Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-31
House..
House.
Convened at 2 p. III.
Prayer by the chaplain,

House.
Convened at 2 p. Ill.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The roll being called, all members were
present with the exception of Messrs.
IIaugerud, IIc9lie, Mcintyre, Moore,
Thomas, Walton, Watt and thinner.
Mr.. STEVENS called attention to the
fact that senate bills were given preference
in the order of business over house bills.
Also that there are now eleven house bills
and seven senate bills on third reading.
The senate. either in fun OF earnest, are
Boosting that they are keeping up with
their work, he therefore moved that no
further committee reports be received until
the business is disposed Of.
The motion prevailed.
Mr.. WILLIAMS moved that the house
resolve itself into committee of the whole
for the consideration of general orders.
Carried.
The house resolved itself into committee
of the whole, Mr.. Williams in the chair.
TO KILL GOPHEItS.
The first bill considered was the house
bill providing for the purchase of poison
to kill gophers.
Mr.. HANkINSON asked if the distribu-
ton of poison would not kill prairie chick
ems.
Mr.. BOWEN would like to have the
author of the bill explain.
Mr.. THOMPSON said that last year a
commission was appointed to investigate
the gopher question. He was one OF the
commission and on investigation found that
in some places the gophers had destroyed
entire crops. One place they found good
crops and learned that this man had used
poison.
MI. BUCHANAN said that if the bill
would provide that the poison must be
XII the prairie chickens, although it might
kill the dogs.
Mr.. WILLIAMS remarked that Mr..
Hankinson was in favor of killing dogs.
House bill No. 1S9, providing for the
payment of bounties for killing Of gophers,
was tavorably recommended.
CIVIL TOWNSHIPS.
Senate bill No. 9, providing for the Or
ganiZation of civil townships, amending
the laws of 1883, was recommended favor
ably.
TO REvOKE CHARTERS.
Senate bill No. 80, authorizing the COM
missioner of insurance to revoke the au-
thority Of any insurance company doing
business in the state, was considered, and
Mr.. HANkINSON moved that the COM
mlttee recommend the passage OF the bill.
Carried.
CERTIFICATES TO o.
House bill No. ISL, authorizing the JUS
tice to issue a certificate to members of a
jury, specifying the number Of days en-
ployed in the trial of a case, and the
amount to which each is entitled. Also a
like certificate to the witnesses. was favor
ably recommended.
The bill giving threshers 80 days instead
OF 10 in which to file a lien, was reached.
Mr.. MONTGOMERY moved to amend by
providing that the cost of foreclosing a
thresher'S lien shall be the same as for
fOreclosing a chattel mortgage. Carried.
Favorably recommended.
TO SETTLE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS.
Senate bill Is, to facilitate the settle
ment of constitutional questions by the
supreme court. The majority of the Judi
ciary committee recommend that the bill
do not pass; minority recommend that it
do.
Mr.. ALLlN moved that the majority re-
port be adopted.
Mr.. STEVENS stated that Mr.. thinner
had taken considerable interest in the bill
and iS now ahSQpt ua ror,,actad fbot tbo