Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-02-20
APPROPRIATIONS SCALED.
The Committee Cuts Downs
Greatly the Amounts Asked
for i'm the Bills.
The Asylum and Penitentiary
Suffer, the University Favor
ed Mt it's Hands.
The House Goes into Committee
Of the Whole and Disposed
of Many Bills.

of Many Bills.
In the Senate.
BISMARCK, Feb. Especial The
committee on appropriations today re-
ported on the asylum, penitentiary and
university bills. The amounts asked fol
by both the asylum and penitentiary
we're greatly reduced, while that of the
Grand Forks institution was recommend
ed to pass without deduction and but
slightly amended.
Mr.. LaMoure introduced a measure
amending the act providing for the levy
and collection of taxes upon the property
of railroad companies.
Most of the session was devoted to the
discussion Of the Worst school bill,
which was numerously amended. Ad.
j0urnment was taken before this consid-
Grafton was completed.
In the House
Rawlings, who was absent at the time
senate bill No. II was lost, moved that
the vote be reconsidered. Mr.. cCormick
moved that Mr.. Rawlings motion be
laid on the table, but Mr.. Rawlings mo-
ton finally carried and the bill made a
special order for Wednesday at 8 O'Clock.
This bill requires county commissioners
10 give bonds, aud was lost on passage,
several members being mistaken as to the
bill they were voting on.
The report of the joint conference COM
mittee on the clerk hire Jill was received.
After few shots at the report by those
whose friends wele affected adversely, on
motion of MIR. LELAND, consideration was
postponed until the report is printed IN
the journal.
On close vote tho committee of the
whole recommended tho indefinite post
ponement of the bill providing a method
for residents of unorganlZed counties to
vote on state elections.
Mr.. Tyler's bill providing that the
legal guardians Of a certain class of pa
tients in the insane asylum should pay
the expenses OF the same ,swas also con-
sidered in committee Of the whole aud
provoked much discussion. Mr.. Tyler
supported his measure IN an able speech,
but it was indefinitely postponed on u
vote OF % to 20.
sage OF house bill No. 164, providing for
the assessment Of railroad property and
the committee then arose.
A hn
announced his approval of house bills No.
policies; also, No. 136, amending grain
and warehouse laNs
The house then went into committee
again, and took up house bill No. 133,
regulating salary Of registers Of deeds and
county treasurers. The bill was recon-
mended to pass House bill No. 96. au-
thorizlng counties to fund outstanding
indebtedness, recommended to pass with
committee amendments; also house bill
No. 1873, defining the duties of county
commissioners in relation to construction
of bridges, recommended that the bill
lay on the table; also senate bill No. 118,
of similar nature, recommended to be re-
committed to committee on counties;
also house bill No. 80, allowing vote for
preference for United States senator,
recommending its passages; also house
bill No. 119. regarding Sabbath breaking,
recommended to pass.
The committee arose, made its report,
which was adopted and the house ad-
jOurned.
Measures that have Become Laws.
The act to promote medical science
gives the professors of any medical col
lege in the state the right to claim the
dead body of any person executed under
the senteuce of law, or dying while in
the penitentiary or county jails, provided
the deceased made no request to oe
buried, or if within 36 hours after death
no friend or relation asks for such inter-
ment. II a stranger or traveller who dies
suddenly, the body shall be buried
The act providing for the displaying
the flag of the United States on all pub
lie state institutions provides that the
flag Of the United States shall be dis
played upon all public state institutions
between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and
4 o'clock p. m. OF each day, and it is made
the duty Of the officials in charge of the
various state institutions to make the
necessary arrangements for carrying out
the provisions OF this act, and the bills
Of expense necessarily incurred in so
doing shall be audited and paid by the
state auditor in the same manner as bills
for incidental expenses, are audited and
paid.
Live Bismarck Topics.
The newspapers and others have not
yet scared ex-senator Spencer out OF the
country, although the Pioneer Press has
stated that both he and his wife have
departed. Ex-senator Spencer has de.
cided to remain in North Dakota and
become one of the citizens Of the state.
He will probably purchase q house in
some city for his family and engage in
the development Of certain coal lands IN
which he has become interested. He is