Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-03-14
A Synopsis of the Proceedings in
Both Houses of the First
e.. State Legislature.
Bills Passed-Bills IntrOduced-Blls
Referred-Committee Reports
Miscellaneous Mention.
House.
WEDNESDAY, March 9th.

Of Walsh, and Watt, excused.
%ra. THE EDUCATIONAL BILL.
Consideration Of the educational bill was
continued.
Mr.. MCDONALD moved to amend
article II, section s, by requiring that can.
didates for teachers of common schools
shall be seventeen years old instead of
eighteen. Lost. 10
Mr.. BALKAN moved to amend article4,
section l, by providing that no person
shall be elected to the office of shool treas
urer for more than two successive terms.
The proposed amendment was laid on
the table.
Mr.. WALSH moved not to adopt the
proposed article IA, offered by the com
mittee. This article provides that until
one or more state normal shoots shall have
been established, the state superintendent
of public instructions may designate not
to exceed three private colleges or acade-
mics which, at the expense of the st ate,
professional instruction in practice of
teaching, etc, shall be given.
MI. WILLIAMS moved a call of the
house. -, - 49,, - e., &c.
Call dispensed with, and consideration
Of proposed article passed for the present.
Carried .f... ..
Mr.. TYLER moved the adoption of sew
eral amendments, among them changing
tn. date Of leyying taxes from August Is
to Julys2O. Amendments adopted. q o
Mr.RONEY proposed an amendment
urels Is four successive years. Lost.
MI. COLE moved to adopt the report Of
the committee striking out article 15 n
that the house consider the house bill in
troduced on the subject of free text books.
Nj. MCCORMICK moved to amend arti-
Gle II, section &, so that all bonds issued
under the school act shall not be sold for
less than par. Adopted.
Recess was taken until 8 O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house assembled at 2 O'Clock.
Consideration of educational bill was
continued.
Mr.. INK moved to reconsider the vote by
which the amendment limiting the term Of
Office of the school treasurer was lost.
Messrs. WILLIAMS and rooney spoke
in favor of limiting the term of Office.
Messrs. Stevens and Strom against. The
motion to reconsider was lost.
Mr.. STEVENS moved the adoption of
the following amendment to subdivision 8,
Of section Is, article Is, by adding thereto
the following:
"No person who is a father, mother, son
or daughter, husband OF wife, brother or
sister, or brother-in-law or sister-in-law to
any member of such board of education
shall be employed as teacher by such
board, unless elected by a unanimous vote
of all the members-elect.
Mr.. THOMPSON of Cass moved to amend
by including friend"
Roll call on motion of Mr.. Stevens de-
manded-29 for, 81 against.
MI. WILLIAMS moved to amend by
adding "any relative without the concur
rence Of the entire board" Carried.
amend section 8, article IL, by providing
that no scholar shall be required to be pres
ent in the school room during the reading
of the bible, at any time. Carried.
MI. COLE offered an amendment requir.
ing school treasurers to make quarterly
statements instead of monthly. Carried.
Mr.. WILLIAMS wanted information re.
g gasiaie Is the words "'y '0t'" in section a.
Nh. STEVENS asked MI. Lilly what
was meant by "the respective terms OF
school directors shall be determined by
Mr.. THOMPSON of Cass moved to strike
out "by lot" and insert "by pulling
Mr.. LILLY moved as an amendment tt
strike out "by lot" and insert sin such man
ner as the board may decide"
The substitute motion prevailed.
MI. WALSH offered a proposed amend
ment to the school bill-the Milsted dis
trict system bill entirely.
ment be not received as it was an entire
new bill calculated to kill the bill under
discussion.
Mr.. WALSH said ne offered it IN good
faith and it was only just courtesy to hin
that the amendment be considered.
The proposed amendment was not re
ceived, the vote being overwhelmingly
MI. HEGLIE moved the adoption of ar
amendment, the effect of which was tt
change the school year so that it shall be
gin July LIST instead of January 1st. Lost
MI. RONEY again attempted to get the
term of Office of school treasurer limited to
three successive terms, but failed.
The substitute for article IL, offered BY
the committee being still pending.
MI. BOWEN offered an amendment, th1
effect of which will be to allow the state
superintendent of public instruction tt
designate any private college or academies
in which, at the expense of the state, pro
fessional instruction In practice of teach
luS DIAL NC .klVcus 1uS ll6lpS OuG tlt
Minor normal school and there was bu'
little objection to the amendment.
Mr.. UELAND offered some amendments
to the section fixing the salaries of county
superintendents. Lost.
The bill was then passed-8 to 8.
H COAL RAT BILL.
The rules were suspended and house bill
No. 1888, an amendment to the coal rate bill
was passed.
This amendment was left out of the
original bill. 1t provides that any railroad
receiving a car OF coal shall transport it al
the same rates as is provided from the
mines in "blocks of fifty miles, on the road
where the coal is mined.
MI. STEVENS moved that the commits,
siOners of railroads be requested to inves.
tigate and report the reasons for the re.
cent increase in the price of coal. He had
heard that the price Of coal had been ad.
vanced during the past few days and he
wanted to know the reason and whether
b railroad companies we're complying
with the new law. The motion prevailed.
THE CLERK HIRE BILL AGAIN.
The conference committee report on sen.
ate bill No. 1873 was presented, adopted and
the bill again passed-8 toj8 6.
Mr.. HANKINSON moved that the rules
be suspended and that house bill No. 127,
appropriating money for salary Of state
officers, and III, restricting certain male
third time and placed on final passage.
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