Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-08-02
DAKOTA CONVENTIONS.
An Agreement Reached A.
Last by the JOfnt Com
mission.
South Dakota to Pay Over $42, 500
in Full of Account to the
North State.
Work at Sioux Falls Practically Com.
pleted-The Bismarck Body Pro-
crossing Satisfactorily.
An Agreement Reached.

An Agreement Reached.
BISMARCK, N. d., July 29.-The joint
commission has reached an agreement.
South Dakota pays North Dakota $42, 800
in full of all accounts and as relief from
liability for tax paid on erroneous assess
ment of Northern Pacific railroad lands
In consideration of several minor differ
ences the territorial library goes to
South Dakota, which made the highest
bid, $4,000. Each state takes the public
institutions located therein and assumes
the bonded indebtedness on the same.
Report of the Judiciary Com mittee.
SIOUX FALLS, July PA long but
interesting debate occurred over the
report of the judiciary committee on the
apportionment of judicial districts. The
majority report made districts compact
and recognized the railway connection
of various counties in the respective dis
tricts. The Fifth district, however,
caused trouble. This was composed of
the populous counties of Beadle, Sphinx,
Brown and Marshall. Huron, Redfield
and Aberdeen are leading cities OF the
three first mentioned counties and, as
these towns each have a candidate for
circuit judge, Huron and Aberdeensob-
jected to the grouping. Redfield, situ-
ated between the two, did not care,
holding as was believed, the key to the
situation. DIR. Spooner of Kingsbury
made the minority report, which con-
templates putting Beadle, Sphinx and
Brown into different circuits, and there
fore recommended different formation
of the Third, Fifth and Sixth districts,
adding to the counties several smaller
ones on each side. The majority report
was adopted and motion to reconsider
was tabled.
The Legislative Apportionment
report was handed in. 1t recommends q
legislature consisting of DO senators and
1913 representatives. There are forty
districts provided for.
sections asking for the adoption Of the
Australian ballot system. The commit
tee on rules reported that certificates will
be issued to members and employees for
per dieru, after the federal appropriation
of $50, 900 has become exhausted.
Legislative eApportionmsnt Approved.
Sioux FALLS, s. D., July 25.-The
South Dakota constitutional convention
held another interesting session and
made good progress. The Legislative
apportionment report was adopted with
out debate. 1t provides for 45 senators
and 124 representatives. The special
committee composed Of clergymen, to
which was referred the memorial of the
American Sabbath union, asking that
the Sabbath be fully protectsd in the
constitution, reported that under the om-
nibus bill this convention could find no
provision of the kind suggested to the
constitution. The committee on school
lands in its report sought to make two
or three changes in the article referred
to it for the more sure protection of
school lands and lands for public build
ings, but before the report was adopted
the section in the Sioux Falls constitu-
ton was restored without change.