Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-02-08
DAKOTA LEGISLATION.
Wednesday, Jan. so.


Wednesday, Jan. 80.
HOUSE.
There was an interesting debate in tho
house on the Aitken bill, fixing the lia-
bility of railroad companies for setting
fires. IL passed by vote of SO yeas to
3 nays.
A resolution was introduced asking
the auditor to make up statement of
all the expenses of the past legislatures
in excess of what the government al
lowed. The object is to memorialize
congress to reimburse the territory for
those necessary expenses.
Mr.. Palmer. of Hamlin, introduced
bills providing for $29, 500 in bonds for a
chemical labratory and and 81; 800 for
maintenance of Brookings agricultural
college. Referred.
BY White of Clay, a bill appropriating
in bonds 500, 900 fDr a science hall to the
Nermillion university and $4,000 for
the maintenance. Referred.
The governor vetoed the seed wheat
bin, urging strong objections to its pro.
visions.
The house passed the clerks salary bill
over the governors veto by AZ to I. The
one vote was by Mcneil the lone Demo-
crat.
The appropriation committee reported
favorabiy upon Hot Springs for a soldiers
home by vote of TO ).
The Judiciary committee made a re-
port on the governors veto of the salary
bill.
COUNCIL.
In the council the committee on edu-
cation reported favorably for an agri-
n,,lt,,,aI r,1l,T,a nj Natlay- ritx- 4 mi
nority report will be submitted.
The council passed the clerks salary
bill over the veto and the bill became a
law. There were four negative votes
Cooper and Iarsted, Republicans, and
'IcDonald and Ryan, Democrats.
Walsh and Crawford, of Pierre, and
'oindexter, of Sphinx, were appointed to
filed vacancies on the judiciary COM
mittee in the council. Poindexter
promptly declined to serve. The others
accepted.
BILLS INTRoDUCED.-By Ericson--Ap-
propria:ing Sl04, 900 for salaries of otii-
GERS and maintenance Of the Nermilion
university.
BY Millcc-To establish a normal
school az Wahpeton, asking no appro-
priation and donating $1,000 and forty
acres of land within one mile of the city,
wcr., %lj0,G00.
Thursd"y, Jan. 81.
HOUSE.
Mr.. AiE.ns presented large number
Of petitions from q. \. R. posts asking
for th1 location Of q soldiers home at
Hot Springs.
The governo? -aplied to the criticism
Of the judiciary committee on his veto
Of the clerk salary bill, and said he had
in his report 10 the secretary last Novem-
Der advised thg government at Washing
Ton that the territory could not get along
With the present allowance.
Elliott of Ransom county introduced a
bill providing for the repeal of the law
creating the office of territorial auditor.
This is a very important Office and the
incumbent, James 4. Ward, under
ChuIch, has been the premier of the
cabinet
Elliott intima:es that he will follow
this bill with others knocking out the
treasurer, and carry out, if possible, the
programme of transferring the routine
business of the administration to Secre-
tary Mccormack.
+. Hughes bill authorizing the coun-
ties of Dakota to issue bonds for court
houses and jails passed.
The council bill abolshing all clerk
llre for the -ovcrnor came into the
house and also the council bill introduced
by Sir. Patten of Miner, that seeks to le-
galile the unauthorized transfer of the
ancXpcnded balances to the territorial
heneral fund. There viii be an inquisi-
tive debate before this bill passes.
The house had sharp tussle in COM
mittee of the whole over the soldiers
home and its location. Wellmann of
Eddy county withdrew his name from
the minority report favoring Pierre, and
ioined the majority favoring Hot
springs. No action was taken but Hot
Springs is ahead.
COUNCIL.
The legislature during the forenoon
listed the coal mine at Sims, and got
back too late for the council to hold a
session.
There was a Republican caucus in the
evening on the seed wheat bill, with a
view OF meeting objection to the one We
toCd by the governor. Ii was referred
10 Il committee of three Keith. Adams
and Newman instructions to draft
2 new bill.
1t is given out that the governor ad-
mits that he was hasty, that the legisla-
ture was hasty and that it is time for
peace.