The Dickinson press., 1890-03-15

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senate the appropriation section of the
state fair bill wa passed over the COVER
nor's veto by q vote of 81 to Z. Several
other bills were passed, including the
appropriation bill for the state library
and the bill providing for the publica-
ton of the supreme court reports. The
house passed q bill making all insurance
void when written by agents residing
outside of the state. Among the other
bills passed was that appointing certain
state officers as q board of management
for the state university, penitentiary and
insane hospital and the one appropriate
ing S6S,0O for salaries. The evenu
bill after being amended and reamended.
was finally passed in accordance with
the recommendations of the conference
committee. Friends of the measure are
becoming anxious for its fate. fearing
that an attempt will be made to kill it by
amendment and delays. The attorney
general sent in a message to the house
saying he would give ar opinion on Mon
the session by constitutional limitation.
BISMARCK, N. D., March s.-The sem
ate passed the senate bill canceling GER
tain illegal taxes on railroad grant lands,
and house bills legalizing the acts of GER
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for the manufacture of potato starch;
prescribing the manner in which cities
may issue bonds, and establishing the
Academy of Science at Wahpeton. The
house baking powder bill was indefn-
itely postponed. The message of the
governor vetoing the bill providing for
the taxation of personal property in un-
organized counties was referred to a spe-
cial committee. The house passed bills
providing for a sheep inspector, estab.
fishing county boards of health and es.
tablishing an industrial and manual
training school at Glendale. The veto
message to the appropriation in the state
fair bill was made q special order for
Tuesday. A resolution was adopted ask
ing the attorney general whether the
legislature could authorize counties to
issue bonds for bridge purposes.
BISMARCK, N. D., March 1O.-Attorney
General Goodwin sent to the house, in
answer to their resolution of last week, a
communication in which he decides
that the present session of the legislature
will expire by limitation March Is. The
house completed the consideration
of the senate bill establishing the Aus
tralian voting system, and passed it with
some amendments, the most important
of which is that striking out the section
which allows counties to use the Rhines'
voting machine. The attorney general
in a communication tothe house decided
that the legislature had no authority to
authorize counties to issue bonds to build
flour mills. The senate passed house
bills amending the act regulating the
oath of civil officers; establishing
the salaries of county officers; author
izing school boards to purchase United
States flags, giving a premium for the
manufacture of beet sugar; amending
law requiring publication of chattel
mortgage sales, and the senate bill re-
quiring the uniform accounting of pub
lie funds. The house bill regulating the
state library; fixing legal holidays and
encouraging the development of coal
mines were indefinitely postponed. The
governor signed the bill establishing an
agricultural college at Fargo. The at
torney general has decided that menu
bers are not entitled to mileage while re-
turning from their homes after the hol-
iday recess.
BISMARCK, N. D., March 1.-THE SEN
ate received the report of the special
committee to which was referred the
veto of the bill providing for the taxa
ton of personal property in unorganized
counties. The report denies that the bill
is unconstitutional as claimed in the veto
message. 1t was referred to the iudic-
iary com mittee. Bills were introduced
appropriating $1,000 to pay the expenses
of the investigating committee and re-
districting the state into legislative dis
tricts. The speaker has appointed the
house conference committee on the rail-
road bill.