Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-03-13
Proceedings of the Second Session of
Legislature of North
Dakota.
Bills introduced, Billss Read and
Referred, Committee Reports,
Bills Disposed of.
A Brief Explanation Of the Bills of
General Interest-Legis.
lative Gossip.
ri FTT-NINTH DIY.
The Senate.

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Governor Allin presiding.
\ message was received from the house
asking the senate to join it in suspending
joint rule No. 10, SO that house bill 225 can
be sent to the senate.
MI. MCCORMACK of Grand Forks op-
posed suspending the rule by concurring
in the resolution, but the rule was sus-
pended by a vote of Is to 5, and the resolu-
ton was concurred in.
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS.
1872. Fixing salary of county auditor
and register of deeds. To committee on
counties.
l91. Providing for the management of
the normal schools of the state. To CON-
mittee on education.
228. Providing for changing of bounda-
ries of incorporated cities, towns or vii
lagos. To committee on city and munich
pal corporations.
204. Authorizing counties to raise a fund
to encourage immigration. To committee
on counties.
127. Providing for the Suspension of
banks other than those under the national
banking law. To committee on banks and
banking, with instructions to report on the
following day.
1872. Providing lOr licensing of dogs and
to indemnify owners of sheep whose sheep
are killed by dogs. To committee OH
stock.
11S. To enable civil townships to issue
bonds for the purpose of sinking artesian
wells. To COMMITTEES on irrigation, with
instructions to report it in ia evening.
2S2. Amending the revenue law. To
committee on ways and means.
240. To promote irrigation. TO CON-
mittee on irrigation.
200. Amending the laws relating to
common carriers. To committee on rail
roads.
l78. To protect the cheese industry. To
committee on agriculture.
14S. Amending the school law. To COM
mittee on education.
2l5. Providing for an appropriation for
John A. Mclean for brick. To committee
on appropriations.
100. Compelling county physicians to
render medical assistance to all persons
who are unable to pay for a physician, to
committe tee on public health.
%. Amending law relating to railway
police, to committee on judiciary.
243. To enew stock certificates hat
have been worn out, mutilated or destroyed
to committee on corporations other than
municipal.
245. Authorizing commissioners of cir
cult courts to administer oaths, to commit
tee on judiciary.
224. Creating the office of state super
intendenJ of irrigation and forestry, to
committee on state affairs.
239. TO punish counterfeiting of labels,
trade marks and advertisements, to CON-
mittee on corporations other thar munich
pal.
$50. Appropriating money for water
supply at jamestown asylum, to commit
tee on appropriations.
22O. Providing for printing and distri-
button OF new revenue law, to committee
on public printing.
St. Repeating part of the warehouse
law, to committee on warehousing and
grain grading.
2Sl. Fixing the salary of lieutenant
governor. Indefinitely postponed.
lSl. Providing for registration of births,
marriages and deaths to committee on ju-
dietary.
2o2. Mill toll bill, to committee on agri-
CulLuIt.
l4O. Providing for the acquisition of
land for public cemetery, to committee on
counties.
1923. Regulating fees of clerks of
district courts, to committee on judiciary.
225. Amending the revenue law, 10
committee on ways and means.
PETITIONS, ETC.
BY MIR. Arnold: Protesting against re-
peal OF prohibition law, to committee on
temperance.
By Mr.. Fuller: A similar protest from
jamestown, to same committee.
BY Mr.. Ink: A similar petition from
Richland county, to same committee.
By Mr.. Almen: 4 petition calling for a
law to file chattel mortgages with town
clerk, to committee ON judiciary.
BY Mr. Pinkham: Expressing gratitude
at failure of attempt to repeal any part of
prohlbitory law, to committee on temper
ance.
COMMITTEE
The committee on appropriations re-
ported favorably on house bill 215, appro-
priating money for John A. Mclean.
The committee on state affairs reported
fayorably on house bill 224, creating the
office OF state superintendent of irrigation
n forestry.
The steering committee reroterd the
order in which to consider house bills, and
the report was adopted. The order of the
first lot is as follows: $50, IS, 2S4, 24 TT.
1874, 1871, II, 1856, 1853, 23O. 1877, 100, 81, 1l3.
l64, 154, IL, 1872. IT'S, 1876, 2O4. 2O8, IS, 49, %,
$40, 205, Substitute 1872, 90, 1877, 1O5, l79. 81.
1O1, 1923, PIP, 238, $50.
ODDS OR EVENs.
The committee appointed on drawing
for long and short terms made the follow
ing report:
Resolv'd, That the drawing for the long and
short terms between the members from the odd
and even senatorial districts, to be set for a
special order for $3.50 o'clock to-day, and that the
president of the senate prepare thirty white en-
velopes. in the presence of the select committee.
enclosing twenty nine blank cards enclosed in
plain letter paper, and one card, with the words,
For the long term written thereon, that also
wrapped in plain paper, enclosed in tho other
envelope, which shall all be sealed, then mixed
and placed, ends up. in a box. Drawing
shall then, commence. The president of the
senate shall toss a coin, head or tails for the
first draw. Should the odds secure
the Same, then the senator from
District No. Shall draw first or vice versa, COM
mencing with No. 2 and continue consecutively.
When a member draws an envelope he shall
hand it unopened to the president, who shall
open The same and declare whether blank or
otherwise, as the case may be. Drawing shall
SO continue until the envelope containing the