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The Dakotas Joint Committee for the Division of Property 1889
The Dakotas Joint Committee for the Division of Property began on July 16, 1889 and dissolved on July 31, 1889. It allowed for delegates from both the North and South Conventions to meet in Bismarck and negotiate the splitting of the Territory of Dakota.
Committee on the Disposition of Public Records
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Report of the Committee on Records
Bismark, D.T., July 29, 1889.
Gentlemen of the Joint Commission:
Your sub-committee to whom was referred the duty of making a list of such records in the several Territorial offices as in its judgment were necessary for the respective states to have in their possession, in order that the officers thereof could commence business, beg leave to report as follows:
In our judgment the records referred to, are to be found in the offices of the Auditor and the Treasurer.
In the Auditor's office there is the Current Appropriation Ledger, which contains not only appropriations made by the last Legislature, but also the balances of previous appropriations, and it therefore shows the condition for every account up to date. There is also in said office a Warrant Register, in which the more recent warrants, covering a period probably three years, have been entered in numerical sequence. This book may be said to be the Journal of the Financial Transactions of the Office, and is the book of original entry. In addition to showing the number, date, payee, and the purpose of each warrant, it shows also its date of cancellation. In the Insurance Department of the Auditor's office there is a record showing the names and residences of agents appointed by the several companies in the different judicial districts of the Territory, and, as undoubtedly each State will be required to know who is authorized to represent any particular company, the transcription of this book would be necessary even though its application can cover only two months of statehood existence, as it expires December 31st. From the same department your committee would also recommend that there be procured a list of Insurance companies entitled to do business in the several judicial districts of the respective States. This information is nowhere collated in such form that transcription would supply the desired information. It is our best judgment that copies of the volumes referred to above would enable the Auditor's office of either State to inagurate business in its several departments.
In the Treasurer's office there are the following records which we would recommend should be transcribed. The Ledger showing the receipts and expenditures of the several bond funds and the general funds of the Territory. Also the ledger showing the charges against the several counties by reason of the ledger showing the charges against the several counties by reason of the assessments made upon property therein during recent years, and showing likewise the payments made by said counties upon such assessment. Also one cash book showing detailed receipts and expenditures during recent years. Also one general bond register, giving the purpose for which bonds have been issues, with their dates, denominations, etc.
HARVEY HARRIS
E. W. CALDWELL
COMMITTEE
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