Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-01-31

the governor and legislature have been
seen for some time, and some lively times
are anticipated before the session ends.
The passage of several bills over the gov
ernor's veto and the practical hanging up
of his appointments is the formal open
ing OF the tournament. There are 21
republican councilmen and AZ republican
representatives., and they say they don't
propose to allow the governor to get
sassy with them. The house members
held a secret caucus Saturday night and
it was SO decided then. Turing the last.
few days there has been some talk about
taking an adjournment until Harrison
appoints Chnrch's successor, but it hard
ly seems likely to materialize
BISMARCK, Jan. 29.-[Speclall - The
council spent most of today's session con-
sidering the usury question. There is a
great multiplicity of these bills in each
house, and it is something OF task for
the grangers to settle on the particular
one which they wish to adorn our statute
books. The bill which finally passed the
council. makes usury misdemeanor.
The Jamestown asylum investigation
was rudely awakened from short sleep
this afternoon. The house resolution
calling for a joint committee to make
rigorous investigation into all the char
ges against the trustees and other officers
went through the council, and President
Stlmmel appointed as the two members
OF the committee from the council,
Messrs. Cameron and Erickson. The
three members from the house will prob
ably be appointed tomorrow. All the
bill now requires is the signature Of the
governor and he will undoubtedly sign
it. The resolution provides that the
committee must make It's report within
fifteen days from the time of its appoint
ment, and 1t now seems likely that the
general public will learn the true in
wardness of the asylum's affairs and the
trustees be speedily granted the oppor-
tunity to vindicate themselves for which
they have long cried.
The "arteslan well law which Judge
Rose some time ago in the Foster county
case, decided IS no law at all, was under
discussion today, house bill No. II.
sslsalci
for its third reading and nnal passage
The bill is a half way amended copy Of a
| Michigan drainage law, AMI has little il
any bearing on artesian wells. The dis
cussion developed the fact that the South
Dakota people want drain law, and
that this artesian we'll law answers their
purpose fairly wen That fact probably
accounts for the indefinite postpone
ment of the bill which was the action ta-
ken thereon.
Very little business of either general,
personal or other interest was done today.
The governor announced his veto of the
JOINT resolution providing for the COM
pensation of the minor officers of the
legislature and also of joint resolution
No 80 providing that each member shall
be furnished with copies Of six daily or
weekly newspapers to be chosen. Both
were made the special order for tomorrow
at O'Clock. He announced to the coun-
Gil his approval of the $40 stamp act, the
joint resolution providing members with
codes and council bill No. 2, which re-
peals the gross earnings law.
| A bill will soon be introduced which
will be of general interest to the residents
and especially to the attorneys of the
judicial districts presided over by Judges
Rose, Mcconnell and Templeton. It is
conceded by every one at all conversant
with the territory included in these dis
tricts that they are very unevenly divided
Judges Mcconnell and Templeton &C
knowledge the fact and are reported to
be willing to have a new distribution of
counties which will have the effect of tax
ing some work off from Judge Rose and
to make a more equal distribution of
business among the North Dakota
judges The matter has been talked
over frequently bat no bill has yet been
introduced. Mr.. Mallory, the represen-
tative from Dickey county, said today
that he contemplated introducing such d
bill aud would do so when possessed OF
the necessary particulars and information.
| He suggested that it would be a good
idea for Judge Rose to draw up such
bill and send it out for introduction.
Among the bills introduced today were
the following: House bills BY Hunter to
regulate the practice of pharmacy; by
Miller to reimburse the citizens of Madi-
son for funds amounting to $4,000 used
| in building the dcrmitory at the Normal
school; by Parkin TO appropriate $1,000
for the publication of the laws of this
session; by Trude making appropriations
amounting to $4,000 for the Rapid City
School of Mines: by Mallory to permit
mechanics TO place liens on personal
property; by White to exempt lands used
for public highways from taxation; by
Cook, women's suffrage measure; by
Bennett, appropriation bills for the
North Dakota University at GrandForks
aggregating for construction and main
| tenance $4,000.
In the council Pointdexter introduced
resolution calling upon the secretary
to report the numbe, OF notaries' COM
missions and the amount of money re-
ceived therefor. Atkinson has a bill for
bidding county commissioners from fill
| ing any office which it is in their power