The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21
THE LEGISLATURES,
North Dakota's Solons and
What They are
Doing.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Swanton's capital removal bill was killed.
The vote was close. Haggart's bill, provid-
ing for the maintenance oftho Fargo Agricul-
tural College, passed the senate with only five
opposing votes. Lamoure's bill. providing
That insurance companies. against which
judgments or executions exist, cannot do
business in the state, was adopted un.
i haa@duesy a bill biz f sera'e the Ld ppotec:
ton of the public credit. 1t provides that
the interest on temporary state Indebtedness
shall be reduced from 8 to 6 per cent. and
that funding warrants shall not be issued in
excess Of $50, 1000.
The house temperance committee reported
Rowe's iron-clad prohibition bill favorably
with several amendments which were adopted.
The committee compromised on May 1 as the
time when the bill shall become operative
Mcdonald introduced q bill establish.
ing a normal school at Valley
City. and making an appropriation Of
$4O,OOO for it's construction. Cole, a bill
liking legal interest at 10 per cent and pro.
viding for the forfeiture of all interest when
usury is exacted, and another amending the
exemption lows providing that homesceads
shal! be exempt to the value of $5, 900
Williams, q bill to prevent the circulation OF
immoral pictorial or descriptive publications.
Richardson, a bill raising the fine for Sab.
bath breaking. Reed, a bill making rail
roads liable for damage resulting from prai
RE fires.
In the senate the capital removal amend
>ment bill was indefinitely postponed by 6
vote of 10 to II. Those who voted against
postponement were: Kee aud Appleton O.
Pembina, Allen and Bell of Walsh
Stevens, Mccormick and Winship O
Grand Forks, Helgerson of Sargent
Dodds of Nelson, Mcbride of Cavilier
Cowan OF Rolette, Fuller of Jamestown, and
Svensrud of Bottineau.
Five OF the twelve are Democrats. The ap
preparation Of s., 900 for the support of the
deaf and dnmb asylum at Devils Lake passed
the senate. A resolution went through botf
houses directing the commissioner of agri
culture to proceed at once to ascertain til.
exact number Of destitute farmers ir
North Dakota. Senator Dodds introduced
a bill making a mortgage on seed grain be
fore it is sown void. A bill was introduced
by Mccormick to provide for O settlement
with South Dakota.
HOUSE.
In the house the prohibition bill was pass
ed by a vote of SO to /. thinner of Crane
Forks was the one. There was some d~ilatory
motions made, but the roll call showed then
all for prohibition. There were two member.
absent. The law goes into effect May l.
SENATE.
In the senate Barlow introduced q bill ap
propriatiDg 81, 1000 for the state library II
1890 and 81 900 annually thereafter for 6
Der of years. A resolution by Aller
that the legislature adjourn Feb. 1 was
tabled. Haggert's bill authorizing railroad
corporations to purchase or own the bordt
OF other companies or to guarantee the pay
mont nY tho ~ ..htnIr1, @c ~A1-~
with which they have connections passed
also Aliens bill for the strict inspector O,
boilers.
In the house Representative Beard intro
duced a bill comforting the right of suffrage
upon women, Lutz a bill requiring elevators
to keep samples of the grain on hand that
they have purchased. This is for the purpose
OF settling disputes as to grade; Mccullough
g Dill providing for q preference vote fol
United States senators by the people; Walsh
a bill reguIarizing commercial agencies and
credit companies; Mcdonald to authorize
companies to bond outstanding indebtedness.
Stevens bill on banking was recommended
to pass by the committee o! the whole.
There was a lively time in the senate over
the prohibition bill asst came from the house.
The opposition wanted to make some amend.
AAS"Oo bAu OAO hlCIu5 III W UuSu II
through without amendment. The minority
drought that was unfair, and the at
ternoon was given up to fllibustering
There are thirteen votes in the minority,
and if they hold together they can prevent
the bill from going into effect before July I.
HOUSE.
In the house, the senate bill fixing the sal
ary of the supreme court clerk was passed.
Also bills defining the duties ofthe superin.
tendent of public instruction and commits.
sioner of labor passed.
SENATE.
Senator Diesem sprang his economy ideain
a new form. He introduced q joint resoln.
ton providing that members and employees
of the legislature should not draw per diem
during any recess which lasted longer than
three days.
A long petition from Fargo's business men
was presented. by Senator Haggart, asking
1891.
Haggart's bill authorizing railroad com.
panies to own the bonds of and assist the
operations OF irrigation companies passed
the senate.
Stevenson introduced q resolution for the
appointment OF a seed wheat committee 10
whom all applications from needy farmers
should be referred.
Senate bill for the protection ofpublic cred
it, and Buchanan's school land trespass bill,
passed the House.
SENATE.
The struggle over the temperance bill con.
tinued all day in the senate. The proceedings
were witnessed by the largest audience Of
spectators called out this session., many
ladies being present. When adjournment
was about half completed. Scores
of amendments were offered by the
opposition, one of them being to strike out
the entire bill after the twelfth line of the first
section. Those fighting the bill charged
that it had been drawn in the in.
terests of the lawyers and druggist, and
that it's effect would be to transfer the liquor
traffic from the saloon to the drug stores
In the flibustering the friends o; the bill
showed from 16 to 18 votes. Twenty. one
are necessary to give it a two-thirds ma,
jority, which it must have to take effect
before July I. May 1 is the date fixed
by. the house, which body passed the
bill last week. The senate will most likely
pass the bill without the emergency clause
The friends of the bill succeeded in voting
down all the important amendments pro.
posed by the opposition.
HOUSE.
Representative Watt introduced q bill
making it u misdemeanor to sell cigarettes
to boys under 16.
Mr.. Millstad introduced a bill to revise and
harmonic the school law. Mr.. Thompson'e
bill for lease and sale of school lands passed
F. B. FaJlcher was to-day appointed secre
tary OF the board of railway commissioner
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