Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-03-06
The house met at o'clock, Speaker Allen in

The house met at 2 O'Clock, Speaker Allen in
Petition from citizens of Edgeley, LaMoure
county. against the repeal Of the banking law
| Petition from secret society members of Min
| to. Walsh county, against passage or house bill
| 80 or the substitute therefor was read.
A large number Of committee reports were
read and acted upon.
| On motion Of Mr.. Brooke house bill e7 provi-
| ding Tor publishing future amendments to the
constitution: was recalled from the governor for
| correction. 1t was all right as he drew 1t, but
had been changed in committee.
The question OF holding two sessions daily
was debated for some twenty minutes, and af-
ter remarks by Messrs. Lutz Gill; Strom, Foss,
Oliver, Fay and Kearney, all the motions pro-
vid,ng f1r additional hours were defeated
| Mr.. Brown moved that tho vote by which
house bill l53 appropriating SIS, 900 to state
fair, be reconsidered Lost.
Inc following bills were introduced:
For the promotion of irrigation,
A county depository bill
Authorizing town or an association Cf neigh
boring towns to employ town physician.
For the renewal of stock certificates where
originals are worn out, muttated, lost or dis
trOyed.
Substitute for house bill 1872, fixing salaries
OF county auditor and register OF deeds.
On motion of mr.. Lutz. house bill 1854, reoutr-
ing Independent school districts TO come under
the general law, was The first bill considered
next Monday, on motion of Mr. Lurz: but that
gentleman investiu ted tue bill and thought it
all right. The bill passed.
ing for payment Of valid taxes after taS-
es had been set aside. was indefinitely postpon-
Il House bill 60, providing for teaching
Scandinavian at the state university came up
and a flood Of oratory was the result. Pretty
nearly everybody that spoke had good word
for it.
Mr. Brooke wanted to amend by striking out
tho word regents" and substituting trustees"
as That was the proper and lega: official title,
and he moved To suspend the rules therefor
But the motion was defeated by vote of 80 TO
2-not two-thirds OF all the members having
voted in the affirmative. The bill finally passed.
The following bills were taken up, on motion
of different gentlemen. and put upon third
readifg and final pas aye:
Senate bill 81, postponing until Oct Is, 1891,
date OF selling personal property for unpaid
House bill 4G requiring state officers to pay
their fees into state treasury.
Mr. Oliver didn't like the bill, There were
datory that a staie officer must not do a certain
hing: YET this bill says he must doit
The bill failed-3o to 10 "a majority of all the
members not vOtinu for it.
House bill 42 making railroad companies
liable for aamages by the fire set by them.
This was Mr.. Holritz's pet measure and he
made a hard fight fu. 1t.
Mr.. Fay opposed the measure He thought
that senate bill 167 fully covered the matter,
and was a better bill.
Mr.. Oliver couldn't see anything objectiona-
BILE in the BILL 1t was neither unreasonable nor
unfair
Mr.. bennett explained that Mr.. Hollitz was on
the prairie fire joint committee and that the
committee had favorably recommended both
bllls-a2 and l67-one to the house and one to
the senate
Mr.. Kearney thought that the bill was in the
interests Of the railroad companies and not the
people.
Mr.. McCulloch was favorable to tho bill. He
hoped the railroad companies would be made
responsible for their DAMAGES by fire.. He
hn Inn ro0.S .Strin la ,koeo
torney to fight the suits was GOOD one. In iivi-
dualB, as he knew. stood no show in suits with
the railroads.
The bill passed-4O to IS.
Mr. Kearney moved that. when the house ad-
Journ. 1t be to 10 a. m. on the day following.
Carried.
House bill 1894 seed grain bil-was next
considered. and after clear explanation OF its
provisions by Mr.. Allen, the bill passed-45 to 9,
The pruvisiol ls Of the substitute # house bill
156 were lucidly explained by Mr. bennett, and
the bill pa sed-42 to 9.
On motion Of Mr.. Brooke. the house adjourn
ed to 10 a. m. on the day following.