The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
Proceedings Of the Legislature
Of North Dakota inSession
at Bismarck.
SENATE.

of any point which could be ralsed beside
those mentioned. In the senate the follow
ing bills were passed: !
Senate BiIls-MakingN New Year's day, Mem
oriai day. Fourth OF July. THANKSGIVING DAY
and Christmas school holidays; changing the
law allowing aid to be given forthec onstr,ic-
ton OF railroads SO 1T Will CONFORM 10 tue
constitution.
HOUSE MI
In the house the following bills we're intro
duced. TO prevent the packing of juries and
prohibiting gambling in grain, stocks and
bonds, The following house bills were
passed:
per year for clerk hire; requiring registration
of births and deaths; importing a fine for Sab
bath breaking; allowing the erection Of dams
across unnavigable streams for irrigation
purposes; providing for the appointment OF
notarles in u~norganized counties; licensing
express companies; permitting probate court
to sell real estate to pay debts OF deceased
PERSONS; allowing less than twelve persons to
constitute jury in the justice courts: to
prevent deception in the sale OF dairy pro-
ducts; permitting counties to bond their in
debtedness; to prevent tho adulteration Of
foods.
SENATE.
Tho ..na+e n..s.d a hill, nrov;d;no for a
ornss earn;ngs AZ mon %ra;,way cnnnan;es
According to this bill the tar ia tn be B per
cent, nj GROSS earninUs for the Hrat five vears
and . nor cant tharestar
Il ia Estimated that the amount ccolJectable
,naan All. L. -n,,id ~ :. nrosan+ cI7S nnn
uaoe ne. TINS T mw w wbnsa O om 90 rtesg IN T. 90 ;nto
The stare treasury md he annort;nnad to
%connt;es ACCORDING to nronertv valna =.
1890
me nouse passea I'VE dis, ,ae,uu.ne one
requiring railroads. TO fence rhe r1Che o. way,
ma L;nn . = VI r..nnns;hia sna - W : h;,iaS. .a aT
cornoration Of ali bodies eYcent for relirions
charitabIe or cemetery n%urposes
hn;Id;nr ana Ioan assoc;.t;on. sorntr nm
tual lire insurance mpanies arrirnlturai
fair associa tions anI romnonies mnnnsac-
TURING dairy products. and sennta h;ll nro.
hibiting pools. trusts and cousplracies.
The SENATE bin giving women the right IN
for next Tuesday. Acommunication wns re-
ceiyed from the citv council of Devils Lake
endorsed nv the cbamhar Of comm.rce of
mutes OF the state Tor the same price that
the South Dakota school wants OF such care,
namely, $3.50 per year per capita.
SENATE.
The house bill passed fixing the rate Of
freight ON coal mined in the state. THE rates
increase according to distance. yaryinr rom
cents per ton forthe frat 5Omiles to 81. rs
per ton Tor $50 miles and not to exceed 400.
miles. The senate also pasaed the Following
bills:
Appropriating SO. 600 for the care and
maintenance Of the cnpitol building. reouir-
peddlers to obtain license. Annrnnriatinp
81 500 to paw newspapers for Publishing The
constitutions; providing for the holding Of
.coroner's inquests in newly organized c0un-
ties.
HOUSE.
The house passed the sennte hin nerma.
,ontIv iocat;nn+ M staa. t0;n ~ n fE s
and annranr;af;n1 "a non .ni fo M n,sm;uns or KS
1890. The hill reonires a donat,nn of s;o,,tv
acres O, land by Gran5 ForLs TN. Nv
also concurred in the senate amendments tn
the revenue hin and nassad tha h;iI $780, -
ing the time in which ann,icatinn for sasa
What nav ha s,leJ mi All * 700
system OF voting and bill establishing q re-
form school at landau were favorably re-
ported.
SENATE.
The senatea reconsidered the vote by which
it passed the gross earnings railroad tax bill.
The postponement was made because the
anthor OF the bill, Senator La Moure, was
suddenly called to st. Paul. When the bill
comes up for passage again an effort will be
made to change the disposition Of the money
collected. 30 that instead of all go
ing into the state treasury, to be
distributed to the counties according
to property value, one-half will go to the
state absolutely, and the other llalf to the
different counties according to the number
HOUSE,.
IN tha house nearly the ent,rc aor u.s
taken mn with the cons;derat;on ~ az raI'
road hill vote Was not reschsd and Oh.
consideration IF tha anne moa.nrs iii ~ +. ~
sumed o-morrow. The followinr hilIs wsrs
Introduces:
Providing for the admission of nttorneys
to practice; making employees and laborers
preferred creditors to the extent of 800;
year at Oct. 81; establisl,ed Q school Of scien.
ces at Wahpeton; fixing the state tar levy
at four mills. SIS.
SENATE. :
r i,
WIZ a. h;,I - NV .nucI BUSINESS
state university passsd fha ssn AZ 49, son ut lug
ago. it materiallv reduced fhs saIar;es ~ ths
president md facultv. The friend. as+ba ~; ~
stitution thought thew could have ths s.ia-
ries put back to the old figure, as the bin had
not vet been signed. it was recalled and The
attempt made. IL proved disastrons haws
nlthongh tha h;lI waa nnoanaoS INV
sirad. two vota. r,aro iant;na - = ~
massage. md in order IN NV r. f.nn anat
It WAS made q snec;ai ordar Sor Monaa us'sat y
is likely 10 be defeated. and . new Iii =. i
necessary. The senate then mani n honr ~
two upon n niece 81 nnnsan.a + 49, s NY. hous or
q bill providing for q state bonrd 81 NAM
tuners, which was finally passed. Time Was
then found to transact a little business, The
chief item Of which was the adoption Of q
joint resolution authorizing the royenor to
appoint n committee of i've persons to have