Dakota Legislature Passes Council Bills Across Several Subjects
The council and house passed bills on taxes in cities, voter registration for large towns, court procedures, bridges, railroad powers, and county organization. The governor rejected some measures but allowed a capitol commission bill after amendments, while handling substantial appropriation bills and hospital and university projects.
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Supreme Court
County Boards of Equalization
Rightwood
Richland County
Chambers
Collins
Bismarcr
Yankton
Jamestown
Sioux Falls
Railroad Commission
Board of Trustees of
Peptic Perty
Capitol Commission
Territorial Supreme Court
Dakota
Brookings
Palatine
Territorial Milit
Fargo
Bismarck
List of Dakota laws passed at session in Bismarck Special
The dispatch lists important laws enacted by the Dakota legislature. It details bills on education boards taxation roads and bridges debt and county administration, plus provisions for schools hospitals and public works. Names of towns counties and institutions appear throughout, showing broad territorial governance changes.
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Boards of Education
Bismarck
Board of Education
Co. B. Bot
Cass County
Stanley
Sterling
Burleigh
Sea Forbes
Montana
C. B
Appropriations Increase Across Dakota Territory In 1887
The 1887 appropriations rise sharply from 1885-86 levels with funding for Yankton and Jamestown asylums, Vermillion and Grand Forks universities, the penitentiaries at Sioux Falls and Bismarck, and Brookings and other institutions. New offices and salaries, including a territory governor surgeon at 2000 dollars, add to costs. Jamestown asylum maintenance jumps to 135 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton Hospital
Jamestown Hospital
Vermillion University
Grand Forks University Penitentiary
Sioux Fall
Ponmeeery
Bismarck
Irish Normal School
Ison Normal School
School of Mines
University At
Huron
Jamestown Asylum
Friends of the Bill
Jamestown Encampment Preparations for G A R gathering
The Jamestown Sew ard G A R post plans a March 23 and 24 encampment with a reception on the 22d and a banquet on the 24th. Attendance is projected from 1,000 to 1,500 with posts from across the territory and railroads offering special trains. The Woman's Relief corps is invited, and a department commander election is anticipated with candidates including Gen. Dennis of Yankton and Gen. Allen and Col. Tyner of Fargo. Additionally a long health essay discusses aging, wrinkles, and the mind as the mirror of character.
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Jamestown
Jamestownn
William H. Seward
Grand ‘Forks
Valley Cit
Woman's Relief Corps
Mander
Dennis
Yankton
Allen
Col
Tyner
Fargo
G. A. RB
Noria Vakovenas Avyes
Rumors of Default Hit Philadelphia Figure Keithler
Widespread talk in Philadelphia follows the death on the 3rd of A Mew lin Kiethler who served as water department register for about nine years and oversaw large sums. The deficit amount remains unknown though Kiethler handled up to two million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
A. Mewlin Kiethler
Register
Water Department
Keithler
Public Service
Stranger in a saloon learns reputations from ex-prisoners
An Austin saloon tale shows strangers and locals discussing State prison pasts. A muscular visitor boasts of prison time, sparking mixed reactions from seven men who recount their own or relatives’ jail experiences. The stranger then reveals he is a former prison superintendent before departing.
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Alexander Duncan
McGill University of Montreal
Yate Theological Seminary
John J. Russell Winkley
Yale
Duncan
John Brown, Jr
John Brown
Harper's
Henry KE. Young
Charleston
D. C
Brown
Col
P. B. Means
Times
Concord
N. C
John B. Sher
Fil
Cleveland
Austin
Louisiana
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Dakota Legislature
Houss
Bramarck
Sixth Judicial District
Cavalier County
Public Examiner
Yankton County
Devis Ke Land
Territorial Militia
Vermillion
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks
Territorial Penitentiary
Normal School
Spearfish
Madison
Jamstown
Council
HOUSE
W. Edwards
North Dakota
E. & Tyner
Church
Presa
Case County
Grand Yorks University
Aia
Anagcong the Vermillion University
Plankinton
M. Hammer
Hou FE
Aiken
Capitol
Cain
Washabaugh
Northern Pacifico
Friends of the Capitol Commission
Legislative Assembly
George Hopp
Immigration Bureau
Theakota Hospital
Rapid City
Joanna Melton
Megara
Sioux Fatla
Arthur Linn
Fila Cue Sessiona
Pembina
Inate
Territorial Board of Age
Viion University
Spearfish Normal School
Second Judicial District
Aeneal Fie Plankinton
Black Hills
C. B. Centaore
Brookings Agricultural College
George Lilley
Rawinae
Cavaliera O. B
Sous Falls
Pallaine
Henry Machan
Fossace
Public Exa Cc
Stees Falls
Congress
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Custer
Lawrence
Pennington
Forsyth
Board of ‘County Commissioners
Nelson County
Wigleevinger 8
Sioux
Lincoln
Turner
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Morton
Seca
Isaue
Grand Forks University
Qounanas
Barnes and Griggs
H. B
Lave
Nain
Baltimore
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