Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-02-15

,,oors, p,,G .aM u d. o'l!nang oue i've
to receiving bounty for planting trees.
Mr.. GLASPELL, to prevent the sending
of demands out of the territory, to be sued
in foreign jurisdiction for the purpose of
evading the exemption laws of this terri
tory; N. u,7c mrs ! . .n,o,,a .,oo.;a,, ., ~.
Mr. HUGHES, to authorize county COM
missioners to abate and adjust taxes lille
gally or unjustly assessed.
MIR. HUGHES, to amend section % of
chapter %, political code, relative to county
commissioners acting as boards of eQuali-
zatiOn.
Mr.. RYAN. appropriating $4,000 for inn
proving, maintaining and contingent ex-
penses OF the Plankington Reform school.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Mr.. BURNHAM'Sb bill providing that the
office of county auditor should begin and
end on March 1st instead of January 1, as
at present. Passed, ayes IL; nays g.
Mr.. .FLETCHER'S bill requiring a resi-
dence in the United States two years, one
year in the territory, 80 days in the county.
and 10 days in the precinct necessary to be-
come voter, came for passage The
committee reported amendments changing
it to one year in the United States, and
when so amended that it pass.
Mr.. CRAWFORD objected to the amend
ment, he wanted it left at two years.
MIR. WALSH asked that it be made six
months in the territory. He said that we
we Were trying to 6 1s Immigration to
it would tend to keep people out.
Mr.. HUGHES moved that the bill be
amended fixing six months residence in the
territory.
After a prolonged discussion it was
finally passed. Ayes, II; nays, 2.
Mr.. AIKENS' bill, providing for the 'ap-
pointing OF a referee by Judge OF the dis
long accounts, ETC., and allowing referee
Sis per day for such services.
The committee reported amending the
bill by making the compensation $40 per
1Ir. CRAWFORD moved to amend by
amended it was passed, ayes Is; nays 4.
House bill No. 127 to make a separate sub
division OF Walworth and Campbell coun-
ties and to hold court at Walworth. Passed
ayes FL; nays none.
THE VETERINARY SURGEON.
Mr.. WASHABAUGH'S bill prohibiting
the keeping of animals infected with con-
tagious disease and abolshing the Office of
territorial veterinary surgeon came up on
y Mr.. R:1SfsS cRHwFoRD said that at first he
the office of veterinary surgeon but on ex-
amining into the subject he had changed
his mind. He appreciated now the adj
vantage of having such public officer to
take the necessary steps in destroying ami
mails infected with disease.
MI. MILLER opposed the abolishing of
the Office. 1t would be a step backward to
do it. His services as an expert were
needed.
Mr.. WASHABAUGH said he would
rather have stock attacked by disease than
by the public veterinary surgeon or his
deputies for when they killed stock there
was no redress whatever.
Mr.. HUGHES said that he hoped that the
law creating the Office would not be re-
pealed. 1t was created at the in
and growers, and the law contained a
good many admirable features. Because
of its existence stock that comes to or
passes through Dakota, from the east, is
thoroughly examined at the Minnesota
transfer, and by reason OF it, it is not nee
essary for other states to be quarantined
improved and so amended the office would
not perhaps cost over 50 per cent. of what it
had the past two years.
Mr.. POlNDEX'rER said that the present
law was entirely inefficient. .and too expen-
sive for the purposes for which it was in
tended. He spoke of cases where the
services of the surgeon had been requested
in vain although he had repeatedly been
urged to go there.
Mr.. STIA1MEL, had heard a good deal
of critsism in regard to the present incum-
bent of the office, as to the truth of the
statements he knew nothing. We needed
a veterinary law and an efficient officer to
enforce it to promptly SUPPRESS infectious
diseases. He did not want to see law
having SO many good features until a
better one had been devised to take its
place.
1t would be decidedly better to make
any desirable amendments to the present
law. The plan of leaving the question to
justices of the peace was ineffective. An
of infectious diseases. even though each
case were to come before justice, and
why not let this expert not only determine
the character of the deSease, but also be
empowered to destroy AND thus save the
greater expense of having hearing in JUS
tice court.
. Mr.. COOPER. moved that the bill be re-
ferred to a special committee. He said it
was very important question and ought
to be considered carefully and intelligently
and get all the light they could upon the
subject
Mr. DOLLARD objected to this motion.
He wanted the question settled then.
MI. .ChAWfOED wanted 10 give Cle
present incumbent chance to 90 before
the committee and state his side of the
question. He was more competent to Judge
OF the requirements of the Office than any
one, and they, should get the benefits of his
two years experience. He then read a
clipping from a stock journal OBJ
jecting to the repeal of the
law creating the office. The idea of hav-
ing jury trial every time sick horse
was killed was absurd-bOth sides would
have the opportunity Of subpOenaing wit
nesses, and expert testimony would be
necessary, and it was certain that the ex-
pense would be much greater to dispose of
the animal in this way than to have it dis
posed of summarily by the territorial sur
geon.
Mr.. COOPER said that his idea was to
have the advice of men engaged in that
particular science to the end that they
might arrive at an intelligent conclusion,
and he removed his motion.
Mr.. DOLLARD said that he felt some
degree of hostility toward the continuance
of the law, for certain circumstances had
come under his observation in his section
of the territory. The law had been in
force two years and if there had been any
benefit derived from it he would like to
know it. He was opposed to the system as
all original proposition. He, in fact,
wanted all Supernumery offices abolished.