The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-08-02
BUILDING TWO STATES,
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONsTITU.
'TIoNAL CONVENTIONS IN DAKOTA,
Progress as Made From Day to Day in Both
scctions-Work of the Joint Committees
on Division of Property-.side Notes.
SOnth Dakota.

On the Goth the convention met and ad-
journed without transacting any business
whatever. About t%wo-thirds of the re-
ports of standing committees have been
submitted.
Just one-third Of the delegates were
present at the ten-minute session on the
22nd. The only business presented was a
resolution instructing the joint committee
On the part Of South Dakota that in case
of any uncertairtainty as to tie location of
the seventh stannard parallel of the boun-
Diary line between'the Dakotas, as fixed by
the omnibus bill, to come to the best pos
sible agreement with the commission of
North Dakota and report the same to this
convention.
The session Of the 23d was freely at
tended and good progress was made. Ten
reports were adop ed and added to the fin
ished work. Among these was the article
on exemptions. which Is as follows:
The right of the debtor to enjoy the
comforts and necessaries of life Shall be
recognized by wholesome laws exemptlng
from forced sale u homestead. the value of
which shall be limited and defined by law
to all heads of families and q reasonable
amount of personal property, the kind and
value of which to be fixed by general laws.
The legislature, therefore, will determine
tlle lllllltdtlOu Ol cNeIlDLlOnS.
The committee OF Legislative npportion-
ment reached an agreement on the senate
rial apportionment, by which the number
of districts is fixed at forty-one and sena-
%torsNat fortystive; the latter being the limit
provided in the constitution. The range
ment is practically in accord with the ap-
portlon1nent agreed upon some time ago,
being one senator for every 1900 voters or
major fraction thereof. The report of the
committee was not unanimous, standing
13 to 8. The minority object to that num-
Der of senator's as beng too great for the
present population.
A long, sharp, pointed and for the most
part interesting debate ccurred on the
21th over the report of the judiciary COM
mlttee on the apportionment of the ju-
dirial districts. The minority report con-
templatcd tho putting of Beadle, SPHINX
and Brown counties INTO different circuits,
and therefore recommended q different
districts. The majority report was, how
ever, adopted.
The committee on rules reported that
certificates be issued to members and en-
ployes for per diem after the federal ap-
preparation Of 500, 600 become exhausted.
The other now reports submitted were
for submitTng the minority representa-
ton clause and the prohibition clause as
separate articles. Also the report of the
committee IN revenue and finance.
I. Tho committee on Legislative apportion-
ment has made its report. The senate is
given forty-tive members and the house
l2l. The committee has given to each
county at least one representative indepen-
dent of any other county and as many
mord as its vote-counting 500 voters or
major fraction thercof-will entitlo it to.
The apportionment is as follows: