Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-18
DAKOTA LAWMAKERS.

MEETING OF THE EIGHTEENTH AN
NUAL LEGISLATURE
H. H. Keith, Of sioux Falls. Elected Speaker
Of the House-smith sts,nu,slI. u Fargo.
President OF the Counoii-Other Odscsrs
Klected-Routino Business. ..4'>
The territorial Legislature wet At noon
Of the sth. whom Rev. Mr. Lane. Of
Mandau. invoked THO divine blessing. Mr..
Keith was elected speaker. Mr.. Aiken vot.
ing for Price. Burn'.nr, and Ns.veh being sxcus-
ed. Jones. Norris a.i! UpA vnSed for Burn
ham. all the others for Keith. On taking the
Rnvel Mr.. Keith made n bunisone speech,
which was applauded by all. He recognized
tho agricultural interests as foremost of eli the
foundstion upon which all others rest, and de-
clsrea that he would endeavor to prove by his
acts that those having these interests specially
IN mind bad not made a mistake in choosing
him to preside over the deliberations of the
eeote aSi"i eei
Eakin, bill clerk RorapauEh sergeant- at arms
%onelm r,ish msssen
ss11sd to osas T. q noon y Chief CLERK
offered by Row. Mr. Kline Of Bismarck. All the
tered the oeth of once. Messrs stimmeii and
the result was Is for sttmmell and 4 for Washa-
b%aogh. Is iollows: For stimmell-soderbers.
Isl Att Ws,ss %,a
Wsshabsngh. Po.nde1ter., Crsvford. Lowry.
~. Washabangh voted for Poandextef.t Nj.
Stimmell made neat speech on taking the
chair and trusted that the feeling developed tn
we're then elected: wallace, chief clerk |;
st s ;,! assistant; 1verson. engrossine
csnsPletn Hanscomb. messenger; Hines. door
keeper; Brisbine, watchmAn. Forrest win be
sspPo1inted. assistant sergesntat-arms. The
legislature will meet in joint session at D. nj.
tomorrow to listen 30 the message Of the GOV.
ernor.
In the house on the 9Th Representative Nor
rds offered an amendment to the rules OF La Ut
session, which will be known "a rule sc, which
provides that any bill offered or introduced by
request Of the territorial alliance may be
called up at any time for any purpose, regard
I'M, THIS was adopted by vote Of Is to & Mr.. NAL
lory said he favored the alliance but he had
t nSS ean enough TO vote for such measure IS
lnent alliance members voted no. The speaker
voted voted aye: M Elliott introduced the James
biz r nroyides n1 or DskoSs oonvention
s, the convention to be held at Farso On
the second Tuesday in April, and the expense
counties. It appropriates $4,000 to pay Is per
day to delegates, and the session is limited to
thirty days. but as much time as is necessary
Mileage is fixed at S cents. The Convention viii
have seventy eight delegates as follows: Barnes,
AIM suaTi s, e Cess =; Cavalier 2; Dsckey 9;
Sargent. Trail. Walsh, s; ali others inciud.
dnced q bill authorizing counties to issue bonds
70 provide seed wheat for those who have lost
their crop. limiting the amount to 200 bushels
each. MI. McHugh introduced a bill extending
to July, 1883. the provisions Of bill authorizing
counties to fund their debt. making interest
payable annually: also empowering counties to
purpose. Mr.. Aiken In the joint convention
offered a joint resolution, which was adopted
by unanimous vote. for the division Of Dakota
and the admission Of both sections into the sis
terhood OF states under the names respectively
OF South and North Dakota. Copies were order
cd sent to the president, president of the sen
ate. speaker OF tho house, to Mr.. Springer and I'LL
members OF the committee, and to Mi. Clifford.
In the council Mr.. Forest. of Barnes. was ap-
Ward page. Mr.. Parshall, Of Hanson, was
elected messenger. Codes were ordered for the
n n OF the members, seven voting no. After the
o'clock Thursday. The governors message
wss we'll received and was loudly applsuded.
The most important bill in the house on
the 10th was that Of Allen, providing for re-
converting the South Dakota constitutional
| convention in order to adopt the Platt bill
amendments and to submit the constitution to
q vote of the people. and provides also for u
| new election Of officers members of the legis-
latsre, senator's. etc. It appropriates 5000
blank. to be filed by the committee. A me-
mortal was passed praying for the opening of
the Sioux reservation. Messrs Adams, Bald
win, Clark. Fletcher. McHugh. Patton. Ryan
and Trude voting no; Mr.. Elliott absent, and
| all the others aye. Col. Price introduced res
olution which calls for an inquiry as to railroad
usury bill was introduced in the council. and
also bill repeating the gross earnings law
and t fnor board h,S 81 railroad
| house: By Acker.s repeating tho law IN rela-
tion to struck iuries; by Burnharn. making tho
terms OF auditors expire March / req iring
one years residence for divorce application BY
Swanson, attaching four unorganized town
chips to Walsh and four to Ramsey county !; by
one for south Dakota: for the estab,ishment Of
normal school at Lisbon. requiring the dona-
tion Of l6o acres OF land, and appropriatihg
them by Fletcher. taking from the govern
ment the 81 notary public foe and giving it to
the secretary; requiring qualifications for an
States. one year in the territory, three months
in the county and ten days in the precinct; pre-
ecrtOtng the form and color OF ballots making
vote split tickets. and making the ballot void
as to the name substituted; the regular oan-
didate's name may Be erased aild
another written thereon however; by Clark,
extending the time for paying
|, taxes; J., per cent per month inter
est after February l. and penalty Of per
cent. per month theresfter; referred to d spec
ial committee consisting Of Lampman,, Part
ridge and Fletcher; by Granns, the same. ex-
oept the penalty attaches. October l.. ETH
6aniort was appointed official stenographer.
In the council the following actAweTe intro
duced: By Rapell repeating the gross earnings
law by Hughes, providing for marriage license
and registration also for penalty for neglect Of
officers to make reports required by law; also
providing for q thorough inquiry by Hiagis-
trates before &warfant OF arrest is issued and
foI waving OF srsnd Jury except IL cases Of
object being TO reduce expense. in preliminary
est ifrate In excesssof IL per cent. is contract
ed: repeating railroad commission law max
ing disposition or injury Of mortgaged l,xop-
erty q .mfsdemeanor and usury crime
By Mr.. Crawford, extending the time Tor col
lecting taxes without penalty. to Junel; by
Cooper. to print 600 copies OF the governos.s
message; 800 in German and 5O0in Nofwaedan:
by Hughes, q bill for constitutional convention
for north Dakota, the electionsto be held Aj,ril