Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17

adding the county and state in which
clerk resides.
The amendment was adopted and the
resolution passed.
DISPENSING WITH GRAND JURIES.
Mr.. SELBY suggested that the hour OF
3 O'Clock having arrived. the house take up
the special order which had been set for
that hour.
There yet remaining a few minutes, an
informal recess was taken and at 3 o'clock
the special order, being the bill providing
for the prosecution of criminal otfenseS on
information ana dispensing with the grand
jury in certain cases, was considered.
Mr.. SELBY offered to amend by pro-
viding, that when twenty-five citizens of
the county shall petition the Judge to
summon a grand jury, he shall instruct
the clerk accordingly.
This amendment was adopted and the
bill was passed, by a vote of As ayes to 7
nays.
Mr.. SELBY moved that the vote by
which the bill was passed, be reconSidered
and the motion tG reconsider be laid on the
table. Carried.
FIRST BEADING OF SENATE BILLS.
The following senate bills were read the
first time:
Senate bill AZ. Providing a bounty of So
per acre for tree planting, was read the
first time.
No. 81. Sub-dividing the Sixth judicial
district and designating the times when
terms of court shall be held.
SECoND READING OF SENATE BILLS.
Senate bills were read the second time
and referred as follows:
No SO. Regulating duties of the supreme
court, to the judiciary committee.
No. 81. Providing for borrowing money
to dcfray extraordinary eXpenses-ways
and means.
No. Il. TO promote furestry-committce
on agriculture.
No. 56. Subdividing Sixth judicial dis
trict-judiciary.
THIRD READING OF SENATE BILLS.
Senate bill No. II. Designating place Of
deposit for all abstracts and conveyance Of
lands. providing that they shall remain in
the custody of the state treasurer, was
read the third time and passed. All votes
in the affirmative.
No. 45. Fixing salaries of the state Off
GERS. was read the third time and passed,
all votes being in the affirmative with the
exception of MessrS. Green, Renaud. Stev.
ems and Williams.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
BY Mr.. WALSH: No. 1855. Amending See
ton 9, chapter IS, of the session laws of
'S9.
Mr.. WILLIAMS: No.. 1856. Requesting
the uniformity of text books and providing
free text books for the schools. Text boo ks
n,on .},ptnJ npInr tli. Ia ~, shall ,,,t H.,
changed within five years.
MIR. ZIMMER: No. 157. Providing that
hOmeSteads shall be exempt from sale for
debt. Such homestead shall consist of one
half acre of town lots or eighty acres Of
farm land. providing the value shall not
exceed $500.
MI. HANKINSON: No. 1853. Recurring
pair highway crossings over their lines
wherever they intelsect a public road.
Mr.. HANKINSON: No. 159. Regulat-
ing the weighing and shipment Of grain,
and building of side tracks and platforms
to warehouses.
Mir. THOMAS: No. 1859. A joint resolu-
ton to amend the constitution OF the state
relative to the reading of bills introduced
in the legislature. Providing thai second
reading may be on first day', etc.
Mr.. WALSH, 1862, amending the law re-
lating to county mutual insurance compa-
| lltS. lldkllS 1t lawful l'l ulN llIllDCI Vi
persons, not less than twenty-five, to form
themselves into a mutual insurance com
pany to protect themselves against loss by
fire or hail.
HERE THEY ARE.
Chief Clerk Hamilton, in compliance with
the resolution introduced by Mccormick,
presented the following list of employees
with the date of their appointment and
fhn nnIntv in which tbn\, rnSiIn.
j. G. Hamilton, chief clerk, November 10,
E. II. Sanford, assistant clerk, November
10, StutSman.
W. D. McClintock, bill clerk, November
10, Mcllenry.
w. G. Hayden, engrossing and enrolling
clerk, November ~, CasS.
W. a. Kelly, assistant engrossing and
enrolling clerk, November ~, Trail.
w. II: Bratton, judiciary clerk, Novem-
Der 10, Burleigh.
Fred Shore, sergeant-at-arms, November
10, Benson.
Robert Thacker, assistant sergeant-a at
arms, November 10, Pembina.
Stewart Walsh,imessenger, November 10,
Grand Forks.
James StocKwelI, postmaster, November
IL, Sargent
James Thompson, doorkeeper, November
10, Dickey.
- LAluClooLs SioplolHs 4\ONSllUCl IL,
Burleigh.
w. l.. Harper, Waterman, November ~,
Morton.
V. Landquist, assistant engrossing and
enrolling clerk. November 81, Cass.
w. 7. Redmon, assistant engrossing and
enrolling clerk. December 3, Cass.
b. w. Shaw. assistant engrossing and en-
rolling clerk, December 3, Morton:
John StOyell, assistant engrossing and
enrolling clerk, December II, Burleigh.
A.. Van Horn. assistant engrossing and
enrolling clerk, December II, Sargent.
Miss NJ. A. ROurke, assistant clerk, De-
cember II, Ransom.
Miss Mary Madison, assistant engrossing
and enrolling clerk, December IA, Cass.
Lillian Yerkes, assistant engrossing and
enrolling clerk, January 8, Burleigh.
Mrs. Novels, assistant engrossing and
enrolling clerk, january 7, Burleigh.
A. A. Lavayea, assistant engrossing and
enrolling clerk, January I, Grand Forks.
John OConnell, assistant ngrossing and
enrolling clerk, January Z, Wells.
c. p. Lawrence, assistant engrossing and
enrolling clerk, January Z, Walsh.
J.J. Clark, assistant engrossing and en-
rolling clerk, January 7, Richland.
Carrie Anderson, assistant engrosSing
and enrolling clerk, January 7, (%resigned)