Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-07-19

alLeTuOOH.
BISMARCK, N. D., July IL. During the
morning few of the committees OF the
constitutional convention held meetings
ior organization and planning their
work. The committee on judiciary was
together long enough to show in what
particulars there will be difference OF
opinion. and wherein there is to be most
OF the work of the committee.
When the convention assembled in the
afternoon the motion to authorize the
Joint commission in charge of the diyi-
sion of the assets and liabilities OF the
territory to settle temporarily the boun-
dary line between North and South Da-
kota was taken up and carried. M. N.
johnson offered the following article for
the new constitution:
Common carriers shall convey all
troops of the state militia when on duty,
and all officers of the military executive,
legislative and judicial departments OF
the state government when travelling on
official business, at uniform rate of
not to exceed cent per mile, to be paid
out of the state treasury, as provided by
law"
Mr.. Griggs presented the following:
First-The several counties of the ter
ritory Of Dakota lying north Of the sew
list, are hereby declared to be counties of
the State of North Dakota.
Second-No new counties shall be es-
tablished which shall reduce any county
to less than 400 square miles, or to less
than 1000 inhabitants, nor shall any
county be formed of less area or con-
tanning less population.
Third--No county shall be divided or
have any part stricken therefrom with
out first submitting the question to a
vote of the people of the county, unless
majority of all the voters of the county
voting on the question shall vote for the
same.
Fourth-There shall be no territory
stricken from any organized county un-
less majority Of the voters living in
such territory shall petition for such
division, aad no territory shall be added
to any organized county unless a major.
ity of the voters living in such county
| shall vote therefor, but the portion so
stricken off and added to another county
or joined, in whole or part, to a whole
county, shall be holden for and obliged
to pay its proportion of the indebted
ness of the counties from which it has
been taken.
Fifth.-The Legislative assembly shall
have no power to remove the county seat
of any county, but the removal Of
county seats shall be provided for by
general law, and no county seat shall be
removed unless two-thirds of the quail
fled electors of the county, voting on
the proposition at a general election,
vote therefor; and no such proposition
shall be submitted oftener than once in
four years, and no person shall vote on
such proposition who shall not have re-
sided in the county six months and in
the election precinct ninety days mex
preceding such election.
Mr.. Moer offered q resolution referring
to the question of the powers of the con-
ventior ~ regard TO imposing taxes on
tion was adopted.
Mr.. Scott offered an article providing
that Judicial salaries be not paid until all
causes have been heard and affidavits
been made to that effect.
Some other minor matters relating to
details of the work of the convention
were disposed Of and adjournment taken
for the day.
The rest of the afternoon was spent in
committee work, but nothing of special
importance was done.
BISMARCK, N. D., July 13.-At to-day's
session large number Of proposed arti-
cles were presented. Messrs. Fleming
ton, Rowe, Pollock and Haiger intro
duced articles providing for constitu-
tional prohibition of the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors. Mr..
| johnson offered a compact with the
United States providing for toleration of
religious beliefs; dislaiming all right to
unappropriated public lands within the
limits OF the state; exempting United
! States lands from taxation; assuming a
due proportion of the debt and liabilities
| of the Territory of Dakota previous to
| the adoption of this constitution, and
ordering the establishment and mainten-
| ance of public non. .sectarian schools.
Mr.. johnson also offered long article
with nineteen sections relating to corpo-
rations. C. p. Parsons, of Roulette
county, offered an article making Bis
marck the temporary capital, providing
for its permanent location by vote of
the people and forbidding any expendi-
ture for building until the permanent
| location has been decided upon. Mr..
| Camp presented an article providing for
q board of pardons, to consist of the gov
ernor, attorney general and judges of
| the supreme court, two-thirds major
ity of which body will be required to
decide in favor of any decided pardon or
| cummutation. Mr.. Clark, by article
presented, wished the new constitution
! to provide that il shall be the duty of
the general assembly to establish courts
of arbitration whereby differences may
be settled without submitting them to
trial by jury, except as a last resort,
Mr.. Rolfe offered an article to provide
that taxes shall be uniform on real and
! personal property assessed according to
legislative enactment. Mr.. Gray offered
an article providing for minority repre-
sentation. Mr.. Bartlett wished to pro-
| vide for a legislature consisting Of two
i houses, senator from each county, and
house consisting of from IS to 15o
members. Mr.. Bartlett also offered an
article to consider as fraudulent all bal
lots purporting to be a regular party
ticket, but having other names printed
thereon. He further proposed to en-
! power the legislature to provide FOR the
/ qualifications Of officeholders.
The South Dakota part of the Joint
| commission for the division of territorial
| assets and liabilities has arrived and the
! commission will at once begin to work
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