Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-12-20
THE LEGISLATURE.
A Complete Synopsis Of the Daily
Proceedings of the First State
Legislature,

Together With Brief Review of
the More Important Measures
Proposed in Each House.
Senate.
THURSDAY, Dec. 12.
Convened at 2 p. M.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Mr.. Hartman was excused from attend
ance to-day.
Mr.. LAMOURE called up the report OF
the committee of the whole in yesterdays
proceedings, it being sen ate bill No. Is,
proposing an amendment to the constitu-
ton, locating the capital, and moved that
the bill be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Mccormack moved to lay the motion
ON the table. The roll call being demand
ed resulted, yeas 12. nays II, and the mo-
ton was lost. 4r.
On the motion to indefinitely postpone.
the yeas and nays were. yeas 18, nays IL.
Mr.. Winship, by agreement, paired with
Mr. Hartman, who was absent; the latter
would have voted yea and the former nay.
Mr.. LAMOURE asked that paragraph "a
of the rules be read, which the president
read, the purport being that a vote to in
definitely postpone prohibits the introduc-
tiOn of the same question again at the pres
ent session.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The committee on appropriations report
ed favorably house bill No. 1S.
The committee on warehouses and grain
grading reported back senate bill No. IA,
relating to grist mills, without recommen-
dation.
The committee on ways and means re-
ported a substitute bill for No. 32, borrow
Ing money for the state.
No. SO, to define the boundaries of Ram
sey and Walsh counties was amended so
as to read "between N. and w. countless"
and its passage recommended by the COM
mittee on boundaries.
The committee on agriculture reported
favorably No. q, providing for boiler in
spectOrs.
The chair appointed as a committee on
salaries Of employees, on the part of the
Mcbride.
By Mr.. DODDS: No. SO. Provides that
security on grain or other crops, in case
the seed has not been sown or planted,
shall be null and void.
By Mr.. WlNSHIP: No. 81. Making ap.
preparation for printing. Emergency.
BY Mr.. MCCORMACK: No. 81. Con-
stituting the state auditor and treasurer
commission on the part of North Dakota
RI oil
states of North Dakota and South Dakota.
Emergency.
SECOND READING AND REFERENCE OF
SENATE BILLS.
Senate bill No. As, seats for district
courts, to judiciary committee; AZ, forest
tree culture, to committee on agriculture:
48, dentistry, to committee on public health;
49, to protect public credit, to committee
on ways and means.
THIRD READING.
Senate bill No. 81. To create an institute
for the education of the deaf of North Da-
kota and providing for its support and
management
Mr.. SMITH offered an amendment which
was adopted and on the acceptance of the
report Of the committee the vote was yeas.
IA: nays. 13.
Mr.. SWANSTON advocated the passage
of the bill, appealing to senator's to con-
slider the demand tor providing for the edu-
cation of this unfortunate class as Gne of
justice and humanity. From gathered
statistics he had ascertained that there
were known to be fifty-nine of these in
North Dakota, about forty-five of school
age and only sixteen receiving school in
structiOns.
Mr.. STEVENS was opposed to the pass.
age of the bill. Ae claimed as much sym
pathy for this class of unfOrtunates as anv
one, but plead the financial disability Of
the new state to make appropriations for
any new institutions at the present time,
believing it would be less expense to ed
ucate for she present the few pupils
abroad.
Mr.. DEISEM replied to Mr.. Stevens and
demonstrated that the expense of sending
the deaf muteS to another state to another
state to be educated would be much greater
than under the provisions of the bill which
called for only 5000, and no expense for
buildings for two years.
The roll being called on the passage of
the bill! the yeas were 10, nays 10. The
chair decided the bill passed, but subse.
4uently held that he was in error as it had
the emergency provision, and 10 was not
tW0-thlrds OF 29. Another vote resulted.
yeas 20, nays 10, which fixed it all right.
W. oos klV1u8 Vic university OF North Da.
k0ta laws and reports for their library, and
No No. amendng law Of 1885, providing for
government of the same, were also passed.
Mr.. Wallace, ex-assistant clerk Of the
convention, was. at the suggestion Of the
president, invited to come within the bar
Of the senate.
Mr.. WINSHIP asked to have No. 81.
providing for miscellaneous state printing
read 9 second time and referred, and it was
SO ordered and referred to the committee
on printing. d 49, ~---1~7-s'sN N1.,''Sr
"A message from the house announcing
the passage Of concurrent resolution to
make inquiries relative to reported desti-
tuition in certain sections of the state and
to provide for the same,i was on motion Of
MI. Dodds taken up and passed in concur
renee. Us - - -
On motion of Mr.. Mccormack the senate
adjourned. ,D-''''o
House.
Met at 2 p. m. i'9DA 80 -
Prayer BY the chaplain.
THE EMERGENCY rr IIer