The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-07-26

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Dakota Rusiness 10 Easy-Tho JosnN
Committsss In Ssssion-The North Doay
Showersd with Many PropositaonsAzAs
One Legislative Body Idea.
ssuth DAKOTA.
The COMMITTEES on division Of the prop.
erts and debts of the territory being
engaged upon that work at Bismarck, but
little business has occupied the attention
of the convention, and the sessions have
been short. Several committees to whom
were referred various portions Of the con
stitution, reported, the reports being
generally to the effect that the articles re-
ferred. need no changes. Under the pres
ent holding with regard to the scope Of
the omnibus bill very few committees will
feel free to make other report than this.
Among the more important reports Other
than routine are the following as made to
date:
The committee on compensation Of pub
lie officers reported .ection 2. article 81.
precisely as it stands in the Sioux Falls
COubSltutlOUs " kIv0S ohtAVl0b 10 4OAA0W0s
Governor, %, 500; secretary Of state, treas.
urer, auditor, commissioner Of school and
pubic lands, and superintendent OF public
instruction. each $500; attorney general.
8 1000; judges of the supreme court, -.
500, and Of the circuit court, $4,000. After
the year 1890 authority is given the legisla.
ture to add $500 to the salaries OF the
governor and each Of the judges.
In this section just n word wa
changed and that was that 10 officer should
receive any fee or perquisite in addition to
salary above mentioned. The word sfee"
was substituted for salary.
The judicial committee have agreed on
the following report on judicial districts:
Homme, Hutchinson, chariScs MIX, Dosuglss,
Turner, Gregory. Meyer, Trip. and that strip
ofterritory OF the state west oflthe Missouri and
Second District-Lincoln, M~innehaha, Mo.
Third pistrict-Brookings. Kiussaury. Deuel..
lions.
Fourth District-ssnborn, Dawson. Aurora.
Fifth District-Beadle. Sphinx, Brown and
Marshall.
sixth District-Hand. Hyde. Hughes. sully,
Mcpherson and Stanlay.
o0VeuLl CUSTER Eau
River, shannon, Washabaugh, Ziebach, Nowlin.
Sterling, Jackson. Lugenbell and all thatpor.
tion south of the Big Cheyenne and west otths
Eighth District-Lawrence. Meade and an
that portion of the state north Of the Big Choy.
enne, except 9 part Of Sterling and that section
west of the Missouri river.
The call Of the 70 ! Of standing commits
tees, on the 10th, brought out a dozen re.
ports. which were as follows:
Iepis1ativa 6ennrfmonf o1nctiou onA
right of suffrage, on federal relations, on
exemption, on military affairs, on educa.
tion and school lands, on state institu-
tons and public buildings, IN mines, min
ing and water rights, on banking aud cur.
rency, on executive and administrative, on
seal and coat of arms, on manufactures
and agriculture, miscellan Gus.
All of these reports we've made Q special
order for the 23d. In none Of them have
any changes, beyond a necessary verbal
change here aud there, been made.
Under the consideration Of special or.
ders, the half dozen reports submitted ON
the 18th were taken up one by one and
adopted. They were as follows: On COM
pensation of public officers; on public as.
counts and expenditures, on amendments
and revision of the constitution, on cor
porations other than banking aud munici-
pal, on bill Of rights, on municipal corpo.
rations. The formal adoption Of these
reports sends them to the committee on
arrangement and phraseolegy, and practi-
cally fixes their identity in the constitu.
ton. ,
NOTES.
The judiciary reported q resolution that
this convention has no autl. ority to allow
members of the convention OF 1885 who
neglected to sign the constitution l. -. 90
now
The committee on schedule has lost til
grip on the Australian ballot system. The
subject has been thoroughly considered,
and the committee has rescinded its former
action to recommend the adoption of the
Australian system.
The federal relations committee report.
ed favorably o resolution asking congress
to appoint q commission and make an ap.
preparation for a geological and hydro
graphic survey of Dakota with o view
specially of investigating the extent of the
artesian we'll boring.
Joint Comlnlttee Sessions.
The first joint session of the commits.
sioners met at Bismarck on the 10th. On
motion tie craftsmanship is to be alternate
from day 10 day, and this makes Kellam
aud Camp the chairmen. A rule wal
adopted that the vote show separately how
each commission votes, and a majority Of
the two bodies is to decide all questions.
The meeting was cor ,ial between the
bodies, though all deliberations were Of
the most guarded nature.
The joint session Of the commission on
the 18th accomplished nothing. Thesouth
made several efforts to arrive al a basis,
but so far the north has kept all resolu.
tons from becoming effective. The report
OF the secretaries on bonds and indebted.
ness was made, which should have estsb.
l,shed a basis. Tie question Of the capital
will figure in the deal. The rai road taxes,
over which litigation is pending in North
Dakota, have been brought In. South
Dakota does not feel as II questions o{
PENNIES should be b. ought in when consid.
ering the magnitude Of the job on hand,
Viii 9 each session brings the commission
nearer, an agreement ia sti ! far away,
North Dakota.
The most important measure yet brought
prominently before the North Dakota CON.
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