Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-03-14

A"As la " AN ppOxIAg
ment Of a conference committee was
adopted. ~
BILLS INTRODUCED.
BY Mr.. WINSHIP: No. 271. Providing
for the covering Of unexpended balances
of certain in~stitutions:into the state treas.
ury. Read the first and second times and
referred to the committee on appropria.
tons.
Mr.. LITTLE: No. 222. Preventing un.
lawful waste on m%ortgaged premises
committee on Judiciary.
Mr.. STEVENS. No. 22S. Making ap'
preparation for the salaries Of the state
preparations.
THIRD READING OF SENATE BILLS.
Senate bill 2O2, forbidding the mortgag-
ing of crops before the seed thereof shall
have been sown or planted, was read the
third time and vas lost.
Senate bill 100, providing for the incor-
poratiOn of certain classes of benevolent
associations, was read the third time and
passed.
The report Of the judiciary committee on
senate bill 21S was adopted.
Mr.. LITTLE stated that the object of
the bill was to give county courts juris-
diction beyond probate matters, provided
the people of the counties so desired. 1t
allows the people, by their votes, to decide
whether or not the county courts shall be
given such jurisdiction.
Mr.. DlESEM offered as all amendment
to the bill that the election shall not
be called unless the commissioners are
petitiOned so to do by a majority of the
legal voters of the county.
Mr.. SWANSTON opposed the amend
ment. He called the attention of the SEN
ate to the fact that the bill was simply in
| oorfOrmify with tho onnctsfrtfor nrI .kho
amendment was not.
Mr.. APPLETON hoped Mr.. Diesem's
motion would not prevail. This matter
had all been fought out in the constitu-
tional convention and it was there decided
that when a majority of the voters of a
county shall so decide the jurisdiction of
the county court shall be increased. Re-
| quiriDg q petition simply entailed work
and annoyance on those who are inter-
ested. They will get the petitioners-there
is no question on that point.
Mr.. DIESEM said unless his motion for q
petition prevailed, it would force the ex-
pense of an ELECTION on every county. The
fore the county courts-to bring all litiga-
ton to the county seat-and this is far
from being In the interest of the poor man
who will be compelled to 20 long distances
to try small cases of little moment.
Mr.. LITTLE raised the point that Mr..
Diesem was not discussing the question be-
fore the senate. He was discussing a ques-
ton which in the bill is submitted to a vote
of the people and while his speech would
be appropriate before the voters of his
county, it was not german to the question
before the senate.
Mr.. WORST opposed the Diesem amend
ment. In his (Worst's) county many of
get to court and return and they did not
want to be compelled to carry a petition
around for a majority of the signatures
before they could vote on the question.
Mr.. Diesem's amendment was defeated
and the bill was passed.
Senate bill No. 1892, defining the class of
newspapers in which legal notices shall be
Mr.. MCCORMACK moved to amend by
striking out that portion compelling a
| newspaper to have 150 subscribers within
the counJy-sOme papers have a good cir
c%ulatiOn outside of the county.
Mr.. WINSHIP moved to amend by sim
ply requiring 15O subscribers.
Mr.. MCCORMACK accepted the amend
ment. The motion was lost.
MI. BELL moved to amend by limiting
the time which q newspaper must be pub
lished to three months instead OF six. He
said that in newly organized counties they
may want to make publication and yet no
paper in the county will have been pub
AAol4Oo oAA uOAoAo AAO 0MCuuulCus was
lost.
The bill was then passed without amend
ment.
Senate bill No. 1876, providing for the ap-
pOintment within the state of an agent for
a newspaper published outside Of the state,
upon WI whom NJ legal papers may. be pe5 served,
famous by the Dodds-Barlow minority re-
port and the resolution of censure.)
MI. SWANSTON moved that the reading
OF the reports of the judiciary committee
on this bin be dispensed with. Carried.
Mr.. WORST wanted some n to explain
to him how this bill, if passed, would oper-
ate. How can you reach a man outside Of
the state by Furnishing a man within the
state?
Mr.. HARMON said the object of the bill
was to give the common people of the state
Of North Dakota some redress on newspa-
pers that attack their private characters. A
similar law was passed in New Jersey and
there is a witness to the tact 10Y sitting
on the floor. We know that members Of
this senate have been attacked by newspa-
pers in and out of the state and l believe
we should have redress.
Mr.. DlESEM called attention to the fact
that outside companies or corporations
such as insurance companies are COM
whom service can be made and he could
not see why the newspapers should not be
brought within the reach of q similar law.
MI. LITTLE moved to amend by making
the law apply solely to newspapers pub.
llshed by cOrpOratiOnS-SO a. to make the
bill constitutional.
MI. SWANSTON moved to strike out
Section 2, which provides that service may
be made on news agents. They should
not be held responsible for what the news.
papers publish.
Mr.. APPLETON: What, if you strike
this out. will you do if they refuse to ap.
point a resident agent.
Mr.. LITTLE said he feared that it would
by the same as laws regarding other corpor.
ations which have transacted business in
our state, and have refused to comply
with the law requiring the appointment Of
resident agents.
Mr.. Swanston's motion was lost.
MI. SANDAGER moved that the bill be
recommitted to the judiciary committee
Lost.
Mr.. WORST moved to amend section 2
line l, by striking out all the words after
the word "any'' up to the word corpora.
word "such."
The bill was passed by a vote of 81 to 8
Senate bill No. els, fixing the terms of
court and defining the duties of county
courts having criminal and civil jurisdic-
ton, was read the third time and passed.
Senate bill 204, providing that no bull,
stallion or ram shall be permitted to run
at large, and authorizing the castratiOn OF
any such animal found at large, was read
the third time and, -
Mr. r. ~oy,od m oronnd -,