The Wahpeton times., 1891-01-29
NORTH DAKOTA.
The Second Annual Session Of the State
Legislature Convened at Bis.
marck on the 9Th.
A Full Resume of the Business Tran.
sacted From Day to Day Impair.
TALLY Chronicled.
Many Measures of Great Importance to
the State Already Presented and
Being Considered.
Monday, January 10.

Monday, January 10.
Senate came to order at the usual
hour.
Mr.. McGillivray introduced a petit
tion to the national government to
throw open for settlement the Fort
Stevenson reservation, with the ex-
ception of two sections of land for the
Indian industrial school.
The president was instructed to en-
ploy four additional clerks on the en-
rolling and engrossing force.
The following bills were introduced
A bill for an act appropriatingfunds
for the support and maintenance OF a
hospital for the insane at jamestown.
A bill for an act to amend section
2,541, compiled laws.
A bill for an act attaching the coun-
ty of Church to the county of McHenry,
for judicial and other purposes.
A bill for an act TO prevent prairie
fires and compelling railroads to make
frebreaks along their line OF road.
A bill to amend section 60 ofcbap-
ter 60 OF the session laws OF 1890, en-
titled an act to provide for a uniform
system of free schools throughout the
state, and to prescribe penalties for
the violation of the provisions there
Of.
The bill to parole prisoners was
passed.
The bill requiring county commits
sioners to give bonds also passed.
The messages of governor Miller and
Burke were considered and the special
matters referred to therein were re-
ferred to the appropriate committees.
Adjourned to 2 O'Clock p. m. Tues
day.
House met as per adjournment at
7o'clock.
On motion the bill granting aschool
section to Grand Forks university,
was recalled from committee on
school and public lands and indefin-
itely postponed. 80,
Mr.. Burton moved that senate bill
20 be changed from general orders to
third reading, and explained that the
bill was to allow certain counties
whose bonds were now coming due to
issue bonds a longer term to take
their place, W. ich could not be done
as the law now stands. Carried.
1t was voted that the speaker ap-
such additional clerical force to do en-
rolling and engrossing work as hemay
from time to may find necessary.
The following bills were then intro
duced:
credit.
Relating to salary of certain officers
in Grand Forks county.
Authorizing county boards to desig-
nate county repositories, and provid-
ing that interest be paid on such funds.
The bill authorizing county judges
to wind up small estates peremptori-
ly, came from the Judiciary committee
with an unfavorable Recommendation
and failed to pass-46 to IL.
The bill relating to the practice of
pharmacy, came up for passage, hav-
ing been reported favorably from the
committee on public health.
Mr.. Kearney opposed the bill: 1t
was bill in the interest OF the drug
gists only. The law prevents any one
keeping a drugstore but pharmacist
who can pass an examination. but
such pharmacists may be absent for
months and leave his store in the
hands of clerks who have not been ex-
amined. He had also known good
physicians who could not pass an ex-
ANIMATION before the state.board.
The bill passed-48 too.
The bill authorizing county COM
missioners to loan from one fund to
another.
Mr.. Strom wanted information.
Mr.. Larson said there was $4,000
in the sinking fund of Richmond coun-
ty. and none in the general fund, and
the board wanted to use the former
for the expenditures of the latter.
Mr.. Burton thought there was too
much looseness at present in the Gus
tom of boards depoiling one fund to
aid another.
The bill went through, however, by
a vote of 43 to Is.
The bill relating to Independent
school districts, was read q third time,
put on it's passage and went through
almost unanimously.
After an hour in committee of the
whole the house adjourned.
4 Tuesday, January 20.
When the house assembled every
seat in the lobby was taken and
many were standing. Expectancy was