Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-17

/ HoAASNS
age to the county and its county seat,
from personal reasons The method OF
Legislative retaliation is said by the Car
rington News to be in transferring the
district court from Darlington to New
Rockford, in rival county where San ex-
| pensive courthouse is to be Immediately
erected at New Rockford, to head off any
movement of eastern Eddy county to
take the county-seat to the more central
location where it properly belongs" The
News man is correctly informed as far as
the fact that the introduction of such
| bill is contemplated is concerned, but
misinterprets the motives of the members
from the 22nd district. 1t also does Mr..
/ Wellman an injustice in rejecting on his
intelligence, and one which the News
would hastily repair or attempt to were
he to visit Bismarck. The fact of the
matter is, that Mr.. Wellman is recog-
nized as one Of the leading members Of
the house. He was with the winning
combination and was largely instrument
tai IN making it winner. The estima-
ton which Speaker Keith places upon his
abilities is seen in the makeup of the
house committees, perusal of which is
respectfully recommended to the Car
rington News as refutation of its unjust
reflection. He is on five of the most i'm
| portant committee in the house and is
chairman of the warehouse committee.
BISMARCK, Jan. IA. Especial Capt.
| Van Etten went over to Mandan yester-
day and pictured the doom terrestrial
and celestial-of those who look upon
| the wine when 1t is red; some of the
members attended service in the city
sanctuaries, others thronged the corridors
| of the Sheridan, while others still whiltd
away the day Of tedious rest playing cent
ante. All were presumably endeayoring
| in their own peculiar manner to prepare
for a big days work today, which, how
ever, dId not ma .erlalze. About twenty
| bills were introduced in the council but
only about half that number in the house.
| The councilmen evidently came to Bis
marck with their grips filed with bills
for they have fairly Uttered the clerks
desks with contemplatiye enactments
daily since the session began. The coun-
cil bill register shows that 50 bills have
been introduced SO far during the ses-
sion. Today in the council Mr.. Nc
| Donald introduced bill to locate an
agricultural college at Valley City. The
ccs.:zl:.e ccs:szsl:.e ~ tka cit, aser FORTY acres off
| land providing such is done. Mr.. Lowry
has evidently been looking UP matters of
+.,r,+icp an5 acsocep,ont Jo ;ptro5uooJ
bills today to compel assessors to assess
bank and other shares of stock in the
name of the owners and to abolish inter-
est on personal tax. Van Osdel of Yank-
to declare usurJ misdemeanor and pro-
vided for its punishment. Hunter intro
dnced similar measure in the house bill
No. 43. It was bill day for Senators
Crawford and Walsh. The former intro
duced measures to compel foreign lnsur-
ance companies to make their annual
returns to the auditor Dec. 1st, home
companies May lst, and providing that
the statements shall be published in three
papers in each judicial district; another
to make all laws passed by thus legisla-
ture operative on July 1st, instead of on
and after their passage and approval;and
another to make unpaid tax on personal
property lien on real estate. Walsh
introduced a number of bills of minor
Importance, that compelling the issuance
of marriage certificates being the most
important. VanOsdell wants the time
for the redemption of property sold at
tax sale extended to four years, and asked
the council to pass his bill to that effect
and Hughes introduced bill to attach
Hettinger to Stark county for judicial
purposes. The bill rectifying clerical
error and attaching Towner county to
the eighth judicial district, which passed
the house last week, was passed by the
council today.
IN THE HOUSE.
Among the bills introduced in the
house were No. IS by Burnham, to pro-
vide for the compensation of probate
judges and clerks for the same; No. SO by
by Col. Price, providing for the location
of soldiers home at Hot Springs. ID ac-
accordance with the Recommendations OF
the G. A. r. No. 10 by Potter to author
ize incorporated towns and cities to levy
road, and road poll tax. Burnham's bill
increasing the term of residence required
before beginning suit for divorce from
ninety days to one year was reported IA
vorably by the Judiciary committee and
passed in the house. House bill No. 6.
defining some of the duties OF sheriffs
was also passed. Tom Elliott of Ransom
voted nay on this bill, and explained his
vote thus: ''There is not enough busi-
ness in the territory for The attorneys
now. This law would decrease what now
exists, therefore / vote nay
A resolution passed at the recent an
nual meeting of the South Dakota Edu-
cational association asking the Legislature
to appoint a competent committee to
formulate a uniform system Of rules and