The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-24

feet OF the original documents.
BY Mr.. Hughes-Attaching Hettinger to
Stark county, for judicial urpos
By Mr.. Walsh-Requiring q female withon mt
sided In the county one month before Q mar
iage license can issue, and regulating mar.
marriages generally; also providingt0rs the
discharge OF attachments and lispendens by
fling order OF court, also general tax law
changing assessments from April to
May making taxes due in January, delin-
quen lin June. advertised in September
30 on tax sales, the auditor, instead Of treas
urer, advertising; charging, also, the powers
of the BIO ard Of equalization, practically the
Minnesota law; also authorizing foreign
executors, administrators and guardians to
assign and satisfy Judgments and mortgages.
HoUsE.-The following bills we're intro
duced in the House to-day:
ton of Judge of probate IN the basis of popu-
~lation, 5000 for I 200 people and $75 for
each additional 1 900.
By Mr.. fredericksburg q soldiers
home at Hot Springs, and requires the dona-
ton of 80 acres and appropriates 100000 in
bonds. -, '
By Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING q higher COM
p%ensation for county auditors in the smaller
counties, at the rate of S mills on the first
5000, 900 valuation.
By Mr.. Potter-Authorizing incorporated
towns to levy road and poll taxes; also ex-
empting 5000 personal property from taxa
ton.
By Mr., Greene-Curing defects in the me-
chanics' lien law.
By Mr.. Hunter-Making usury a crime.
By Mr.. Aikens-Appropriating 500 for
the committee rooms of the last session of
the legislature.
BY Mr.. Fletcher-Making it unlawful to
leave open wells and excavations unpro-
tected; also authorizing the incorporation of
banking associations and provides for the
inspection of private banks.
Tuesday Jan. IL.
CoUNcIL-Citizens Of Foster and Bottineau
counties sent in urgent requests to rush the
seed biz through. Atkinson introduced o
bill to abolish fees on chattel mortgage salts
factions. Lowry's postage resolution for
relief of member was knocked out, but viii
com up smiling Wednesday. Stimmel of
Cass offered q bill to collect personal taxes
when a delinquent moves to another county;
also a bill to designate depositors for county
fs rec a 1 bill to prevent reverence the %,
spread of contagious diseases among
horses and cattle, providing for the destruc-
ton OF diseased animals. Woolhiser wants
to abolish the artesian well law. Gen.
Hughes of Burleigh introduced a commenda-
tory bill prohibiting the issue of county war
rants in excess of95 per cent. of the tax levy
for the current year, unless there are funds
in the county treasury to pay the same. 1t
makes commissioners give bonds and holds
them Liable forthee excess in the issue of war
rants; limits salary to forty days; a failure
to give bonds makes the Office vacant: par
ties cannot be bondsmen for the same officers
Crawford offered a bill to. cut
the territory into two pharmacenti-
cal association districts. A Joint committee
On'the compiled laws was appointed and a
special committee has been appointed ON the
Adams.
Mallory wants $4,000 for the school OF
mines at Rapid City. Van Osdel introduced
a bill to give each Of the widows of the two
men killed at the Yankton asylum 81, 900,
and $3.50 to Miss Voguild, who lost her sight
in the steam laundry of that institution. In
the committee of the whole (Washabaugh in
the chair) Louis KS message was read by
subheads and referred. The house has for
message, and no day was fixed for it-either
O snub or neglect.
HoUsE.-An important joint resolution
was adopted authorizing two COMMITTEES to
visit the educational, penal and charitable
institutions of the territory, and ascertain
as far as possible the pressing needs of those
institutions. The object of this visit is to aid
the appropriation committee in making up
it's budget. 1t is the intention of the house
preparation bills and get them out
of the way before the last days of the
session. This method will prevent O conflict
of legislative and executive authority at the
close of the session. The house adopted Q
Joint resolution to visit Grand Forks on Fri
is not certain that the council will agree to
this jaunt. The election committee became
tired of the Winship-W Walsh contest and be-
fore the adjournment of the council to-day
Chairman Van Osdel asked that body to go
into the committee of the whole and hear the
testimony and the arguments of counsel
The council consented to this unexpected re-
quest, and tomorrow. morning the tedious
hearing will be revived before the full body.
This will stop all other business, but it will
give the parties to this interesting contest q
chance to make the most of their complaint
and answer. Tom Elliott expects tomorrow
to get the North Dakota constitutional con-
vention bill through the house, with Fargo
as the place of meeting. Messrs Hubbard and
Spaulding of Fargo are here as a steering
committee.
Wednesday, Jan. 16.
.CoUNcIL.-All day the Winship- Walsh con-
test has been running before council, and
probably will two days more. The reading
of Winship's testimony is still in progress.
There is an impression abroad that the vote
on the case will be closer than the bestjudges
expected. The council voted to acceptthein in.
v~itation to visit Grand Forks, leaving here
Friday night and returning Monday. The
Northern Pacific has placed four sleeping cars
at the disposal of the visitors. Nearly
all the members will 60. Crawford
offered q bill to establish a Soldiers and
Sailors Home at Pierre, THAT city offering
$5S.Ooo IN lnnd and $3o,0O0 pulidlng n
asklngn APPROXIMATIONS. alsn ~n.rouuc
y pll 70 al,oW County mn nns :. ~, = .
len offered q bill that no deeds, mortgages or
translers y. 1eai estate Gun ps n,eu unsl. .ns
Caxes ~ Paiu. aaso " ~ equl II sGw anl
vl!age clerks,to me = mouon ~ sles.lon, aau