The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-22

and upon such as may hereafter be sold as
soon as may bo after sale thereof, and so
that the same may DO taxable ut tho next
ensuing assessment thereafter, and that
such laws may be made enforcing by, aud
such penalties as mny seem best fitting to
secure promt compliance therowith.
The committee on land laws made the
following report which was adopted:
We endorse the preamble and resolution
adopted at the last meeting Of citizens OF
Sioux Falls, called for the purpose OF con-
sidering tho various orders and decisions
Of tho honorable commissioner OF the gen.
cral land office, held in that city Dec. 22,
1855. We recommend and memorabilia the
congress Of the United States to pass at it's
earliest convenience u bill for an act cover.
ing substantially the following question:
First-To decide without question or
doubt as to the application OF homestead
law when the same il commuted in refer.
ence to settlers right tofpre.cmption, taken
subsequently or prior to said commute.
ton.
Second-To provide that when localland
officers issue final receivers receipts, such
receipt shall be conclusive as to the set
tiers right to the land mentioned therein,
and upon which patent shall be issued there.
on. said receipt TO be an absolute transfer
of title from the government.
Third-To quiet title in owners to all
lands upon which final receipt has been is.
sued up to the passage Of this act. and
provide for the issuance OF d patent there.
for forthwith. without further question.
Fourth-To provide that all actual and
bona fide settlers who have settled upon
vacant government land in good iaith un-
der either homestead or pre- e-emption laws
having previously exhausted their rights
under either one OF said land laws, as here
tofore 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
thereto under the other OF said laws after
complying with rules rs to settlement and
cultivation.
Mr.. McLarcn OF Steele, OF the committee
on division and admission, made the fol.
lowing report:
Steps having been taken at the seat Of
government ut Washington looking to tho
immediate solving of all questions OF tho
division OF Dakota Territory and admis-i
sion us n whole or part, with view to
avoid any embarrassment OF our delegate
i'll congress, and the members OF congress
having these questions uuder considera tion,
and to avoid in any way hindering them
i'll their action, be it
Resolved, That this convention take no
sion and division, either or both, and for
mulate no further resolution thereon, ci.
ther recommendation or advisory.
Resolved, That the citizens OF the entire
Territory OF Dakota have aided In it's up.
building to its present position OF prosper
ity, and to all OF the citizens alike is that
name cndcarcd, and it is the sense Of this
convention that the name Dakota" should
be given to no other section Of the present
territory to the exclusion OF any other Sec
tioIl.
Resolved, That all resolutions hereto
fore referred to your committee be hereby
referred back to this convention with rec.
ommendation that they be laid upon the
table.
On motion Of Mr.. Root OF Barnes the re-
port was unanimously adopted. On mo-,
ton OF Mr.. Ball the vote was recon-
sidered and the motion laid on the table,
On motion Of Mr.. Stevens of Cavalier
county IL resolution offered by himself was
adopted endorsing the action OF Hon..
knutc Nelson in his cndcavor to open tho.
Red Lake Indian reservation. Mr.. White
submitted II resolution asking congress
that ii the Harrison bill should pass tho
division should be made theeevcnth stand
ard parallel instead OF tho forty sixth.
This was the cause OF % long debate, dur.
ing which the Missouri river was proposed
as one OF the amendments. MIR. White Of
fcrcd the following as substitute for his
original motion:
Without hereby deciding upon the merits
OF the Harrison bill and without intruding
hereby to endorse the same, be it
Resolved, That the said bill should not
be passed through the present congress OF
the United States without first Incorporate
ingthcrein the eamendment 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.
srcss the name Dakota" be not appropri-
atcd by the southcrnportion. Thenmend.
ment was accepted and the resolution
passed. The following dispatch was read
by Judge West from Delegate Clifford:
Ii the convention at Fargo desires tho
name Of North Dakota IL division and so
will declare, we will certainly see it
done. The bill hns been changed to leaving
all the records, library and one.hal oi
the territorial moneys on North Dakota.
Thus the convention will declare in favor
OF division. 1t is quite important that it
should do so at this time.
The convention adj djourned sine die.