ma he taxable at the mex
such laws may be made enforcing BY, anc
such penalties sas may seem best fitting to
secure promt compliance Herewith.
8$s The committee on: land laws III ade stli
following report, which was adopted;
az We endorse the preamble and resolution
adopted at the last meeting Of citizens
Sioux Falls, called Tor the purpose 81 con
sidering tile various orders and decision
OF the honorable commissioners OF the gen
ernl land office, held in that city Dec. 20
1886. We recommend and memorialize TIL
congress OF the United States to pass al iii
earliest convenitn nee q bill for an act cover
ing ubstantially the following question::
FirstATo decide ithout7 question o,
doubt as to the application Of Homestead
law when the same is committed In refer
ence to settlers right Of pre-. emp takel
subsequently or prior TO said commute
ton. g33Ss
Second TO provide that when local lanS
officers issue final receiver's receipts, sucf
receipt shall be conclusive rs to the set
tiers right to the land mentioned therein
and upon which patent shall be issued there
on, said receipt to DO an absolute TRANSFER
I, OF title from the government
Third To quiet title in owners TO al
lands upon which final receipt has been is
sued up to the passage OF this act, and
provide for. the issuance OF o patent there,
for forthwith. without further question.
Fourth-.To provide that iii actual and
bona fide settlers who have settled upon
vncant government land in good iaith un.
der either homestead or pre-emptio laws,
having previously exhausted their rights
under either one Of said land laws, as here.
.tofpre permitted to do under the usages
and customs OF the land department hith.
erto, since the passage Of the homestead
law, be- permitted to complete their title
theretopndert the other OF said laws after
comply Ing with rules as to settlement and
cultivation. i; " & II 3$
Mr.. McLaren OF Steele, Of the COMMITTEES
on division and admission, made the fol-
lowing report: 3s5ts,35
Steps having been taken at the seat OF
government ut Washington looking to the
Immediate solving OF all questions Of the
division OF Dakota Territory and admis-
sion as q whole or part, with a view to
avoid any embarrassment OF our delegate
in congress, and the members Of congress-
having these questions uuder considers tion,
and to avoid in any way hindering them
in their action, be it Y Il
S Resolved, That this convention take no
action whatever on thisquestion OF admis-
|; sion and division, either or both, and for
nulate no further resolution thereon, Ell,
Their recommendation or advisory.
Resolved, That the citizens OF the entiro
Territory Of Dakota have aided in its up-
building to its present position Of prosper.
TO- 81 0f tho cif a 1slyo
name endeared, and it is the sense OF this
convention that the name tDak ota should
be given to no other section OF the present
territory to the exclusion OF any other sec.
tions II Z &g , h "a e, i$4g
y Resolved, That all resolutions hereto
fore referred to your committee be hereby
referred back to this convention with rec.
concentration that they be laid upon the
table. II a '..s ID
On motion OF Mr.. Root OF Barnes the re.
port was unanimously adopted. On mo-
ton OF Mr.. Ball the vote was recon-,
sidered ind the motion laid on the table,,
On motion OF Mr.. Stevens OF Cavalier
county resolution offered by himself was,
adopted endorsing the action of Hon,
Knute Nelson in his endeavor to open the
Red Lake Indian reservation. Mr.. White,
submitted q resolution asking congress
that If the Harrison bill should pass the
division should be made theeeyenth stand:
ard parallel instead OF the fortv.sixt tn.
This was the cause OF long debate, dur.
ing which the Missouri river was proposed
MS one Of the amendments. MIR. White Of
Tered thefollowing us o substitute Tor his
original motion: "A. .i
Without hereby deciding upon the merits
OF the Harrison bill and without intrudinp
hereby to endorse the same, be it al AZ
Resolved, That the said bill should not
be passed through the present congress 81
Z the United States without first ,incorporat--!
ing therein the amendment proposed in these
resolutions. &
] Judge West. moved to amend the resolu.,
ton still further By incorporating clause
requesting that in case the bill passed con.
gresa the name q Dakota" be not npprorri.
ated by the southernportion. The amend.
5ment was accepted and the resolution
passed. The following dispatch was read
by Judge West from Delegate Clifford:
II the, convention at Fargo desires the
name Of North Dakota division and 40
will declare, we will certainly see Il
done. The bill has been changed to leaving
all the records, library and one.half 81
the territorial moneys on, North Dakota.
thus tho convention will declare in favor
OF division. 1t is quite important that Il
should do 80 at this time. ,ss- -
n The convention adjourned sine die.