The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-01
STATE LAWMAKERS.
Proceedings of the Legislature
ofNorth Dakota inSessien
ct Bismarck.

SENATE.
The senate passed q bill providing for the
taxation OF property in n~norganized counties.
The senate was considering the election bill
when adjournment was taken.
HOUSE. 49,.
The house amended the act providing for
the Incorporation Of cities, fixing the limit
Of bonded indebtedness at 6 DER cent. Of
p.oyerty value, but allowing the limit to be
placed at . per cent by Q two-thirds vote Of
the people of the city. The house also passed
q bill establishing . school of mines at the
state university, and q bill imposing q direct
TAX upon theproperty ofrailroad companies.
sENATE
b Senate passed the Australian election
law 81 to 8. The amendment authorizing
counties to purchase the Rhines voting ma
chine, when q majority OF voters desire it,
was retained. 1t is thought the House will
concur, I'd.
President Spragus of the state university
got another roasting from Senator Lamoure
and ms salary wa cut down from $4,000 to
S1;oOO az the expiration Of the present year.
otner salaries were reduced from %, O tt
$1.ooO. The total appropriation for the
university is $21 900.
The bill appropriating $sS, 900 for the in
sane asylum also passed the Senate.
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The house passed Inks bill Offering q boun.
~ OF two cents per pound for beet sugar,
Hankjnson's bill giving a bounty of one
cent per pound for potato starch manufac.
tured in this state. The house voted to in.
dennltely postpone the bill locating the
state fair at Grand Forks. The bill ~consoli.
dating the boards OF the public institutions
passed. ..., . -: -
In the senate eleven bills were introduced.
including q bill to authorize counties to ex-
pend surplus funds in purchasing seed wheat
1or farmers, and one requiring o n-resident
newspaper publishers whose papers circulate
IN the state to appoint an agent residing in
the state who shall receive service in actions at
law. If such agent is not appointed, the bill
authorizes such service to be make upon
any newsdealer in the state who sells the
paper. The senate passed a bill legalizing
certain instruments of record. The senate
also passes a joint resolution which grows
out OF the decisions of Land Commissioner
SPARKS. 1t asks congress to pass a law d.
emptlon and homestead cash entries where
ever innocent purchasers and mortgage OF
me and had interviewed prior to suspension
Of the entry.
In the house a bill was introduced author
iizing the payment of newspapers for publish
ing tne constitution. The house passed the
senate bills authorizing county courts to
mortgage real estate belonging to estates of
deceased persons, minors and incompetent
persons, and providing for furnishing rooms
forstate officers. As q result Of the the caucus
or the Republican senators, the senate passed
Joint resolution fixing March IL az the day
OF adjournment. The house referred the
resolution to the committee on state affairs.
inns COMMITTEES will look into the condition
OF the legislative pushes before reporting.
SENATE.
The senate passed the house revenue bill,
which provides for taxation of real and per-
n property. The clause which met with
most opposition was that which provided
that when any one is obliged to make q list
OF his credits for taxation he can deduct bona
fdde Indebtedness, provided his creditors are
residents of the state.
The senate passed a bill appropriating
$2O,9OO for the penitentiary at Bismarck. A
resolution introduced by Senator Smith, ia.
voring the Blair educational bill pending in
congress, was tabled. A bill was introduced
providing for tho paymenttoJnco Dobmeir
to his brewery plant on account of the pass
ages OF the prohibitory law.
.. HoUsE.
In the house a good part of the day was
spent in reading the senate public school bill.
The homestead and p~re-emption bills were
made a special order Tor Thursday. The
railroad committee reported back the senate
railroad bill with majority and minority re-
ports.
Very little business was done by the legis-
lature. The senate passed the following bills:
Providing for the election ofcounty officers
at the general election of 1890, and every
two years thereafter; requiring the appoint
ment of q resident agent for NONRESIDENT adj
ministrators. executors and guardians, to
receive service in actions at law.
TIL bill reducing the salaries of state Of
hcers was made q special order for to-
morrow. This bill reduces the salary for
governor from $4,000 to 81, 900 and ofother
officers from 81, 900 to $500. Among the
bills introduced was one by Senator Stevens
f~orbidding the mGrtgaging OF crops before
the seed is sown. III. i
Business in the house was confined to the
first and second reading of bills and reference
to committees. Bills were introduced as fol-
lows: ia ~a%
Amending the act providing for the incor-
poration of building and loan associations;
providing for the diminution for good be.
havior OF terms of Imprisonment of convicts.