Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-01-23
THE SEVEN O'CLOCK SESSION
OF Course no Quorum was Pres
cMt-'rhc Fake IL Complete
Failure.
The Special Committee Of Clerk
ships Hand in Il NOntleS-
cript Report.
A Mysterious Executive Session
that was not Reported,
as Usual.
The Senate.

The Senate.
BISMARCK, January 18.-lSpecial] In
the senate today the following bills were
introduced: BY judiciary committee: To
fix the number of officers and employees
of the legislative assembly and to pro-
vide compensation for the same BY Mr..
Stevens: Fixing the rates Of railroad
companies and other common carriers
for carrying coal-onehalf cent per
mile, with penalties for violations. Mr..
Barlow offered resolution that the
attorney general be requested to give
his opinion in writing upon the question
whether the main line of the Northern
Pacific railroad is taxable the same as
any other property. Adopted,
Almost the entire session was consum-
ed IN the third reading of bills and no
business of Importance was transacted.
In the House.
Promptly at seven o'clock this morn
ing, before day light, Speaker Wellman
gavelled the house to order. OF course
there was no quorum present. Nobody
expected that there would be. A call of
the house was demanded and Sergeant
alarms Snore started out to wake and
arrest members. Finally the Sergeant re-
ported and the call was dispensed with.
after dozen efforts in this direction had
been made. A number Of members were
still absent. The forenoon was wasted IN
wrangling over points OF order and an
abortive effort to pass Walsh's tax bill.
Shortly after reconvening at two
o'clock the speaker informed the house
that he had received message which
should be considered in executive session.
Everyone except the members, chief
clerk and sergeant alarms were fired
and the secret session continued for half
an hour or more.
The special committee appointed to
investigate tho clerkship question made
a peculiar report. It was in substance
that although there were more clerks
drawing salaries than there is any need
for, yet as they were appointed at the re-
quest of many members, there would
probably be more work later on and then
they could earn their money. The report
also suggested that enrolling clerks
might be made to keep out of harms
way by dong little wosk for the sever
al committees, and closed with a request
that no more appointments be made
Mr. Williams introduced resolution
instructing the committee on taxes to
invest gaze and report some method of
doing away with the present method of
selling property for delinquent taxes.
Roney introduced bill making it
compulsory for all public state lnstitu-
tions to fly the Stag of the United
States," Roney was the author, of the
bill which passed both houses, providing
that the''tiag of the United States" Should
be raised. That bill Was Knocked out
because Green raised the objection that
there was no such thing as the American
flag.
Hoyt introduced bill TO regulate
freight charges for the tran sportation Of
coal, fixing the same at one half cent per
ton per mile. except for the first fifty
miles, where 2 cents per ton per mile may
be charged.
The honse then went into committee
Of the whole and killed the remainder of
the day. Adjonrded till Monday at two
o'clock in the afternoon.
A Seed Wheat Bill.
The following are the main provisions
Of the seed wheat bill. under which farm
ers may procure seed grain from the ele-
vator companies. The bill has passed
the house unchanged and the Minneapo
lis lawyer, Gen eral Wilson, who drew
the bill for the elevator companies, ex.
presses the opinion that the oil will pass
the senate and become a law. The bill
is acceptable to the elevator men. It is
claimed that similar law has worked
satisfactorily in Minnesota. The princi-
pal security for the return of the seed is
a first lien upon crops protected by a tax
levy on the land and personal property
of the applicant. The amount of the
seed furnished, if not repaid by Oct. I, al
Z per cent interest from date of delivery.
shall be taxable against all the property
Of applicant, and the county auditor may
enter i,nd levy the amount IF said in
debtedness as tax for that year. upon
the lists Of the county and the collection
enforced the same as other state and
county taxes, the money to be kep,
,parate and paid to the party for whose
b netit collected. The auditor receives
a fee of 1O cents for executing each ap
plicat,on to be paid by applicant, who
shall file his application with the county
auditor, before March Is, which appli-
cation shall state in writing, the number
of acres applicant has pIowed and pre-
pared and the number intended to be
powed and ready for seeding, the mum
ber OF bushels and what kinds of grain
required, a trne statement OF all real
and personal property and membranes
thereon, and nature Of title to realty.
The applicant agrees by the contract to
give the first lien on the crop and right
of possession to the party furnishing the
seed until paid and any other seizure
for the pnrpo ose Of harvesting. threshing
al marketing The crop shall be deemed
Q con .ersion and treble damages may be