The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-02-14
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Aue UsuuO 9eeDo0 4eC0t0o9GO I'll loQ4t
y By : vote Of 81 70 s. il siso sdoptsd 81
anendnent to The bill sizing salaries osstsSo
omcef., reducing the salsry oftl attosaey
ksnefal ffom %, 900 to 800. This n an.
strued 40 hint to that o0cef that -
opinions are not popular vita tie Sonata
HOUSE. ~.
Reed's bin CREATING the once OF township
warden, Milsted's estrsy bin and q On makiae
corporations liable for damages to snployss,
passed the houss. Nsdrud, Of the houss. a..
troduced Colton's bill fixing nstivteoal RATES
and . half cent per mile the subsequent as.
tance. The Northern Paeiac has Givsa the
railroad commission . coal rate Of . csnt pse
ton per mile utter the first 100 mica IL %
equivalent to 1925 per ton from the uines
west Of the river to Fargo.
SENATE.
Tho senate again considered the QUESTION
Of raising the debt limit, but postponed final
rriating %, 600 for the destitute sufferers;
also bill providing for county dspositoriss,
ond giving the money to the highest bidder.
HOUSE.
Belden's gopher hill passed the houss. II
authorizes county commissioners to give .
bounty Of 8 cents for gopher tails; also Q bill
to encourage tree culture passed the house.
SENATE.
{. c. Walcott, the grain man, 10 at BIZ.
marck In the interest OF French syndicate,
who want the hard wheat Of North Dakota.
He Is working on bill to- compel railroad
companies 70 furnish free elevators for hand.
ling wheat the same az they furnish the msr.
chant o depot for handling hts treight, and
to make an equal distribution Of cars' and
On open market.
The house pissed tho senate bill authoris.
Ing counties to issue bonds for Sod wheat;
the senate Dire warden bill; the senate bin to
compel insurance companies to satisfy exc.
buttons ON Judgments or go ont Of business;
and the bill fixing the supreme court report.
er's salary at $500.
Mcdonald will introduce q bin for the locs.
ton. and government Of normal school at
Valley City, and Stadelman one to tax sleep.
ing car companies 2 per cent on their gross
earnings.
Hertick's charges duplicating judge Nc.
Connoll. Supt. Mitchell and others were again
brought before the house In executive session,
and II was decided by decisive vote to IN.
definitely postpone the whole matter. A ~
ception to the legislature and state ofacsla
was given by Gov. Miller. His residence was
crowded and a delightful evening had. 1t
was his first reception.
senate. Senator Diesem offered an impor.
tant amendment regulating the distribution
ofca,s aud facilities for handling grain. AZ
to the latter. 1t is the system Ia vogue In
Europe and 10 q few states In this country,
notably Michigan. The railroads would s.
compallcd to keen cur register book at
every station, aud keep 1t open for public IN
tered In this book, and the first registered
Mould get the first cars.
Every railroad in North Dakota shall fur.
nish free Of charge at each station or siding
ample side track facilities, which shall be
made easy Of approach by wagon or sleigh;
warehouses, platforms, stock yards and
scales That will be good and SUFFICIENT for the
speedy handling Of every kind OF fright Of.
fered them for shipment or received by thsm
at my station or siding. And when required
tif'eate Of weights Of any kind offtsishts;
owner Tor storage utter fifteen days, the
railroad company shall bs allowed to charge
ons-iourth cent per bushsl for each fifteen
days or pnrt thereof for the storage Of the
eame. This would compel the railroads to
build grain elevators the same ~ dspots,
and drive the present elevators out Of bNki:
ness.
AUG uOubU puNBeu tuo HeuAt6 DILL UOInOF1xs
ing organized counties to levy tux for irri.
cation purposes and the bill for the appoint.
ment Of o commission to act with like com.
mission from South Dakota to make dnsl
settlement Of financial matters arising
from division. Mcdonald introduced o con.
current resolution authorizing the appoint.
ment of a comm,ttee Of Eve to codify the laws,
journ sine die Feb. 20.
Senate.
A revenue hill WIS introduced In the senate
by Senator Sandagar. 1t IL nothing moro
nor less than On net authorizing the incor.
poration Of lottery companies md rsKula.
ting the same SO m to raise revenue to defray
the expenses OF the state.
The principal.term or provision beside the
official routine il the payment to the stats
$75, 900 per nnnnm quarterly 10 advahcd ID
the stc:s treasury. The first yenr tho total
sum promised the treasury 10 100000
An emergency clause making the bill take
effect Immediately Is attached. This require.
and
nece
dout
mncl
the d
sis o.
high. His new plan would only ralss
il $4,000. All amending Of constitution
nowis unpopular and this will fail with ths
rest. Rawlings introduced q resolution In.
structing the commissioner Of agriculture
and labor to investigate the adhptabilit3
Of North Dakotn soil for growing beets and
report as to the encouragement Of the beet
sugar interest. 1t was adopted. thinner In.
troduced a bill to tax sleeping car compan.
les according to the number and popu.
vsfSn nf khn atAk nv@ AI,otA
Coles elevator I'LL vas passed, with an
amendment proposed by Walsh that not
more than one cent per bushel shall be- harEed
for receiving, handling, insuring and Thirty
days storage. Hankinson's bilf providing
how railroad highway crossings shall b
built and requiring them to be kept in re.
pair also passed.
SENATE.
Attorney General Goodwin submitted his
opinion to the senate upon the question d,
taxing the main line Of the Northern Pxeiht
railroad. The charter says the right Of wsay
| shall lie exempt from taxation within the
territories OF the United States. Tho quss.
tion liz does this clause exempt the road
from taxation forever. The attorney ESn!
eral starts ont with tho proposition that
one who asserts that his property 10 ex.
empt from taxation must show it by thu
clear letter of the law. He says the Ian!
grunge used in the charter 10 capable of O
double construction, but thinks that con.
st ruction should DO adopted which limits
the exemption to the period while the Ses OF
such right Of way remained In the United
States. and that congress did not intend b.
such grant to deprive the future state Of its
sovereign right Of taxation.
The committee on state niiairs reported
the lottery bill favorahly, with an amend.
ment cutting the period 81 the charter from
twenty-five to fifteen years, md the extern,
sion from fifty to thirty. The report wal
unanimous, and will be passed by more than
a two-thirds vote.
HOUSE.
Williams introduced bill to abolish the
trustees Of the peniteatiary, insane saylum
aud university, and create Q board OF man,
agement consisting Of the governor, iIsutsn,
ant COVER Tor, secretary ofatate and treas.
urer, who shall have oil the powers now con.
ferrel on the trustees.
Ink introduced bill to foster and encour.
| age the best sugar industry BY Offering q
a bounty Of 2 cents per pound for all that D
manufactured within the next five years.
Suicide to Order.
From The Pail Mall Gazette.
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