The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-07

vestigate the JamestOWn insane Asylum.
The council passed q bill fixing the rate Of
interest at - per rent and making Il b mis-.
demeanor TO give or recsiye more than ~
Wednesday. jim. 20.
Cousc1L.-In the council the committees
on education reported favorably for
an agricultural college at Valley City. A
minority report will be submitted. This was
a~ntagonised by stimmel who introduced Q
bill locating the North Dakota agricultural
college at Fargo, the city donating free Of
membranes eighty acres ofland adjacent
to the; city for the purpose; the bill asks APP
preparation. By Mr.. Ericsson, appropriating
$1O4 900 for salaries of officers and main.
~tenance of the Vermillion university. BY Mr..
Miller, to establish o normal school at Wah-
peton, asking no appropriation and donat-
ing $40, 900 and forty acres of land within
one mile of the city, worth $4,000. The
Judiciary committee of the house made q re-
port on the governors veto of the salary
HousE.-There was an interesting debate
in the house to-day on the Aiken bill, fixing
the liability Of railroad companies for setting
fires. Mr.. Aiken defended the bill and Messrs.
Van Etten, Welcome and Newman opposed
it. Mr.. Newman, however, Voted for it
when put upon it's passage. The vote was
yeas to 8 nays. A resolution was intro
IA ~ HOu6O III III aduolVOI W
make up a statement of all the expenses Of
the past legislatures in excess Of what the
government allowed. The object is to men,
orialize congress to reimburse the territory
for those necessary expenses. Mr.. Palmer
Of Hamlin introduced bills providing for
$29.5O0 in bonds for a chemical laboratory
and $47, 500 for maintenance of Brpokings
agricultural college; referred. By White OF
Clay, q bill appropriating in bonds $55, 900
for q science hall to the Vermillion university
and $4,000 for the maintenance: referred.
2 McHughs' bill authorizing the counties of
Dakota to issue bonds for court houses and
jails passed thehouse. The governor vetoed
the seed wheat bill, urging strong objections
to it's provisions. The house passed the
clerks salary bill over the governors veto
by AZ to l. The one vote was by Mcneil,
the lone Democrat. The council passed the
law. j ~
Thursday, Jan. 81. .
fCouNc1L.-The legislature during the fore.
noon visited the coal mine ut Sims, and got
back too late for the council to hold a session.
The house, however, went ahead at a late
hour. -
cism of the judiciary committee on his veto OF !
the clerk salary bill, and said he had in his ne
port to the secretary last November advised
the government at Washington that the terri
tory could not get along with the present al
lowance. Tom Elliot Of Ransom county in-
PRODUCED the sensational bill of the session.
1t provides for the repeal of the law Great
ing the Office of territorial auditor. This is a
very important Office and the incumbent.
James A. Ward, under Church has been the
premier of the cabinet. Senator Poindexter
agrees with Elliott, and is inclined to favor
the complete abolition Of all the Offices. that
the federal government may understand that
we have outgrown the organic act. Elliott
intimates that he will follow this bill
with others knocking out the treasurer,
and carry out, if possible, the programme Of
transferring the routine business of the adj
m~inistration to Secretary Mccormick. Gov.
Church's arch enemy. The council bill abol-
ishing all clerk hire forthe governor zane in
to the house to-day.
The newspaper men are arriving to look
after legislation tn at effects both the pub
Usher and the people. The principal item
with them is the publication of the laws in
supplement form, following the customs Of
Minnesota. They offer for the consideration
of the legislature the Minnesota law on this
subject. 1t seems to be q good law and will
probably meet with approval.