Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-03-06

right to say this state should not have the
control of the railroads and lands. and tax
them according to their value? The gen.
tleman from EmmOns refers to the James
town Northern, but under the proposed
law, roads are to ba taxed according to
their value, and if the jamestown Nor
thern is not worth as much, it will be as
SeSSed FIR less.
Mr.. INK supported his amendment. He
said that the Montana supreme court had
decided that the right of way included
rails, ties and buildings necessary to oper-
ate the road. The supreme court
when that decision was was "' rendered. red.
the constitution Of the state pro-
vided that buildings, ties, rails, etc. on the
rights of way should be assessed and re-
garded as personal property. There is no
such provision in the constitution of the
state OF North Dakota, and his Judgment
was that the gross earnings system was
the only system by which the roads could
properly be taxed.
Mr.. CASHEI. said he was in favor of
equal t~axation-the corporation equally
with the individual. The gross earnings
system seems to have worked quite salts
facuorlly. He saw no reason for changing
the system. He moved that the bill be
made a special order for Tuesday at 2::30 p.
m. and that the attorney general be re-
I"ootcu " lulHiSH MS oplllloH dS 10 tlle
const~ItutlOnallty of the gross earnings law,
and as to the conflict of that law with this.
The motion prevailed.
FIRST AND SECOND READING.
S. b. 202. BY Mr.. Worst-Repealing
special and private laws relating to indie
pendent school districts, to committee on
education.
S. B. 2OS. By Mr.. Mccormack of Grand
Forks-Amending the revenue law of 1890,
to committee on ways and means.
H. B. 66. Relating to life and casualty
insurance, to committee on Insurance.
II. B. 80. Requiring the Scandinavian
language to be taught at the university at
Grand Forks, to committee on education.
II. 3. 20. Amending the wolf scalp law,
to committee on counties.
H: B. 1875. Relating to the compilation of
the laws OF the state, to committee on pub
lie printing.
II. B. PIP. Regulating grain w~arehousing,
to committee on warehousing.
ii. Is. l93. Providing for liens on crops
for seed grain, to committee IN ways and
means.
H. B. "a. Making an appropriation tor
expenses incurred by this legislature for
committee rooms, ETC., to committee IN ap-
preparation.
II. B. $50. Attaching a part of a town
ship to Ramsey county. to committee on
counties.
House bill 2O3. Relating to the practice
OF pharmacy, to committee on public
health.
House bill POS. Making appropriation to
James NJ. Gleason, for %janitor, to commit
tee on appropriations.
House bill 227. Repeating part of law
authorizing nOuOtiaS tn fpnh nutStanIipu
Indebtedness, to committee or ways and
means.
House bill 1870. Amending the law re-
latlng to cruelty to animals, to committee
on judiciary.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The committee on state affairs reported
without recommendation house bill ::155,
repealiag the boiler inspection law.
Also, with amendments, house bill 1913,
relating to the printing of reports of state
officers.
The committee on judiciary reported
house bill 1856 with amendments.
Also house bill 101, with amendments,
relating to time of redemption of property
sold under chattel mortgage.
Also senate bill 161, regulating appeals
to the supreme court, favorably.
Also senate bill POI, u%nfavorably, repeal
ing law passed at this session, setting aside
a section of land to the Fargo agricultural
college.
Also favorably on house bill 1872, exempt
ing volunteer firemen from jury duty and
poll tax.
Also unfavorably on house bill 80.
Also, with amendments or house bill III.
defining the criminal jurisdiction of county
The conference committee reported on
house bill rs, relating to the encourage
ment of native coal mining. The report is
that the senate amendment be adopted.
The committee on public health recon-
mended that house bill 104, regulating the
practice of medicine, be referred to com
mlttee on judiciary. The bill was so re-
The committee Oh library reported favor
ably on senate bill ia, making an appro-
priation for library in Office of superin-
of public instruction.
The committee on woman suffrage re-
ported f%avOrably on senate bill 195-woman
The committee on appropriation report
favorably on Worlds Fair appropria-
tion--senate bill 1874.
Also, without recommendation, on senate
bill SO. appTopriating money for relief OF
NlIS. ' all LluulOiu.
Also, with amendments on senate bill 1856,
certain parties for damages sus-
tanned by horses being killed by state vet
erinarian.
THIRD READING OF SENATE BILLS.
1876. Regulating the adoption of child
rem. The bill passed.
1876. Relating to woman suffrage. The
report was indefinitely postponed
and the bill passed by a vote Of IL to Is as
Ayes: Messrs. Almen. Arnold, Bryn.
Enger, Fuller, Ink, johnson of
Traill, kinter, Kuhn, LaMoure, McCor-
mack Of Grand Forks, Mccormick of
Patch, Pinkham, Svensrud,
Nays: Messrs. Bidlake, Bisbee, Bjorgo,
Cashel, Engle, Haggart, johnson of Ward,
Little, Lowry, McGillivray, Miller, Nelson,
Palmer, Svennungsen, Worst-15.
Mr.. MCCORMACK of Grand Forks
moved that, owing to the large amount of
business before the judiciary committee,
the Hon. Pat McHugh of Cavalier county
and the Hon. T. Elliott OF Ransom county.
appointed as additional clerks for that
The motion was lost.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Governor Burke sent in the following
appointments, which were confirmed:
Public Examiner - Robert Wallace,