The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-21
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A COMPENDIUM OF DAKOTA NEWS,
The District Courts,

The District Courts.
Senator Pettigrew's bill, which has
passed the senate, divides the state into
three districts. to be known as the East
ern, Western and Central. The counties of
Clay, Union. Yankton, Turner, Lincoln,
Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglass,
Hutchinson, Brule, Aurora, Davidson,
Hanson, McCook, Minneheha, Moody,
Lake, Miner, Lamoure, sanborn, Bendle,
Brookings, Kingsbury, Hamlin, Deuel.,
Grant, Roberts, Codington, Clark, Day,
Marshall, Sphinx, Brown, Gregory, Todd
spd the Yankton, Sisseton, Wahpeton and
Crov Greek Indian reservations constitute
the Eastern division, and for this division
court is to be held at Sioux Falls. The
counties of Mcpherson, Edmunds, Camp
bell, Walworth, Potter, sully, Faux,
Hand, Hyde, Hughes, Buffalo, Jerauld,
Stanley, Knowlen, and that portion of
Pratt, Jackson and Sterling not included
IN any Indian reservation, and the Stand
ing Rock, Cheyenne and Lower Brule In
dian reservations constitute the Central
division, the court for which will be held
at Pierre. All that portion of the state
lying west of the Central division, and, in
addition, the Rosebud and Red Cloud In
dian reservations, constitute the Western
division, the court for which will be held
at Deadwood. Courts are to be held at
Sioux Falls the first Tuesday of October
md April, Pierre IN the third Tuesday of
November and May, and at Deadwood the
first Tuesday of January and July. The
act also provides that the circuit court for
the district shall be held al Sioux Falls.
Maj. Picker has secured the insertion of
an amendment by the house judiciary COM
mittee FOR terms Of the circuit court at
Deadwood and Pierre.
Dakota at Washington.
Senator Moody has introduced a bill
which provides for the construction Of
postofice buildings in all cities of 1000 or
more inhabitants. Under the provisions
of the hill it is made the duty of the post
master-general, on receipt of a petition
from citizens to examine into the facts;
and if he finds that the population shown
by the census brings the city within the
scope of the bill he is to cause a building
to be erected. The cost of the building is
left to the discretion of the postmaster
general. The bill ~appropriates $4,000, 900
to carry out its provisions.
A. Wardall, a candidate for United
States senator last fall, was in Washington,
it is said, looking for a federal appoint
ment. 4 So
L. w. Wilcox, Of Tyndall, will be ap-
pointed superintendent of Indian schools.
Sisseton.
Senator Moody colled upon the presi-
lent and urged the appointment of Charles
A. Turnhall as paymaster general of the
rmy.
Senators Pettigrew and Moody called
lpon the commissioner of Indian affairs
urged the immediate appointment of a
commission to negotiate for the surplus
ands in the Yankton Indian reservation.
Senator Moody has introduced a bill to
in force an act which authorizes
the construction of q bridge over the Mis-
souri, river at Forest City, by the Forest
City Il Western Railroad company.
Can't Go Into Debt.
The state Of South Dakota, nor no
county, township or city in the state can
issue any evidence of debt, nor in any
manner become liable for seed wheat.
Such is the gist of the decision reudeyay3
and 1t puts IA effectual damper on the
scheme proposed by Gov. Milletre, Sen
ator Hunter and the other members of
the committee that visited st. Paul, Min
neapoiis, Chicago, Sioux City and other
points. Their proposition was that enough
seed and feed be donated to supply he
counties that had heretofore issued bonds
to the full extent allowed by law, assum-
ing that the counties that had no bonded
debt, or but a nominal one, could issue
''seed wheat bonds" to supply The needy.
The decision will make it necessary for a
much larger quantity to be donated than
was at first supposed.
q Shorter Jottings.