The Wahpeton times., 1890-02-13
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SENATE.
The railroad bin was dIseus.sd IN tAs
senate. osaatos Diesem oNose6 q inpor.
tent ansndmsnt regulatins ths distsihution
o. esrs and facilities for hsndline erail. n
g thu latter, Il u the systsn IL vo9us n
Europe and II . few STATS In this country.
notably Michigan. The railroads would IS
compelled to keep . car register book q
every station, and keep Il open for pubic n.
spectton. Every applicant Tor ear 4 reSis.
tsred 10 thi. book, and the arst rseistsred
would get the frst cars.
a Every railroad in North Dakota shall fur.
nish frse Of charge at each station or sidins
ample side track facilities, which shall s.
made easy Of approach BY wagon or sleigh;
aso depot for Passengers. elevators,
warehouses, platforms, stock yards and
scales that will be good and SUFFICIENT for the
speedy handling Of every kind of freight Of.
iered them for shipment or received BY thsm
at any station or siding. And when required
tificate Of weights of any kind Of freights,
Any grain that is held BY the order Of the
owner tor storage utter fifteen days, the
railroad company shall be allowed to charge
ons-fourth cent per bushel for each fifteen
uays or part thereof, for the storage OF the
same. This would compel the railroads to
Dol!d grain elevators the same as depots,
hnd drive the present elevators out Of bust.
aess.
Tho house passed the senate bill authoris.
tOR 0rQnnIyod anNntiAa In 0Avu n
cation purposss. and the bill for the appoint
ment Of 9 commission to act with q like com
mission from South Dakota to make Anal
settlsment Of financial matters arisine
rom division. Mcdonald introduced q con.
current resolution authorizing the appoint
msnt Of commute Of Eve to codify the lava.
and providing that the legislature shall ad.
Senate.
= revenue bill was introduced In the senate
BY senator Sandager. 1t 10 nothing moro
nor less than an act authorizing tbs incor.
poration Of lottery companies and rssula-
ting the same 20 a. to raise revenue to deffay
The expenses Of the state.
The principal term or provision beside the
onictal routine il the payment to the state
OF Sa0. 900 for the franchise granted. and
~. .hs !e 700 per annum 9%artsrly in advance to
sum promised the treasury is SlO5, 600.
An emergency clause making the bill take
effect Immediately IL isattaehed This requires
two-thirds Of both houses to pass the blll
and II it 10 passed with that clause in, it
necessarily becomes q law. However, it Is
doubtful II it gets the two.thirds-McCor.
mack now proposes to make five mills on
the dollar Of all assessable property tho ba.
sic ofa debt limit. His amendment to the
constttution making it two million was too
high; His new plan would only raise
it 915O, 900. All amending Of constitution
nowis unpopular and this will fail with the
rest. Rawlings introduced resolution in.
structtng the commissioner of agriculture
and labor to investigate the adaptability
OF North Dakota soil for growing beets and
sugar interest. 1t was adopted. thinner in.
troduced bill to tax sleeping car compan.
les according to the number and popu.
!ation Of the stations along their run.
Coles elevator bill was passed, with an
amendment proposed by Walsh that not
more than one cent per bushel shall be charged
Tor receiving. handling, insuring and thirty
how railroad highway crossings shall BE-
built and requiring them to be kept in re.
pair also passed.
Attorney General Goodwin submitted his
opinion to the senate upon the question OF
taxing the main line of the Northern Pacific
railroad. The charter says the right of way
shall be exempt from taxation within the
territories Of the United States. The oues.
ton y docs this clause exempt the road
from taxation forever. The attorney ron.
eral starts out with the proposition that
one who asserts that his property is ex.
smpt from taxation must show It BY the
clear letter of the law. He says the Ian.
guags used in the charter 10 capable Of q
double construction, but thinks that con.
ct ruction should DO adopted which limits
the exemption to the period while the fec Of
such sue, right Of way remained in the United
States, and that congress did not intend By
auch grant to deprive the future state OF its
soyereign right Of taxation.
The COMMITTEES on state affairs reported
the lottery bill favorably, with an amend.
ment cutting the period Of the charter from
twenty-five to fifteen years. and the extsn.
sion from hfty to thirty. The rsport was
unanimous, and will be passed by more than
Williams introduced bill to abolish the
trustees OF the penitentiary, insane ssylum
and university, and create board Of han.
agement consisting of the governor, lisnten.
ant governor, secretary Of state and tssss.
urer, Who shall have al the powers now con.
ferred on the trustees.
Ink introduced q bill to foster and encour.
age the best sugar industry by Offering q
q bounty Of cents per pound for all that ii
manufactured within the next five years.
SENATE.
After the senate passed the railroad bill,
virtual copy of the Minnesota railroad law,
the Sandager revenue lottery bill came up.
A few dilatory remarks were made, and then
the bill was passed by 22 toS.
YEAS.
Appleton, Hartman, Sandager,
Beyea, La Moure. Smith