The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-08-02

years. It provides against female suffrage.
The house OF representatives shall consist
of not less than seventv-Ave nhrmoro than,
100 members. and the senate not less than
one-third nor more than one.hAf Of the
number Of the house. Each organized
county shall be entitled to at least one
member Of the house. The senators are
. wide into two classes; one to
be elected for two years and The
other for four. II provides for bien.
NAL sessions Of the legislature not exc
ceeai,ng ninety days, to convene on the
first Tuesday in January after election.
It requires two-thirds Of the members
elect to override the veto power. The
governor shall either approve Or return .
bill within five days from the time Of de.
livery to him, and shall have the ten days
after adjournment within which to approve
or reject. 1t il against minority repre-.
sentation an provides for election by
plurality vote. It gives the legislature full
power to regulate liquor Ii enses. Any
coal lands which the state may acquire ia
the congressional grant shall never DO
sold, but may be leased. The school fund
shall be invested in United States bonds,
bonds OF the st te or first mo- gage secur-
tiles of t. G state at not moro than ONE
half the value of the land. It prohibits
the p ssage of special laws and provides
that the property of the wife before mar
riage and What she may acquire during
married life shall be exempt from execu-
ton On claims against the husband. Il
prohibits foreign corporations from trans
acting business in the state unit, they ap.
point an agent in the state, who shall b
subject to process by law, aud provides
that no foreigner shall vote until two
years after he has declared his intention
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of the Declaration Of Independence With
facility shall be considered a test Of the
QualigcatiOn Of a voter. No act Of the
Legislature shall take effect within sixty
days after adjournment, unless specially
provided i'll the preamble or body Of the
act.
The convention adjourned on the goth
without the transaction of any business
save the introduction OF two articles.
These were: Providing that all elections
shall be by secret ballot; that ballots shall
DO provided by state and counties re.
si,e lively; all electors must be registered
ninety days before day of election; also
, roviding that the only purpose fbr which
funds may be used before or after cleo
tons by any candidate OF his agent shall
be- renting halls for meetings, posting cir
culars, newspapers III advertising Of
publ: speakers, and travelling expenses.
The event of the duy on tie 22nd was
the consideration of q resolution providing
for IL single body Legislature. The ques-
ton was discussed in committee OF the
whole, but the committee rose without
reaching q vote. A hurried caucus showed
that over thirty-tivc members Of the con-
vention are favorable to the PROPOSE
ton and that many more are on the fence.
AT the afte noon session 1t was ordered
That NIL Clan linn ons,S,Nstkooe ha ~o-,,s-S
to report by Thursday Of the present
week. This is done to force the conyen.
tion to business.
Lander, of Eichland, int, oduced an artt-
Gle discouraging the holding Of large
tracts of lands by individuals or corpora.
tions as against the public welfare.
Bennett, of Grand Forks. introduced o
provision that at the general election inn
mediately preceding the expiration of the
term of u United States senator from this
state the electors may by ballot express
their preference for q candidate for the
United States senate. A number Of other
articles were introduced.
Prohibition petitions are beginning to
pour in, and it is evident that they have
not given up hope Of having u prohibition
clause embodied in the constitution.
The complete constitution introduced BY
Williams came up for reference on the 23d
but WAS postponed,
The proposition to vest the Legislative
powers in a single body was again dis.
cussed in committee Of the whole and fur
nished a field day for orators. The propo.
sition was defeated and the convention
will make an apportionment for the two
houses.
phe judiciary committee reported to the
convention on the q b. The COMMITTEES
re. omnends that the supreme court have
three judges; six judicial districts with as
many judges. and that the present system
of justices of the peace be retained. The
committee favors holding all terms of the
supreme court at the capital, terms Of thu
judges of the supreme court to be sid
years.
Ike legislative committee report made
OH the 25th provides that the senate shall
consist of not less han thirty nor more
than fifty members, AMI the house not less
than sixty nor more than lao, the senators
to be divided into two classes to be elected
for W and four years respectively. SEES,
sions shall not exceed ninety days, foI
which compensation shall be $500 and
mileage of III cents.
The committee OH education prohibits
sectariunism in schools, and leaves to the
legislature the establishment of a uniform
system.
Tho committee on executive provides
that the governor shall hol Office for two
years or until his successor is qualified,
gives the governor power to disap, rove Of
amy item or part of any bill making appro-.
priations. and the part approved shall be-
come law. 1t provides salaries as hereto.
fore reported.
The suffrage committee introduced an
article providing that all male citizens,
ct >, may vote, and submitting the quSs.
ton of female suffrage to q vote OF the
male electors one year from next fall.
The minority report Of the committee ON
the judiciary department, submitted on tina
18th, provides for the election Of county
judges in zach organiz ID county. whose
term of Office shall be two years and gives
county courts original jurisdiction IN ali
matters Of probate, guardianship and set.
Elements of estates. The ONCE Of Justice
of the peace is virtually abolished. The
committee on revenue and taxation sub.
mitted its report with a proposed article
for the constitution, It gives the legisls.
ture power to provide for raising revenues
sufficient to defray the expenses of the
state for each year not to exceed four mills
on the dollar on the assessed valuation Of
all taxed properly. The legislature shall
exempt from taxation all property used
exclusively for schools, religious, cemetery
or charitable purposes, and personal p, o.
erty to any amount not to exceed 200 acres
of land and improvements thereon shalt
be separated and assessed. Cultivate /
an uncultivated land Of the same quality
shall be assessed at the same value. nm.
road property shall be assessed bv ths
mile.