Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-02-19
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.

b1SMARCh, N. D.s IOUs 1.-1u tu6
Senate the following bills were passed:
Collecting taxes assessed against rail-
road lands on which the survey fees
had not been paid; providing for regis
tering county warrants without fees;
making an appropriation for the ex-
pense of selecting and requiring title to
lands donated by the government. The
following bills were introduced: By
Haggart, an amendment to the law pro-
hibiting the removal of mortgaged
property; Svensrud, an appropriation
for certain destitute persons; Patch, to
pay for stock killed by order of the
state veterinarian; Mccormack, an APP
preparation for the state university;
Svensrud, for the collection and com
pilation of statistics. y,
In the House the following bills were
passed: Requiring railroads to keep
crossings in repair; extending the time
for the payment of 1890 taxes to Nov.
Is; amending the brands and ear marks
law; providing for submitting the ques-
ton of increased jurisdiction of county
courts on petition; for the publication
of proposed amendments to the consti-
tuition; designating officers who may
administer the oath; giving ten days
for redemption of property sold under
chattel mortgage.
BISMARCK, N. d., Feb, 9.-The House
temperance committee reported inde6-
mite postponement on the resubmission
bill, and the report was nearly adopted
and was only prevented by the Demo
Gratis forcing a call of the House. Three
sergeants-at-arms were kept busy
securing the country for absent mem
bers, leaving the House in deadlock.
The i-prohibitionists would not vote
to dispense with proceedings under the
call, and the prohibitlonists can only
muster about thirty votes for it. It is
necessary to have thirty-two-a majori-
ty of the members-elect.
In the Senate the appropriations COM
mittee reported cutting down the
jamestown asylum to $4,000 and the
Devils Lake mute school to $4,000,
Mandan reform school $4,000; Valley
normal $4,000.
BISMARCK, n. D., Feb. 12.-In the
Senate the following bills were intro
duced: Compromising clerks of district
courts: providing for bonds and guar
antics of guaranty companies; penalty
for neglect to make official reports; re-
turn of statistics Of births, marriages
and deaths; prohibiting mortgage of
homestead and absolute exemptions.
In the House a large number of petit
tions against prohibition resubmission
were presented. The following bills
were passed: Providing for state can
vassing board; legalizing the 1890 state
tax levy: locating blind asylum in
Pembina county, subject to vote of
the people of that county; requiring a
legal newspaper to have over $50 circu-
lation; legalizing the canvassing of re-
turns for present state officers; author
izing county commissioners to quit
claim property sold for taxes; attaching
Church county to McHenry for judicial
purposes; attaching certain morgan
lied counties to Ward for judicial pur-
poses. 4
BISMARCK, N. d., Feb. 1.-THE Dem
,ocrats and 7anti-Prohibitionist to-day
secured the passage of the resolution
for resubmission. When an adjourn
mcnt was secured yesterday the vote
on the main question was a tie, each
side having thirty-one. One Democrat
was voting with the Prohibitionists
but to-day he changed over and voted
for resubmission. Beardsley, one of
the other side, was still sick, but his
presence was not needed if the vote of
yesterday could be held. The question:
first came up to-day in committee of
the whole, and by the vote of 80 to 293
the bill was reported favorably and put
on it's passage. The same vote carried
the bill, and it was then clinched by re-
considering and laying on the table, 4
The bill goes to the Senate tomorrow,
and it is not certain what it's fate wild
be there. Both sides confidently claima
a majority in the Senate. The bill will
probably not reach third reading before
Saturday. The following bills were
passed: Amending the law fixing COM
pensation of county officers; amend
ment to seed grain law permitting sur
plus to be applied to any bonded indebt-as
edness; increasing directors of Fargo2
agricultural college from five to seven
In the Senate the following bills werag
passed: Relating to sale and leasing OH
school lands; sub-dividing the FifthN
judicial district; permitting specials
school districts to refund bonded in.lS
aebtedness; amending marriage licensed
law. SS
BISMARCK, N. d., Feb. 1O.-The deadsa
lock in the House over the resubmisya
sion of prohibition lasted all night anda
until after 2 p. IN. to-day. When thea
morning train came in at $50 it brought5
seven absent members, of whomA
five favored resubmission and two on
posed. After dinner the DemocratsA
produced Williams and then mustereda
thirty-one votes for rcsubmission. The
opposition also had thirty-one, but Mr.
Beardsley of Grand Forks was seriousM
ly ill at his room. At p. m. an adv
journment was made.
In the Senate Haggart introduced al
bill to accept the provisions of the con-
gressional grant to the Fargo AgriculS1
tural college; Nelson, to reimburse thea