The Dickinson press., 1890-01-25
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
ThurAdAY.

tune for the payment of taxes until Oct.
10. The penalty will not attach until that
date, but the taxpayer will have to pay
1 per cent. a month. The house adopted
a resolution %instructing the railroad COM
MISSION to investigate the subject of rail-
road freight rates in North Dakota. The
action will do away with the two COM
mittees appointed for the same purpose.
The commission will be invested with
the power to send for persons and papers.
llle house went into executive session
upon the charges of A. j. Herrick, of
ransom county, against Judge McCon-
nell, of Fargo. Herrick alleged that
Mcconnell, while a territorial Judge, had
deprived him of a farm heal Mapleton.
He alleged that Mcconnell colluded with
the district attorney to prevent finding
indictments against one Campbell, the
man who got Herrick's farm under a
mortgage. The house dismissed the
charges as frivolous and beyond its iur-
isdiction.
BISMARCK, Jan. 1.-THE railroads
were given some attention in the house
BY he introduction of a bill providing
that their property shall be assessed and
taxed the same as all property. The
civil service examination of the army of
clerks in the house attracted a large
crowd and the result is awaited with
much interest. 1t is claimed that the
lady clerks surpassed, in nearly every
respect, their male associates. The house
adj ourned to meet at 7o'clock tomorrow
morning. This is the earliest hour
to which a Dakota legislature ever ad-
journed.
The senate passed a resolution fixing
Feb. Is as the date of final adjournment.
Saturday.
BISMARCK, n. D., Jan. 1S.-The house
convened before sunrise, and under a
call of the house the absentees in bed
and at breakfast were summoned to the
capital by the sergeant-at-arms. The
business of the forenoon was the con-
sideration of the revenue bill. Upon the
matter Of licensing lawyers two reports
were brought in, the minority ~favoring
license. Lawyers stood up and favored
the adoption of the minority report and
the report was adopted and the bill for
license recommended to pass. The
senate asked the attorney general
to give an opinion on this ques-
ton: SIS that portion of the main
line of the Northern Pacific in
this state taxable as other property is
taXed:" The railroad company holds
that it is exempt under the terms of it's
charter when this was a territory and
the change of condition has not, in the
opinion of the company, removed the
exemption. The house committee on
competency and the number of clerks
reported too many clerks just now, but
fl,of f1,0vy ,,,O,,1J ,o0,, l1o ao,lol
Monday.
BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. 2O.-The house
passed Inks elevator bill. Watts bill to
make it a misdemeanor to sell cigarettes
to children under 16 years was passed.
Lilly's bill, authorizing the refunding of
state bonds, Estabrook's elevator side
track bill, and a noxious weed bill passed
the house.
In the senate Mr.. McCormack's resolu-
ton to adjourn Feb. Is was recalled
from the house, and is now on the clerks
desk. Robinson's bill to locate the nor
nal school at Mayville without appropri-
alton passed the senate unanimously.
Hammond introduced Il bill regulating
trusts. 1t was drawn by John Sherman,
of Ohio. Harmon submitted an amend
ment to the constitution that will en-
power the state auditor to pay mileage
of members of the legislature directly to
the railroads carrying members to and
from the state capital. The Fargo agri-
cultural bill without an appropriation
was reintroduced. The school bill pre-
pared by Superintendent Mitchell and
Senator Worst was introduced in the
senate. 1t is a complete school law.
Dobbmeier, of Grand Forks, sent in a
petition to the senate asking the state to
reimburse him $4,000 on account of
damage to his brewery property by the
adoption Of the prohibition amendment
to the constitution. Referred to COM
mittee on state affairs.
Tuesday.
BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. 21.-The senate
passed Aliens bill authorizing townships
to tax for irrigation purposes; also Har-
mons bill requiring county commission
ers to give So, 900 bonds.
In the house the Jamestown asylum
bill appropriating 5000 for one year
was introduced by Lutz. The house
called on Auditor Bray to explain why
he did not honor the vouchers of mem
bers for their holiday recess per diem.
He will reply by citing the attorney gen
erals opinion, and the reply may be re-
ferred to the judiciary committee, and a
resolution reported by that committee
requesting the supreme court to pass
upon the question. The house passed the
Walsh revenue bill, which is very much
like the Minnesota law. The Republican
senators caucused on the per diem of en-
ployes and fixed the same.
Wednesday,.
BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. %. - Both
houses to-day accepted an invitation tc
visit Grand Forks and the state univer.
sity. One hundred will be in the party,
including twenty-five ladies. The Senate
passed the new Fargo agricultural bill
with one dissenting vote-Diesem, of La
Moure. The proposition to resubmit the
prohibition clause of the constitution tc
the people passed the senate by a vote OF
II to II; also the bill classifying the Judi.
tal districts and raising the salaries OF
Judges Lauder Mcconnell and Temple.
ton to $500 and $ $4,000; also the bank.
ing bill. Mccormack introduced a bill
to authorize the publication of the laws
i'll all newspapers at rs cents per square,
The house passed Thompson's bill max
ing it a misdemeanor to compel children
to work more than eight hours each day.
There will be a legislative charity bal
Feb. Q at the capitol. Tickets will be
sold all over the country. The proceeds
will be for the benefit of the drouth suf
ferers.
Shipping Cattle south.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 20.-Owing tt